"The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was arguably the finest female jazz singer of all time (although some may vote for Sarah Vaughan or Billie Holiday). Blessed with a beautiful voice and a wide range, Fitzgerald could outswing anyone, was a brilliant scat singer, and had near-perfect elocution; one could always understand the words she sang. The one fault was that, since she always sounded so happy to be singing, Fitzgerald did not always dig below the surface of the lyrics she interpreted and she even made a downbeat song such as "Love for Sale" sound joyous. However, when one evaluates her career on a whole, there is simply no one else in her class.
Album: The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1 1935-1939 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:18
Size: 128.9 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2017
[3:14] 1. Love And Kisses
[3:01] 2. Rhythm And Romance
[2:30] 3. I'll Chase The Blues Away
[3:02] 4. Crying My Heart Out For You
[2:33] 5. Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
[2:56] 6. Under The Spell Of The Blues
[3:00] 7. A Little Bit Later On
[2:22] 8. Devoting My Time To You
[2:54] 9. If You Can't Sing It You'll Have To Swing It
[2:24] 10. Vote For Mister Rhythm
[2:41] 11. My Last Affair
[3:00] 12. Darktown Strutters Ball
[2:47] 13. Shine
[2:47] 14. Organ Grinder's Swing
[3:02] 15. The Reservation
[2:55] 16. I Got The Spring Fever Blues
[3:06] 17. Love, You're Just A Laugh
[2:50] 18. There's Frost On The Moon
[2:23] 19. When I Get Low I Get High
[2:40] 20. Oh, Yes, Take Another Guess
Album: The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1 1935-1939 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:45
Size: 155.1 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2017
[3:12] 1. Dedicated To You
[2:50] 2. Big Boy Blue
[2:38] 3. Wake Up And Live
[3:16] 4. You Showed Me The Way
[2:35] 5. Cryin' Mood
[3:02] 6. If You Ever Should Leave
[3:01] 7. Everyone's Wrong But Me
[2:38] 8. All Over Nothing At All
[3:15] 9. Deep In The Heart Of The South
[2:49] 10. Love Is The Thing So They Say
[2:58] 11. Just A Simple Melody
[3:09] 12. Holiday In Harlem
[3:06] 13. Rock It For Me
[3:07] 14. The Dipsy Doodle
[3:00] 15. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
[2:53] 16. It's My Turn Now
[2:56] 17. It's Wonderful
[2:51] 18. I Was Doing All Right
[3:18] 19. I Got A Guy
[4:28] 20. I Want To Be Happy
[4:02] 21. Hallelujah!
[2:32] 22. If Dreams Come True
Album: The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1 1935-1939 (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:57
Size: 132.7 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2017
[3:07] 1. This Time It's Real
[2:59] 2. You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's, Too)
[2:49] 3. (I’ve Been) Saving Myself For You
[3:00] 4. We Can't Go On This Way
[2:52] 5. Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil
[2:44] 6. Everybody Step
[2:36] 7. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
[3:13] 8. I'm Just A Jitterbug
[2:58] 9. (Oh! Oh!) What Do You Know About Love
[2:43] 10. If You Only Knew
[2:59] 11. I Let A Tear Fall In The River
[3:04] 12. Mcpherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing)
[2:34] 13. I Found My Yellow Basket
[2:49] 14. Ella
[3:00] 15. Wacky Dust
[2:44] 16. Strictly From Dixie
[2:51] 17. Woe Is Me
[2:53] 18. Gotta Pebble In My Shoe
[2:53] 19. F.D.R. Jones
[3:01] 20. I Love Every Move You Make
Album: The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1 1935-1939 (Disc 4)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:15
Size: 140.2 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2017
Art: Front
[2:56] 1. It's Foxy
[2:59] 2. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
[3:05] 3. I Can't Stop Loving You
[2:59] 4. 'tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)
[3:17] 5. Undecided
[2:58] 6. Chew Chew Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
[2:46] 7. It's Slumbertime Along The Swanee
[3:05] 8. Don't Worry 'bout Me
[3:01] 9. Once Is Enough For Me
[3:06] 10. I'm Up A Tree
[3:07] 11. Have Mercy
[3:05] 12. If You Ever Change Your Mind
[3:06] 13. If Anything Happened To You
[3:16] 14. One Side Of Me
[2:53] 15. Little White Lies
[3:06] 16. If That's What You're Thinking, You're Wrong
[3:11] 17. I Had To Live And Learn
[3:00] 18. That Was My Heart
[3:11] 19. Sugar Pie
[2:59] 20. Coochi-Coochi-Coo
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1 1935-1939 (Disc 1) (Disc 2)
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1 1935-1939 (Disc 3) (Disc 4)
Just in case anyone's interested. I hope Mat this doesn't
ReplyDeleteseem an intrusion on your posts --not at all!
Ella’s 300 single sides that she recorded for Decca from
1935-1955, will be made available digitally in the form they
were released (A side/B side).
With more than half the tracks making their digital debut, the
mammoth collection will be divided into four volumes:
-Vol. 1, 1935-1939 includes songs teenaged Ella recorded as
the featured singer fronting the world-renowned Chick Webb
Orchestra
while
-Vol. 2, 1939-1941 features 50 tracks credited to Ella and
Her Famous Orchestra, following Webb’s untimely death at age 30.
-Vol. 3 1942-1949 covers the 1940s, when Fitzgerald formally
became a Decca solo artist
-and Vol. 4 1950-1955 chronicles the first half of the 1950s
before Fitzgerald’s manager Norman Granz created Verve Records
and brought her on board.
(many thanks to the original reviewer)
Giullia has received well-deserved accolades for posting the newly released lost Coltrane. But Mat also deserves accolades for posting this amazing treasure chest of early Ella. I think we have all or mostly all of the Ella songbooks here in the house as well as various Ella & Louis items and other miscellaneous items. But this is a whole new experience of which we've heard bits previously here and there -- but never in this completeness . . . so, once again, you guys have our deep indebtedness.
ReplyDeleteCan't agree more!
DeleteWow! Thank you for this fantastic share!
ReplyDeleteHi Mat, thanks for the music. I know this is a huge request, but would you be willing to re-up this series? Thanks!
ReplyDeletePlease: One request of re-up at time!!! Thank you!
DeleteNew link posted!
ReplyDeleteThanks Giullia for this reup.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Smokey!
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