JUDY GARLAND – Four Classic Albums Plus (A Star Is Born / Miss Show Business / Judy / Alone) AVID

AVID Easy continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Judy Garland, complete with original artwork and liner notes.
“A Star Is Born”; “Miss Show Business”; “Judy”, “Alone” plus 4 x 78rpm bonus tracks
What can we say about Judy Garland that is not already known? A career that started at the age of 2 in Vaudeville performing with her Vaudevillian parents and two sisters with whom she went on to perform as the Gumm Sisters, later known as the Garland Sisters. A huge “child” star becoming forever remembered as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and later an even bigger screen star as both singer and fine actress in such films as “Meet Me in St. Louis”, “The Pirate”, “The Harvey Girls”, “Easter Parade” and “A Star Is Born”. And we haven’t even started on her spectacular stage career! Here, however, we focus on the singing Judy as we feature a collection of some of her finest early recordings, which we have noticed are becoming harder to find these days! Our selection begins with the Columbia records soundtrack to Judy’s Oscar nominated film “A Star Is Born” from 1954 and is followed by her next three studios albums recorded for Capitol Records between 1955-57.

CD1
1-7: ‘A Star Is Born’
1. Here’s What I’m Here For
2. It’s A New World
3. Someone At Last
4. Lose That Long Face
5. Gotta Have Me Go With You
6. The Man That Got Away
7. Born In A Trunk Medley: I’ll Get By / You Took Advantage Of Me / Black Bottom / The Peanut Vendor / My Melancholy Baby / Swanee
8-17: ‘Miss Show Business’
8. This Is The Time Of The Evening / While We’re Young
9. You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want To Do It) / For Me And My Gal / The Boy Next Door / The Trolley Song
10. A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow
11. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
12. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
13. Judy At The Palace / Shine On Harvest Moon / Some Of These Days / My Man / I Don’t Care
14. Carolina In The Morning
15. Danny Boy
16. After You’ve Gone
17. Over The Rainbow

CD2
1-11: ‘Judy’
1. Come Rain Or Come Shine
2. Just Imagine
3. I Feel A Song Coming On
4. Last Night When We Were Young
5. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
6. April Showers
7. I Will Come Back
8. Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
9. Lucky Day
10. Memories Of You
11. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
12-22: ‘Alone’
12. By Myself
13. Little Girl Blue
14. Me And My Shadow
15. Among My Souvenirs
16. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
17. I Get The Blues When It Rains
18. Mean To Me
19. How About You
20. Just A Memory
21. Blue Prelude
22. Happy New Year
23. Send My Baby Back To Me – Bonus 78 rpm song feat Paul Weston & His Orchestra
24. Heartbroken – Bonus 78 rpm song feat Paul Weston & His Orchestra
25. Without A Memory – Bonus 78 rpm song feat Paul Weston & His Orchestra
26. Go Home, Joe – Bonus 78 rpm song feat Paul Weston & His Orchestra