Personal Best - The Bluebird/Victor Years 1938-45 / Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

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Label
RCA
Release Date
August 6, 2010
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      SHAW, ARTIE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Artie Shaw Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Artie, Shaw
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 06, 2010
    • UPC
      078636109923
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RCA61099
    • LABEL
      RCA
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE

Track Listing
1. Any Old Time
2. Rosalie
3. Star Dust
4. Lover Come Back to Me
5. Everything Is Jumpin'
6. I Surrender, Dear
7. At Sundown
8. Chantez-les Bas
9. St. Louis Blues
10. Diga Diga Doo
11. El Rancho Grande, (Alla en)
12. My Blue Heaven
13. Concerto For Clarinet
14. I Cover the Waterfront
15. Nocturne
16. To a Broadway Rose
17. Suite No. 8
18. Maid With the Flaccid Air, The

Personnel includes: Artie Shaw (clarinet), Billie Holiday, Tony Pastor (vocals).

All tracks were personally selected by Artie Shaw and represent the best of his Bluebird/Victor recordings from 1938-1945. Included are many long- unavailable tracks and rare broadcast performances.

This is a rather odd but intriguing collection of Artie Shaw recordings. Shaw himself picked out these performances as his personal favorites and they include both familiar studio recordings and lesser-known broadcasts. Most Shaw collectors will already have "Any Old Time," the magnificent "Concerto for Clarinet" and "Lover, Come Back to Me" but may not possess copies of the seven broadcast performances.