Sarah Vaughan - The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. 4 (1963 1967) [6 CD, 1987]

 

The fourth of four box sets reissuing every recording Sarah Vaughan made for the Mercury and EmArcy labels (including many previously unreleased performances) starts off (after four orchestra tracks) with its strongest selections, no less than 32 songs recorded during a live four-day engagement in Copenhagen during which the singer is accompanied by the Kirk Stuart Trio. Everything else on this six-CD set is somewhat anticlimactic in comparison, for Vaughan is otherwise hindered a bit by string orchestras, a big band and/or a choir. Better to get the live sessions (released as Sassy Swings the Tivoli in addition to a Japanese set by the same name that has extra material) instead although lovers of Vaughan's voice will want to pick up this large reissue anyway.



CD 1

01 He Never Mentioned Love
02 Gone
03 Right Or Wrong
04 Show Me A Man
05 I Feel Pretty
06 Misty
07 What Is This Thing Called Love
08 Lover Man
09 Sometimes I’m Happy
10 Won’t You Please Come Home, Bill Bailey
11 Tenderly
12 Sassy’s Blues
13 Polka Dots And Moonbeams
14 I Cried For You
15 Poor Butterfly
16 I Could Write A Book
17 Time After Time
18 All Of Me

CD 2

01 I Hadn’t Anyone TIll You
02 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
03 I’ll Be Seeing You
04 Maria
05 Day In Day Out
06 Fly Me To The Moon
07 Baubles, Bangles, and Beads
08 The Lady’s In Love With You
09 Honyesuckle Rose
10 What Is This Thing Called Love
11 Lover Man
12 I Cried For You
13 The More I See You
14 Say It Isn’t So
15 Black Coffee
16 Just One Of Those Things
17 On Green Dolphine Street
18 Over The Rainbow

CD 3

01 Charade
02 It Could Happen To You
03 Blue Orchids
04 This Heart Of Mine
05 Then I’ll Be Tired Of You
06 Funny
07 My Coloring Book
08 How Beautiful Is Night
09 Hey There
10 Deep Purple
11 I’ll Be Around
12 The Days Of Wine And Roses
13 How’s The World Treating You
14 My Darling, My Darling
15 Bluesette
16 You Got It Made
17 Make Someone Happy
18 Sole, Sole
19 Mr. Lucky
20 The Boy From Ipanema

CD 4

01 Cocovado
02 Jive Samba
03 A Taste of Honey
04 Shiny Stockings
05 Night Song
06 Stompin at the Savoy
07 Fascinating Rhythm
08 The Moment Of Truth
09 Tea For Two
10 Fever
11 Avalon
12 We Almost Made It
13 How Soon
14 Dear Heart
15 Too Little Time
16 Dreamsville
17 Bye-Bye
18 Moon River
19 (I Love You And) Dont You Forget It
20 Slow Hot Wind
21 It Had Better Be Tonight
22 Pawnbrokers Theme
23 Darling
24 I’ll Never Be Lonely Again
25 Habibi

CD 5

01 Cocovado
02 Jive Samba
03 A Taste of Honey
04 Shiny Stockings
05 Night Song
06 Stompin at the Savoy
07 Fascinating Rhythm
08 The Moment Of Truth
09 Tea For Two
10 Fever
11 Avalon
12 We Almost Made It
13 How Soon
14 Dear Heart
15 Too Little Time
16 Dreamsville
17 Bye-Bye
18 Moon River
19 (I Love You And) Dont You Forget It
20 Slow Hot Wind
21 It Had Better Be Tonight
22 Pawnbrokers Theme
23 Darling
24 I’ll Never Be Lonely Again
25 Habibi

CD 6

01 Jim
02 The Man that Got Away
03 My Man
04 Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe
05 Trouble Is a Man
06 He’s Funny That Way
07 For Every Man There Is A Woman
08 I’m Just Wild About Harry
09 Danny Boy
10 Alfie
11 On the Other Side of the Tracks
12 All Alone
13 I Want to be Happy
14 S’Posin’
15 I Had a Ball
16 Take the ‘A’ Train
17 I Left My Heart in San Fransisco
18 The Sweetest Sounds
19 Everyday I Have the Blues
20 Sweet Georgia Brown