The third of four Sarah Vaughan Mercury box sets (this one has six CDs) traces her career during the last two and a half years of the 1950s. There are several very interesting sessions (expanded greatly by the inclusion of many previously unissued performances) on this box including 21 numbers from a gig at Mister Kelly's in Chicago with her trio (led by pianist Jimmy Jones), a meeting with the Count Basie Orchestra that resulted in the album No Count Sarah, and a live set with a septet (which includes cornetist Thad Jones and the tenor of Frank Wess) at the London House in Chicago. In addition, there are quite a few commercial sides with large orchestras (including some sessions arranged by Quincy Jones), so overall this box lets one hear the many sides of Sarah Vaughan; a special highlight is her first recorded version of "Misty." The reissue (and the other three volumes) is a must for Sarah Vaughan's greatest fans although more general listeners may want to acquire one of the less expensive) single CDs instead.
1-1 September In The Rain
1-2 Willow Weep For Me
1-3 Just One Of Those Things
1-4 Be Anything But Darling Be Mine
1-5 Thou Swell
1-6 Stairway To The Stars
1-7 Honeysuckle Rose
1-8 Just A Gigolo
1-9 How High The Moon
1-10 Dream
1-11 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
1-12 It's Got To Be Love
1-13 Alone
1-14 It's Got To Be Love
2-1 If This Isn't Love
2-2 Embraceable You
2-3 Lucky In Love
2-4 Dancing In The Dark
2-5 Poor Butterfly
2-6 Sometimes I'm Happy
2-7 I Cover The Waterfront
2-8 Sweet Affection
2-9 Meet Me Half Way
2-10 What's So Bad About It
2-11 That Old Black Magic
2-12 That Old Black Magic
2-13 I've Got The World On A String
2-14 I've Got The World On A String
2-15 Hit The Road To Dreamland
3-1 Gone Again
3-2 The Next Time Around
3-3 Careless
3-4 Friendly Enemies
3-5 Are You Certain
3-6 Stardust
3-7 Doodlin'
3-8 Doodlin'
3-9 Darn That Dream
3-10 Darn That Dream
3-11 Darn That Dream
3-12 Mary Contrary
3-13 Separate Ways
3-14 Broken Hearted Melody
3-15 Too Much, Too Soon
3-16 Padre
3-17 Spin Little Bottle
4-1 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
4-2 Moonlight In Vermont
4-3 Cheek To Cheek
4-4 Missing You
4-5 Just One Of Those Things
4-6 No 'Count Blues
4-7 Detour Ahead
54 Three Little Words
4-8 Speak Low
4-9 Like Someone In Love
4-10 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
4-11 I'll String Along With You
4-12 All Of You
4-13 Thanks For The Memory
4-14 Please Be Kind
5-1 The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
5-2 Live For Love
5-3 Misty
5-5 I'm Lost
5-6 Love Me
5-7 That's All
5-8 Day By Day
5-9 Gone With The Wind
5-10 I'll Close My Eyes
5-11 The Thrill Is Gone
5-12 Cool Baby
5-13 Everything I Do
5-14 I Ain't Hurtin'
5-15 Disillusioned Heart
5-16 I Should Care
5-17 Far All We Know
6-1 My Ideal
6-2 You're My Baby
6-3 Smooth Operator
6-4 Maybe I'ts Because I Love You Too Much
6-5 Our Waltz
6-6 Never In A Million Years
6-7 Close To You
6-8 Eternally
6-9 Some Other Spring
6-10 Say It Isn't So
6-11 If You Are But A Dream
6-12 Maybe You'll Be There
6-13 All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings
6-14 There's No You
6-15 Missing You
6-16 Please
6-17 Funny
6-18 I've Got To Talk To My Heart
6-19 Out Of This World
6-20 Last Night When We Were Young
6-21 Through A Long And Sleepless Night
6-22 I'll Never Be The Same
6-23 Through The Years
