Love Letters from Ella

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Notes

Welcome in 2007, a time at which dead singers perform again with the London Symphony Orchestra!
This release, a Concord Jazz felony in partnership with Starbucks, is assembled from various cuts sourced from the late Fitzgerald period on Pablo.
Some of the tracks, though, are simply (remarkably) remastered, and don't feature this (über-heretical to the purists) overdubbing (Frankenstein-like) experiment.
Concord claims that all material is unreleased sounds pretty much like the rest - questionable - and it's yet unknown what exactly is new in here (if anything), hence the completists, for now, have no choice but buy it.
As for the length/price ratio, its far from qualifying into budget, but, as said above, the remarkable engineering work justifies it pretty much.
Being warned about all this, it's up to you to decide if this is worth it or not...

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-22 20:46 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
cover recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
2:28
2Cry Me a River
cover recording of:
Cry Me a River
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc., Harmony Grace Publishing, Saunders Publications Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Daksel Music Corp. (in 1982) and Song and Dance Music Co. (in 1982)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
5:11
3You Turned the Tables on Me
cover recording of:
You Turned the Tables on Me
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Louis Alter
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1936)
3:49
4I’ve Got the World on a String
cover recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc. and S.A. Music Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:14
5Witchcraft
cover recording of:
Witchcraft
lyricist:
Carolyn Leigh
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Morley Music Co. Inc., Notable Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:59
6My Old Flame
cover recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
4:15
7The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)3:03
8Take Love Easy
cover recording of:
Take Love Easy
lyricist:
John Latouche
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
5:36
9Our Love Is Here to Stay
cover recording of:
Love Is Here to Stay
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Frankie G. Songs, George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Nokawi Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
4:59
10Some Other Spring
cover recording of:
Some Other Spring
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
3:47