21 Hollywood Hits - Judy Garland

Advantages: Some great Judy Classics
Disadvantages: Sound tone not as clear as hoped for

...Yet another 'Classic' Judy. When you can hear her young voice you can get some rawness in her renditions, these small nuanices add to the magic that is a young maturing Judy. Listen with closed eyes as you can also hear happiness in her expert delivery of some great classics. This album also helps portray the 'long life' Judy had as singer, she was so young, she was so punished by those who should have looked after her. To think this talanted young person was used mainy as a vessel for studios to make money, she died young because of this. Another album we lovers of Judy must have in our collection It seems Judy is getting a new awarness, lets hope we continue to see more re-released and remastered recordings.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: A good mixture of movie songs and Decca Recordings
Disadvantages: It is just another Garland compliation

...Judy Garland's career spanned 45 of her 47 years. From the age of two when she ran out on to the stage of her parents' theatre yelling " I wanna sing some more" till she died from a barbiturates overdose in London, she dedicated her life to entertaining people and in that she succeeded. She gave hundreds of Vaudeville performances with her two sisters, starred in 32 feature films (18 of these in ten years), had her own TV show, gave over 1100 live performances between 1951 and 1969, and recorded over a hundred singles. Now of course they aren't all featured on this album but with three discs and 60 songs, "The essential Judy Garland" covers the 1930's and 40's. It's jammed packed with classics, written by classics, the Gershwins', Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Arlen and Freed, and Roger Edens. This three-disc compilation is great... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Beautiful, romantic voice and songs
Disadvantages: None that I have found

...Away” and another: “It had to be You”. My favourite from disc one has to be “You’ll Never Know” – one of his biggest hits and a song which won an Academy Award in 1943. Disc Two: Again a famous starter – “It Might As Well Be Spring”. Many more film songs such as “It’s a Grand Night for Singing”, “How are things in Glocca Morra?” and “There’s No Business like Show Business”. Although the name of Dick Haymes may be unfamiliar the names of the guests on this disc will not as two of them were Bing Crosby and Judy Garland. Disc Three: Some more well known songs – “It’s Magic”, “Say it isn’t So”, “Nature Boy” and “You’d be so Nice to Come Home to”. Probably now better known sung by other stars. Disc Four: Another twenty-five tracks beautifully sung. From “You Stepped Out of a Dream” to “Spring Will be a Little Late this Year... Read review

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