...in Hi [VINYL]

The under rated Sarah Vaughan captured between 1949 and 1952 in what was a compilation album of the best twelve tracks from over 65 titles recorded for Columbia in that period expanded with nine alternate versions. Sarah is backed by a stellar line up stars, headed by none less than Miles Davis in a supporting role.This is a lovely album, clearly taken directly from shellac or vinyl due to familiar clicks and pops which curiously add authenticity to proceedings. Classic tunes such as Ain't Misbehavin' and Nice Work If You Can Get It abound, mixed with several lesser known tracks (to these ears anyway). Warm, of its time, and a discovery for me of a superb voice. A good one to curl up in front of a fire on a cold night.

described as brand new and sealed product. I received a non sealed product, scratches and stains on the case, stains on the CD. Contacted the seller who said he had no other item, adding "does it solve your probleme?"

Great

The core of this magnificent cd is the sessions Sarah had with the stelar group consisting of Miles Davis on trumpet, Tony Scott on clarinet, Benny Green on trombone, Budd Johnson on tenor-sax, Jimmy Jones on piano, either Freddie Green or Mundell Lowe on guitar, Billy Taylor Jr. on bass and J C Heard on drums...These 8 tracks (that kick off this CD)are absolutely equal to the best jazz performances in my collection, whereas other tracks ("Pinky", newly discovered track; alternate takes of the 8 gems...), with the exception of brilliant rendition of "The Nearness of You", don't add all that much to the legacy (the musicians on some of the alternate tracks sound as if they were just warming up)...But the first 8 tracks and the track 10 make the body of work everyone should have in their jazz collections.Caught between styles (swing, be-bop, cool), Sassy is the lead voice, equal to any instrumentalist with her lush voice, sense of rhythm and improvisational skills.And the rest of the CD is simply OK. Swinging big band number "Ooh what'cha doin' to me" is even funny (in a good way)....

I do not own this CD fortunately, as I had the sense to listen to the mp3 samples first. The CD artwork has LP written in the top right hand corner and perhaps this explains the breakfast cereal noises of snap crackle and pop on the tracks, plus distortion and tone balance variations. This is such a shame.