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Released 2003

Taking advantage of the 50-year copyright limit on recordings in Europe, British budget reissue label Prism Leisure has compiled a collection of early- and mid-'40s Lena Horne recordings that originated on 78 rpm singles. Most were made for RCA Victor Records, along with some sides from tiny B&W Records and one track, "Out of Nowhere," on which Horne appeared as the vocalist with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, from Columbia Records. Of course, no such information is provided on this disc, which restricts its annotations to the legally required songwriting credits, credits for the accompanying orchestras, and a brief, generic bio in the two-page CD booklet. In most cases, Horne was the featured performer, although, as on "Out of Nowhere," on "Love Me a Little Little" she was serving as a band singer, this time for Artie Shaw, and got less disc time as a result. The sound quality is good, and the selection features many Horne favorites and standards, starting with the title song, even if the sequencing is more or less random. Especially if purchased at a discount price (as it was being offered in mail-order catalogs available to American consumers shortly after release), the generous package gives a good sense of Horne's music during her early prime. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. Stormy Weather
2. Whispering
3. More Than You Know
4. At Long Last Love
5. Where or When?
6. St. Louis Blues
7. I Gotta a Right to Sing the Blues
8. As Long as I Live
9. Little Girl Blue
10. Old Fashioned Love
11. My Man's Gone Now
12. Blue Prelude
13. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
14. Hesitating Blues
15. You Go to My Head
16. Glad to Be Unhappy
17. It's a Rainy Day
18. Out of Nowhere
19. Love Me a Little Little
20. Moanin' Low
21. Frankie and Johnny, Pt. 1 & 2
22. How Long Has This Been Going On?
23. Mad About the Boy
24. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

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