PEGGY LEE - At Last : The Lost Radio Recordings (2015) 2CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The 2015 two-disc Peggy Lee anthology At Last: The Lost Radio Recordings compiles live performances the iconic vocalist gave for her radio show in 1951. Originally broadcast over the CBS network and the Armed Forces Radio Service, these performances showcase Lee backed by bands led by Sonny Burke in Los Angeles and Russ Case in New York. Rather than focusing on her best-known material, Real Gone instead has handpicked songs Lee never officially recorded in a studio, including many songs made famous by her contemporaries like Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Shore, and Jo Stafford. Included are such songs as "I'll See You in My Dreams," "The Wheel of Fortune," "Everything Happens to Me," "Ole Buttermilk Sky," "I'll Never Smile Again," and many more. by Matt Collar
Tracklist 1 :
1    Peggy Lee Radio Show Opening    0:22
2    It’s A Most Unusual Day    1:22
3    I’ll See You In My Dreams    2:00
4    Getting To Know You    2:29
5    Cry    2:10
6    You Belong To Me    2:19
7    Takes Two To Tango    1:48
8    Solitaire    2:48
9    Did Anyone Call?    2:28
10    Please Mr. Sun    2:24
11    The Wheel Of Fortune    2:03
12    Life Is A Beautiful Thing    1:25
13    Somewhere Along The Way    2:24
14    And So To Sleep Again    2:14
15    Undecided    2:26
16    Everything Happens To Me    2:29
17    A Kiss To Build A Dream On    2:25
18    Botch-A-Me    1:30
19    My Darling, My Darling    1:22
20    Just One More Chance    2:24
21    Since My Love Has Gone (Addio de Passato)    2:44
22    Zing A Little Zong    1:14
23    Skylark    2:01
Tracklist 2 :
1    I Got Rhythm    1:53
2    Pretty Eyed Baby    2:33
3    Ole Buttermilk Sky    1:34
4    The Little White Cloud That Cried    2:30
5    When I Fall In Love    2:12
6    Come What May    2:00
7    Johnny One-Note    1:37
8    Singin’ In The Rain    2:03
9    Come On-A My House    2:05
10    Here In My Heart    1:43
11    Danny Boy    2:20
12    Half As Much    1:54
13    Go, Go, Go    2:01
14    I’ll Never Smile Again    1:42
15    After All, It’s Spring    2:29
16    Trust In Me     2:49
17    Blacksmith Blues    1:36
18    Domino    3:07
19    Heigh Ho (It’s Off To Work We Go)    1:19
20    Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?    1:58
21    I’m Gonna Live Till I Die    1:18
22    At Last    2:56

PEGGY LEE - Miss Wonderful (2006) 4 CD SET / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Duke Ellington called her the queen and rightly so. Peggy Lee made beautiful music during her long career. She was a dedicated perfectionist is everything she did, singing, acting or songwriting. This quality becomes apparent in this collection of highlights from the first 10 years of La Lee's solo career.
Tracklist 1 :
Golden Earrings    
1    Ain't Goin' No Place    3:02
2    That Old Feeling    2:43
3    Baby (Is What He Calls Me)    2:56
4    Waitin' For The Train To Come In    3:04
5    I'm Glad I Waited For You    2:37
6    I Don't Know Enough About You    3:19
7    Linger In My Arms A Little Longer, Baby    3:02
8    It's A Good Day    2:50
9    A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues    3:10
10    It's All Over Now    2:58
11    Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?    2:57
12    She Didn't Say Yes    2:46
13    Birmingham Jail    2:13
14    It's Lovin' Time    2:46
15    Everything's Movin' Too Fast    2:57
16    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot    2:21
17    Somebody Love Me    2:56
18    Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)    3:00
19    It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose    3:05
20    Just An Old Love Of Mine    3:12
21    There'll Be Some Changes Made    3:07
22    I'll Dance At Your Wedding    2:58
23    Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'Mine)     2:29
24    Golden Earrings    2:58
25    I Can't Give You Anything But Love    2:33
Tracklist 2 :
Mañana    
1    Talkin' To Myself About You    2:51
2    Why Don't You Do Right?    2:27
3    'Deed I Do    3:02
4    Hold Me    3:01
5    Them There Eyes    2:55
6    Baby Don't Be Mad At Me    2:59
7    Everybody Loves Somebody    3:12
8    Laroo, Laroo, Lili Bolero    2:31
9    Caramba! It's The Samba    2:45
10    Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)    2:56
11    All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart    2:29
12    While We're Young    3:08
13    For Every Man There's A Woman    2:46
14    Just A Shade On The Blue Side    3:09
15    Bubble-Loo, Bubble-Loo    2:57
16    Don't Smoke In Bed    3:06
17    Please Love Me Tonight    2:54
18    Bali Ha'i    3:07
19    I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair    3:11
20    Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)    2:40
21    Crazy He Calls Me    3:07
22    Coney Island    0:36
23    Got The Gate On The Golden Gate    3:33
24    The Old Master Painter    2:47
25    Cannonball Express    2:19
Tracklist 3 :
I Get Ideas    
1    Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World ('Cause That's Where Everything Is)    2:04
2    Lover Come Back To Me    2:48
3    I've Had My Moments    2:58
4    I Should Care    3:39
5    Someday Sweetheart    2:13
6    September In The Rain    3:07
7    That Old Gang Of Mine    2:35
8    Nice Work If You Can Get It    2:19
9    I'm Beginning To See The Light    2:34
10    Gone With The Wind    1:56
11    Don't Blame Me    2:44
12    Baby Won't You Please Come Home?    1:51
13    My Last Affair    2:48
14    I'm Confessin'    2:36
15    Where Are You?    3:02
16    (When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas    2:10
17    Don't Fan The Flame    2:27
18    Forgive Me    2:49
19    Be Anything (But Be Mine)    3:18
20    I'm Glade There Is You    3:01
21    You Go To My Head    3:13
22    Just One Of Those Things    2:57
23    Lover    3:19
24    Sans Souci    3:18
25    River, River    3:11
26    Go You Where You Go    3:00
Tracklist 4 :
Black Coffee    
1    That's Him Over There    3:17
2    I Hear The Music Now    2:48
3    This Is A Very Special Day    2:32
4    Sorry Baby, You Let My Love Get Cold    2:56
5    I've Got You Under My Skin    2:28
6    I Didn't Know What Time It Was    2:18
7    Love Me Or Leave Me    2:05
8    Easy Living    2:43
9    A Woman Alone With The Blues    2:41
10    My Heart Belongs To Daddy    2:05
11    Black Coffee    3:04
12    When The World Was Young    3:16
13    Baubles, Bangles And Beads    3:07
14    Johnny Guitar    3:00
15    Autumn In Rome    2:44
16    Love You Didn't Do Right By Me    3:01
17    The Gypsy With Fire In His Shoes    2:54
18    Let Me Go Lover    2:36
19    What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry    2:11
20    I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now    2:16
21    Oh Didn't He Ramble    2:17
22    Sugar    2:37
23    Somebody Loves Me    3:29
24    I Never Knew    3:00
25    Bye Bye Blackbird    3:42
26    He Needs Me    2:35
27    Sing A Rainbow    2:46
28    Me    2:30

PEGGY LEE & JUNE CHRISTY - The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (1998) 5CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Mosaic, the Rolls-Royce of record companies, has produced another of its limited-edition gems (5,000 copies and no more). This five-CD boxed set highlights the early work of two of the more famous vocal graduates of the swing era -- Peggy Lee and June Christy. Recently signed by Capitol, they were the company's attempt to break into the transcription business. Transcriptions were records provided to radio stations to fill a constant need for music that regular commercial releases were unable to meet. Most of the songs on this album, cuts from 1945 through 1949, were never before or since recorded by Lee and Christy, so they are a nice addition to their respective discographies. Of the two, Peggy Lee's style is clearly the most advanced. She had a successful tenure with Benny Goodman in the early '40s. After completing a hiatus as a homemaker for her husband, Dave Barbour, who accompanies her on several of these cuts, she started recording with Capitol in 1946. Her languid, laid-back approach that was to characterize her singing for the next 50-plus years was pretty well-developed by this time. In contrast, June Christy, who had just joined the Stan Kenton band, was still searching for her singing personality. The early cuts reveal she was still very much bound to Billie Holiday's style. But, by the time of the 1946 sessions on this album, the voice that was to become one of the most recognized by popular song fans, with Kenton and, later, with Pete Rugolo, Lou Levy, and others began to unfold. One surprise on the Christy sides is the valve-trombone work by Gene Roland. Noted more for his arranging skills than his soloing, his trombone work glistens on such cuts as "How High the Moon." Like all Mosaic releases, this album comes with complete annotations and an informative booklet. by Dave Nathan  
CD1
June Christy And The Kentones    
1    June Christy And The Kentones–    Make Love To Me    3:58
2    June Christy And The Kentones–    How High The Moon    2:42
3    June Christy And The Kentones–    Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams    2:09
4    June Christy And The Kentones–    Can't Help Loving That Man    3:07
5    June Christy And The Kentones–    Sweet Lorraine    2:31
6    June Christy And The Kentones–    Don't Worry 'Bout Me    1:56
7    June Christy And The Kentones–    I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me    1:35
8    June Christy And The Kentones–    June's Blues    2:40
9    June Christy And The Kentones–    Mean To Me    1:55
10    June Christy And The Kentones–    September In The Rain    3:41
11    June Christy And The Kentones–    You Took Advantage Of Me    2:28
12    June Christy And The Kentones–    Stompin' At The Savoy    2:41
13    June Christy And The Kentones–    I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance    4:22
14    June Christy And The Kentones–    The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else    2:54
15    June Christy And The Kentones–    Moonglow    2:58
16    June Christy And The Kentones–    Get Happy    2:51
17    June Christy And The Kentones–    I Got A Guy    3:23
18    June Christy And The Kentones–    Lover Man    3:26
CD2
1    June Christy And The Kentones–    Lullaby In Rhythm    2:32
2    June Christy And The Kentones–    This Is Romance    3:14
3    June Christy And The Kentones–    Supper Time    3:32
4    June Christy And The Kentones–    I'm Thrilled    3:05
5    June Christy And The Kentones–    I Can't Give You Anything But Love    1:56
6    June Christy And The Kentones–    How Long Has This Been Going On    3:04
7    June Christy And The Kentones–    You're Blase    2:58
8    June Christy And The Kentones–    Prelude To A Kiss    2:57
9    June Christy And The Kentones–    What's New    3:08

Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra    
10    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    Wherever There's Me There's You    2:12
11    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    All The Cats Join In    2:15
12    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues    3:10
13    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    Come Rain Or Come Shine    3:15
14    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    The Best Man    2:21
15    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    If You Were The Only Boy    2:12
16    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    Love Doesn't Grow On Trees    2:25
17    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home    2:09
18    Peggy Lee With The Frank DeVol Orchestra–    My Sugar Is So Refined    3:02

CD3
Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind    
1    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me    1:43
2    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Lonesome Road    4:03
3    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Them There Eyes    2:25
4    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me    2:53
5    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    The Glory Of Love    2:16
6    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Melancholy Lullaby    3:04
7    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Taking A Chance On Love    2:15
8    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    A Cottage For Sale    3:24
9    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Fools Rush In    3:06
10    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Sometimes I'm Happy    2:21
11    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    The Way You Look Tonight    4:34
12    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Love Is Just Around The Corner    2:01
13    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Porgy    3:24
14    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Blue Skies    2:04
15    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I've Had My Moments    3:48
16    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Blue Moon    2:28
17    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Don't Be So Mean To Baby ("Cause Baby's So Good To You)    3:56
18    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Can't Help Lovin' That Man    3:22
19    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Mean To Me    2:05
20    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I'm Confessin'    3:20
21    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Summertime    3:29
CD4
1    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I Can't Give You Anything But Love    2:05
2    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Georgia On My Mind    2:53
3    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Rockin' Chair    2:05
4    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Swing Low Sweet Chariot    2:09
5    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Just Like A Gypsy    2:18
6    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Somebody Loves Me    2:04
7    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Lullaby Of Broadway    2:44
8    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    In My Solitude    2:32
9    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I Get A Kick Out Of You    3:08
10    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Lover, Come Back To Me!    3:41
11    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I Don't Know Enough About You    3:04
12    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Oh, Look At Me Now    1:52
13    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I Got It Band (And That Ain't Good)    3:41
14    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Someday, Sweetheart    1:57
15    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight    1:56
16    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Dancing With Tears In My Eyes    2:27
17    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone    2:31
18    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Birth Of The Blues    1:52
19    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Careless    2:03
20    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Then I'll Be Happy    2:13
21    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    I Only Have Eyes For You    3:05
22    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    Back In Your Own Backyard    2:18
23    Peggy Lee With The Four Of A Kind–    How Long Has This Been Going On    3:43

CD5
Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet    
1    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart    2:53
2    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    As Long As I'm Dreaming    2:07
3    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Swingin' On A Star    2:44
4    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Aren't You Glad You're You    2:07
5    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Trav'lin' Light    2:58
6    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow    1:49
7    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Oh! You Crazy Moon    2:14
8    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    'S Wonderful    2:30
9    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Imagination    2:33
10    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    This Can't Be Love    2:17
11    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    You're Driving Me Crazy    2:18
12    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Goody Goody    2:22
13    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    I Ain't Got Nobody    2:13
14    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Molly Malone    3:31
15    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    This Little Piggie    2:33
16    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    But Beautiful    2:33
17    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    Fine And Dandy    2:11
18    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    'T Ain't So, Honey, 'T Ain't So    2:24
19    Peggy Lee With The Dave Barbour Quartet–    When A Woman Loves A Man    2:11
All Credits

PEGGY LEE - MIRRORS (1975-2001) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 
Intelligent, evocative, understated, and mature are words that come to mind when describing this 1975 recording. The album is the reflection of a middle-aged woman pondering her present life while romanticizing the past, knowing full well that, in the words of the last song, "We're longing for a simpler time that never was." Written and produced by Leiber & Stoller, and sung in the soft, breathy style of Peggy Lee, the listener is taken through a journey of songs that often evoke a sense of melancholy, even when the lyrical content seems upbeat, such as on "I've Got Them Feelin' Too Good Today Blues." Thoughtful and understated arrangements by Johnny Mandel do a superb job of supporting but never overpowering the lyrics or the vocal style of Lee. Several songs musically evoke what is implied in the title. "Professor Hauptmann's Performing Dogs," for instance, brings to mind sounds reminiscent of the circus. In less skilled hands, musically representing what is lyrically conveyed might not work, but in the talented hands of Leiber, Stoller, and Mandel, it works wonderfully. This is an album where it is apparent the singer, songwriters, and arranger all worked together to make an album worthy of the talents of everyone involved -- they certainly succeeded in that goal. by Michael Ofjord 
Tracklist:
1     Is That All There Is? 4:21
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
2     Ready to Begin Again (Manya's Song) 3:26
Arranged By, Conductor – Perry Botkin, Jr.
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
3     Some Cats Know 4:18
Arranged By, Conductor – Meco Monardo
Engineer [Recording] – Carmine Rubino, Pete Romano
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
4     I've Got Them Feelin' Too Good Today Blues 2:20
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
5     A Little White Ship 3:10
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
6     Tango 5:21
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
7     Professor Hauptmann's Performing Dogs 5:40
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
8     The Case of M.J.2:54
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
9     I Remember 2:51
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
10     Say It 3:58
Jerry Leiber / Frank Loesser / Jimmy McHugh / Mike Stoller
11     Longings for a Simpler Time 3:54
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Credits:
Accordion – Stephen Paietta
Arranged By, Conductor – Johnny Mandel
Bass – Joe Mondragon, Ray Brown
Cello – Anne Goodman, Dennis Karmazyn, Edgar Lustgarten, Jackie Lustgarten, Jesse Levy
Cello, Bass – Fred Seykora
Drums, Percussion – Alvin Stoller, Emil Radocchia, Gene Estes, Jack Ranelli, Joseph Porcaro, John Guerin, Ken Park, Kenneth Watson, Larry Bunker, Mark Stevens, Victor Feldman
Guitar [Banjo] – Dennis Budimir, John Pisano, Tommy Tedesco
Harp – Corky Hale
Horns – Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson, Vincent DeRosa
Keyboards – Artie Kane, Clare Fischer, Don Grusin, Michael Lang, Mike Melvoin, Varda Ullman
Trombone – Charles Loper, Chauncy Welsch, Richard Nash, Kenneth Shroyer, Mike Vlatkovich, Phillip Tule
Trumpet – Buddy Childers, Charles Findley, Joe Burnett, Malcolm McNab, Paul Hubinon, Anthony Terran
Tuba – John Johnson, Bill Masonheimer
Viola – Allan Harshman, Barbara Thomason, David Schwartz, Julien Barber, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Betty Lamagna, Blanche Belnick, Carl Lamagna, Elliot Rosoff, Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Guy Lumia, Harry Bluestone, Irving Geller, John Pintavalle, Marcy Dicterow, Mari Tsumura, Norman Carr, Paul Shure, Richard Sortomme, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Sanov, Tony Posk, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch
Woodwind – Abe Most, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Gene Cipriano, George Young, Georgia Alwan, Harry Klee, Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, John Neufeld, Norman Benno, Ronald Langinger, Tom Scott

PEGGY LEE - Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1956-1999) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Peggy Lee left Capitol in 1952 for, among several other reasons, the label's refusal to let her record and release an exotic, tumultuous version of "Lover." Lee was certainly no Mitch Miller songbird, content to loosen her gorgeous pipes on any piece of tripe foisted upon her; she was a superb songwriter with a knowledge of production and arrangement gained from work in big bands and from her husband, Dave Barbour (although the two weren't together at the time). The more open-minded Decca acquiesced to her demand, and watched its investment pay off quickly when the single became her biggest hit in years. Black Coffee was Lee's next major project. Encouraged by longtime Decca A&R Milt Gabler, she hired a small group including trumpeter Pete Candoli and pianist Jimmy Rowles (two of her favorite sidemen) to record an after-hours jazz project similar in intent and execution to Lee Wiley's "Manhattan project" of 1950, Night in Manhattan. While the title-track opener of Black Coffee soon separated itself from the LP -- to be taught forever after during the first period of any Torch Song 101 class -- the album doesn't keep to its concept very long; Lee is soon enough in a bouncy mood for "I've Got You Under My Skin" and very affectionate on "Easy Living." (If there's a concept at work here, it's the vagaries of love.) Listeners should look instead to "It Ain't Necessarily So" or "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?" for more examples of Lee's quintessentially slow-burn sultriness. Aside from occasionally straying off-concept, however, Black Coffee is an excellent record, spotlighting Lee's ability to shine with every type of group and in any context. [When originally recorded and released in 1953, Black Coffee was an eight-song catalog of 78s. Three years later, Decca commissioned an LP expansion of the record, for which Lee recorded several more songs. The 2004 Verve edition is therefore a reissue of the 1956 12-song LP.] by John Bush  

Tracklist:

1 Black Coffee 3:09
Sonny Burke / Paul Francis Webster
2 I've Got You Under My Skin 2:31
Cole Porter
3 Easy Living 2:47
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
4 My Heart Belongs to Daddy  2:11
Cole Porter
5 It Ain't Necessarily So 3:26
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
6 Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You? 3:26
Andy Razaf / Don Redman
7 A Woman Alone With the Blues 3:16
Willard Robison
8 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 2:21
Richard Rodgers
9 (Ah, The Apple Trees) When the World Was Young 3:21
Johnny Mercer
10 Love Me or Leave Me 2:10
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
11 You're My Thrill 3:26
Sidney Clare / Jay Gorney
12 There's a Small Hotel 2:48
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Credits:

Bass – Max Wayne

Drums – Ed Shaughnessy
Piano – Jimmy Rowles
Trumpet – Pete Candori
Vocals – Peggy Lee

PEGGY LEE / GEORGE SHEARING - Beauty and the Beat! (1959-2003) RM / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Upon its first release Beauty and the Beat! was billed as a live recording from a Miami convention of disc jockeys. Though Peggy Lee and George Shearing did in fact perform there (and attempts were made to record them for later release), the songs heard on the subsequent LP were recorded in the studio and overdubbed with rather obvious canned applause, announcements, and even post-production echo. Lee and Shearing, who had never recorded before, conceived a set of completely new arrangements that played to their strengths: stately blues and effervescent swing. The best of the former comes on a pair of locale-referencing quasi-blues, "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" and "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis," both of which Lee and Shearing are able to transform into languorous, respectable torch songs. The usually downcast "Blue Prelude" is actually taken at a laissez faire tempo that Lee treats well, and the original set ends with "Get Out of Town" and "Satin Doll," a pair of bemused, affectionate performances that perfectly suit the pair. Lee and Shearing's only collaboration on record -- though both would occasionally perform together thereafter -- is a supremely chilled session of late-night blues from two masters of the form. by John Bush  

Tracklist:

1 Do I Love You?

2 I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City

3 If Dreams Come True

4 All Too Soon

5 Mambo In Miami

6 Isn't It Romantic?

7 Blue Prelude

8 You Came A Long Way From St. Louis

9 Always True To You In My Fashion

10 There'll Be Another Spring

11 Get Out Of Town

12 Satin Doll

13 Nobody's Heart

14 Don't Ever Leave Me

Performer – The George Shearing Quintet

Piano – George Shearing

Producer – David Cavanaugh

Vocals – Peggy Lee

PEGGY LEE - Dream Street (1957-1999) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Dream Street captures Peggy Lee at her most intimate and melancholy -- a song cycle exploring love and loss in uncompromisingly frank terms, it strips away the saccharine and schmaltz so common among the singer's Decca sessions to effectively create the first truly adult music of her career. Lee occupies the same harrowing emotional territory staked out by Frank Sinatra via the landmark In the Wee Small Hours, investing the material with the kind of heartbreak and longing that belies the whole "easy listening" tag -- this is music shorn of pretense and artifice, as intense as a primal scream yet beautiful in the way only art of this magnitude can be.  by Jason Ankeny
Tracklist
1 Street Of Dreams  3:17
Written-By – S.M. Lewis, V. Young
2 What's New  2:55
Written-By – B. Haggart, J. Burke
3 You're Blase  2:46
Written-By – B. Sievier, O. Hamilton
4 It's All Right With Me  2:20
Written-By – C. Porter
5 My Old Flame  2:35
Written-By – A. Johnston, S. Coslow
6 Dancing On The Ceiling  3:36
Written-By – L. Hart, R. Rogers
7 It Never Entered My Mind  2:57
Written-By – L. Hart, R. Rogers
8 Too Late Now  3:44
Written-By – A. J. Lerner, B. Lane
9 I've Grown Accustomed To His Face  2:42
Written-By – A. J. Lerner, F. Lowe
10 Something I Dreamed Last Night  2:25
Written-By – H. Magidson, J. Yellen, S. Fain
11 Last Night When We Were Young  2:51
Written-By – E.Y. Harburg, H. Arlen
12 So Blue  2:11
Written-By – DeSylva, Brown, Henderson
Credits
Larry Bunker - Percussion, Vibraphone
Nick Fatool - Drums
Peggy Lee - Vocals
Lou Levy - Piano

Peggy Lee ‎– Sea Shells (1958-1999) RM / FLAC (tracks), lossless

Peggy Lee returned to Capitol Records in 1957 after a five-year stretch at Decca Records, but it wasn't until 1958 that Decca got around to releasing Sea Shells, an LP she had recorded during her tenure with the label. That the recording sat on the shelf for a while is not surprising given the contents, which make it Lee's most unusual album. Accompanied only by harp player Stella Castellucci and harpsichordist Gene DiNovi, she essays a group of art songs and Chinese poetry (thankfully translated into English) on this thoughtful, esoteric project. On several tracks ("Greensleeves," the Lee-composed "The Happy Monks," Debussy's "The Maid with the Flaxen Hair," "Chaconde"), the instrumentalists are on their own with no participation from the singer. Lee ventures into children's fare ("I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard") and Irish music ("The Wearing of the Green"), but throughout, she maintains a calm demeanor and sings or speaks with precise articulation, reflecting on philosophical and metaphysical concerns. All of that is fine, of course, as long as the potential buyer is aware of the approach. Decca may have finally issued the disc in hopes of getting some sales simply on Lee's name, but nobody should pick this one up expecting to hear anything in the vein of "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" or "Lover."  by William Ruhlmann  

Tracklist  
1 Sea Fever
Written-By – Unknown Artist
2 Nine Thorny Thickets
Written-By – Johnny Mercer, Rolfe Humphries
3 Little Old Car
Written-By – Heinie Beau, Peggy Lee
4 Greensleeves
Traditional
Chinese Love Poems
5a The Fisherman
Written-By – Li Po, Peter Rudolph
5b Autumn Evening
Written-By – Li Po, Peter Rudolph
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6 The Happy Monks
Featuring [With] – Gene Di Novi
Written-By – Peggy Lee
7 The White Birch And The Sycamore
Written-By – Hubert Wheeler, P. Lee, Willard Robison
8 Of Such Is The Kingdom Of God
Written-By – Ernest Holmes, Irma Glenn
9 A Brown Bird Singing
Written-By – Haydn Wood, Royden Barrie
10 I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard
Written-By – H. W. Petrie*, P. Wingate
11 The Maid With The Flaxen Hair (La Fille Aux Chevaux De Lin)
Written-By – Claude Debussy
12 The Wearing Of The Green
Traditional
13 Chaconde (Le Bon Petit Roi D' Yvetot)
Written-By – Marcel Grandjany
Chinese Love Poems
14a Going Rowing
Traditional
14b Like The Moon
Traditional
14c The Musicians
Traditional
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15 The Riddle Song
Traditional
16 The Gold Wedding Ring
Written-By – Sukman, Lee
Credits
Harp – Stella Castellucci
Vocals, Liner Notes – Peggy Lee