New 3-CD Set Coming July 5 from Trapeze – Judy Garland A Celebration

UPDATE:  I cannot in good conscience support this CD release or advise anyone to purchase it.  There are many reasons for this. 

Read my review here.

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Trapeze Music & Entertainment Ltd./Acrobat Music Releases
Judy Garland: A Celebration
a 3 CD/2 LP Set With 12 Unissued Tracks

Middlesex, U.K. – Trapeze Music & Entertainment Limited/Acrobat Music is proud to announce the release on July 5, 2024, of the 3-CD 73-track album Judy Garland: A Celebration, selections of which are included on the first volume of an LP of the same name.  Curated by Lawrence Schulman, the award-winning music producer, critic, translator, and author of the two-volume book Garland: That’s Beyond Entertainment – Reflections on Judy Garland, published by BearManor Media in 2023, the set is an overview of Garland’s career, but also includes 12 new-to-CD tracks, many from private collections. These unreleased recordings include overdubs from her 1956 album Judy, alternates, outtakes, rehearsals, and television appearances.  The set has been restored and remastered including restorations and remixes by such audio engineers as Nick Dellow, who has remastered as well as repitched several tracks, and Brian Lee, who has done stereo remixes on a number of tracks.  The CD and LP include new liner notes and a detailed discography by Schulman, as well as rare archival photos.  The CD and LP releases are available from all good record stores, Amazon and mail order houses and http://www.trapezemusic.com.

CD TRACKLIST:

* First time on CD
** Repitched
† Stereo Remix

3 hours 41 minutes

CD 1

1. BLUE BUTTERFLY (Soundtrack, A Holiday In Storyland)

2. BILL (Decca Records)

3. BROADWAY RHYTHM (Radio)

4. ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (Radio)

5. STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY (Decca Records)

6. IT’S LOVE I’M AFTER (Soundtrack, Pigskin Parade) †

7. (DEAR MR. GABLE) YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU (Soundtrack, Broadway Melody of 1938)

8. SUN SHOWERS (Soundtrack, Love Finds Andy Hardy)

9. OVER THE RAINBOW (Soundtrack, The Wizard of Oz) †

10. F.D.R. JONES (Radio)

11. I’M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY (Decca Records)

12. COMES LOVE (Radio) † **

13. I’M NOBODY’S BABY (Soundtrack, Andy Hardy Meets Debutante)

14. FRIENDSHIP (with Johnny Mercer, Decca Records)

15. DO THE LA CONGA (with Mickey Rooney & MGM Studio Chorus, Soundtrack, Strike Up The Band)

16. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (Soundtrack, Little Nellie Kelly) †

17. I’M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS (Soundtrack, Ziegfeld Girl) †

18. MINNIE FROM TRINIDAD (Soundtrack, Ziegfeld Girl) †

19. EASY TO LOVE (Soundtrack, Life Begins for Andy Hardy)

20. HOW YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM DOWN ON THE FARM (AFTER THEY’VE SEEN PAREE)? (Soundtrack, For Me And My Gal)

21. EMBRACEABLE YOU (Decca Records) †

22. THE BOY NEXT DOOR (Hybrid – Decca Records – MGM Soundtrack) †

23. HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (Hybrid – Decca Records – MGM Soundtrack) †

24. BOYS AND GIRLS LIKE YOU AND ME (Hybrid – Decca Records – MGM Soundtrack) †

CD 2

1. THE TROLLEY SONG (Hybrid – Decca Records – MGM Soundtrack) †

2. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Hybrid – Decca Records – MGM Soundtrack)†

3. I MAY BE WRONG (BUT I THINK YOU’RE WONDERFUL) (V-Disc)

4. IN THE VALLEY (WHERE THE EVENING SUN GOES DOWN) (Soundtrack, The Harvey Girls)

5. ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND THE SANTA FE (Decca Records)

6. MY ROMANCE (with Frank Sinatra, Radio)

7. WHY WAS I BORN? (Radio) †

8. CHANGING MY TUNE (Decca Records)

9. YOU CAN DO NO WRONG (Soundtrack, The Pirate) †

10. I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN (Decca Records)

11. MR. MONOTONY (Soundtrack, Easter Parade) †

12. A COUPLE OF SWELLS (with Fred Astaire, Soundtrack, Easter Parade)

13. LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG (Soundtrack, In The Good Old Summertime)

14. IF YOU FEEL LIKE SINGING, SING (Soundtrack, Summer Stock) †

15. (HOWDY NEIGHBOR) HAPPY HARVEST (Soundtrack, Summer Stock) †

16. FRIENDLY STAR (Soundtrack, Summer Stock) †

17. GET HAPPY (Soundtrack, Summer Stock) †

18. YOU’RE JUST IN LOVE (with Bing Crosby, Radio)

19. I’M IN LOVE WITH A WONDERFUL GUY (Radio) **

20. HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAID I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN A LIAR ALL MY LIFE? (with Bing Crosby, Radio)

21. MY SHIP (HAS SAILS THAT ARE MADE OF SILK) (Radio)

22. SEND MY BABY BACK TO ME (Columbia Records) †

23. HEARTBROKEN (Robert Parker Dolby Surround Sound version) (Columbia Records)

24. THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY (Soundtrack, A Star Is Born)

25. IT’S A NEW WORLD (Soundtrack, A Star Is Born)

26. MY MELANCHOLY BABY (Rehearsal) *

27. ME AND MY SHADOW (Capitol Records, Alone)

CD 3

1. ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (Capitol Records, Judy in Love)

2. MORE THAN YOU KNOW (Capitol Records, Judy in Love)

3. WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT (Capitol Records, Garland at the Grove)

4. THE FARAWAY PART OF TOWN ** (Soundtrack, Pepe)

5. IF I LOVE AGAIN (Capitol Records, That’s Entertainment!)

6. YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE (Capitol Records, The London Sessions)

7. JUDY AT THE PALACE MEDLEY (Capitol Records, The London Sessions) *

8. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (Capitol Records, Judy at Carnegie Hall)

9. COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME (Capitol Records)

10. SMILE (TV Special, Sunday Night at the London Palladium)

11. WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE (TV, The Judy Garland Show) *

12. MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY (Private Recording) *

13. THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE (TV, On Broadway Tonight) *

14. WHAT NOW, MY LOVE? (TV, Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall)

15. HOW INSENSITIVE (TV, The Mike Douglas Show)

BONUS TRACKS:

16. DIRTY HANDS, DIRTY FACE (Capitol Records, Judy) *

17. APRIL SHOWERS (Capitol Records, Judy) *

18. MAYBE I’LL COME BACK (Capitol Records, Judy) *

19. I’M OLD FASHIONED (Capitol Records, Judy) *

20. MEMORIES OF YOU (Capitol Records, Judy) *

21. LUCKY DAY (Capitol Records, Judy) *

22. LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG (Capitol Records, Judy) *

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LP TRACK LIST – VOLUME 1 (Volume 2 to be released at a later date):

* Stereo remix
† Repitched, first release

Side A

1 IT’S LOVE I’M AFTER (Soundtrack, Pigskin Parade) *

2 (DEAR MR. GABLE) YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU (Soundtrack, Broadway Melody of 1938)

3 OVER THE RAINBOW (Soundtrack, The Wizard of Oz) *

4 COMES LOVE (Radio) *†

5 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (Decca Records) *

6 THE TROLLEY SONG (Decca Records) *

7 I MAY BE WRONG (BUT I THINK YOU’RE WONDERFUL) (V-Disc)

8 ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND THE SANTA FE (Decca Records)

Side B

1 FRIENDLY STAR (Soundtrack, Summer Stock) *

2 GET HAPPY (Soundtrack, Summer Stock) *

3 THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY (Soundtrack, A Star Is Born)

4 ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (Capitol Records, Judy in Love)

5 THE FARAWAY PART OF TOWN (Soundtrack, Pepe) †

6 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (Capitol Records, Judy at Carnegie Hall)