Friday, January 12, 2007

Yvonne

It took me a little while to get this up for you, but as promised, here is Yvonne De Carlo Sings (Masterseal 33-1869/1870, 1957), Orchestra Conducted By John Towner. I found the record the same night I mentioned it, but it took me these few days to get it recorded and scanned in. Hopefully you'll think the wait was worth it. Yvonne seems to be a competent singer, and she certainly doesn't veer towards the Golden Throats category. She sort of reminds me of Julie London a little bit, but she's not as good, in my humble opinion. I wonder if this wasn't originally intended to be a theme album about the blues, since five of the ten tracks have the word 'blue' in the title (and a sixth is Mood Indigo). I have to admit that my entire experience with Yvonne De Carlo was through The Munsters. I don't think I ever saw her in any of those movies they're showing clips of on TV now. And I'm pretty sure I never played this LP prior to her death. I can remember finding it, though, over ten years ago at a giant rummage sale held by some ladies auxiliary or something at The Lakeland Center. I don't know why I never played it... Don't make that same mistake. Download it and give it a spin! Rest in peace, Ms. De Carlo.

Now, who has a copy of her 45 on Capitol with Nelson Riddle???

5 comments:

  1. Back in the early 1970s, Stephen Sondheim was looking for someone to take over Elaine Strich's role in his landmark Broadway musical "Follies".

    Guess who got the job? DeCarlo was a smash, the talk of Broadway, and revitalized ticket sales. This is quite common now but back then, it was unheard of! RIP Yvonne...


    Thanks for posting this Ernie!

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  2. I don't mean to be greedy - okay I do - but why only 96 kbps? Variable Bit Rate (VBR) files would be ideal. Sincere appreciation for your effort regardless!

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  3. It's 96 kbps in mono, which would be 192 in stereo, I don't think that's too bad. I don't think I do the best transfers anyway, and the vinyl is crackly. Just give it a listen and see...

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