Julie London - Julie Is Her Name (2LP, 45RPM, Mono, unsealed, Number 1069)
RARITY - Unsealed (Mint condition)
Vocals – Julie London [click here to see more vinyl featuring Julie London]
Bass – Ray Leatherwood
Guitar – Barney Kessel
2LPs, gatefold jacket
Limited numbered edition : Number 1069
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45RPM
Size : 12”
Mono
Studio
Record Press : Record Technologies, Inc. (RTI)
Label : Boxstar Records
Original Label : Liberty
Recorded August 8–9, 1955 in Western Recorders, Hollywood
Engineered by John Kraus
Produced by Bobby Troup
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Originally released in 1955
Reissued in 2009
Tracks:
Side A:
- Cry Me A River
- I Should Care
- I'm In The Mood For Love
Side B:
- I'm Glad There Is You
- Can't Help Lovin' That Man
- I Love You
Side C:
- Say It Isn't So
- It Never Entered My Mind
- Easy Street
Side D:
- S' Wonderful
- No Moon At All
- Laura
- Gone With The Wind
Reviews :
“She had the twin gifts of naturalness and perfection. She could sing as Eve might have in the Garden of Eden: no artifice, no professional tricks, no mannerisms, the voice every woman would have in a perfect world, the ultimate in art concealing art. And her control of intonation has been seldom equaled, in either popular or classical realms: it was perfection itself.
Her singing was intrinsically intimate: she sang close to the microphone (Telefunken here), seldom at full voice. Her approach was understatement, the songs as pure music with minimal rhetoric. For those who appreciate the style, I most definitely among them, she is the one and only, the incomparable, the unforgettable.
This is a two-record 45rpm reissue of her first (mono) LP (it was on Liberty), which included her career-defining hit (3 million sold in 1956!) “Cry me a River.” Boxstar’s reissues are superbly made, with extremely quiet surfaces (Paul Seydor adds his bravo for this) and the freedom from distortion that make well-cut 45rpm discs supreme over 33 1/3—as close to the sound of the original tape as imaginable. This is Julie London as you always wished you could hear her, in truly beautiful sound. Don’t miss it.” The Absolute Sound, June 4th 2013
“For a time, Julie London was as famous for her sexy album covers as for her singing. Her debut is her best, a set of fairly basic interpretations of standards in which she is accompanied tastefully by guitarist Barney Kessel and bassist Ray Leatherwood. "Cry Me a River" from this album, was her biggest hit, and her breathy versions of such numbers as "I Should Care," "Say It Isn't So," "Easy Street," and "Gone with the Wind" are quite haunting.” AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.76 / 5