Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New (Expanded Edition)

Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New (Expanded Edition)

You canâ€™t get any more popular in American entertainment than Keely Smith was in the early â€˜60s. Having blown the doors out in Las Vegas, winning a Grammy, having hit after hit and lighting up television screens playing straight â€œmanâ€ to husband Louis Prima, sheâ€™d navigated the tricky waters of a professional and personal divorce, striking out on her own and starting her own record label, Keely Records, in partnership with close friend and mentor Frank Sinatra, under the auspices of his Reprise label. A groundbreaking businesswoman, as well as recording artist, Keely recorded 5 classic albums for Reprise. Because sheâ€™d seen enough show business shenanigans to last a lifetime, a generation before it became standard practice to do so, she retained the rights to her masters. Those albums have NEVER come out legitimately on CD anywhere in the world. Now, Real Gone Music, in concert with Keely & her family, is very proud to announce that the label is going to answer the pleas of pop fans worldwide and release ALL of Keelyâ€™s Reprise albums on CD for the first time in deluxe packages featuring bonus tracks, rare photos, and new liner notes. Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New was Keelyâ€™s first release for her new label Reprise, and she celebrated her newfound freedom in grand style by putting out a concept album jointly supervised by Keely with Frank Sinatra. Reassembling the topnotch, high flying creative team of their Capitol years, the entire package was fashioned as two distinct records, from the song choices to the album artwork itself. It featured two different front covers, one lachrymose, one cheery. The first side, â€œLittle Girl Blue,â€ offered such lovelorn fare as â€œHereâ€™s That Rainy Day,â€ â€œWillow Weep for Me, and the title tune, while the second side, â€œLittle Girl New,â€ was epitomized by the spirit of its closing track, â€œBlue Skies.â€ Taken as a whole, Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New is a uniquely powerful listening experience and stands as one of the first concept albums ever recorded by a female artist. Weâ€™ve added Keelyâ€™s first Reprise single (produced by Don Costa), â€œWhen You Cryâ€ and â€œGoing Through the Motions,â€ (mixed to stereo for the first time ever!) to the original stereo album for this Expanded Edition, which is remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision from original tape sources and also features fresh liner notes and rare photos. Oh, and one more thingâ€¦the whole thing is arranged and conducted by the great Nelson Riddle!

Country	USA
Artist	Keely Smith
Binding	Audio CD
Brand	Real Gone Music
EAN	0848064005919
Feature	Shrink-wrapped
Genre	Blues
IsAdultProduct
Label	Real Gone Music
Manufacturer	Real Gone Music
MPN	CDRGM0591
NumberOfDiscs	1
NumberOfItems	1
PartNumber	CDRGM0591
PublicationDate	2014
Publisher	Real Gone Music
ReleaseDate	2017-07-07
Studio	Real Gone Music

Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New (Expanded Edition)

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