Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
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Artist: Judy GarlandEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-02-27
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Overture : The Trolley Song / Over The Rainbow / The Man That Got Away
- When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
- Almost Like Being In Love / This Can't Be Love (Medley)
- Do It Again
- You Go To My Head
- Alone Together
- Who Cares? (As Long As You Care For Me)
- Puttin' On The Ritz
- How Long Has This Been Going On
- Just You, Just Me
- The Man That Got Away
- San Francisco
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Judy Garland
- That's Entertainment
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- You're Nearer
- A Foggy Day
- If Love Were All
- Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
- Stormy Weather
- You Made Me Love You / For Me And My Gal / The Trolley Song (Medley)
- Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
- Over The Rainbow
- Swanee
- After You've Gone
- Chicago
Music reviews of Judy At Carnegie Hall: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
Music Review: No Hype...Woman Born 2 Sing
Rating: 5 Stars
Before critiquing this particular album, I think some quick background needs to be "laid-out."
I always knew that Judy Garland was a big movie star/singer from yesteryear (really, WHO doesn't know that?), but I guess I didn't realize exactly HOW big she was. When Rufus Wainwright did his recent tribute to this actual record album/concert, it prompted me to ask my Granny (now 82) about the sadly long-dead Judy Garland. She was blunt (and I quote): "Oh my God, everybody loved Judy. That woman could sing, I'll tell you that much. Why, we always used to wait in line when any of her movies came out. It was just the thing to do. If Judy had a movie out, you just went to see it...that's all there was to it. Then, when your grandfather shipped-out from Fort Ord in California, in World War II, Judy went and sang for the soldiers. There was nobody like Judy on earth. When she went crazy, though, and started the suicides, people were fit to be tied. Judy? It was like your sister going crazy. You shoved it under the rug. People didn't like to talk about it in those days. So alot of people were embarrassed. But Judy kept coming back from the dead, it seemed. She was bigger than Frankie, bigger than Dean. I always felt bad for that poor girl, but my GAWD, could she ever sing..."
Well, that shed some light (as far as Grannies can shed light--and they CAN) upon the subject and prodded me to do my own research, which was (again) prompted by the Wainwright tribute concert at Carnegie Hall this month.
Garland really WAS huge. Huger than huge. We look at our crop of "movie stars" stars today and think they're so hot. The fact is, someone as "huge" as Julia Roberts has put out a few mega box-office movies, but when you adjust for inflation, even SHE can't compare to what Judy Garland did. Sure, most of us Generation Xers first saw her in "Oz" and a slew of other MGM musicals that we forget, but the people in the 40s didn't forget them. The stunning fact for me was that Judy Garland made umpteen movies in the 40s and practically ALL of them were even bigger box office than Oz. She was one of the few women who regularly ranked on the annual Top 10 Box Office survey they used to do (for ten years!) and every record she put out was an instant Top 10 on the charts--back in the day when "albums" were really "albums"--a buncha old, cranky 78 records in something that resembled a photo album or scrap-book. Then, she was one of the biggest radio stars in history. Made millions. They "wow-factor" for me was when I learned that she never made a movie during her heyday that was not a box-office mega-smash (I guess except for one Pirate movie). That was like, over 25 movies that were HUGE...all in a row. Who can do that nowadays, or any day, for that matter.
When she got worn out from musicals in the MGM, she promptly took her butt to Broadway and transformed herself into a "live" artist, breaking records around the world. I asked my Granny about this part, and she said that: "One thing about Judy, you just could not put that girl down. She could do everything, so she always had a choice. When her Hollywood days were over, it didn't matter, because if Judy was coming to a city anywhere near, you made sure you bought a ticket. Even after the suicides. Boy...could she ever sing."
That was always the weird part my granny ended her assessment upon--"GAWD, could that girl sing." Well, no doubt. Garland, it seems, had one massive movie comeback in the 50s with 'A Star is Born.' I rented it. Watched it. Floored. I wouldn't give you a dime for the song-material, but the TALENT? I read that she lost the best Actress Oscar to Grace Kelly by a few votes. Personally, I don't see how that could have even occurred. Who the heck remembers Grace Kelly's movie? As a kid, I only knew her as some princess who drove off a cliff in Monaco. But I rented the Grace Kelly movie (Country's Girl) and it was just south of so-so. When I learned that this woman won the Oscar instead of Judy Garland that year, that didn't make any sense whatsoever.
Anyhow, Judy Garland, it appears, was the ledge-de-la-legends. Massive movie star, massive recording star, massive radio star, and then...her Tv specials in the 50s were some of the biggest ratings winners ever. I'm a statistics man. I like the stats. My granny even weighed-in on Judy's TV shows..."Oh, whenever Judy was on TV, you had to watch, but I didn't like her series show. She was not well."
Anyhow, the point is that Garland was obviously one of the few (probably a handful) talents that could just do ANYTHING and, even though she had alienated some people, she could kick-it when she sang. People flocked back to her...again and again. That's what seems to have happened to this Carnegie hall event. Judy was, for better or worse, America's Treasure, and she overcame all the lousy men, lousy agents, lousy accountants, and her own insecurities to put on another concert gig.
Well, this one, really...what can you say? Her voice is the ticket here...and her soul. But then again, something you can't even put your finger upon. These songs mean nothing to someone my age, but when that woman takes the stage, it doesn't seem to matter. The thing that amazes me from this concert album (aside from the drama), is that she could handle so many tones, so many key changes, so many change-ups. I think the one thing I could say about her voice (from this mind-boggling concert) is: "Where did she get that clarity of tone?" "Where did she get that totally one of a kind pristine sound?"
The wild thing is that, from her old musical movies, she was very perfect and unique in her tone, but she always sang "sweet." In this concert album, she blows the roof off with power that would make Celine Dion turn red, then she pulls it back in and just SINGS. It's like every note or the keys and chords of the music were one and the same with her inner being. To be honest, it's like being an actress...a perfect singing actress, when she tackles brassy tunes like "You Got My Head" and "Zing When the Strings of It", and then she does a total turnaround on songs like "How Long Has This Been Going On?". I've heard that song done by many (now) totally cool retro jazzers, and I can't say that I've ever heard a better version than the one Garland seems to pull out of her you know what.
Another big thing about this album is the stamina. Every single song seems like it was wrapped-up like a Christmas present. She treats them all with almost chilling intensity...like she really "loved" every song she was singing. I guess that is probably what made the night so special. Of course, the arrangements were top-notch. This 40th Anniversary mastered edition preserves every mouse-squeak. The sound really stuns you...especially when you recall that the thing was recorded in 1961...way before I was born. Again, the fact that Garland could blast her way over a 40-piece orchestra (without ever sounding "too much"), makes you want to hurl on all the lip-synching "singers" of our wonderful year 2006.
Shouldn't it be against the law or something?
Let me try to sum this up (hey, I had to write this--the record really gave me some serious juju): Garland rocked in the most jaw-dropping way on this piece. How to sum it up with words? One can't. I'll try. My quote about this concert album would be this: "The moment you hear her voice,and all through the show, you have that feeling like chill-bumps, and in the deepest part of your brain, that something TRULY, TRULY "great" is happening (or "has" happened, or "will" happen). Yeah. This concert album is that spooky. When the dated songs start speaking to you...you know that this woman was born 2 sing, and that's exactly what she did. As for the crowd? Well, part of the "freak your freak" is that this crowd sounded like a bunch of screaming Beatles fans. For Dorothy? You bet your tush. That audience went beyond-nuts.
Highlights? Really, everything. 26 songs and this chick didn't sag for a second? HULLO. "Over the Rainbow" makes you sad--sadder than sad, because you think of her as this little girl from the annual favorite kids' movie. "San Francisco" should be required listening for any human being. So free. So liberating. Like getting hit with a cool ocean wave after trudging in the desert for miles. Every song, to be honest. Even her piano numbers are intimate and make you wonder "HOW?"
Now, I realize why my granny said this woman was so "HUGE" in her day. Cuz she wuz. She won an Oscar, Tony, many Golden Globes, and this album, I am not surpised to learn, won 5 Grammy Awards. Garland was the first woman in Grammy history to win Best Album. The record topped the Billboard Charts for 13 weeks in a row (over 1/4 of the year) and...heh heh...Judy Garland knocked Elvis Presley off the No. 1 spot to take the throne.
You gotta admit. That alone is beyond cool. But she deserved it. This album is what could be described as an essential piece of "Americana." For good measure, I listened (for the first time!) to records done by the daughter Liza Minnelli. Just to compare. Ouch. I knew the daughter only from the tabloid marriage to David Guest(sp?) and the People Mag photo where she, hubby, Liz Taylor, and Michale Jackson all look like the Munster's Wedding. The daughter can howl, but she's just "talented." Not a shred of the "genius" that her mother had. Not one bit. The daughter (kudos for surviving a crazy show-biz family) sounds like a cackling witch compared to the mother. It's all about the tone. The vocal tone. Garland had it. You should "have" this record. I don't even like those old songs, but Garland makes you like them. How unbelievable is that?
Description of Judy At Carnegie Hall: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.The late 1950s were tough on Judy Garland, but this live recording, cut on April 23, 1961, at Carnegie Hall, would (rightfully) bring the legendary icon back into the spotlight. Live would go on to win five Grammys, be Garland's bestselling record, and confirm that, yes, on certain levels, she still had it. Her vocals are as strong as ever on these tunes, and Garland has fun with an audience obviously enraptured by her charms. She's self-deprecating where necessary--on "You Go to My Head" she "forgets" the lyrics but pretends to improvise. Mostly she just shines, especially on tunes she made famous, such as "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Stormy Weather," and "Over the Rainbow." This is easily one of pop music's greatest live recordings and a fine testament to Garland's recorded legacy. This two-CD set has been remastered for EMI's 40th-anniversary reissue to coincide with the ABC film based on daughter Lorna Luft's memoir Me and My Shadows (and is also available in a 24-karat-gold audiophile format released in 2000). --Jason Verlinde
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