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Cover of Showcase by Patsy Cline.

Patsy Cline

Showcase

Number One Essentials

    Widely regarded as the finest female country singer of all time, Patsy Cline achieved icon status following her tragic premature death at age 30 in 1963. Presented here is one of Patsy Cline's best albums, Showcase (1961), originally released by the Decca label. It boasts such important hits as 'Crazy', 'I Fall to Pieces' and 'Walkin' After Midnight.

    Featuring guitar legend Grady Martin, bassist Bob Moore, pianist Floyd Cramer, The Jordanaires, this special edition of Showcase features six bonus tracks, including the unforgettable 'She's Got You' and 'You Belong to Me, constituting a true Patsy Cline greatest hits release.

    "Patsy is and perhaps will always be the standard bearer for all female country singers."- Tammy Wynette

    TRACK LISTING

    I Fall To Pieces
    Foolin' 'round
    The Wayward Wind
    South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)
    I Love You So Much It Hurts
    Seven Lonely Days
    Back In Baby's Arms
    Walkin' After Midnight [first Version]
    She's Got You
    Crazy
    San Antonio Rose
    True Love
    Walkin' After Midnight
    A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)
    Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
    Sweet Dreams (Of You)
    Your Cheatin' Heart
    You Belong To Me

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    Cover of Alone Together - 2025 Reissue by Chet Baker & Bill Evans.

    Chet Baker & Bill Evans

    Alone Together - 2025 Reissue

    Number One Essentials

      Although Chet Baker and Bill Evans were both highly lyrical and introspective players who could have made a fabulous partnership, they only ever recorded together on a couple or so occasions. By the time the recordings here were made, Chet Baker had been a star for less than a decade and this wholly instrumental album presents him accompanied by other great jazz stars with whom he would also rarely play and record with again.

      "Chet Baker's penultimate session for Riverside produced an all-star lineup to support him, including jazz heavyweights Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. Each of them makes important contributions to the session. A good place to hear Baker's special way with the horn is made even more attractive with the presence and contributions of top jazz artists." - ***** Dave Nathan, AllMusic

      TRACK LISTING

      Alone Together
      How High The Moon
      It Never Entered My Mind
      'tis Autumn
      I Talk To The Trees
      If You Could See Me Now
      September Song
      You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
      Time On My Hands
      You And The Night And The Music 
      Thank Heaven For Little Girls

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      Cover of Round About Midnight - 2025 Reissue by Miles Davis.

      Miles Davis

      Round About Midnight - 2025 Reissue

      Number One Essentials

        Miles Davis' quintet formed in 1955 is widely regarded as one of the greatest combos in jazz history. Miles was recording for the independent jazz label Prestige at the time, but after the quintet's success at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, Miles received a substantial offer from the recording giant Columbia. 'Round About Midnight was his first album for Columbia.

        "First, let me say that you should buy this LP immediately. Perhaps even two copies, since you may wear out one playing it and you will want another. This is the kind of album to which one returns time and time again because it is, in its way, a perfect thing, a slice of modern jazz conceived and executed in the very best style." - ***** Ralph J. Gleason, DownBeat

        TRACK LISTING

        'Round Midnight
        Ah- Leu- Cha
        All Of You
        'Round Midnight [Prestige Version]
        Bye, Bye, Blackbird
        Tadd's Delight
        Dear Old Stockholm
        Sweet Sue, Just You

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        Cover of Sings - 2024 Repress by Chet Baker.

        Chet Baker

        Sings - 2024 Repress

        Number One Essentials

          The complementary talents of Chet Baker (1929-1988), both as a trumpet player and as a singer, are now well known, and Will MacFarland's original liner notes for the 10- inch LP Chet Baker Sings, on which he compared Chet with Louis Armstrong, still seem quite appropriate. Both his trumpet and his voice are extensions of the same musical personality, and once you have become familiar with both facets of Baker, you expect to hear them both.

          This album was initially issued in 1954 as a 10-inch Long Play containing eight songs. Its success soon led to it being reissued as a 12" LP, with the addition of material from later 1956 sessions. On all of them Chet is backed by Russ Freeman on piano, who was a member of the trumpeter's regular group at the time. This edition presents all the songs from the 12" LP plus one bonus track from the same period, 'Just Friends'.

          TRACK LISTING

          That Old Feeling
          It's Always You
          Like Someone In Love
          My Ideal
          I've Never Been In Love Before
          My Buddy
          Just Friends
          But Not For Me
          Time After Time
          I Get Along Without You Very Well
          My Funny Valentine
          There Will Never Be Another You
          The Thrill Is Gone
          I Fall In Love Too Easily
          Look For The Silver Lining

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          Cover of Solitude - 2024 Reissue by Billie Holiday.

          Billie Holiday

          Solitude - 2024 Reissue

          Number One Essentials

            Specially prepared liner notes by renowned music writer Brian Morton.

            After an impasse in which she mostly recorded with tightly arranged groups (for Commodore) and big bands with strings (for Decca), Billie Holiday signed her last long-term contract with Norman Granz who tried to repeat the small group magic of her early days.

            Solitude was among Billie's first studio sessions for Granz and features the singer backed by Charlie Shavers, Flip Phillips, the Oscar Peterson Trio, and Alvin Stoller or J. C. Heard.

            TRACK LISTING

            East Of The Sun
            Blue Moon
            You Go To My Head
            You Turned The Tables On Me
            Easy To Love
            These Foolish Things
            If The Moon Turns Green
            April In Paris
            I Only Have Eyes For You
            Solitude
            Everything I Have Is Yours
            Love For Sale
            Moonglow
            Tenderly
            I'll Be Seeing You

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            Cover of In The Wee Small Hours - 2024 Reissue by Frank Sinatra.

            Frank Sinatra

            In The Wee Small Hours - 2024 Reissue

            Number One Essentials

              By 1955, Sinatra's ubiquitous presence as an entertainer had completely abolished all memories of his struggles in the early '50s. He began the year by touring Australia for the first time, and less than a week after returning, he would be back in Capitol's KHJ Studios to begin recording one of his most treasured albums, In the Wee Small Hours , a concept album which would enter the Billboardcharts on May 28, 1955. It would rise to #2 and remain on the chart for a total of 33 weeks and in 1984 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

              "One great talent who has had the recognition he deserved is Frank Sinatra. There's nobody in the world like Frank, and I have great admiration for a whole bunch of singers. He was as great when he retired as he was twenty years earlier. When you've got it, you've got it--that's it." - Buddy Rich

              TRACK LISTING

              In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
              Mood Indigo
              Glad To Be Unhappy
              I Get Along Without You Very Well
              Deep In A Dream
              I See Your Face Before Me
              Can't We Be Friends
              When Your Lover Has Gone
              What Is This Thing Called Love?
              Last Night When We Were Young
              I'll Be Around
              Ill Wind
              It Never Entered My Mind
              Dancing On The Ceiling
              I'll Never Be The Same
              This Love Of Mine
              Stormy Weather

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              Cover of Number One U.S. Singles 1956-62 by Elvis Presley.

              Elvis Presley

              Number One U.S. Singles 1956-62

              Number One Essentials

                Known as the "King of Rock and Roll", Elvis Presley is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. This compilation collects all of Elvis' singles that reached number one on the US pop charts between 1956 and 1962.

                Among other smash hits on this special gatefold edition, are both A and B sides of the single ' Hound Dog' /'Don't Be Cruel' (the most successful Elvis single release, with 11 weeks on the charts), Elvis' second RCA single, ' I Want You, I Need You, I Love You', and the classic rocker Heartbreak Hote' , which peaked at number one and remained on the charts for eight weeks..

                TRACK LISTING

                Heartbreak Hotel
                I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
                Hound Dog
                Don't Be Cruel 
                Love Me Tender 
                Too Much 
                All Shook Up 
                (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 
                Jailhouse Rock
                That's All Right Mama
                Don't 
                Hard Headed Woman 
                A Big Hunk O' Love
                Stuck On You 
                It's Now Or Never 
                Are You Lonesome Tonight?
                Surrender
                Good Luck Charm
                One Night

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