STACEY KENT Let Yourself Go..Celebrating Fred Astaire 2xLP TEST PRESS Audiophile

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STACEY KENT Let Yourself Go.... Celebrating Fred Astaire TEST PRESSING 2xLP UK 2013 (Candid / Pure Pleasure) -/MINT-/MINT- (new)
INFORMATION: Brand new unplayed TEST PRESSING. Only 5 Made. This is the first domestic vinyl pressing of this release. It was originally only available on vinyl in Germany, & CD in the UK upon its initial release in 1999
Product Details UPC: PPAN CJS 9764 Brand: Pure Pleasure Records Artist: Stacey Kent Title: Let Yourself Go

"Let Yourself Go" is an exceptional collection of 13 tunes written by the cream of popular song writers -- Berlin, Gershwin Brothers, and others -- honoring Fred Astaire's contributions to the vocal art. With his low key, narrow ranged voice, Astaire probably introduced and/or made popular more songs that were destined to become standard entries in the Great American Songbook than any other artist. Kent delivers this selective play list with one of three musical combinations, just piano, with piano plus rhythm, and with a larger aggregation which includes sax and guitar. Irrespective of the instrumental context, all of the tunes are delivered with Stacey's pleasant nasal twang to help her create the impression that the lyrics she's singing are part of an intimate one on one conversation with each listener.

There's nothing over dramatic on this album. No gimmicks, just a voice as engaging as any on the scene conveying the meaning of a melody in the tradition of the person she is honoring, the inestimable Astaire.

Kent's pianist, David Newton, is one of the premiere accompanists in the U.K., having worked with such top flight singers as Tina May. He and Kent display their musical attraction to each other on a relaxed, suave rendition of "Isn't This a Lovely Day" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me", where Kent and Newton gently joust as they deliver an elegant rendition of this tune. 'Relaxed' is as good a word as any to describe the atmosphere for this session.

There's nothing frenetic here. "S'Wonderful", usually performed at a fast pace, gets a languid, medium tempo treatment with Newton's piano, an effortlessly lilting Colin Oxley guitar and Jim Tomlinson's tenor sharing the mike with Kent. "A Fine Romance" is about as upbeat as it gets, with Oxley's cleaned line guitar setting the pace. Newton engages in a bit of Erroll Garner-like humming during his solo on this tune. Tomlinson's romantic tenor is featured on "Let Yourself Go" and "They All Laughed". On "One for My Baby", he brings out his clarinet, using the middle register to help create the proper melancholy mood for this definitive 'drowning my sorrows in booze' tune.

This is another excellent album by American born, U.K.-based singer Stacey Kent, and is happily recommended.

Personnel: Stacey Kent:vocals / Jim Tomlinson: tenor & alto saxophones, clarinet / Colin Oxley:guitar/ David Newton: piano, keyboards, / Simon Thorpe: bass/ Steve Brown: drums

Produced by Jim Tomlinson

All arrangements by Jim Tomlinson & Stacey Kent except ‘S Wonderful by Simon Woolf.

Tracklisting

Side A

1. Let Yourself Go 2. They Can't Take That Away From Me 3. I Won't Dance

Side B

1. Isn't This A Lovely Day? 2. They All Laughed 3. He Loves And She Loves

Side C

1. Shall We Dance? 2. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 3. 's Wonderful

Side D

1. A Fine Romance 2. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan 3. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket

4. By Myself

Cat No: CJS9764

Format: LPx2 180 gram

Released June 2013

Mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London

Recorded engineered and mixed by Curtis Schwartz at Curtis Schwartz Studios, Ardingly, England July 26/27th 1999

CONDITION: Brand new. Not issued with sleeve. Press release / info sheet has creasing
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