Ella Fitzgerald

• LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs

• HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING

• 180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

By 1957, Ella Fitzgerald was already a star with over twenty years experience as a professional singer. She had performed in countless venues and settings and recorded numerous sides. She was also the inspiration behind Norman Granz’s “Songbook” concept, which had become possible with the recently developed technology of “long play” LPs. The “Songbook” albums consisted of carefully designed multiple-LP box sets devoted to Ella singing the works of some of the best jazz composers, many of which resulted in best-selling albums. Granz also presented Ella in an entirely different context. As a concert promoter with his Jazz at the Philharmonic, he recorded many performances and was one of the first record producers to issue live recordings. At forty-years old, Ella was reaching the peak of her abilities. Between 1957 and 1959, Ella recorded a series of sessions with the Frank DeVol Orchestra from which several albums were culled, among them Hello Love, presented here, and the better known Like Someone in Love.

PERSONNEL:

• ELLA FITZGERALD, vocals on all tracks, plus:
• Arrangements and orchestra conducted by FRANK DeVOL

Los Angeles, March 25, 1959 (A1-A4 & B1).

Los Angeles, October 28, 1957 (A5-A6 & B2-B3).

Los Angeles, July 24, 1957 (B4-B8).

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 01. YOU GO TO MY HEAD
• 02. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
• 03. I’M THRU WITH LOVE
• 04. SPRING WILL BE A LITTLE LATE THIS YEAR
• 05. EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME
• 06. LOST IN A FOG

• SIDE B:
• 01. I’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE
• 02. I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME
• 03. SO RARE
• 04. TENDERLY
• 05. STAIRWAY TO THE STARS
• 06. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
• 07. YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME (*)
• 08. GYPSY IN MY SOUL (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACKS: From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP.