• INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET
This collection includes all of Oscar Peterson’s vocal recordings up to the year 1964.
Contains the complete original album Romance: The Vocal Styling of Oscar Peterson, the four vocal songs from the album Soft Sands, and all vocal tracks originally issued as singles.
PERSONNEL:
- Oscar Peterson (vocals & piano on all tracks), plus:
- ON TRACKS [1-12] ROMANCE: The Vocal Styling of Oscar Peterson
- (1-10): Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (bass)
- New York, May 1953 & April 27, 1954.
- (11-12): Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (bass)
- Los Angeles, February 1952.
- ON TRACKS [13-16]: From SOFT SANDS
- Orchestra conducted by BUDDY BREGMAN.
- Los Angeles, March & July 1957.
- ON TRACKS [17-20]:
- Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (bass).
- Los Angeles, 1951-53
TRACKS:
- 01 I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU
- 02 POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS
- 03 ONE FOR MY BABY
- 04 I HEAR MUSIC
- 05 AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
- 06 I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
- 07 SPRING IS HERE
- 08 THESE FOOLISH THINGS
- 09 FROM THIS MOMENT ON
- 10 THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER
- 11 TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS
- 12 BUT NOT FOR ME
- 13 ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
- 14 WHY, OH WHY
- 15 I‘VE NEVER LEFT YOUR ARMS
- 16 SUSQUEHANNA
- 17 THE SHEIK OF ARABY
- 18 UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG
- 19 THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ME
- 20 AUTUMN IN NEW YORK