Takin' a Chance on Love: The Complete Bluebird Session & More [Import]

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Album Description
The definitive edition of the Ethel Waters recordings made for the Bluebird label in 1938-1939, plus a 1940 session and four outstanding 1946 versions of his most celebrated hits.

Tracks:

You're a Sweetheart
How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone?
I'll Get Along Somehow
You're Mine
Frankie and Johnny
They Say
Jeepers Creepers
Lonesome Walls
If You Ever Change Your Mind
What Goes up Must Come Down
Y' Had It Comin' to You
Bread and Gravy
Down in My Soul
Georgia on My Mind
Stop Myself from Worryin' over You
Old Man Harlem
Push Out
Baby, What Else Can I Do?
I Just Got a Letter
Taking a Chance on Love
Honey in the Honeycomb
Cabin in the Sky
Love Turned the Light Out
Am I Blue
Taking a Chance on Love
Cabin in the Sky
Dinah

Album Description

The definitive edition of the Ethel Waters recordings made for the Bluebird label in 1938-1939, plus a 1940 session and four outstanding 1946 versions of his most celebrated hits.

Takin' a Chance on Love: The Complete Bluebird Session & More

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An Ethel Waters Collection: 1938-1946

Takin' a Chance on Love: The Complete Bluebird Session & More
Ethel Waters
Manufacturer: Definitive
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004U363
Release Date: 2000-06-27

Tracks:

You're a Sweetheart
How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone?
I'll Get Along Somehow
You're Mine
Frankie and Johnny
They Say
Jeepers Creepers
Lonesome Walls
If You Ever Change Your Mind
What Goes up Must Come Down
Y' Had It Comin' to You
Bread and Gravy
Down in My Soul
Georgia on My Mind
Stop Myself from Worryin' over You
Old Man Harlem
Push Out
Baby, What Else Can I Do?
I Just Got a Letter
Taking a Chance on Love
Honey in the Honeycomb
Cabin in the Sky
Love Turned the Light Out
Am I Blue
Taking a Chance on Love
Cabin in the Sky
Dinah

Customer Reviews:

An Ethel Waters Collection: 1938-1946.......2007-02-02

Before finding fame as an actor as a middle-aged woman, Ethel Waters was a Blues singer in the 1920s, a peer of Bessie Smith and Ida Cox, who transitioned into singing Jazz and Pop music. These are some recordings from the second phase of her career.

TAKIN' A CHANCE ON LOVE (front cover subtitle: "The Complete Bluebird Sessions & More") consists of 27 songs recorded 1938 thru 1946; songs are in chronological order. Disc packaged in clear jewel case; total running time: 77:23. Booklet includes an essay by J.G. Calvados (in Spanish, and translated into English by A. Padilla) and track information (including recording dates and musician personnel). Sound quality is decent.

Ethel Waters's voice is not as high as her earlier recordings. It is deeper and softer than her 1920s recording; it is more mellow.

Tracks 1-7 from 1938; tracks 8-19 from 1939.
Tracks 20-23 from 1940.
Tracks 24-27 from 1946.

There are two versions of both "Taking a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky". This compilation also includes the songs "Georgia on My Mind" (later recorded by Ray Charles), "Jeepers Creepers" (used in the 2001 horror film of the same name), and "Dinah". There is also "Push-Out" a fun dance-instruction song.

A good companion piece to this album is the 2004 compilation "Am I Blue: 1921-1947", which is comprised primarily of recordings from the `20s. Only three songs overlap between the two albums: 1938's "Jeepers Creepers" (featured in the 2001 horror film of the same name) and her 1940 recordings of "Taking a Chance on Love" & "Cabin in the Sky".

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