Release date: 10-10-2006 (originally from 1949)

2006 UK exclusive limited edition 21-track 2-LP set pressed on 180gram VINYL and mastered from the original mono tapes, featuring a jazz oriented collection of recordings from her sessions for Columbiain 1949 which features a young Miles Davis, Freddie Green and Budd Johnson among others, containing 9 BONUS recordings not available on the original issue including Alternate Takes, presented in a sealed & stickered gatefold picture sleeve.

Tracks:
 01. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) 
 02. Nice Work If You Can Get It 
 03. Pinky 
 04. The Nearness Of You 
 05. Come Rain Or Come Shine 
 06. Mean To Me 
 07. It Might As Well Be Spring 
 08. Can’t Get Out Of this Mood 
 09. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year 
 10. Ooh, What ‘Cha Doin’ To Me 
 11. Goodnight My Love 
 12. Ain’t Misbehavin’ 
 13. It’s All In The Mind 
 14. The Nearness Of You (alternate take) 
 15. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (alternate take) 
 16. Goodnight My Love (alternate take) 
 17. Can’t Get Out Of this Mood (alternate take) 
 18. It Might As Well Be Spring (alternate take) 
 19. Mean To Me (alternate take) 
 20. Come Rain Or Come Shine (alternate take) 
 21. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (alternate take) 

This 1949 session from one of the all-time jazz greats (female or otherwise) features fellow heavyweights Miles Davis, Freddie Green and Budd Johnson among others. Vaughan recorded for Columbia between 1949 and 1952, yet only two LPs were ever released from the many tracks she produced during that period: the strings-only Afterhours and the present Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi, which is a more jazz-oriented collection. These are, without question, some of Vaughan's finest recordings. Hear her in her prime.

Recording infos:
Recorded 21st December 1949 : The Nearness Of You – take 5(master), take 1(alt.) Billy Butterfield, Taft Jordan : trumpet / Will Bradley : trombone / Toots Mondello, Hymie Schertzer : alto saxophone / Artie Drelinger, George Kelly : tenor saxophone / Stan Webb : baritone saxophone / Jimmy Jones, Al Caiola : guitar / Eddie Safranski : bass / Cozy Cole : drums

Recorded 18th May 1950 : Ain’t Misbehavin’ – take 2(master), take 1 (alt.)/ Goodnight My Love – take 5(master), take 3 (alt.)/ Can’t Get Out Of this Mood – take 6(master), take 4 (alt.)/ It Might As Well Be Spring – take 4(master), take 1 (alt.) Miles Davis : trumpet / Benny Green : trombone / Budd Johnson : tenor saxophone / Tony Scott : clarinet / Jimmy Jones : piano / Freddie Green : guitar / Jr. Billy “Pickels� Taylor : bass / J C Heard : drums. Budd Johnson, Benny Green & Freddie Green do not play on “It Might As Well Be Spring�

Recorded 30th December 1952 : It’s All In The Mind With a largely unidentified studio orchestra including a prominent alto saxophone and probably the following: P.Cincillo, Red Solomon, J. Milazzo, Jimmy Maxwell : trumpets/ Will Bradley, Al G.(??), Jack Sattersfield : trombone/ Jim Abto, Russ Bazer, Harold Feldman, Bernie Kaufman, Bill Vercazi : saxophones/ Lou Stein : piano/ Art Ryerson : guitar/ Frank Carroll : bass/ Terry Snyder : drums

Recorded 19th September 1951 : Pinky – unknown personnel