Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife ( 180g blue vinyl LP )

Released date 24-01-2018( originally released in 1960)

2018 EU reissue 180g coloured vinyl LP - inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."

“This LP is a classic. Ella Fitzgerald is heard at the peak of her powers during a Berlin concert that is famous for her unique version of ‘Mack the Knife’; when she forgot the words in mid- performance, she substituted spontaneous and remarkable lyrics of her own. This music (which also includes a hot version of ‘How High the Moon’) is essential for all serious jazz collections.” — Scott Yanow

"For six years now I've been arranging and booking Ella Fitzgerald's concert and club dates, and wherever she goes, her reception bears out an opinion that I have long held: People who love good popular music are the same all over the world. Take, for example, this record "Mack The Knife". It was recorded during a concert at the Deutschlandhallen in Berlin which holds almost 12,000 people, and you can hear the same enthusiastic reaction, the same eager applause, that mark similar recordings Ella has made before live audiences in America. That concert and this album have come to be regarded as something special because of Ella's version of Mack The Knife. It was the first time she'd sung the song, and not knowing the lyric too well, she substituted her own for what may well have been an improvement on the original." - Norman Granz

Tracks

A1 That Old Black Magic * 4:10
A2 Our Love Is Here To Stay * 3:11
A3 Gone With The Wind 2:26
A4 Misty 2:47
A5 The Lady Is A Tramp 3:17
A6 The Man I Love 3:38
A7 Summertime 3:00
B1 Too Darn Hot 3:30
B2 Lorelei 3:27
B3 Mack The Knife 5:01
B4 How High The Moon 8:10
B5 Love For Sale ** 2:59
B6 Just One Of Those Things ** 3:54

*From the same concert. Not on the original LP.

**BONUS TRACKS