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Lost Ella Fitzgerald recordings to be released – including her take on 60s pop
Oakland concert recording from 1967 features jazz standards alongside unheard Fitzgerald versions of the era’s hits, including Alfie and Music to Watch Girls By
Lost recordings of a 1967 Ella Fitzgerald concert, including her spin on the era’s pop songs such as Alfie and Music to Watch Girls By, have been rediscovered and prepared for release. But there is also space for a wondrous, light-filled take on Alfie, the Burt Bacharach and Hal David ballad for the Michael Caine film of the same name – released a year prior to this concert, it had been a hit for Cilla Black and Dionne Warwick. Unlike some unearthed live recordings that suffer from muddy sound or distant vocals, The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum is remarkably clean, having been mixed and mastered from multitracked analogue tapes.
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