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Release Date:: 10/22/2002
Label:: Koch Int'l Classics
UPC:: 099923756422

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In 1992, the Indiana Historical Society marked native son Cole Porter's centenary a year late by issuing the box set You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s. The organization followed in 1999 with another box that surveyed the rest of Porter's career, You're Sensational: Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s '50s. In 2002, the three discs from that collection were released separately. Kiss Me, Kate is the second of them, covering 1940-1948, and named after Porter's acclaimed 1948 musical. The organizing principle of both of the boxes, explained in the liner notes (which are not included here), was to take Porter's work in chronological order by show and film, but not by date of actual recording. Thus, this volume mixes a 1994 Mabel Mercer recording of "Ace in the Hole" from 1941's +Let's Face It with recordings of songs from the show recorded much closer to its premiere. It also includes recordings made in a variety of styles. Several tracks are instrumental jazz treatments, usually presented after a vocal version of the same song has already been provided, such as pianist Dave McKenna's recording of "Dream Dancing" from the film You'll Never Get Rich, which follows a performance of the same song by Fred Astaire, who starred in the picture. There are some wonderful performers, including Ethel Merman (heard in a couple of unofficial on-stage renditions of songs from +Panama Hattie), Judy Garland, Danny Kaye, Sarah Vaughan, and Benny Goodman, and some classic Porter songs, such as "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," "I Love You," and "So in Love." But this is more a scholar's Cole Porter than a casual listener's, and a great deal is lost in terms of comprehension by the elimination of the extensive annotations that accompanied the box set.

- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Many arguments could be generated over whether Cole Porter or Irving Berlin should be considered America's greatest tunesmith. Both wrote music and lyrics; it's clearly a pick 'em situation. Porter had violin and piano lessons as a child, pursued und...Full Various Artists Biography

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