Judy Garland - Cocktail Hour (1999)

Tracklist

CD1:

01. Stompin' at the Savoy (2:25)
02. Swing Mister Charlie (3:04)
03. Everybody Sing (2:54)
04. All God's Children Got Rhythm (3:07)
05. Dear Mr. Gable You Made Me Love You (3:12)
06. You Can't Have Everything (2:30)
07. Cry, Baby, Cry (2:34)
08. Sleep My Baby Sleep (3:10)
09. It Never Rains, But It Pours (2:35)
10. Over the Rainbow (2:50)
11. The Jitterbug (2:46)
12. In Between (4:06)
13. Sweet Sixteen (4:21)
14. On the Sunny Side of the Street (2:31)

CD2:

01. No Love, No Nothin' (3:08)
02. A Journey to a Star (2:45)
03. This Heart of Mine (3:15)
04. For Me and My Gal (feat. Gene Kelly) (2:33)
05. When You Wore a Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose) (feat. Gene Kelly) (2:38)
06. Embraceable You (3:15)
07. Could You Use Me? (3:04)
08. But Not for Me (3:10)
09. Bidin' My Time (3:08)
10. I Got Rhythm (2:53)
11. Meet Me in St. Louis (2:16)
12. The Boy Next Door (3:07)
13. Skip to My Lou (3:02)
14. Last Call for Love (3:05)

his economical set collects 83 minutes of the incomparable Judy Garland in many of her signature songs recorded for Decca, including "Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You" and the inevitable "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz, as well as that film's deleted number, "The Jitterbug." Also here are samplings of Garland's early collaborations with Gene Kelly (For Me and My Gal) and Mickey Rooney (the Gershwins' Girl Crazy), along with the title tune and the exquisite "Boy Next Door" from Meet Me in St. Louis. This isn't as complete as her Decca box or as historic as her Carnegie Hall concert, but it's a nice collection, even with no liner notes or recording information.~David Horiuchi