The Complete A&M Recordings
Box set of Liza Minnelli's four A&M albums plus bonus tracks.
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The Complete A&M Recordings is a box set by Liza Minnelli that compiles her four albums for A&M Records, released on November 25, 2008. The collection marked the first CD release of those albums with their original track listings and included previously unreleased bonus tracks. It commemorated the 40th anniversary of her first A&M album and featured remastered tracks sourced from the original master tapes.
Track listing
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Debutante's Ball | Randy Newman | 2:55 |
| 2 | Happyland | Newman | 2:26 |
| 3 | The Look of Love | Hal David, Burt Bacharach | 3:30 |
| 4 | (The Tragedy Of) Butterfly McHeart | Peter Allen, Chris Allen | 2:19 |
| 5 | Waiting for my Friend | John Addison, George Melly | 2:49 |
| 6 | Married / You Better Sit Down Kids | Fred Ebb, John Kander, Sonny Bono | 4:56 |
| 7 | So Long Dad | Newman | 2:07 |
| 8 | For No One | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 2:28 |
| 9 | My Mammy | Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Walter Donaldson | 3:03 |
| 10 | The Happy Time | Ebb, Kander | 2:46 |
| 11 | Snow | Randy Newman | 2:30 |
| 12 | Alcinha | Luiz Henrique, Oscar Brown Jr | 3:20 |
| 13 | Once in a Lifetime | Luiz Henrique, Walter Wanderley | 3:55 |
| 14 | Listen to Me | Luiz Henrique | 4:26 |
| 15 | I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Mort Dixon, Harry Woods | 2:17 |
| 16 | Come Saturday Morning | Fred Karlin, Dory Previn | 1:45 |
| 17 | Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy | Larry Marks, Marilyn, Alan Bergman | 3:30 |
| 18 | Leavin' On A Jet Plane | John Denver | 3:14 |
| 19 | Wailing of the Willow | Harry Nilsson | 2:01 |
| 20 | Nevertheless | Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby | 2:55 |
| 21 | Wherefore And Why | Gordon Lightfoot | 2:32 |
| 22 | Love Story | Randy Newman | 2:21 |
| 23 | On A Slow Boat To China | Frank Loesser | 3:19 |
| 24 | Don't Let Me Lose This Dream | Aretha Franklin, Ted White | 2:59 |
| 25 | Simon | Peter Allen | 3:09 |
| 26 | MacArthur Park / Didn't We? | Jimmy Webb | 4:03 |
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love for Sale (From the musical The New Yorkers) | Cole Porter | 2:36 |
| 2 | Stormy Weather | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 2:42 |
| 3 | Come Rain Or Come Shine (From the film St. Louis Woman) | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 3:10 |
| 4 | Lazy Bones | Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael | 2:32 |
| 5 | Can't Help Lovin' That Man Of Mine | Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern | 2:37 |
| 6 | I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone | Shelton Brooks | 2:59 |
| 7 | The Man I Love (From the musical Strike Up the Band) | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 2:47 |
| 8 | How Long Has This Been Going On? (From Funny Face and Rosalie) | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 3:02 |
| 9 | God Bless The Child | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog | 3:31 |
| 10 | Maybe This Time | Fred Ebb, John Kander | 3:16 |
| 11 | Frank Mills (From the musical Hair) | Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado | 2:59 |
| 12 | I'll Never Fall in Love Again (From the musical Promises, Promises) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:19 |
| 13 | This Girl's in Love with You | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 4:21 |
| 14 | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | Peter Allen | 3:16 |
| 15 | Consider Yourself / Hello, I Love You / I Gotta Be Me / Consider Yourself (Reprise) | Lionel Bart, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, Walter Marks, Bart | 3:06 |
| 16 | Everybody's Talkin' / Good Morning Starshine | Fred Neil, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot | 3:29 |
| 17 | God Bless The Child | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog | 3:20 |
| 18 | Liza With A 'Z' | Fred Ebb, John Kander | 3:46 |
| 19 | Married / You Better Sit Down Kids | Fred Ebb, John Kander, Sonny Bono | 4:57 |
| 20 | Nous On S'Aimera | Frank Gerald, Claude Bolling | 2:15 |
| 21 | I Will Wait For You | Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand | 3:40 |
| 22 | There Is A Time (Les Temps) | Charles Aznavour, Jeff Davis, Gene Lees | 2:31 |
| 23 | My Mammy | Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Walter Donaldson | 3:18 |
| 24 | Everybody Loves My Baby | Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams | 2:23 |
| 25 | Cabaret (From the Broadway musical Cabaret) | Fred Ebb, John Kander | 4:29 |
Track listing from the source article.
Album details
The compilation includes the four albums Liza Minnelli released on A&M Records: Liza Minnelli (1968), Come Saturday Morning (1969), New Feelin' (1970), and Live at the Olympia in Paris (1972). It also contains previously unreleased bonus tracks from the recording sessions of those albums.
This was the first time all four albums were made available on CD, and they appear with their original track listings. The set includes a 16-page booklet with an essay by historian Scott Schechter, credits, and rare photographs. The tracks were remastered in 24-bit resolution from the original master tapes.
Critical reception
John Bush of AllMusic gave the compilation three out of five stars, noting that while the songs came from critically praised albums, they had not been commercial successes at the time of original release. David Wiegand of CTInsider called the release timely and invaluable for those familiar only with Minnelli's post-Cabaret recordings, praising her delicacy and subtlety during this era.
Steve Weinstein of Edge dismissed the tracks as forgettable elevator music, questioning whether Minnelli was forced to record them at a time when artists like Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, and Laura Nyro were redefining women's roles in music. Steve Horowitz of PopMatters praised the stylistic diversity of the four albums, calling two of them excellent, and noted that the bonus tracks on Disc 2 were worthwhile for their more low-key performances. Ben Rimalower of Playbill included the compilation in his 2013 list of the twelve best albums of Minnelli's career.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which label released The Complete A&M Recordings?
The Complete A&M Recordings was released by Collectors' Choice Music and Universal Music Special Markets.
What genre is The Complete A&M Recordings?
The Complete A&M Recordings is classified as Jazz, traditional, country and soul.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: The Complete A&M Recordings (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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