Julie London Julie Is Her Name Volume Two 45RPM (2 LP)

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180g 45rpm Vinyl Double LP!
Mastered by Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes!
Plated & Pressed by Quality Record Pressings!
Now on 45 rpm 2LP for ultimate cartridge tracking and detailed sound reproduction!
Julie London was a pin-up girl, lascivious movie star and successful singer whose alto voice enchanted an entire generation. The actress had enormous success with "Cry Me A River", a single from 1955. Three years after their debut album, London tried to repeat their first success with the same recipe. You can literally see the cigar-smoking decision-makers at the Liberty Records label, rubbing their hands in anticipation of ringing cash registers. On the other hand, if uptown singers like Johnny Mathis, Chet Baker and Sarah Vaughan made it big with the London accompaniment duo of jazz guitar and bass, why shouldn't the inventor of this style produce a second album in the same one?
She was the sultry film starlet-turned-torch singer-come-TV actress whose dusky alto captivated a generation. Julie London was "discovered" while running a department store elevator in Hollywood.
Just three years earlier the bountiful 15 year old, born Julie Peck to her parents, a song-and-dance duo of the vaudeville era, was singing on her parents' radio show. When she started working in the movies in the 1940s, she changed her name to London. During the course of a celebrated career in acting and music, she made more than 30 albums.
The sultry-voiced actress, who was once married to "Dragnet" producer-star Jack Webb, had a hit record with the 1950s single "Cry Me a River." The single debuted in 1955, sold three million copies and remained in demand into the 1960s.
Analogue Productions has brought back Julie Is Her Name Volume 2, making it an undeniable classic in every sense of the word. Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio the result is a memory-stirring masterpiece.
Julie Is Her Name Volume Two has all the sincerity and warmth of her professional album debut, the best-selling Julie Is Her Name, from Liberty. An untested singer with uncompromising musical faith, an unknown record company, sophisticated, tastefully presented standards presented simply backed by just a bass and guitar Julie Is Her Name faced long odds of success. Yet it soared to become a best-selling hit. Julie London rose to the Top 10 of every list of female vocalists.
London appeared in nearly two dozen motion pictures during the 1940s and '50s; she was best known to TV audiences as nurse Dixie McCall on the 1970s hospital drama "Emergency!" She was hired on "Emergency!" by Webb," her then-former spouse, to co-star with her second husband, jazz musician Bobby Troup. Troup, who composed the iconic musical hit "Route 66" played a doctor on the show and it was he who helped sign Julie to the Liberty record label.
Kevin Gray remastered the recording for Analogue Productions. London's delicate, tasteful standards, sung with a smoky, intimate voice. At the same time, the singer sounds more self-confident, has more swing - even in the ballads. It also benefits from a better recording quality compared to the debut album, which results in a fuller sound. And before we forget: of course, Julie London made it into the top 10 again with "Julie Is Her Name - Volume Two".
Describing her smoky vocal style, London once said, "It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to a microphone. But it is a kind of over-smoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate." A style inimitable, in our estimation.

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• 45rpm
• Double LP
• Limited Edition
• Mastered by Kevin Gray

Selections:

Side A
1. Blue Moon
2. What Is This Thing Called Love
3. How Long Had This Been Going On
Side B
1. Too Good To Be True
2. Spring Is Here
3. Goody Goody
Side C
1. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
2. If I'm Lucky
3. Hot Toddy
Side D
1. Little White Lies
2. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
3. I Got Lost In His Arms