{"product_id":"judy-garland-the-lost-vegas-show","title":"Judy Garland - The Lost Vegas Show","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJUDY GARLAND: THE LOST VEGAS SHOW \u003cbr\u003eFIRST RELEASE OF JUDY GARLAND’S UNRELEASED, LONG SOUGHT-AFTER LAS VEGAS DEBUT AT THE NEW FRONTIER HOTEL, JULY 16, 1956\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e HDTT is pleased to present this incredibly rare, never-before-available live recording of the great Judy Garland making her Las Vegas debut in 1956, captured on tape in brilliant monophonic sound and carefully restored in a very high-definition format from the original tape. This recording has been a Holy Grail for Garland collectors and fans for decades, based on long-standing rumors of its existence and especially after the release of one tantalizing track on a 2005 generic compilation devoted to Las Vegas hotel entertainment and mention of a recording of the show in Scott Schechter’s monumental work, Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend (Cooper Square Press, NYC, 2002). \u003cbr\u003e  Garland was in remarkably fresh voice, and the uncompressed recording conveys an accurate sense of her wide dynamic range and the remarkable fullness of her voice in full cry. These aspects of her art are often compromised by dynamic compression in her commercial recordings, which has become a commonplace feature of popular recordings. But here we have Judy caught live in her full glory. We hear her somewhat in transition, with a good amount of the girlish timbre of her pre-1950s voice intact but with the added depth and dimension familiar from her more mature concert and recording years. And as always, she is heard performing with inimitable artistry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e  All dialog between musical selections is included, although we have raised its level a bit for greater audibility. Garland intentionally sang the final number of the show, her signature song, “Over the Rainbow,” off-mic, so the level of her vocal is lower here, which we have addressed. At the end of the show, we have included as bonus tracks her announcement of encores and the first few bars of her first encore, “Liza,” before the tape abruptly cut off. If the encores were captured on another tape, that tape appears lost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtists\u003c\/strong\u003e: Judy Garland – Vocals \u003cbr\u003eOrchestra under the direction of Jack Cathcart\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecording Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Recorded live at the Venus Room, New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV on July 16, 1956 (opening night of the five-week run and Garland’s Las Vegas debut), recording engineer unknown. High-Resolution transfer of original tape by Robert Witrak, HDTT (2022), at DSD256; restoration and remastering by John H. Haley, Harmony Restorations LLC (2022-23), at 352.8 kHz, 24 bits. \u003cbr\u003eCover design by Robert Witrak. Cover photo: Judy singing at this concert (photographer unknown). Grateful thanks to Lawrence Schulman for his excellent notes and for much other invaluable assistance, planning, and consultation. Thanks also to Raphael Geroni for the Venus Room restaurant menu, which is also included in the download version of the notes on the HDTT webpage. And special thanks, in memoriam, to Gerald E. Czulewicz, to whom we are grateful for the survival of the original tape. \u003cbr\u003eBooklet, compilation, restorations, and remasterings: © (p) 2023​High Definition Tape Transfers, Inc., 118 Tower Hill Road, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4E 0K6. \u003cbr\u003eProduct of Canada. All rights reserved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01. A Hot Time in the Old Town (Joe Hayden-Theodore August Metz) (The Eight Boyfriends) (3:38)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e02. This is a Party (Roger Edens-Kay Thompson) (Judy and the Eight Boyfriends) (1:28)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e03. Dialog (0:49)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e04. Judy’s Olio: You Made Me Love You (James Monaco-Joseph McCarthy)\/ For Me and My Gal (George Meyer-Edgar Leslie-E. Ray Goetz)\/ The Boy Next Door (Hugh Martin-Ralph Blane)\/The Trolley Song (Hugh Martin-Ralph Blane) (6:20)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e05. Dialog (0:28)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e06. Come Rain or Come Shine (Johnny Mercer-Harold Arlen) (4:32)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e07. This is Out Spot (Roger Edens-Kay Thompson) (The Eight Boyfriends) (3:25)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e08. Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home (Johnny Mercer-Harold Arlen) (Judy and the Eight\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoyfriends) (4:37)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e09. Dialog (0:46)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (based on Thomas Moore's 18th-century traditional Irish ballad arrangement) (2:58)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. Dialog (0:20)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12. Happiness is a Thing Called Joe (E.Y. Harburg-Harold Arlen) (2:30)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody (Jean Schwartz-Sam M. Lewis-Joe Young) (3:25)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14. What Next? What’ll She Do Now? (Roger Edens-Kay Thompson) (The Eight Boyfriends) (2:21)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15. Lucky Day (Buddy De Sylva-Lew Brown-Ray Henderson) (Judy and the Eight Boyfriends) (3:17)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16. Orchestral interlude: The Trolley Song (1:37)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17. Over the Rainbow (E.Y. Harburg-Harold Arlen) (Garland singing off-mic) (3:39)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18. Orchestral: Over the Rainbow (0:44)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBonus Tracks:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19: Dialog, introducing encores (1:01)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20. Opening notes of Liza (Ira Gershwin-Gus Kahn-George Gershwin) (end of tape) (0:15)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg height=\"97\" width=\"104\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3319\/files\/ARCHIVAL-SERIES-LOGO_480x480.png?v=1547047762\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3319\/files\/ARCHIVAL-SERIES-LOGO_480x480.png?v=1547047762\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3319\/files\/dsd256_badge_480x480.png?v=1516987294\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"93\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3319\/files\/dsd256_badge_480x480.png?v=1516987294\"\u003ePlease Note: This is a monophonic recording. This release was edited in DXD PCM from a DSD256 Master. Then the DXD edited master was used to generate the final DSD files using Merging Technologies Album Publishing. 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