Mercury Records Collection: MG-20662: Plays Misty

MG-20662: Plays Misty / Erroll Garner

Label Type :	black Mercury type B (small oval logo)
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20662A M1 FF
	SIDE-B	MG 20662B M1 FF

Comments

1st issue in the early 1960s (wide “MERCURY hi-fidelity” band on the bottom of the front cover, black/silver Mercury label with small oval logo w/ deep groove).

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

One of his popular album, including a composer's first recordings of a famous tune “Misty”.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

His most famous tune “Misty” was originally introduced in the EmArcy album MG-36001 “Contrasts”, released in the middle-1950s. This album, firstly released in the early 1960s, places “Misty” on top, with other recordings from his famous “July 27 1954” lengthy session, also presents one of his finest works.

Other tracks include his early 1946 sessions, 1949 session (originally from 3 Deuces recording), and another famous March 14, 1955 session ( which originally was included on MG-20063 “Solitaire” and MG-20090 “Afternoon Of An Elf” ).

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

6 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	10845	Misty (Erroll Garner)	2:45
A-2	10848	Exactly Like You (Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields)	3:09
A-3	10852	You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell)	3:26
A-4	11559 (1012-a1)	What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)	2:54
A-5	333-1/2	Frantenality (Erroll Garner)	2:53
SIDE-B
B-1	11558 (1011-a4)	Again (Lionel Newman & Dorcas Cochran)	2:31
B-2	453-1/2	Where Or When (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)	2:47
B-3	11393	Love In Bloom (Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger)	5:22
B-4	11557 (1010-a1)	Through A Long And Sleepless Night (Alfred Newman & Mack Gordon)	2:56
B-5	11384	That Old Feeling (Lew Brown & Sammy Fain)	5:10

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-5:
Erroll Garner (p), Red Callender (b), Nick Fatool (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on April 9, 1946.

B-2:
Erroll Garner (p), Red Callender (b), Lou Singer (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on July 14, 1946.

A-4, B-1, B-4: (original 3 Deuces recording)
Erroll Garner (p), Leonard Gaskin (b), Charlie Smith (ds).
Recorded in New York City on September 8, 1949.

A-1, A-2, A-3:
See MG-36001.

B-3, B-5: (see MG-20063 for B-5).
Erroll Garner (p).
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City on March 14, 1955.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Erroll Garner (Errol Garner) (p) :

EmArcy MG-26016 10-inch : Garnering
EmArcy MG-26042 10-inch : Gone With Garner
EmArcy MG-36001 : Contrasts
EmArcy MG-36026 : Garnering
EmArcy MG-36069 : Erroll Garner (In The Land Of Hi-Fi)
Mercury MG-20009 : Errol Garner At The Piano
Mercury MG-20055 : Mambo Moves Garner
Mercury MG-20063 : Solitaire
Mercury MG-20090 : Afternoon Of An Elf
Mercury MG-20662 / SR-60662 : Plays Misty
Mercury MG-20803 / SR-60803 : Best Of Garner
Mercury MG-20859 / SR-60859 : Music From The Paramount Motion Picture “A New Kind Of Love”
Mercury SR-61308 : Feeling Is Believing

EmArcy MG-36087 : Bargain Day! / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20133 : Swinging For The King / Various Artists