MG-25140: Blazing Ballads / Dinah Washington

	Label Type :	black/silver Mercury type B
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG 25140A MF    M    A
		SIDE-B	YMG 25140B MF    M    A

Comments

Although the matrix number says it's 1st press, the back cover indicates it isn't (the latest album listed on the back cover is MG-25175).

The back cover suffers from brown stains.

Inside The Groove

The popular side of Dinah Washington - it's also fantastic.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Whether she sings Jazz or Popular, whether she is backed up with jazzy ensemble or popular strings, Dinah is always Dinah. Her singing always moves us most.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

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

The personnel information, and above master numbers were taken from the liner-notes of “The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol.2” (Nippon Phonogram 18PJ-10055/57).

A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4:
Dinah Washington (vo), Jimmy Carroll (arr, cond) Orchestra with Strings.
Recorded in New York City, April 12, 1951.

B-1, B-2, B-3:
Dinah Washington (vo), Nook Shrier (arr, cond) Orchestra, including:
Paul Quinichette (ts), Wynton Kelly (p), Gus Johnson (ds),
probably Freddie Green (g),
possibly Keeter Betts (b).
Recorded in New York City, September 24, 1951.

B-4:
Dinah Washington (vo), Ike Carpenter (arr, cond) Orchestra, including:
Clyde Reasinger (tp), Tom Reeves (tp), Art Pearlman (tb), Roger White (tb),
Ed Freeman (as), Bob Hardaway (ts), Bob Robinson (ts), Joe Koch (bs),
Wynton Kelly (p) or Ike Carpenter (p), Chuck Norris (g), Joe O'Rear (b), Dick Stanton (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, June 1, 1951.

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Jackets

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Labels

Side A	Side B