Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36010: I Surrender Dear

MG-36010: I Surrender Dear / Billy Eckstine

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B silver rim
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG36010A MF4 A1 I
	SIDE-B	MG36010B MF2 A1 I

Comments

both the cover and the disc are in mintish condition, with “Collector's Series” sticker on back.

The very first pressing of MG-36010 may have “Big Drummer” logo on the label, but several facts also suggest the Big Drummer label may not exist on MG-36010. I'll have to investigate on further info.

Inside The Groove

One of Billy Eckstine's compilations on EmArcy label, all from original National recordings.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This 12-inch LP features Mr. B's marvellous ballads originally recorded on National label. Some include legendary instrumental players in the Be-Bop era, but this album mainly concentrates on Mr.B's vocal singing many famous standard tunes. Anyway a good male vocal album indeed.

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	11438 (NSC404)	I Surrender Dear (Clifford - Baris)	-
A-2	11439 (NSC405)	A Cottage For Sale (Robinson - Conley)	-
A-3	11440 (NSC407)	There Are Such Things (Adams - Meyer - Baer)	-
A-4	10441 (NSC408)	Say It Isn't So (Irving Berlin)	-
A-5	11442 (NSC257)	All Of Me (Simons - Mark)	-
A-6	11443 (NSC123)	Without A Song (Youmans - Rose - Eliscu)	-
SIDE-B
B-1	11444 (NSC263)	Solitude (DeLange - Mills - Ellington)	-
B-2	11145 (NSC264)	Sophisticated Lady (Mills - Parish - Ellington)	-
B-3	11446 (NSC259)	Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington - Gordon - Mills)	-
B-4	10554A \| 11447 (NSC171)	In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington)	-
B-5	10555A \| 10448 (NSC166)	In The Still Of The Night (Porter)	-
B-6	11149 (NSC406)	Our Love (Bernier - Clinton - Emmerich)	-

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-6:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with:
Fats Navarro (tp), Shorty McConnell (tp), Boonie Hazel (tp), Raymond Orr (tp),
Gerald Valentine (tb), Chippy Outcalt (tb), Robert Scott (tb),
Norris Turney (as), Bob “Junior” Williams (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Josh Jackson (ts), Leo Parker (bs),
possibly Jimmy Golden (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Bill McMahon (b), Art Blakey (ds).
Recorded in New York City, February 1946.

B-5:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with:
Miles Davis (tp), Hobalt Dotson (tp), Leonard Hawkins (tp), King Kolax (tp),
Walter Knox (tb), Chippy Outcalt (tb), Gerald Valentine (tb),
Sonny Stitt (as), John Cobbs (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Arthur Simmons (ts), Cecil Payne (bs),
Linton Garner (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (ds).
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA on October 5, 1946.

B-4:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with unidentified orchestra (probably the same as B-5) with strings.
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA on October 6, 1946.

A-5, B-1, B-2, B-3:
Ray Linn (tp), Billy Eckstine (tb, vo), Gerald Valentine (tb),
Sonny Criss (as), Wardell Gray (ts),
Warren Bracken (p), unknown (g), Shifty Henry (b), Tim Kennedy (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on April 21, 1947.

A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, B-6:
Billy Eckstine (vo) overdubbed on unidentified studio band.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, circa 1948.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Billy Eckstine (vo, tp, ldr) :

EmArcy MG-26025 10-inch : Blues For Sale
EmArcy MG-26027 10-inch : The Love Songs Of Mr. “B”
EmArcy MG-36010 : I Surrender Dear
EmArcy MG-36029 : Blues For Sale
EmArcy MG-36030 : The Love Songs Of Mr. “B”
EmArcy MG-36129 : Billy Eckstine's Imagination
Mercury MG-20316 / SR-60002 : Sings The Best Of Irving Berlin / Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan
Mercury MG-20333 / SR-60086 : Billy's Best
Mercury MG-20637 / SR-60637 : Broadway, Bongos and Mr. “B”
Mercury MG-20674 / SR-60674 : Billy Eckstine and Quincy Jones At Basin Street
Mercury MG-20736 / SR-60736 : Don't Worry 'Bout Me
Mercury MG-20796 / SR-60796 : Golden Hits
Mercury MG-20916 / SR-60916 : The Modern Sound Of Mr. “B”
Wing WC-16334 : Now Singing in 10 Great Movies