Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36079: For You, For Me, Forevermore

MG-36079: For You, For Me, Forevermore / Morgana King

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 36079A MS2 MSII A1 I
	SIDE-B	MG 36079B MS1 MSI A1 I

Comments

Front coating slightly worn.

A-4 and B-1 are also available on Wing W90073x45 (45rpm).

Inside The Groove

Nice female singer Morgana King's 1st album on EmArcy (2nd on entire Mercury labels).

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Morgana King, also famous as an actress, started singings and recordings in the 1950s, although she continued to release as much as 30 LPs in her long career. Her voice's timbre may resemble Patti Page's voice, but Morgana King has more soulful way of expressions, since she was so familiar with the Blues.

This EmArcy LP, a successor of her 1st LP Wing MGW-60007 (maybe not released - soon re-assigned and issued as Mercury MG-20231), tries to expand her fascination. On the previous LP she was accompanied by simply a rhythm section, but on this LP we can enjoy moody strings arranged by Richard Hayman as well as swingy horns/reeds section (especially trombones) and guitars.

Not the top-rated EmArcy vocal album (since other great vocalists such as Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill also recorded on EmArcy), but very enjoyable nice album.

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	W513	For You, For Me, Forever More (G. & I. Gershwin)	3:00
A-2	W516	Here I'll Stay (Lerner - Weill)	3:05
A-3	W515	There's A Lull In My Life (Gordon - Revell)	3:12
A-4	W518	Delovely (Cole Porter)	2:10
A-5	W529	Down In The Depths (Cole Porter)	3:01
A-6	W531	The Song Is You (Kern - Hammerstein)	2:16
SIDE-B
B-1	W520	In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Hilliard - Mann)	2:25
B-2	W519	Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter)	3:15
B-3	W517	If You Could See Me Now (Dameron - Sigman)	5:18
B-4	W514	I'll String Along With You (Dubin - Warren)	3:12
B-5	W532	Everything I've Got (Rodgers - Hart)	2:55
B-6	W530	You're Not So Easy To Forget (Ben Oakland)	2:31

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-1, A-2, A-3, B-4:
Morgana King (vo) and Dick Hyman Orchestra with strings, including:
Chauncey Welsch (tb), Hank Jones (p), Al Caiola (g), Mundell Lowe (g), others unknown.
Recorded maybe in New York City on March 20, 1956.

A-4, B-1, B-2, B-3:
same personnel as above.
Recorded maybe in New York City on March 23, 1956.

A-5, A-6, B-5, B-6:
same personnel as above.
Recorded maybe in New York City on March 29, 1956.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Morgana King (vo) :

EmArcy MG-36079 : For You, For Me, Forevermore
Mercury MG-20231 : Morgana King Sings The Blues (reissue of MGW-60007)
Wing MGW-60007 : Morgana King Sings Helen Morgan (not released?)

Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B