Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36107: Merrill At Midnight

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MG-36107: Merrill At Midnight / Helen Merrill

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type C
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36107A-2 MSII M A
	SIDE-B	MG-36107B-2 MSII M C

Comments

Inside The Groove

Helen Merril's 4th leader album on EmArcy, featuring strings, in the midnight mood.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Like her second EmArcy LP (MG-36057), this album also features string section, and has very similar mood throughout the album. Arrangements by Hal Mooney is adequate and appropriate to make Helen's voice sound very attractive. Another nice album.

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

9 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	14856	Soft As Spring (Alec Wilder)	3:06
A-2	14892	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Public Domain)	2:27
A-3	14859	Lazy Afternoon (John Latouche - Jerome Moross)	3:00
A-4	14891	The Things We Did Last Summer (Sule Styne - Sammy Cahn)	3:02
A-5	14858	After You (Cole Porter)	3:01
SIDE-B
B-1	14888	If You Go (Geoffrey Parsons - Michel Emer)	3:08
B-2	14857	If I Forget You (Irving Caesar)	3:16
B-3	14889	If Love Were All (Noel Coward)	3:02
B-4	14890	Easy Come Easy Go (Green - Heyman)	3:41
B-5	14855	I'll Be Around (Alec Wilder)	2:42

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-3, A-5, B-2, B-5:
Marian McPartland (p),
Bill Mure (g), Milt Hinton (b), Sol Gubin (ds),
Helen Merrill (vo),
Hal Mooney (arr, cond) with strings.
Recorded in New York City on February 21, 1957.

A-2, A-4, B-1, B-3, B-4:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in New York City on February 27, 1957.