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| 1. Cole Porter Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love | |||
| 2. Fats Waller - Harry Brooks - Andy Razaf, Ain't Misbehavin' | |||
| 3. Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart, With A Song In My Heart | |||
| 4. Ray Henderson - Lew Brown, Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries | |||
| 5. Vincent Youmans - Billy Rose - Edward Eliscu, Without A Song | |||
| 6. Irving Berlin, How Deep Is The Ocean? | |||
| 7. Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart, Lover | |||
| 8. Johnny Green - Edward Heyman, I Cover The Waterfront | |||
| 9. Jimmy Mchugh - Dorothy Fields, Don't Blame Me | |||
| 10. Cole Porter, Night And Day | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Jack Strachey - Eric Maschwitz, These Foolish Things | |||
| 2. Jerome Kern - Dorothy Fields, The Way You Look Tonight | |||
| 3. Eldo Di Lazarro - Harold Adamson, The Woodpecker Song | |||
| 4. Peter De Rose - Mitchell Parish, Deep Purple | |||
| 5. Ray Noble, I Hadn't Anyone Till You | |||
| 6. Cole Porter, Begin The Beguine | |||
| 7. Manning Sherwin - Eric Maschwitz, A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | |||
| 8. J. Fred Coots - Haven Gillespie, You Go To My Head | |||
| 9. Ray Henderson - Buddy De Sylva - Lew Brown, The Best Things In Life Are Free | |||
| 10. Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy, My Prayer | |||
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Here is a tribute to one of the best-loved of all 20th century entertainers, Hutch, with his inimitable artistry displayed in the finest available collection of his always suavely elegant work. Leslie A. Hutchinson (1900-1969), known simply as "Hutch", had one of the most famous and best-loved voices of the late 30s and 40s. With his charming and debonair personality, his skilful piano playing and that unmistakeable, chocolate-flavoured baritone, he was among the most enduringly popular entertainers (even into his sixties). Red carnation in buttonhole below handsome good looks, he was the archetypal crooner par excellence, and his recordings sold in millions. Hutch now gets the accolade of a Retrospective double CD. Let's Do It opens a rich collection of well over two-and-a-half-hours of his finest recordings the best and most comprehensive anthology on the market. The 50 songs are mostly the great popular standards of the day, wonderful songs that benefit from the distinctively suave Hutch treatment. There are evergreens by Rodgers (With A Song In My Heart, Lover), Henderson (Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, The Best Things In Life Are Free), Berlin (How Deep Is the Ocean?), Kern (The Way You Look Tonight, All The Things You Are), Gershwin (A Foggy Day), Carmichael (The Nearness Of You) and so many others. Hutch was a close friend of Cole Porter and one of the composer's favourite interpreters. In addition to Let's Do It he also sings Porter's Night And Day, Anything Goes, Easy To Love, It's De-Lovely, Begin The Beguine, Do I Love You? and You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To. Be captivated anew by High Society's favourite gigolo .
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This double CD set is essentially the Living Era, AJS 267 release of 2002 with the addition of one extra song "Anything Goes". The sound has been remastered and the liner notes redated as 2011. The price will make this an attractive release if you do not have the Living Era issue but if you do then you are to be honest only gaining a single track that you may already have on another CD. I can detect some improvement in the sound quality and that is always to be appreciated but I am not too sure why this double CD would require re-issue or with the addition of just one extra track. I know that many people often complain about the constant reissue of the same track on compilations and perhaps some will be put off by the lack of new material to be found here. Needless to say if you have not got these recordings then you would do well to buy this set. Number of discs: 2 & a total playing time of 2 hours 37 mins.
Although in essence this is a compilation that was issued in 2002 on the now defunct Living Era label, it deserves to be judged on its own merits, which are considerable. Between 1929 and 1947 Hutch recorded over 600 sides, initially for Parlophone (including some with Harry Roy, seven of which are included), changing to HMV in May 1940. They took in some of the greatest songs of the thirties and forties, and that's reflected in this selection. Hutch was a song stylist, and the combination of his husky throbbing voice and his accompaniment conveys a potent charm. Sound quality is excellent, as is Peter Dempsey's liner note, although I take issue with his comment that Hutch's affair with Lady Edwina Mountbatten was much publicised. Those wishing to learn more about Hutch are recommended to seek out Charlotte Breese's excellent biography.
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