Be careful . I bought this version of the deeply soulful and much beloved THE INTIMACY OF THE BLUES disc here , as i'd sold my 1991 Polygram records copy . I got an MP3 player some years ago and put the original recording on it . Then i sold it . Here's how the two versions differ as i still own a cassette of the 91 date . These are it's songs and proper sequence ; AIN'T NECESSARILY SO , PEGASUS , JIVE COFFEE , SKYLARK , WOULDN'T IT BE LOVERLY , THE INTIMACY OF THE BLUES , THE ACROBAT , EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE , WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME . The version pictured above (without Larry with his arms crossed) are ; BOOKER'S LITTLE BLUES , WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME , INTIMACY OF THE BLUES , AIN'T NECESSARILY SO , SKYLARK , THE ACROBAT , PEGASUS , JIVE COFFEE . As you can see , the sequencing is changed and WOULDN'T IT BE LOVERLY and EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE are removed . Yes , you do get BOOKER'S LITTLE BLUES . It's not the same recording at all . The flow is gone . Someone please tell me how and why this can be done to a BRILLIANT jazz recording ? What a shame . And not a whisper of the changes to you the buying public . Lookout . I wished i'd have known . I would not have bought this version . Period . This German import (with the lover's faces) is not even called "THE" INTIMACY OF THE BLUES , like it's TRUE original . Nor is the title song on the disc . Perhaps that's how this troubling trend ? will start . Lets hope not .
