And here's Steve Lawrence Meets Tennessee Ernie Ford, restored--that is, with the Steve Lawrence tracks included! You get the entire LP this time--all nearly 30 minutes worth. Glad that people requested the Lawrence, because the tracks are very good. Lawrence--who I'm happy to discover is still with us--had a fabulous voice, as you will here hear. I mean, hear here. The fidelity on these sides is infinitely better than on the Ford tracks, suggesting they're not from "telescriptions." Though three of theses titles match 1952 King Records titles recorded by Lawrence, I'm almost sure (not having listened to compare) that these are from a difference source. Other than King, I mean. Are they demos? The same five tracks showed up on Premier and Spinorama, a.k.a. Spin-O-Rama, the latter being a Premier label. (Nothing makes perfect sense when we're talking budget groups!) So they had to be tracks that were floating around--five stray tracks, up for sale to whatever budget label wanted to falsely promise the buyer a Steve Lawrence "album" for the price of barely half of one. At least there were five tracks--the cheapo labels pulled the same stunt with even less material. I have a Premier label Petula Clark LP with two entire Petula tracks. You get what you don't pay for. It should be noted that this LP, despite the conservative playing time and dreadful audio quality on Side B, was a genuine bargain among bargain-priced LPs, so it's one of those accidental dollar-bin gems.
I restored the track order, and, as you can see, I used the undoctored cover image this time for the post.
CLICK HERE TO HEAR: Steve Lawrence, T. Ernie Ford (Camay 3007; l963)
STEVE LAWRENCE
Little Girl
Never Leave Me
Hands Across the Table
All My Love Belongs to You
Mine and Mine Alone
TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
Shotgun Boogie
She's My Baby
You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
Woman Is a Five Letter Word
Stack-O-Lee
Kissin' Bug Boogie
Steve Lawrence Meets Tennessee Ernie Ford (Camay 3007; 1963)
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