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Collector's Gems
Title:
COLLECTOR'S GEMS FROM THE M-G-M FILMS
Category:
Vocal/Soundtrack
Label:
Rhino Movie Music/Turner Classic Movies Music
Catalog Number:
R2 72543
Release Date:
1996
Type:
CD
Discs:
2
Length:
2 hrs 54 min
Availability:
Out of print
Collector's Gems



ABOUT THE DISC & RECORDINGS:
Booklet Cover
This 1941 M-G-M short subject presented the inner workings of the studio's music department. The short cleverly utilizes some of the outtake footage of Judy and Tony Martin's performance of "We Must Have Music" from Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Of course, no soundtrack for this short was ever released. But this outtake first appeared on "Cut! Outtakes From Hollywood's Greatest Musicals" and then the bootleg LP of the Ziegfeld Girl soundtrack.

The remastered studio pre-recording first appeared on the 1994 laser disc set "Judy Garland - The Golden Years at M-G-M", and finally on this two CD set of "gems" from Judy's tenure at M-G-M Studios.
All images on this page from the collection of Scott Brogan.


TRACK LISTING

Title
Performed with...
From the film...
Date Recorded
Time
Disc 1
Waltz With A Swing/Americana (Medley)
Deanna Durbin
Every Sunday (1936)
06-30-1936
2:27
Opera Vs. Jazz (Americana Reprise)
Deanna Durbin
Every Sunday (1936)
06-30-1936
1:36
Everybody Sing (Extended Version)
Sophie Tucker, Barnett Parker, J.D. Jewkes
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
03-05-1937
06-12-1937
4:48
Yours And Mine
Eloise Rawitzer and The St. Brendan's Boys Choir
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
04-16-1937
2:22
Your Broadway And My Broadway
The MGM Studio Chorus
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
03-14-1937
3:34
Got A Pair Of New Shoes (Extended Version)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
09-20-1937
2:29
Sun Showers (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
09-11-1937
2:27
Down On Melody Farm (Extended Version)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Everybody Sing (1938)
10-04-1937
4:40
Why, Because!
Fanny Brice
Everybody Sing (1938)
(Recorded live on set)
12-21-1937
2:15
Ever Since The World Began/Shall I Sing A Melody?
The MGM Studio Chorus
Everybody Sing (1938)
12-13-37
4:27
In Between*
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
06-24-1938
4:31
It Never Rains, But what It Pours*
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
06-21-1938
2:24
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
06-31-1938
2:49
Meet The Beat Of My Heart* (Extended Version)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
06-24-1938
2:55
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart* (Unused "Swing" Version) (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Listen Darling (1938)
06-16-1938
2:52
On The Bumpy Road To Love*
Mary Astor, Freddie Bartholomew & Scotty Beckett
Listen Darling (1938)
09-26-1938
2:08
Ten Pins In The Sky
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Listen Darling (1938)
07-28-1938
3:36
I'm Nobody's Baby*
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
03-14-1940
3:32
All I Do Is Dream Of You* (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
05-10-1940
1:37
Alone
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
05-10-1940
2:43
It's A Great Day For The Irish
Douglas McPhail
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
08-09-1940
2:37
Danny Boy (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
09-10-1940
2:37
A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
09-10-1940
2:52
Singin' In The Rain
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
09-10-1940
3:00
Easy To Love* (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941)
06-04-1941
3:25
Disc 2
We Must Have Music (Outtake)
Tony Martin and Six Hits And A Miss
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
12-22-1940
2:15
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
11-13-1940
2:08
Minnie From Trinidad
The MGM Studio Chorus
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
01-14-1941
02-24-1941
5:21
Every Little Movement Has A Meaning Of Its Own*
Mary Kent (voice double for Connie Gilchrist)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
07-28-1942
2:10
Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
07-28-1942
2:40
When I Look At You*
Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
09-18-1942
1:32
Paging Mr. Greenback* (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Chorus
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
10-16-1942
4:51
Where There's Music* (Finale Medley)
(Extended Version)
Where There's Music
St. Louis Blues
It's A Long Way To Tipperary
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
It's Three O'Clock In The Morning
Broadway Rhythm
The MGM Studio Orchestra plus Judy Carol (St. Louis Blues); Charles Walters (Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree/Broadway Rhythm) & Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (Broadway Rhythm)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
04-04-1943 & 03-05-1943
10:16
The Joint Is Really Jumpin' Down At Carnegie Hall
Jose Iturbi
Thousands Cheer (1943)
12-22-1942
3:40
D'Ya Love Me (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Till The Clouds Roll By (1946)
10-15-1945
2:33
Mack The Black (Deleted Version) (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Chorus
The Pirate (1948)
12-28-1946
6:01
Love Of My Life* (Deleted Version) (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Chorus
The Pirate (1948)
12-27-1946
4:41
Voodoo* (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Chorus
The Pirate (1948)
04-10-1947
6:09
You Can't Get A Man With A Gun (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra

Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
03-25-1949
4:23
There's No Business Like Show Business (Outtake)
Frank Morgan, Howard Keel & Keenan Wynn
Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
03-31-1949
2:19
They Say It's Wonderful* (Outtake)
Howard Keel
Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
03-28-1949
3:22
The Girl That I Marry (Reprise) (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
03-28-1949
2:07
I've Got The Sun In The Morning (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Chorus
Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
04-01-1949
2:08
Let's Go West, Again (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Chorus
Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
03-30-1949
3:25
Anything You Can Do* (Outtake)
Howard Keel
Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
04-01-1949
2:38
There's No Business Like Show Business (Reprise) (Outtake)
The MGM Studio Chorus
Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
03-31-1949
1:02


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PRODUCER'S NOTES
CD Artwork
Few cineastes would deny that Judy Garland’s tenure at M-G-M yielded some of the greatest performances in the history of musical filmmaking. Although it has been more that 25 years since her passing, the popularity and aura of Garland’s films and recordings have lost none of their luster. Most of the soundtrack recordings from these films have recently been restored and reissued by Turner Classic Movies Music/Rhino Movie Music. Yet this collection brings together for the first time 46 recordings made by Judy between 1936 and 1949, all but five of which have never been issued in any audio format (the excepted five are making their compact disc debut here).

Beginning with her M-G-M short subject debut in Every Sunday, the recordings trace the development of Judy as a performer and an artist. Under the guidance of Roger Edens as her musical mentor, Judy gained confidence and style with every performance. The collection closes with Garland’s previously unissued prerecordings for the intended Annie Get Your Gun production in 1949 that she could not complete. Many of the other performances here are from sequences that did not make the final cuts of the films, making this collection a true treasure trove for Judy’s ever-growing legion of fans.

Collector's Gem from the MGM films In the early 1960s, M-G-M transferred the original optical film studio recording session master to magnetic tape and it is from these tapes that most of this collection has been digitally restored. Some of these performances were recorded from multiple microphonic channels, and where these elements were all still intact, we were able to remix them to stereo. The remainder of the tracks are presented in their original monaural form. While most of the recordings overall were in good condition, a few had suffered deterioration that led to a noticeable echo effect (primarily recordings from Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry and Everybody Sing). Certain recordings (including “D’Ya Love Me,” the first part of “Mack The Black,” “The Girl That I Marry [reprise][outtake],” “I’ve Got The Sun In The Morning outtake],” and “Let’s Go West, Again outtake],”) no longer existed in any form other than studio playback acetates; and these, like all of the tracks on the album, were given NoNoise processing to remove the extraneous noise and distortion.

For years, pirates and bootleggers have circulated horrendous sounding tapes of a few of these performances. But the bulk of them were never heard beyond the studio walls…until now.

Collector's Gems from the MGM FilmsCREDITS

Produced by George Feltenstein and Bradley Flanagan

Project Supervisor Julie D'Angelo

Art Direction by Coco Shinomiya and Tornado Design

Design by Darrin Kagele

Liner Notes by John Fricke

Additional Liner Notes by George Feltenstein

Engineered & Mastered by Doug Schwartz, Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, CA

Additional Mixing by Allan Finch and Ted Hall

Photographs Courtesy of Turner Entertainment Co., George Feltenstein, John Fricke, and The USC Cinema and Television Archives

Production Assistance: Jayne Blume, Tom Eckmier, Norma "Big Red" Edwards, and Julee Stover

Special Thanks to: Woolsey Ackerman, Maggie Adams, Bruce Baggot, Scott Benson, Tom burke, Ned Comstock, Michael Feinstein, Gina Henschen, Andrea Kinloch, Richard May, Roger Mayer, Michael Nieves, Scott Perry, Susan Sennett, Charles Shultz, and Mary Beth Verhunce
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