
ABOUT
THE DISC & RECORDINGS:
This 4-disc deluxe set is the first-ever complete anthology of Judy's singles at Decca Records that includes all her master takes and known alternates. Seven alternate tracks make their CD debut here.
Until now, some alternate takes were only available on the 1984 LP
"From
The Decca Vaults." Some others were mistakenly presented as the "A" takes when released by Decca on LP. In 1994, MCA Records released "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)" that was missing several of these alternates. Additionally, the sound quality on many of the tracks on that set was sub-par to what had previously been released on CD.
On this 2011 JSP release, all of the recordings have been gloriously remastered by Peter Rynston, making it the very best (and complete) compilation of Judy's Decca singles to date. A definite "must have."
Note: The two surviving test records Judy cut for Decca in 1935 ("Bill" and a medley of "On The Good Ship Lolipop/The Object of My Affection/Dinah") are not included as they were not recorded as "singles" and were rejected by Decca. Both recordings can be found on the 2010 JSP Records release "Judy Garland - Lost Tracks."
SPECIAL NOTE: After this set went into production, the International Bing Crosby Club came out with the revelation that there is a C take of “Mine” plus a “B” take of “Yah-Ta-Ta,” both duets with Bing Crosby. This new JSP set already includes the extra T take of “Yah-Ta-Ta” but the fact that there are two more alternate takes is wonderful news! It’s also puzzling that none of the Garland “experts” out there was aware of these alternates – until now.
Per the CD set’s compiler and annotator, Lawrence Schulman: ”I have just today [August 6, 2011] discovered the existence of an additional alternate of “Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) and one of “Mine.” Since these discoveries were made after the preparation of Judy Garland: Smilin’ Through – The Singles Collection 1936-1947, they are obviously not included in the new JSP set. As much as it is regrettable that the new release is thus not a complete Garland at Decca, I think it is best to rejoice in the discovery of two hidden tracks. I think as much as I am disappointed that I was not able to include these newly discovered tracks (at least to me), I am also happy that new discoveries continue to be made. I hope there will be many more.”
Download the additional "C Take" of "Mine" here.
Download the additional "B Take" of "Yah-Ta-Ta" here.
It’s pretty amazing that after all these years, previously unreleased Garland performances are still being discovered and shared with the public. Let’s hope this continues to be the case!
All
images on this page from the collection of Scott Brogan. |
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2014
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2017
Classic Duets |

2019
Lost Tracks 2 - 1936-1967 |
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2020
The Best of Lost Tracks 2 - 1936-1967 |
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TRACK
LISTING
Tracks making their CD debut are in bold red text.
All tracks recorded at Decca's Hollywood studios unless otherwise noted.
CD A: STOMPIN' AND SWINGIN' 1936 - 1939 trt: 1:15:03 |
Title |
Prefix |
Matrix |
Recording Date |
Time |
Stompin'
At The Savoy (recorded in New York City) |
Decca |
61165-A |
06/12/36 |
2:36 |
Swing
Mister Charlie (recorded in New York City) |
Decca |
61166-A |
06/12/36 |
3:04 |
Everybody
Sing |
DLA |
860-A |
08/30/37 |
2:54 |
Everybody
Sing (alternate)
This alternate take was mistakenly issued
instead of the "A" take when Decca released it's two-LP
set "Collector's
Items" in 1973. This error would not be corrected until
the "A" side was included in the
1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
DLA |
860-? |
08/30/37 |
2:56 |
All
God's Chillun Got Rhythm |
DLA |
861-A |
08/30/37 |
3:07 |
All
God's Chillun Got Rhythm (alternate)
This alternate take was mistakenly issued
instead of the "A" take when Decca released it's two-LP
set "Collector's
Items" in 1973. This error would not be corrected until
the "A" side was included in the
1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
DLA |
861-? |
08/30/37 |
3:07 |
(Dear
Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You |
DLA |
967-A |
09/24/37 |
3:12 |
(Dear
Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You (alternate)
This alternate take was mistakenly issued instead of the "A" take when Decca released it's two-LP set "The
Best Of Judy Garland" in 1963, which was subsequently released as the 1989 Japanese two-CD called “The Best of Judy Garland” (MCA Records/Warner Pioneer Corporation 27P2-2839). This error would not be corrected until the "A" side was included in the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
DLA |
967-? |
09/24/37 |
3:14 |
You
Can't Have Ev'rything |
DLA |
968-A |
09/24/37 |
2:30 |
Sleep My
Baby Sleep |
DLA |
1284-A |
04/25/38 |
3:11 |
Cry,
Baby, Cry |
DLA |
1285-A |
04/25/38 |
2:34 |
Cry,
Baby, Cry (alternate)
This alternate take was mistakenly issued
instead of the "A" take when Decca released it's two-LP
set "Collector's
Items" in 1973. |
DLA |
1285-? |
04/25/38 |
2:32 |
Ten Pins
in the Sky
This is the only instance of Decca using the "C" take instead of the "A" take as the official release version. |
DLA |
1436-C |
08/21/38 |
3:08 |
It Never
Rains, But What It Pours |
DLA |
1437-A |
08/21/38 |
2:35 |
Over the
Rainbow |
DLA |
1840-A |
07/28/39 |
2:50 |
The
Jitterbug
(with Harold Arlen as The Scarecrow
with Bud Lyon as The Tin Man, & Garney Bell as The Lion) |
DLA |
1841-A |
07/28/39 |
2:46 |
In
Between |
DLA |
1842-A |
07/28/39 |
4:06 |
Sweet
Sixteen |
DLA |
1843-A |
07/28/39 |
4:20 |
Zing!
Went The Strings Of My Heart
According to the 1975 British book "Directory of Popular Music: 1900-1965," compiled by Leslie Lowe, "Zing!" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry" were released in England on Decca's Brunswick label in the Spring of 1940. "Zing!" was not released in the U.S. until May 20, 1943. |
DLA |
1850-A |
07/29/39 |
2:59 |
I'm Just
Wild About Harry
This recording was released in the United Kingdom under the "Brunswick" label
in 1943. It was not released in the United States until 1984, when it
was included on the MCA Records LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" [MCA-907]. |
DLA |
1851-A |
07/29/39 |
2:01 |
Fascinating
Rhythm |
DLA |
1853-A |
07/29/39 |
2:54 |
Oceans
Apart |
DLA |
1868-A |
10/16/39 |
3:08 |
Embraceable
You |
DLA |
1869-A |
10/16/39 |
2:51 |
Swanee |
DLA |
1870-A |
10/16/39 |
2:14 |
Figaro |
DLA |
1871-A |
10/16/39 |
2:17 |
Figaro (alternate)
This alternate take was mistakenly issued
instead of the "A" take when it was released on the LP "More
Than A Memory" in 1974. |
DLA |
1871-? |
10/16/39 |
2:19 |
CD B: CHASING RAINBOWS 1940 - 1942 trt: 1:11:36 |
Title |
Prefix |
Matrix |
Recording Date |
Time |
(Can
This Be) The End Of The Rainbow |
DLA |
1971-A |
04/10/40 |
3:05 |
I'm
Nobody's Baby |
DLA |
1972-A |
04/10/40 |
2:56 |
Buds
Won't Bud |
DLA |
1973-A |
04/10/40 |
3:08 |
Wearing
Of The Green |
DLA |
1974-A |
04/10/40 |
2:44 |
Friendship
(Duet with Johnny Mercer) |
DLA |
1987-A |
04/15/40 |
2:34 |
Friendship (alternate)
(Duet with Johnny Mercer)
This alternate take was previously available solely on the 1984 MCA Records
LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" [MCA-907]. |
DLA |
1987-B |
04/15/40 |
2:37 |
I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows |
DLA |
2282-A |
12/18/40 |
3:02 |
I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows (alternate)
This alternate take was first
released on the 1984 MCA Records LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" followed by its CD debut on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
DLA |
2282-C |
12/18/40 |
3:03 |
Our Love
Affair |
DLA |
2283-A |
12/18/40 |
2:58 |
A Pretty
Girl Milking Her Cow |
DLA |
2284-A |
12/18/40 |
2:38 |
It's a
Great Day For The Irish |
DLA |
2285-A |
12/18/40 |
2:28 |
The
Birthday Of A King |
DLA |
2578-A |
07/20/41 |
3:11 |
The Star
Of The East |
DLA |
2579-A |
07/20/41 |
3:09 |
How
About You? |
DLA |
2798-A |
10/24/41 |
3:01 |
Blues In
The Night |
DLA |
2799-A |
10/24/41 |
3:07 |
Blues In
The Night (alternate)
This alternate premiered on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
DLA |
2799-B |
10/24/41 |
3:09 |
F.D.R.
Jones |
DLA |
2800-A |
10/24/41 |
2:32 |
The Last
Call For Love |
DLA |
2968-A |
04/03/42 |
3:08 |
The Last
Call For Love (alternate)
This alternate was previously available solely on the 1984 MCA Records
LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" [MCA-907]. |
DLA |
2968-B |
04/03/42 |
3:09 |
Poor You |
DLA |
2969-A |
04/03/42 |
2:39 |
Poor You (alternate)
This alternate was previously available solely on the 1984 MCA Records
LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" [MCA-907]. |
DLA |
2969-B |
04/03/42 |
2:39 |
On the
Sunny Side Of The Street |
DLA |
2970-A |
04/03/42 |
2:34 |
Poor
Little Rich Girl |
DLA |
2971-A |
04/03/42 |
3:06 |
For Me
And My Gal
(Duet with Gene Kelly) |
DLA |
3140-A |
07/26/42 |
2:32 |
When You
Wore A Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose)
(Duet with Gene Kelly) |
DLA |
3141-A |
07/26/42 |
2:37 |
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CD C: BLACK MAGIC 1942 - 1945 trt: 1:14:44 |
Title |
Prefix |
Matrix |
Recording Date |
Time |
That Old
Black Magic |
DLA |
3142-A |
07/26/42 |
2:46 |
I Never
Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You) |
DLA |
3143-A |
07/26/42 |
2:24 |
But Not
For Me |
L |
3250-A |
11/02/43 |
3:10 |
I Got
Rhythm |
L |
3252-A |
11/02/43 |
2:52 |
I Got
Rhythm (alternate)
This alternate premiered on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
L |
3252-B |
11/02/43 |
2:55 |
Embraceable
You |
L |
3253-A |
11/04/43 |
3:14 |
Embraceable
You (alternate)
This alternate premiered on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
L |
3253-B |
11/04/43 |
3:13 |
Could
You Use Me?
(Duet with Mickey Rooney) |
L |
3254-A |
11/04/43 |
3:04 |
Bidin'
My Time
(with the Leo Diamond Harmonica Quartet) |
L |
3255-A |
11/04/43 |
3:08 |
No Love,
No Nothin' |
DLA |
3264-A |
12/22/43 |
3:08 |
A
Journey To A Star |
DLA |
3265-A |
12/22/43 |
2:44 |
The Boy
Next Door |
L |
3385-A |
04/20/44 |
3:07 |
Boys And
Girls Like You And Me |
L |
3386-A |
04/20/44 |
3:11 |
Have
Yourself A Merry Little Christmas |
L |
3387-A |
04/20/44 |
2:45 |
Have
Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (alternate)
This alternate take premiered on on the 1992 MCA (Decca) CD "Judy
Garland - Changing My Tune - The Best Of The Decca Years Vol Two." |
L |
3387-C |
04/20/44 |
2:50 |
The
Trolley Song |
L |
3388-A |
04/21/44 |
2:54 |
Skip To
My Lou |
L |
3389-A |
04/21/44 |
3:01 |
Meet Me
In St. Louis |
L |
3390-A |
04/21/44 |
2:15 |
You've
Got Me Where You Want Me
(Duet with Bing Crosby) |
L |
3485-A |
07/31/44 |
2:54 |
Mine
(Duet with Bing Crosby) |
L |
3486-A |
07/31/44 |
2:48 |
This
Heart Of Mine |
DLA |
3727-A |
01/26/45 |
3:15 |
This
Heart Of Mine (alternate)
This alternate take premiered on on the 1992 MCA (Decca) CD "Judy
Garland - Changing My Tune - The Best Of The Decca Years Vol Two." |
DLA |
3727-B |
01/26/45 |
3:20 |
Love |
DLA |
3728-A |
01/26/45 |
3:26 |
Connecticut |
L |
3750-A |
03/09/45 |
3:13 |
Connecticut (alternate)
This alternate take premiered on on the 1992 MCA (Decca) CD "Judy
Garland - Changing My Tune - The Best Of The Decca Years Vol Two." |
L |
3750-B |
03/09/45 |
3:13 |
CD D: IN LOVE WITH LOVE 1945 - 1947 trt: 1:14:10 |
Title |
Prefix |
Matrix |
Recording Date |
Time |
Yah-Ta-Ta,
Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)
(Duet with Bing Crosby) |
L |
3751-A |
03/09/45 |
3:12 |
Yah-Ta-Ta,
Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) (alternate)
(Duet with Bing Crosby)
This alternate take was first
released on the 1984 MCA Records LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" followed by its CD debut on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
L |
3751-T |
03/09/45 |
3:14 |
March Of
The Doagies
(with Kenny Baker and The Kay Thompson Chorus)
This recording was not given a Record Number because the song
was cut from the film "The Harvey Girls" prior to release
of the film and the "Decca
Cast Album" of songs from the film. It finally had its official
U.S. release in 1984 on the MCA Records LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults."
Also of note: the version included on the above mentioned album and
the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)" was recorded on May 14, 1945. Additional recordings were
made on May 15, September 7 & September 10, 1945. Evidently
the only version to survive is this May 14, 1945 version). |
L |
3858-A |
05/14/45 |
2:58 |
Swing
Your Partner Round And Round
(with The Kay Thompson Chorus) |
L |
3859-A |
05/14/45 |
2:59 |
On The
Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe (alternate)
(with The Kay Thompson Chorus)
The complete original version of Parts 1 & 2 -
Part 1 (chorus intro) had its debut on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)."
Part 2 (Judy's entrance & vocal) of
this song was re-recorded on 09-10-1945 and that is the version
heard on the original 78 album. When Decca began re-releasing these
recordings on LP in the 1950's, they mistakenly released this May
1945 rejected version of Part 2. This May 1945 version begins with
Judy singing "What A Lovely Trip" as
she does in the film, and ends with the repeat of the song title
3 times at the end (again as in the film). This "rejected" version
can be found on the 1989 CD "Judy
Garland - The Best Of The Decca Years Volume One - Hits!"
When "March of the Doagies" was cut from the film, it was cut from the Decca 78 album. That meant that there was an uneven number of sides. The decision was made to cut Part 1 of this (the chorus intro) as that took up one side. Because of that, Judy singing "What a lovely trip" didn't make as much sense without the chorus intro. Judy's part was then re-recorded September 10th, at which time she changed "trip" to "day" in the verse, and shortened the coda at the end. “Day” contains an open vowel and is thus better to sing; and the shortened coda at the end made the track easier to fit on a 78 rpm. The "day" version is what was originally released on the 78 album. |
L |
3861-A |
05/15/45 |
3:14 |
On The
Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
(with The Merry Macs) (recorded in New York City) |
W |
72967-A |
07/07/45 |
3:10 |
If I Had
You
(with The Merry Macs) (recorded in New York City) |
W |
72968-A |
07/07/45 |
3:22 |
If I Had
You (alternate)
(with The Merry Macs) (recorded in New York City)
This alternate take was first released
on the 1984 MCA Records LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" followed by its CD debut on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
W |
72968-B |
07/07/45 |
3:25 |
You'll
Never Walk Alone (recorded in New York City) |
W |
72973-A |
07/10/45 |
3:20 |
Smilin'
Through (recorded in New York City) |
W |
72974-A |
07/10/45 |
3:10 |
It's A
Great Big World
(with Virginia O'Brien & Betty Russell) |
L |
3956-A |
09/07/45 |
3:44 |
In The
Valley (Where the Evenin' Sun Goes Down) |
L |
3957-A |
09/07/45 |
2:53 |
On The
Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
(short version, minus
the choral intro - short ending)
(with The Kay Thompson Chorus)
This is the take that was originally released on 78
as part of the original "Decca
Cast Album". When the cast album was re-released on LP in
the 1950's, Decca mistakenly used the rejected 05-15-1945 version
of Part 2. This September re-recording of Part 2 was not released
in the United States on LP until 1984, when it was included on the
MCA Records LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults." It begins with
Judy singing "What A Lovely Day" (instead of "What
A Lovely Trip"
as in the film and the May recording) and ends with the "short
tag" (no
repeat of the song title as in the May recording and the film).
This is also the version included in the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)" and coupled with the previously unreleased
chorus Part 1 from May 15, 1945 - as intended for the original 78 album before being cut along with "March of the Doagies." |
L |
3861-A |
09/10/45 |
5:54 |
Aren't
You Kind Of Glad We Did?
(with Dick Haymes) |
L |
4294-A |
09/11/46 |
3:06 |
For You,
For Me, Forevermore
(with Dick Haymes) |
L |
4295-A |
09/11/46 |
3:15 |
Changing
My Tune |
L |
4296-A |
09/11/46 |
3:05 |
Don't
Tell Me That Story |
L |
4318-A |
10/01/46 |
3:00 |
Don't
Tell Me That Story (alternate)
This alternate was first released
on the 1984 MCA Records LP "Judy
Garland - From The Decca Vaults" followed by its CD debut on the 1994 CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
L |
4318-T |
10/01/46 |
2:43 |
There Is
No Breeze (To Cool the Flame of Love) |
L |
4319-A |
10/01/46 |
3:13 |
Nothing
But You |
L |
4564-A |
11/15/47 |
2:53 |
I Wish I
Were In Love Again
(with Two Piano Accomaniment by Griffith and Goodwin) |
L |
4565-A |
11/15/47 |
2:49 |
I Wish I
Were In Love Again (alternate)
(with Two Piano Accompaniment by Griffith and Goodwin)
This alternate take premiered on the 1992 MCA (Decca) CD "Judy
Garland - Changing My Tune - The Best Of The Decca Years Vol Two." |
L |
4565-B |
11/15/47 |
2:55 |
Falling
In Love With Love (alternate)
(with Two Piano Accompaniment by Griffith and Goodwin)
This recording was evidently made as an afterthought at the
end of the November 15, 1947 recording session. It was not discovered until 1992, when
the producers of the MCA (Decca) CD "Judy
Garland - Changing My Tune - The Best Of The Decca Years Vol Two" found it and included it on that CD. It was also included on the 1994
CD boxed set "Judy
Garland - The Complete Decca Masters (plus)." |
N/A |
N/A |
11/15/47 |
2:47 |
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DISC
CREDITS
Produced by: John Stedman
Compiled, Sleeve notes and Discography by: Lawrence Schulman
Remastering by: Peter Rynston of Tall Order Studios
Designed by: Andrew Aitken
Photographs from the collections of Kim Lundgreen, Christian Matzanke, Eric Hemphill, Scott Brogan, and Lawrence Schulman
Cover photographs: Box: Late 1941, early 1942; CD A: 1938; CD B: 1941; CD C: 1943; CD D: 1948
Many thanks to: Scott Brogan, founder and webmaster of The Judy Room ( TheJudyRoom.com), Max Preeo, Ron O’Brien, Fred Mc Fadden, Emy Leeser, Kevin D. F. Highnight, and Alain Falasse for their invaluable help. |
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