Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin
Label: | Verve Records – MG V-4041, Verve Records – MGV 4041, Verve Records – MGV-4041 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Jazz |
Style: | Bop, Vocal |
Tracklist
| A1 | Gone With The Wind | |
| A2 | Misty | |
| A3 | The Lady Is A Tramp | |
| A4 | The Man I Love | |
| A5 | Summertime | |
| B1 | Too Darn Hot | |
| B2 | Lorelei | |
| B3 | Mack The Knife | |
| B4 | How High The Moon |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Deutschlandhalle
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Credits
- Accompanied By – The Paul Smith Quartet*
- Art Direction – Merle Shore
- Bass – Wilfred Middlebrooks
- Drums – Gus Johnson
- Featuring – Paul Smith Quartet
- Guitar – Jim Hall
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – Jay Thompson (4)
- Piano – Paul Smith (5)
- Producer – Norman Granz
- Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald
Notes
Recorded February 13, 1960 live at Deutschlandhallen, West Berlin, Germany
First catalog # on front cover, second on back cover and labels, third on spine of cover.
First catalog # on front cover, second on back cover and labels, third on spine of cover.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): 50,990
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): 50,991
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): T
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched (Variant 1)): 50.990 MGV-4041-A1 AIIII T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched (Variant 1)): 50.990 MG V-4041-B2 T AII
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched [except "T A" stamped] (Variant 2)): 50.990 MGV-4041-A1 T A IIIII
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched [except "A" stamped] (Variant 2)): 50.991. MG V-4041-B2 A IIIIIII
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched [except "T A" stamped] (Variant 3)): 50.990 MGV-4041-A3 AIII T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched [except "D" stamped] (Variant 3)): 50.991. MG V-4041-B1 D III
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched [except "T A" stamped] (Variant 4)): 50.990 MGV-4041-A.4 A||||||| T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched [except "T A" stamped] (Variant 4)): 50.991 MGV-4041-B.3 A|||||||||||| T
Other Versions (5 of 181)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin (LP, Album, Stereo) | Verve Records | MG VS-64041 | US | 1960 | |||
| Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin (LP, Album, Stereo) | Verve Records | MG VS-4041 | Canada | 1960 | |||
New Submission | Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin (10", LP, Stereo) | Verve Records | MMV 603 | Netherlands | 1960 | ||
Recently Edited | Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin (LP, Album, Mono) | His Master's Voice | CLP 1391 | UK | 1960 | ||
| Mack The Knife (Ella In Berlin) (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, Mono, Album) | His Master's Voice | TA-CLP 1391 | UK | 1960 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Edited 3 years agoReviewing a second copy, this one a 1960 MONO pressing. This is an excellent Ella Fitzgerald record to add to your jazz collection. She does her very best work in front of an audience, and mid-career Ella gives us her best voice, IMO. "Tramp" and "Mack" are two absolute highlights, and "Too Darn Hot" swings like the devil.
Jim Hall is in here, but he doesn't take solos, but adds some tasty fills. He does play 3-1/2 bars of solo on "Lorelei", so there's that.
Between the two versions I have, I prefer this one.
Recommended.
This album is an underrated gem. Fitzgerald's scat singing on Mack the Knife and How High the Moon are insane. Grab a copy if you ever see it. It's Ella at her best.
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