Porgy And Bess is a Jazz album by Lena Horne / Harry Belafonte, originally released in 1959. On Gatefold: 37 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1A Woman Is A Sometime Thing2:40
- A2Summertime3:11
- A3Oh, I Got Plenty Of Nothin'3:00
- A4I Wants To Stay Here3:30
- A5Bess, You Is My Woman5:57
Side B
- B1It Ain't Necessarily So3:03
- B3My Man's Gone Now4:05
- B4Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?3:36
- B5There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York2:37
- Street Calls4:17
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Vocal Jazz
- lush
- triumphant
- theatrical
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Label variation with 5 lines for A-side tracklist, and B-side label correctly credits Chorus for B2, not B4. A very similar release, Porgy And Bess (US 1959) (opens in a new tab), has 4 lines and the Chorus credit for B4.
"I" stamped in runouts denotes an pressing.
LOP-1507 on sleeve; LOP 1507 on labels.
Info from back cover:
Together for the first time... HARRY BELAFONTE and LENA HORNE in the own interpretation of songs from GERSHWIN'S PORGY and BESS
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City, February and Mar
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bob Corman's Orchestra And ChorusORCHESTRA
- Harry BelafonteVOCALS
- Lena HorneVOCALS
- Bob Corman's OrchestraORCHESTRA
- Lennie Hayton And His OrchestraORCHESTRA
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 37 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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