ELLA FITZGERALD "LET NO MAN WRITE MY EPITAPH" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO, NEW

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                                        ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS SONGS FROM "LET NO MAN WRITE MY EPITAPH"
2013 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 200G VIRGIN VINYL, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS #98, SOLD-OUT EDITION, MASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED AT QRP, SALINA, KS, CATALOG NUMBER AP 4043.
"THE BEST ALBUMS FROM LEGENDARY VERVE RECORDS JAZZ CATALOGUE GET IMPECCABLE AUDIOPHILE TREATMENT BY ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS, CUT AT 45RPM FOR ULTIMATE SOUND QUALITY BY EQUALLY LEGENDARY MASTERING ENGINEER GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND, PRESERVING ALL THE ANALOG GLORY OF THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES TO BRING THESE SESSIONS TO LIFE IN SPECTACULAR FASHION, LIKE THEY DESERVE."
"...THESE ARE ALL TRULY CLASSIC VERVE TITLES THAT YOU SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO MISS...MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SOUND OF THESE REISSUES IS NOTHING SHORT OF ASTOUNDING. PARTICULARLY THE EARLY BILLIE AND ELLA MONO RECORDS ARE INCREDIBLE TREASURES OF SONIC BEAUTY. I'D DEFINITELY ASK SANTA FOR THE WHOLE SET, OR, IF YOU WANT TO CHERRY PICK, THE MOST CLASSIC TITLES. WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, YOU OWE YOURSELF AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN!" WINNER OF A 20212 POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE WRITERS' CHOICE AWARD--DANNY KAEY, POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE
"I ALMOST DIDN'T REVIEW THIS LP--AFTER ALL, IT WAS RELEASED BY ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS ON THE SAME DAY AS BEN WEBSTER'S SOULVILLE...BUT IF SOULVILLE WAS EVERYTHING I HOPED FOR, EPITAPH IS THE OVER-ACHIEVER. ELLA RECORDED A SERIES OF HER 'GREATEST HITS' FOR THE SOUNDTRACK OF THIS ENTIRELY FORGETTABLE MOVIE, A FEW OF WHICH WERE USED. ELLA PLAYED A SINGING PIANO PLAYER, SO SHE RECORDED THE SONGS WITH ONLY PIANO BACKING BY PAUL SMITH...RECORDED IN 1960 AT THE UNITED WESTERN RECORDERS IN HOLLYWOOD, WHICH PRODUCED GREAT SOUNDING HITS FOR EVERYONE FROM NAT KING COLE TO THE BEACH BOUS, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF ELLA'S BEST SOUNDING RECORDS, AND WAS RELEASED LONG AGO BY CLASSIC RECORDS. THIS NEW MASTERING BY THE LATE GEOTGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND EASILY BESTS THAT EARLIER EFFORT. GREAT MUSIC RECORDED DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF RECORDING AT ONE OF THE GREAT STUDIOS, MASTERED TO PERFECTION."-RECORDING=10/10; MUSIC=10/10-DENNIS D. DAVIS, HI-FI+, ISSUE 104
"CONSIDERED ONE OF ELLA'S GREATEST RECORDINGS, SHE'S BACKED ON THIS 1960 RELEASE BY PIANIST PAUL SMITH. LET NO MAN WRITE MY EPITAPH WAS A 1960 HOLLYWOOD MOVIE FEATURING FITZGERALD. THE ALBUM HITS AT A DEPTH OF EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING THAT CRITICS OFTEN COMPLAINED WAS MISSING IN ELLA'S READING OF JAZZ LYRICS, AND ONCE AGAIN ESTABLISHES HER AS ONE OF THE SUPREME INTERPRETERS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK."