Judy Garland - Judy Garland In Hollywood: Her Greatest Movie Hits - Original Soundtrack Performances 1936-1963

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Free Music Review: A masterful retrospective of Judy's movie musical career
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The first track is a song I had never heard before: The Texas Tornado from Pigskin Parade (1936); you really can't go back much further than this in Judy's movie musical career. Broadway Melody of 1938 gives us the well-known Dear Mr. Gable/You Made Me Love You, which is followed by Judy's signature song Over the Rainbow. I was thrilled with the inclusion of I'm Nobody's Baby from Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, for this version includes the first minute of the song (which is omitted often enough on other collections to almost be forgotten). F.D.R. Jones is an infectious treat from Babes On Broadway (and should be appreciated for its own sake rather than the context in which it is featured in the film).

For Me and My Gal, Judy's duet with Gene Kelly, marks the beginning of Judy's most prolific and successful years in Hollywood. Meet Me in St. Louis, my favorite Judy Garland film, is represented here by the title track, the unforgettable The Trolley Song, and Judy's wistful classic The Boy Next Door. The Harvey Girls supplies us with On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (although the version featured here is an outtake that falls far short of the original movie version). Look For the Silver Lining, one of two memorable Judy cameos in Till the Clouds Roll By, makes a nice addition to this collection (although I am still trying to find an album featuring Judy's other song, Who, from that film). Judy's collaboration with Gene Kelly in The Pirate in 1948 is little remembered today, but the track Mack the Black more than earns its spot in this collection. Easter Parade, by contrast, is a perennial favorite, capped off by Judy's wonderful duet with Fred Astaire.

The late 1940s represent a somewhat forgotten era in Garland's musical career, and the next series of tracks have never received much attention. Johnny One Note is rather forgettable, but it is nice to see this rarely heard track included here. It is even more delightful to hear the song Last Night When We Were Young, an outtake from the memorable film Summer Stock, the very movie which supplied the next three tracks in this collection: Happy Harvest, Friendly Star, and Get Happy. I can't say enough about the version of Get Happy you will find on this CD; a quality audio version of this vintage Judy classic has been surprisingly hard to find over the years. You would expect to find The Man That Got Away from Judy's legendary performance in A Star Is Born on this collection, but the inclusion of a cleaned-up copy of the overlooked Gotta Have Me Go With You is a special treat indeed. After Little Drops of Rain from the animated film Gay Purr-ee, the album closes with three strong performances from Judy's last musical: Hello Bluebird, the incredibly passionate By Myself, and the unforgettable title track from I Could Go on Singing.

This impressive, remastered collection of 23 vintage musical numbers stretching the entire length of Judy's movie musical career is accompanied by a wonderfully informed, picture-laden booklet on Garland's career and a beautifully packaged CD case (aside, of course, from the hideous image on the cover). For those who have indulged more in Judy's later concert career, this album makes for an eye-opening reintroduction to Judy's incredible movie musical discography, while those who grew up with or know Judy best by the songs she sang in her movies will marvel at this remarkable trip down movie musical memory lane. Thanks to modern technology and some truly dedicated technicians, Judy's vintage musical numbers sound better today than they ever have before.

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