Susannah Mccorkle - Beginning 1975

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Free Music Notes for Beginning 1975

Free Music Review: Suzannah's early demos will please her fans
Hit: 5 Stars

You get to hear Susannah singing songs from the Great American Songbook, backed by (it seems) just a piano. The extensive liner notes don't give any details of the session apart from it's length, but all I hear is Susannah's lovely voice and a piano. That's fine by me - it works well, as it also did for Toni Tennille on her recent Incurably romantic album of songs from the thirties and forties, which I've also reviewed.

Although these songs are typical of the material that she would later record commercially, very few of these particular songs were ever re-recorded by Susannah. The liner notes don't say which two or three songs were re-recorded, nor have I checked, but it will be interesting to identify and compare them.

I was surprised at just how good these recordings are, especially as they were never intended for release. In it's way, this is as good as any of her commercial recordings. It's different, but still very enjoyable - and still recognisable. There will never be another Susannah.

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