Mermania!, Vol. 2

by Merman,Ethel

Overview

Much like the first volume, Mermania!, Vol. 2 offers a stunning number of vintage Ethel Merman performances. The sound quality isn't anything to get excited about, but given the age of these recordings, it's about as quality as you can expect. This volume emphasizes Irving Berlin's deep catalog, including such compositions as "There's No Business Like Show Business," along with a number of Cole Porter compositions. Unfortunately, many of these songs clock under a minute, though the other half of the 28 songs are of more standard length. Essentially, Mermania!, Vol. 2 offers a respectable sampling of Merman's work, including a number of better-known songs such as "Lady With a Song," even if there are other collections that are both more comprehensive and more enlightening than this one. ~ Jason Birchmeier

Product Details

Release Date:	05/29/2001
Label:	Harbinger Records
UPC:	0632433180624
Rank:	180787

Tracks

1. Overture
2. Lady With a Song
3. I Got Rhythm
4. This Is It
5. A Lot of Livin' to Do
6. That Old Feeling
7. Introduction
8. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
9. The Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball
10. I Got the Sun in the Morning
11. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
12. You're the Top
13. You're an Old Smoothie
14. Let's Be Buddies
15. Anything Goes
16. It's De-Lovely
17. Small World
18. Everything's Coming Up Roses
19. Gee, But It's Good to Be Here
20. I Get a Kick Out of You
21. Alexander's Ragtime Band
22. They Say It's Wonderful
23. Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please
24. Eadie Was a Lady
25. I Got Lost in His Arms/They Say It's Wonderful
26. Blow, Gabriel, Blow
27. There's No Business Like Show Business
28. Rehearsal

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ethel Merman   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Sammy Fain   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Lew Brown   Composer
Roger Edens   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Nacio Herb Brown   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Adrian Cosentini   Remastering
Charles Strouse   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Arthur Schwartz   Composer
Matt Dubey   Composer
Lee Adams   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer