Eartha Kitt Eartha-Quake (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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Eartha Kitt: Eartha-Quake (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
She truly needs no introduction. All we need to tell you is that this collection includes everything from Eartha's first decade as a recording artist: the highly acclaimed RCA recordings, as well as her Kapp and Seeco sides. We have also included the songs from her American return show, "New Faces of 1952", as well as her first recordings from Paris in 1950. Other bonuses include her ultra-rare Swedish recordings and her songs from "Mrs. Patterson" and the W.C. Handy biopic. I Want To Be Evil, C'Est Si Bon, Uska Dara, African Lullaby, Santa Baby, Let's Do It, My Heart Belongs To Daddy, Apres Moi, Mink Schmink,
Dinner For One Please James, Just An Old Fashioned Girl, There's No Cure For L'Amour, Thursday's Girl, Toujours Gai, Mack The Knife...and many, many more!
Article properties: Eartha Kitt: Eartha-Quake (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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Interpret: Eartha Kitt
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Album titlle: Eartha-Quake (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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Label Bear Family Records
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Genre Pop
- Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
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Artikelart Box set
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EAN: 4000127156396
- weight in Kg 1.4
| Kitt, Eartha - Eartha-Quake (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1 | ||||
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| 01 | - | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 02 | Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 03 | Lilac Wine | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 04 | I Want To Be Evil | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 05 | C'est Si Bon | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 06 | Two Lovers | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 07 | Mountain High, Valley Low | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 08 | Angelitos Negros | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 09 | Uska Dara | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 10 | Avril Au Portugal (April In Portugal) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 11 | African Lullaby | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 12 | Senor | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 13 | Santa Baby | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 14 | Under The Bridges Of Paris | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 15 | Oh John! (Please Don't Kiss Me) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 16 | Let's Do It | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 17 | Salangadou | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 18 | Sandy's Tune | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 19 | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 20 | The Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 21 | My Heart Belongs To Daddy | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 22 | Lovin' Spree | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 23 | Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 24 | Looking For A Boy | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 25 | Lonely Girl | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 26 | Easy Does It | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 27 | I Wantcha Around | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 28 | Apres Moi | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 29 | Mink Shmink | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 30 | This Year's Santa Baby | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 31 | Hey Jacque | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 32 | Strangers In The Starlight | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 33 | Do You Remember | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 34 | The Day That The Circus Left Town | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 35 | The Heel | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 36 | Mambo De Paree | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 37 | I've Got That Lovin' Bug Itch | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 38 | Dinner For One Please, James | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 39 | My Heart's Delight | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 40 | Freddy (& PEREZ PRADO) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 41 | Sweet And Gentle (& PEREZ PRADO) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 42 | Sho-Jo-Ji (The Hungry Racoon) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 43 | Nobody Taught Me | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 44 | Nothin' For Christmas | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 45 | Je Cherche Un Homme (I Want A Man) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 46 | If I Can't Take It With Me | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 47 | Just An Old Fashioned Girl | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 48 | Mademoiselle Kitt | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 49 | Oggere | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 50 | No Importa Si Menti | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 51 | Lazy Afternoon | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 52 | There Is No Cure For L'Amour | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 53 | Lisbon Antigua | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 54 | Lullaby Of Birdland | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 55 | Jonny | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 56 | There Is No Cure For L'Amour | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 57 | Fascinating Man | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 58 | Thursday's Child | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 59 | Le Danseur De Charleston | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 60 | Honolulu Rock And Roll | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 61 | Vid Kajen (swedish) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 62 | Rosenkyssar (swedish) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 63 | Put More Wood On The Fire | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 64 | Enough | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 65 | I'm A Funny Dame | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 66 | A Woman Wouldn't Be A Woman | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 67 | Toujour Gai | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 68 | Waydown Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 69 | Proceed With Caution | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 70 | Yomme, Yomme | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 71 | Take My Love, Take My Love | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 72 | Careless Love | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 73 | Beale Street Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 74 | Hesitating Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 75 | The Memphis Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 76 | Atlanta Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 77 | Friendless Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 78 | Yellow Dog Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 79 | Chantez Les Bas | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 80 | St. Louis Blues | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 81 | Long Gone | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 82 | Steal Away | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 83 | Hist The Window, Noah | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 84 | Shango | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 85 | Sholem | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 86 | Torah Dance (Kim'tzion) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 87 | Tierra Va Temblar | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 88 | Mack The Knife | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 89 | I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 90 | Independent | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 91 | Love Is A Gamble | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 92 | Yellow Bird | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 93 | Jambo Hippopotami | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 94 | In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 95 | Lamplight | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 96 | Apres Moi | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 97 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 98 | Let's Do It | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 99 | Lilac Wine | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 100 | C'est Si Bon | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 101 | I Want to Be Evil | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 102 | A Wantcha Around | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 103 | Uska Dara | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 104 | Santa Baby | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 105 | Just An Old Fashioned Girl | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 106 | Angelitos Negros | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 107 | April In Portugal | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 108 | Johnny With The Gentle Hands (take 7) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 109 | Johnny With The Gentle Hands (take 8) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 110 | Monotonous | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 111 | Love Is A Simple Thing | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 112 | Bal Petit Bal | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 113 | Overture | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 114 | Dialogue: Mrs. Patterson | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 115 | Mrs. Patterson | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 116 | Devil Scene | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 117 | If I Was A Boy | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 118 | The Fantasy | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 119 | I Wish I Was A Bumble Bee | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 120 | Card Game Scene | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 121 | Be Good, Be Good, Be Good | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 122 | Tea Party Scene | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 123 | Tea In Chicago | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 124 | Tea Party Scene (cont.) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 125 | My Daddy Is A Dandy | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 126 | Finale | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 127 | Tea In Chicago (reprise) | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 128 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 129 | Solitude | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 130 | Since I Feel For You | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 131 | What Is This Thing Called Love | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 132 | Tierra Va Temblar | Eartha Kitt | ||
| 133 | Callete (Caliente) | Eartha Kitt | ||
Eartha Kitt
Eartha-Quake (5-CD)
Orson Welles called her "the most exciting woman in the world." Singer, dancer, actress, writer, activist and icon, the world was Eartha Kitt's cultural playpen. Willfully exotic, a multilingual, genetically engineered sex-kitten with an IQ to match any Harvard cat, her international celebrity wasn't simply American fame exported overseas - like Elvis or Peggy Lee or Lena Horne. Eartha bathed herself in the cultures of the world - hobnobbed with Churchill, Nehru and Einstein - and emerged a star scented with far-flung trappings, who was at the same time, fundamentally, unmistakably American.
The public knew her as a glamorous star who in the 1950s and '60s, inhabited Broadway, movies, nightclubs and television with equal élan and ferocity (to a generation, her portrayal of Catwoman on the TV series 'Batman' cemented her legend), while recording novelty hits like Santa Baby and C'est si bon.
There were two Earthas come through in her dual persona: stylized purring for jewelry and mink in the preponderance of records that seemed to dwell on that topic, and her outspoken remarks against the Vietnam war that alienated enough of the establishment so that she had to head for Europe to ride out her career derailment. On this compelling CD - originally released in 1958 as the album 'St. Louis Blues,' with the trumpeter Shorty Rogers and his orchestra, Bear Family has captured a musical side of Kitt all too often overlooked - the soulful singer of formidable artistic versatility and heart.
It features selections from the Paramount movie, 'St. Louis Blues', about the life of W. C. Handy, in which Eartha starred with Nat Cole (as Handy), and an all-star African-American cast. The songs here are not all technically blues, though all are credited to Handy's authorship, and these are some of the most satisfying and artfully rendered cuts of Eartha's career. They show that even if grown over with the trappings of international glamour, the singer's southern roots always remained.
She was born Eartha Mae Keith, on January 17, 1927, in the small town of North, South Carolina - sharecropper country, amid what once had been cotton plantations. A childhood oppressed by soul-crushing, rural privation and abandonment gave way to adolescence in the cosmopolitan air of New York City (shuttled among relatives and friends). Her re-invention would begin early, as a member of Katherine Dunham's dance troupe. Orson Welles cast her on Broadway in his production of 'Dr. Faustus,' and her breakout performance came in the Broadway revue, 'New Faces Of 1952,' which Hollywood filmed two years later as the movie, 'New Faces.' She continued to acquire the polish of stage, nightclub, recording and movie stardom - her standout career film appearance being her role as the nightclub singer Gogo Germaine.
This CD shows Eartha refreshingly down-to-earth, as she insinuates her way around Hesitating Blues (originally popularized by Blossom Seely), Yellow Dog Blues (which Eartha sang in the movie) and Memphis Blues, Handy's first hit, and the first published blues to be documented (homage here, to Leonard Feather, who wrote this album's original liner notes).
Her artistic cohort on this album is trumpeter Shorty Rogers, who was one of the leading creators of West Coast Jazz. Born Milton Michael Rajonsky in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1924, Rogers was an alumnus of Woody Herman's and Stan Kenton's bands, and had also worked early on with vibraphone pioneer Red Norvo. Based in Los Angeles, he performed with his own group (as Shorty Rogers and His Giants), and recorded a series of albums for RCA Victor and Atlantic. But he also became (perhaps best) known as a composer and arranger for numerous television shows, from 'Looney Tunes' and 'Mr. Magoo' to 'The Partridge Family;' and most significantly for the movies, where he helped bring jazz to the big screen in films like 'The Man With The Golden Arm' and 'The Wild One.'
Here, both the band, and the arrangements (mostly by Julian 'Matty' Matlock) are sublime. Eartha parries throughout with Rogers' trumpet and with a male vocal group on tracks like Beale Street Blues, St. Louis Blues and the sensational Long Gone (a true tale of a bank robber's daring escape from a Kentucky jail - Handy wrote the song with Chris Smith, who also wrote Ballin' The Jack). The two spirituals, Steal Away and Hist The Window, Noah, sung in the movie by Mahalia Jackson, are arranged here by Jester Hairston, and Eartha is backed by his spectacular gospel choir.
Blues or not, the result can only be described as joyful, from the first track to the last.
Deborah Grace Winer
Eartha Kitt Eartha-Quake (5-CD)
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