Dinah Washington - The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Sessions (2004) [5CD, Box Set]

During 1944-1958, Dinah Washington recorded jazz, blues, R&B, pop, and even gospel, excelling in each area. In 1959 after she had a major pop hit in “What a Difference a Day Makes,” the quality of her recordings declined as she was mostly backed by large anonymous studio orchestras in an attempt to duplicate that song’s commercial success. The arrangements were often more suitable for a country singer than for Washington, and her own singing seemed exaggerated and overly mannered. In 1962 she switched labels, from Mercury to Roulette, and during the next 19 months recorded nine LPs of material, all of which are reissued on this limited-edition five-CD Mosaic box set. Again Washington’s backing is by orchestras (the complete personnel listings no longer exist) but she was given a wider range of material, ranging from a full album of blues to her renditions of current pop hits, standards, and novelty material. The arrangements (mostly by Fred Norman and Don Costa) are mostly better than on her later Mercury material, and her own interpretations seem more relaxed, use space dramatically, and contain plenty of wit. Included are a few previously unreleased performances which are mostly alternate takes with one exception. An eight-song medley, recorded at the end of one of the earlier Roulette dates, has Washington joined by just pianist Jack Wilson and flutist Frank Wess, showing that she could still sing jazz at a high level. Dinah Washington passed away two months after her final Roulette date from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills when she was just 39. This box features her final recordings, which have been long underrated and overlooked.― Allmusic

CD 1
01. Drinking Again (1st Version) – 03:26
02. Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby – 03:25
03. Destination Moon – 02:35
04. Take Your Shoes Off Baby – 02:44
05. Where Are You (1st Version) – 03:37
06. Make Believe Dreams – 03:06
07. Something’s Gotta Give – 02:35
08. Coquette – 02:58
09. You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You (1st Version) – 02:14
10. Red Sails In The Sunset – 02:34
11. A Handful Of Stars – 03:25
12. Miss You – 03:39
13. I’ll Never Stop Loving You – 02:17
14. Me And My Gin – 03:35
15. You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You – 02:46
16. Drinking Again – 03:32
17. Where Are You – 02:15
18. Medley… – 21:14

CD 2
01. I’ll Be Around – 02:56
02. For All We Know – 03:15
03. Just Friends – 03:17
04. I’m Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life – 02:53
05. Lover Man – 03:02
06. Say It Isn’t So – 03:10
07. That Old Feeling – 02:21
08. Love, I Found You Gone – 02:18
09. On The Street Of Regret – 02:16
10. The Man That Got Away – 03:34
11. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home – 02:08
12. Don’t Know You Any More – 02:48
13. Someone Else Is Taking My Place – 02:27
14. He’s Gone Again – 02:46
15. I Didn’t Know About You – 03:07
16. There I Go – 03:07
17. You’re A Sweetheart – 02:29
18. I’ll Close My Eyes – 02:52

CD 3
01. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me – 02:19
02. My Devotion – 02:41
03. If It’s The Last Thing I Do – 03:37
04. Our Love – 02:48
05. It’s A Mean Old Man’s world – 03:13
06. Was It Like That? – 02:40
07. Fly Me To The Moon – 02:30
08. I Wouldn’t Know What To Do – 02:25
09. No Hard Feelings – 02:36
10. Me And The One I Love – 03:00
11. There Must Be A Way – 04:08
12. Take Me In Your Arms – 02:18
13. What’s New – 03:44
14. Love Is The Sweetest Thing – 02:47
15. These Foolish Things – 03:31
16. That’s My Desire – 02:54
17. The More I See You – 02:35
18. I Used To Love You (But It’s All Over Now) – 03:23

CD 4
01. Just One More Chance – 02:33
02. Blue Gardenia – 02:47
03. He’s My Guy – 03:30
04. I Ran Out Of Reasons – 03:46
05. No One Man – 02:08
06. Let Me Be The First To Know – 02:42
07. If I Never Get To Heaven(1st Version) – 03:55
08. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning – 08:43
09. Don’t Say Nothin’ At All – 02:37
10. You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon – 03:52
11. Me And My Gin – 04:17
12. How Long, How Long Blues – 05:01
13. Don’t Come Runnin’ Back To Me – 02:26
14. Duck Before You Drown – 02:14
15. The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ But A Woman Crying For Her Man – 03:48
16. Key To The Highway – 02:43
17. Romance In The Dark – 02:14
18. If I Never Get To Heaven – 03:46
19. Soulville – 02:23

CD 5
01. The Show Must Go On – 02:48
02. Why Was I Born – 02:42
03. I Wanna Be Around – 03:39
04. I Left My Heart In San Francisco – 02:10
05. What Kind Of Fool Am I – 02:07
06. Make Someone Happy – 03:13
07. Rags To Riches – 02:48
08. I’m Glad For Your Sake – 02:53
09. Bill – 03:00
10. Drown In My Own Tears – 02:38
11. That Sunday (That Summer) – 03:36
12. A Stranger On Earth – 03:13
13. The Good Life – 02:35
14. Funny Thing – 02:38
15. To Forget About You – 02:27
16. Icy Stone – 02:34
17. Stars Over My Shoulder – 02:46
18. Call Me Irresponsible – 02:19
19. Lingering – 02:13
20. Lord, You Made Us Human – 03:00
21. They Said You’d Come Back Running – 02:19

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