Artist: Helen Merrill
Album: Helen Merrill…With Strings!
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1955/2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 41:53
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 409 MB

Tracklist:

1-01. Helen Merrill – Lilac Wine (Remastered) (04:25)
1-02. Helen Merrill – Anything Goes (Remastered) (03:08)
1-03. Helen Merrill – Mountain High, Valley Low (Remastered) (03:02)
1-04. Helen Merrill – Beautiful Love (Remastered) (03:15)
1-05. Helen Merrill – Comes Love (Remastered) (03:02)
1-06. Helen Merrill – The End Of A Love Affair (Remastered) (03:27)
1-07. Helen Merrill – When I Fall In Love (Remastered) (03:22)
1-08. Helen Merrill – (I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over (Remastered) (04:03)
1-09. Helen Merrill – Just You, Just Me (Remastered) (03:36)
1-10. Helen Merrill – Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (Remastered) (03:53)
1-11. Helen Merrill – You Won’t Forget Me (Remastered) (03:10)
1-12. Helen Merrill – Wait Till You See Him (Remastered) (03:26)

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“Helen Merrill with Strings” is the second album by Helen Merrill, featuring the singer fronting a quartet augmented by a string section arranged by Richard Hayman, recorded in 1955 and originally released on the EmArcy label.Helen Merrill recorded her well-received, self-titled debut with Clifford Brown for the Emarcy label in 1954. Her second album, 1955’s HELEN MERRILL WITH STRINGS, was the Chicago-based label’s attempt to enhance her commercial appeal with full-string arrangments, shorter songs, and a highly romantic concept. While Merrill ultimately bucked the commercial orientation, WITH STRINGS is an unmitigated artistic success. The strings are tastefully scored, the songs are classics or soon to be (“Anything Goes,” “Wait Till You See Him,” “Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year”), and Merrill’s delivery is by turns emotional, haunting, and highly musical. Highlights are “When I Fall In Love,” where she outdoes Doris Day at her own romantic game, and the exotic opener, “Lilac Wine,” which competes with Eartha Kitt’s as the definitive version.