This 12-track album consists of five recordings
Judy Garland
made for
Decca Records
during her tenure there in the 1930s and '40s and seven made during her stint at
Capitol
in the '50s and '60s. They include favorites like
"Over the Rainbow"
(for
),
"You Made Me Love You,"
"The Trolley Song,"
"Chicago,"
and
"Swanee."
There are two distinctly different
Garland
s here, first the exuberant, pure-voiced teenage movie star of the
Decca
tracks, then the more hard-edged, but still fascinating cabaret performer of the
tracks. This is by no means a comprehensive collection of
's best-known material, but it is notable for combining two catalogs that are usually presented separately, and it will give the novice a good sense of the singer's repertoire. ~ William Ruhlmann