Track listing
David Newland | dayton, oh USA | 07/13/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"1. It s Oh So Quiet (Blow A Fuse)
2. Orange Coloured Sky
3. What Do You Wanna Make Those Eyes At Me For?
4. You Can t Get A Man With A Gun
5. The Sewing Machine
6. His Rocking Horse Ran Away
7. Anything You Can Do
8. The Musicians
9. It Had To Be You
10. A Bushel And A Peck
11. The Honeymoon s Over
12. My Fickle Eye
13. Goin Steady
14. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
15. I ve Got The Sun In The Morning
16. Blue Skies
17. They Say It s Wonderful
18. Doin What Comes Naturally
19. Somebody Loves Me
20. I Wish I Didn t Love You So
21. Stuff Like That There
22. There s No Business Like Show Business
23. Annie Get Your Gun Finalé / End Theme"
Nice Compilation But...
Bruce K. Hanson | Petersburg, VA | 01/11/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This new CD, Betty Hutton: Original Recordings From the Star of Annie Get Your Gun and The Perils of Pauline is a "nice" compilation yet except for one recording, there is really nothing unusual offered here which is a shame. Yes, it's nice to finally have Hutton's duet, "The Honeymoon's Over" with Tennesee Ernie Ford but why not have included the B side of that 45 rpm record: "This Must Be The Place"? Or for that matter, why not use other rarities such as her two recordings with sister Marion Hutton ("Heart Throb" & "Ko Ko Mo- I Love You So"); "Hit the Road to Dreamland", and "Sleepy Head"? OK, enough carping; the good news is that another record company has at least shown interest in this often neglected entertainer from the forties and fifties. Some of the recordings sound quite good, particularly the RCA recordings: "It's Oh So Quiet", "Orange Colored Sky", "A Bushel and a Peck", "Somebody Loves Me", and "My Fickle Eye" And the Capitol selections also sound pretty good: "It Had To Be You", "The Sewing Machine", "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" and "Blue Skies". However, some of the sources of other selections vary from song to song. The Annie Get Your Gun score does not sound that great except for "Sun In the Morning" and "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" which appears to come from the Rhino soundtrack. "Anything You Can Do' has a really bad echo and the final from Annie sounds plain bad. "The Musicians" with Dinah Shore and Tony Martin also suffers from a poor transfer. Alright, by now you're asking why a recommendation? Well, the packaging is quite handsome with the beautiful cover photo (no other photos included) and the slip case. There are 23 selections and the price is right- cheap! However, if you are serious about collecting Betty Hutton recordings in incarnations that sound really good, your best bet is still buying Rhino's Annie Get Your Gun; DRG's Satins and Spurs (which includes all of Hutton's early Capitol recordings before she switched to RCA; The Best of the RCA Years (out of print but great sound!!!!) and Sepia Records', Somebody Loves Me (which includes all of the RCA songs from that rare album of songs from her film plus other rarities)."
