[.ca] Basin Street Proudly Presents

THANK YOU, MISS LEE........:
.....for getting me through a difficult time in my life. I spent a lot of 1961 in a hospital bed following a bad car accident, and this Basin Street East album was very popular that year, with many numbers being played on my bedside radio. Peggy Lee will never know how many nights she helped me forget my pain and crooned me to sleep with her sultry, sensual rendition of 'The Second Time Around.' To this day, that particular song from this album (along with her versions of 'Rain Sometimes,' 'The Folks Who Live On The Hill,' and 'The Days Of Wine and Roses,' all found on other Peggy Lee CD's) rank in my mind as the most beautiful ballads ever sung by the most beautiful voice in the world. And while she was never a 'belter' in the grand Garland style, her appearance at Basin Street East certainly proved she could delight an audience with upbeat, faster tempo numbers, too....'I Got A Man,' 'Them There Eyes,' and of course 'Fever' are all standouts. I added this live performance CD to my Peggy Lee collection (shrine?) with great reverence and the warmest of personal memories of THAT VOICE. Now if Capitol would just reissue her great 'All Aglow Again' album on CD.....so I could once again hear two of her other classic ballads, 'Where Do I Go From Here' and 'I'm Looking Out the Window'.....I might not want to die, but at least I could die happy!

Peggy is the Cream For my coffee!:
Once again I really have nothing bad to say about Peggy. This cd is at the top. Her timing is great. She is an icon. If you love Peggy Lee, you will really love peggy lee after you hear her live performance. (By the way she also had a cold during her stay at Basin St. East.) Still she was great. Buy the cd it's a must for any Peggy Lee fan.

Moments Like This....I Love Being Here With You:
It doesn't get much better than this. Terrific live recording at the legendary nite club. "The Second Time Around" is one of my favorite tunes, and no one sings it better than Peggy Lee. Ironically, I played this CD the day after Ray Charles died and was moved by Lee's early tribute. This is a very special recording.

Moments Like This are to be treasured for a lifetime!:
This is one the best live recordings ever! Peggy Lee is the Queen of Swing and her songs and renditions of others make this CD something to listen to. Although this not completely live (PL had a cold), she chose the live tunes that best showed off both the band and herself. Peggy Lee is the consumate performer, knowing that she and the band are one, and we get to experience her singing in an intimate setting, sounds nice, hmmm? The live performance of "Fever"...well, you have to get the CD now, don't ya?

Easily Peggy's Best at Capitol!:
This live album has got to be up there with the top two of Peggy Lee at Capitol. EVERY track is wonderful, the orchestrations top-notch, and even the crowd is in a great mood! From the opening "Day In, Day Out" to a GREAT live version of "Fever", her voice was never better. The haunting "But Beautiful" ranks up there as one of the best treatments of this song, and surely "Them There Eyes", with it's incredible brass arrangement, will keep you spellbound. The selections on this CD are terrific, and I used to own the LP. I've probably heard it over 3,000 times and still going, a release you will never tire of hearing!

• Day In - Day Out
• Moments Like This
• Fever
• Second Time Around
• Medley: One Kiss/My Romance/The Vagabond King Waltz
• I Got a Man
• Peggy Lee Bow Music
• Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear) \o#\c
• I Love Being Here With You
• But Beautiful
• Them There Eyes
• Tribute to Ray Charles: Just for a Thrill
• Tribute to Ray Charles: Yes Indeed
• Peggy Lee Bow Music