In the Land of Hi-Fi (Sarah Vaughan album)

{{Short description|1955 studio album by jazz singer Sarah Vaughan}}

{{distinguish|Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = In the Land of Hi-Fi

| type = studio

| artist = Sarah Vaughan

| cover = inthelandofhifi.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1955

| recorded = October 25–27, 1955

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 33:02

| label = EmArcy

| producer = Bob Shad

| prev_title = Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown

| prev_year = 1954

| next_title = Sassy

| next_year = 1956

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149397|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=735}}

}}

In the Land of Hi-Fi is a 1955 studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan. It was recorded October 25–27, 1955, in New York City. Alternate takes from these sessions, featuring a young Cannonball Adderley, were compiled on The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 1 - Great Jazz Years 1954-1956.

Track listing

  1. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:30
  2. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
  3. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 2:32
  4. "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) – 2:35
  5. "Don't Be on the Outside" (George Kelly, Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 3:01
  6. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 2:36
  7. "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) – 3:20
  8. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:57
  9. "Maybe" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:34
  10. "An Occasional Man" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:33
  11. "Why Can't I?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:54
  12. "Oh My" (Joe Greene) – 2:21

Personnel

;The Ernie Wilkins orchestra

;Production

  • Dennis Drake – remixing, remastering
  • Ellie Hughes, Tom Hughes – artwork, design
  • Seth Rothstein, Richard Seidel – preparation
  • Bob Shad – producer

References