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Last year, JSP Records premiered its latest archival release celebrating the life and remarkable artistry of Judy Garland. Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1967 collected 50 rarities on two discs spanning the entirety of the late superstar’s career, 40 of which were new to CD. Now, on June 26, JSP will release a single-disc “highlights” edition of that seminal set with 25 tracks, adding one previously unreleased bonus cut.

The Best of Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1967 premieres on CD young Judy’s rendition of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields’ “You Couldn’t Be Cuter” which the duo wrote for the 1938 film Joy of Living. It’s joined by 25 selections from the original set including renditions of classics by Rodgers and Hart (“Johnny One Note”), Irving Berlin (“Always,” “Blue Skies,” “How Deep Is the Ocean”), Cole Porter (“Easy to Love,” “I Happen to Like New York”), and Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg (“Down with Love” and, of course, “Over the Rainbow”). The main portion of the set concludes with Andre and Dory Previn’s “I’ll Plant My Own Tree” recorded for Garland’s abortive turn as Helen Lawson in the film Valley of the Dolls.  Tony Martin appears on a duet of Roger Edens’ “Minnie from Trinidad” from 1941’s Ziegfeld Girl.

This collection is the latest in JSP’s long line of Garland anthologies which began with 2010’s Lost Tracks 1929-1959 and continued through Smilin’ Through: The Singles Collection 1936-1947 (2011), Judy at Carnegie Hall – The Historic Concert Remastered (2012), Creations: Songs She Introduced 1929-1962 (2013), The Garland Variations (2014), The Best of Lost Tracks 1929-1959 (2015), Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen (2016), and Classic Duets (2017). All of the recordings included on these sets have been remastered and restored, first by Peter Rynston and then by John H. Haley, and produced by JSP owner John Stedman as guided by Garland historian, author, and the sets’ compiler Lawrence Schulman.

The Best of Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1937 is available for pre-order now at the below links. It’s available from JSP Records on June 26.

Judy Garland, The Best of Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1937 (JSP Records, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Link TBD / Amazon Canada)

1. Hold That Bulldog (L. Pollack/S.D. Mitchell)
2. Pennies from Heaven (J. Burke/A. Johnston)
3. Johnny One Note (L. Hart/R. Rodgers)
4. Always (I. Berlin)
5. A Shine on Your Shoes (A. Schwartz/H. Dietz)
6. Dinah (S.M. Lewis/J. Young/H. Akst)
7. Sun Showers (A. Freed/N.H. Brown)
8. Got A Pair of New Shoes (A. Freed/N.H.Brown)
9. Meet the Beat Of My Heart (M. Gordon/H. Revel)
10. Blue Skies (I. Berlin)
11. Minnie From Trinidad (with Tony Martin) (R. Edens)
12. Easy to Love (C. Porter)
13. The Joint Is Really Jumpin’ Down at Carnegie Hall (R. Edens/R. Blane/H. Martin)
14. For Me and My Gal (E. Leslie/E.R. Goetz/G.W. Meyer)
15. How Deep Is the Ocean? (I. Berlin)
16. Johnny One Note (L. Hart/R. Rodgers)
17. Wishing (Will Make It So) (B.G. De Sylva)
18. A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (Traditional Irish ballad/T. Moore, English version)
19. Judy’s Olio: Opening introduction/You Made Me Love You (J. McCarthy/J.V. Monaco)/For Me and My Gal (E. Leslie/E.R. Goetz/G.W. Meyer)/The Boy Next Door (H. Martin/R. Blane)/The Trolley Song (H. Martin/R. Blane)
20. My Melancholy Baby (G.A. Norton/E. Burnett)
21. Over the Rainbow (E.Y. Harburg/H. Arlen)
22. Down with Love (E.Y. Harburg/H. Arlen)
23. I Happen to Like New York (C. Porter)
24. Memories of You (A. Razaf/E. Blake)
25. I’ll Plant My Own Tree (D. Previn/A. Previn)
26. You Couldn’t Be Cuter (D. Fields/J. Kern) (Bonus Track, previously unavailable on CD)