Judy Garland

The full 3CD version of Judy Garland: A Celebration - Classic & Collectable Performances (also available as a 1LP "highlights" release) contains 73 tracks or more than 3 hours of music, including a dozen new-to-CD tracks, many from private collectors' archives, from the late superstar.  These previously unreleased recordings include seven Capitol overdubs from her 1956 album Judy arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, all freshly restored from acetates; rare television performances from The Judy Garland Show and On Broadway Tonight; a rehearsal from A Star Is Born; an alternate take of the "Palace Medley" from Garland's London sessions recorded for Capitol; and even a private performance of Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green's "Make Someone Happy" recorded by Judy for her fan club at a London hotel in 1964.  The single-LP highlights edition, the first volume in a series, culls thirteen key tracks from the set including performances of such Garland standards as "Over the Rainbow," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "The Trolley Song," "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe," and "The Man That Got Away."  A Celebration has been curated and annotated with customary care by Garland historian Lawrence Schulman, author of the 2023 two-volume book Garland: That's Beyond Entertainment. The set has been restored and remastered by such audio engineers as Nick Dellow, who has remastered as well as re-pitched several tracks, and Brian Lee, who has created new stereo remixes on a number of songs.  Both the CD and LP contain liner notes from Schulman; the CD version includes a thick 40-page booklet with his essential track-by-track annotations as well as numerous rare photos, some in color.​