Revisited (Eartha Kitt album)

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Revisited
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedMarch and April 1960 at the Fine Studio, New York
Genre Vocal jazz
Label Kapp
Eartha Kitt chronology
The Fabulous Eartha
(1959)
Revisited
(1960)
Bad But Beautiful
(1962)

Revisited is a 1960 studio album by American singer Eartha Kitt, her second album issued on the Kapp Records label. All songs had been previously recorded by Kitt, between 1953 and 1958, during her recording contract at RCA Victor. Recorded in New York on March 31 and April 1, 1960, with Maurice Levine as musical director. The album was also released as four track, 7-inch EP in the United Kingdom [1] and France. [2]

Contents

The complete album was re-issued on CD in 1994 as part of the Bear Family Records five CD boxset Eartha - Quake, this included a previously unreleased bonus track, "Johnny with the Gentle Hands", from the same recording session. [3] The album was also released to CD by Hallmark Music & Entertainment in 2012 as a stand-alone album. [4]

The album charted in the UK at #17 in February 1961. [5]

Track listing

12" LP version

  1. "(If I Love Ya, Then I Need Ya) I Wantcha Around" (Bob Merrill) - 2:25
  2. "Uska Dara (A Turkish tale)" (Traditional) - 3:37
  3. "Let's Do It" (Cole Porter) - 2:38
  4. "Angelitos Negros" (Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste) - 3:27
  5. "Apres Moi" (Bernard Bennett) - 3:25
  6. "C'est si bon" (Henri Betti, André Hornez) - 2:35
  7. "Just an Old Fashioned Girl" (Marve Fisher) - 2:44
  8. "April In Portugal" (Raul Ferrão, Jimmy Kennedy) - 2:35
  9. "I Want to Be Evil" (Lester Judson, Raymond Taylor) - 2:57
  10. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) - 2:47
  11. "Lilac Wine" (James Shelton) - 3:30
  12. "Santa Baby" (Joan Javits, Philip Springer) - 2:47
Eartha - Quake CD bonus tracks

7" EP version

  1. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) - 2:47
  2. "I Wantcha Round" (Bob Merrill) - 2:25
  3. "C'est Si Bon" (Henri Betti, André Hornez) - 2:35
  4. "Angelitos Negros"(Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste) - 3:27

Personnel

Technical
Performance

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalog No.Ref.
Australia1960 12-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo) Kapp Records PKS 6021 [6]
CanadaKL-1192
United States12-inch LP Vinyl (Mono)
12-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo)KS-3192
United Kingdom12-inch LP Vinyl (Mono)Kapp Records, London Records HA-R 2296
7-inch EP VinylRE-R 1266 [1]
196112-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo)SAH-R 6107 [6]
MexicoUnknown12-inch LP Vinyl (Mono)Kapp RecordsKL-M 1192
France12-inch LP VinylMode DisquesMDK 9416
1963?7-inch EP VinylKapp RecordsKE-3017M [2]
United Kingdom12-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo) [budget re-issue]Kapp Records, Ace of Hearts Records AHR 170 [6] [7]
196912-inch LP Vinyl (Mono) [re-issue] Coral Records CP 102 [6]
Netherlands197012-inch LP Vinyl (as Stars of the Fifties) MCA Records 5C 050-95432 [6] [7]
Germany197012-inch LP Vinyl (as And Her Greatest Songs)252 652-1
June 28, 1994 CD compilation box set (as a part of Eartha-Quake) Bear Family Records BLCD15639 EI [3] [8]
United KingdomJanuary 1, 2012CD Hallmark Music & Entertainment 711042 [4]

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