Judy Garland Judy At Carnegie Hall CD

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 Judy Garland at Carnagie Hall
I have always favoured Judy Garland although I only have one or two CDs. A friend of mine told me I should listen to her live at Carnagie Hall. I bought it and its been in my CD player ever since. This is a must for all Judy Garland fans
Submitted by s.nielsen (Hull, England) 
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 Judy At Her Best
This concert was the high point in Judy's life and, the greatest performance for her fans. A Judy Garland concert was more than great entertainment--it was an emotional experience. No one compares with her. She is one of a kind that we will never see again.
Submitted by rjs1013 (Fort Worth, Texas)
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 Simply, the best.
I will forever be grateful to those remarkable people who, 45 years ago, decided to record what for many of us is still and will always be the greatest event in show business history. Oh and one other person to mention - Judy Garland. It is my personal regret that I didn't appreciate who and what she was at the time (I was 14) because somehow, anyhow, I'd have been there. This concert seems to me to have been the culmination of her life. And brought about by her then husband Sid Luft who had arranged her comeback, in a way, with I believe, 16 concerts in 16 US cities climaxing at Carnegie Hall. Where did she get the energy to sing like that on that great night? I think she had to be persuaded to do these concerts and this coupled with the comments by her during that night brings home to me the remarkable fact that she didn't quite believe the adulation the public had for her. Near the end of her encores, she asked the audience "aren't you tired, you really want more?" in a way that suggested she really meant it and felt she was keeping everyone up! That amazing insecurity is I suppose the key to her life but that's another story. We are born with the ability to cry on many different levels and listening to her on that night of nights always brings me very quickly to tears of joy listening to a performance that is quite simply on another dimension. Tears of tragedy too that she would only live another 8 years. And just as Sinatra did his best material with Nelson Riddle so Garland did with the brilliant Mort Lindsey whose arrangements must to this day shine like a beacon in the musical world. The finest example of many is for me the way "I can't give you anything but love" was changed to a much slower tempo and wow didn't it transform the song finding a new deep intensity which of course only Garland could have sung with such emotion. I am always reminded, being an opera lover, of the astonishing similarities between her and Callas. Both unique in their fields but sharing an awesomely effortless ability to sing with such genuine feeling and becoming the person in the opera or in the song. As has been said by others, we will most definitely never see the like again.
Submitted by richardlubbock (London, England.)
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 Great Live recording
Not a recording study, but Judy at her best. Great Music.
Submitted by preacher (Vale, OR) 
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 The best record album ever recorded
Judy Garland was magnetic on stage that night. The selections are superb.
Submitted by ttofohio (springfield, ohio) 
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