Ebb Tide (1937) - Gail Reese

[@tommerstr]

absoluty beuatuful

[@Trombonology]

From Paramount's _Ebb Tide_ , this romantic number is yet another lovely one from one of my favourite teams, Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. ... Something must be wrong with me ... the older I get, the more tolerant I become of the Berigan thrushes I so mercilessly criticised for years! Despite her wonderful surname, Gail Reese was certainly not in a class with the great ballad vocalists of the day; her phrasing here is a little plodding and her intonation is a little shaky in spots, but she doesn't bother me as she once did. Make no mistake, though: Bunny is the real singer on this side. Listen to his opening muted statement and then his still more dramatic open-horned bridge after Gail's chorus. He tells the story. Also, pianist Joe Lippman's arrangement is first-rate.

[@anthonyfrew1571]

Rarely seen film with Frances Farmer, Ray Milland, and Barry Fitzgerald - could be released on DVD in all its colour glory

[@anthonyfrew1571]

Have you heard the the Connie Boswell version?

[@Trombonology]

@@anthonyfrew1571 I have indeed! -- a wonderful treatment. Connee is in my Top Three among female vocalists.

[@anthonyfrew1571]

@@Trombonology She was brilliant

[@Trombonology]

@@anthonyfrew1571 Absolutely!