Mermania! Volume 2

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Much like the first volume, Mermania!, Vol. 2 offers a stunning number of vintage Ethel Merman performances. The sound quality isn't anything to get excited about, but given the age of these recordings, it's about as quality as you can expect. This volume emphasizes Irving Berlin's deep catalog, including such compositions as "There's No Business Like Show Business," along with a number of Cole Porter compositions. Unfortunately, many of these songs clock under a minute, though the other half of the 28 songs are of more standard length. Essentially, Mermania!, Vol. 2 offers a respectable sampling of Merman's work, including a number of better-known songs such as "Lady With a Song," even if there are other collections that are both more comprehensive and more enlightening than this one. ~ Jason Birchmeier

Track List 

1    Overture
2    Lady With a Song
3    I Got Rhythm
4    This Is It
5    A Lot of Livin' to Do
6    That Old Feeling
7    Introduction
8    Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
9    The Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball
10    I Got the Sun in the Morning
11    Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
12    You're the Top
13    You're an Old Smoothie
14    Let's Be Buddies
15    Anything Goes
16    It's De-Lovely
17    Small World
18    Everything's Coming Up Roses
19    Gee, But It's Good to Be Here
20    I Get a Kick Out of You
21    Alexander's Ragtime Band
22    They Say It's Wonderful
23    Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please
24    Eadie Was a Lady
25    I Got Lost in His Arms/They Say It's Wonderful
26    Blow, Gabriel, Blow
27    There's No Business Like Show Business
28    Rehearsal