NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP for the week of December 16, 2012

                                                  Homepage by Allen Morris

Here is the rundown of the new files posted at the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience.

To access the files click HERE

A JUDY MOMENT

Judy turns fluff into fun!

A MOMENT IN TIME

Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, 1973.

DUET OF THE WEEK

I suspect that Mae West is holding back because she knows that Rock Hudson is offering something he might not be able to deliver.

ENCORE

Management believes that Mickey Rooney is singing this one straight from the heart.

GIVING BACK AND PAYING FORWARD

Judy Garland in an extended PSA for the 1955 March Of Dimes.

JUDY AND MICKEY ON PARADE

Taped broadcast from Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney's Santa Claus Lane float in the 1940 Hollywood Boulevard Christmas Parade.

JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT

Live at The Greek, September 14, 1965. Judy's first night of this engagement was a triumph, and with the the help of a few spirited friends, this second night was more of a casual free for all. Performing with Judy are Mickey Rooney, Johnny Mathis, and Martha Raye.

JUDY'S MISSING!

Mickey can't find Judy and it's freaking him out!

LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER

Presents a Mickey Rooney double feature. First up is the suspense filled THE LIE, from April 28, 1949, followed by the classic musical STRIKE UP THE BAND co-starring Judy Garland, originally broadcast on October 28, 1940.

LET'S PUT ON A SHOW

Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney sing a few of their hits.

LIVE FROM NEW YORK

It's Annie Ross and Mark Murphy at the Metropolitan Room.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES

Anything and everything.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SPECIAL

The Ella Fitzgerald Duets. Part One. With Ray Charles, The Manhattan Transfer, Karen Carpenter, Mel Torme, and Natalie Cole.

WHERE JUDY PLAYED

Jim Bailey at the Dominion.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

THE SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI (Photo of the week)

David Price's PHOTO OF THE WEEK #43

A candid portrait taken at the Sigma Chi Fraternity in Columbus, Ohio, where 

Judy made an appearance during her early 1938 M-G-M road tour to publicize 

EVERYBODY SING ... 

c. February, 1938.

TWO LEGENDS

Judy Garland and Al Hirschfeld on the set of her film, A Child Is Waiting, 1962.

Two Hirschfeld originals, from several that were inspired by his visit to Judy's movie set.

This is NOT The Cover Art For The New Garland CD

This is NOT the cover for the upcoming Judy In Amsterdam CD.

That site that is reporting that it is obviously hasn't done it's homework. The image is merely that, an image. And of course we can expect something much slicker and professional looking from the good folks at First Hand. 

That site is also incorrectly stating this is a re-release. Not true. The previous bootleg releases were from a variety of less than perfect sources. This is the first time the original tapes are being utilized. And this will also be the first release of the concert in it's entirety.

Not trying to be petty here, just trying to put the actual facts out there.

As soon as the real cover art comes out we will bring it to you.

YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME

Companion video for audio content that was posted to the Yahoo version of TJGE.

TICKET CONTEST #3

Here is your chance to win a pair of tickets to the July 31st screening of THIS TIME in New York's theater district.

Winning answers can be submitted to clothedambition@yahoo.com or by visiting TJGE Yahoo or Facebook pages and submitting your answer there.

CONTEST QUESTION #3

How many times did Judy Garland play a mother on screen?

THE JAZZY SIDE OF JUDY GARLAND

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY PRESENTS THE RETURN OF ACCLAIMED VOCALIST

REBECCA KILGORE

IN HER NEW SHOW:

“THE JAZZY SIDE OF JUDY GARLAND”

FEATURING THE HARRY ALLEN QUARTET

JULY 31 – AUGUST 11

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post will continue its Summer 2012 season with the return of jazz vocalist REBECCA KILGORE in her new show “The Jazzy Side of Judy Garland.” She will be joined by The Harry Allen Quartet which features Allen on the tenor saxophone, Rossano Sportiello on piano, Joel Forbes on bass, and Chuck Riggs on drums. This tribute to the music of Hollywood legend Judy Garland features numbers like “The Joint Is Really Jumpin’ in Carnegie Hall,” “The Boy Next Door,” “Down With Love,” “The Man That Got Away,” “The Trolley Song,” and “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart,” all with Kilgore’s special jazz twist. “The Jazzy Side of Judy Garland” runs at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street) from July 31 to August 11.

REBECCA KILGORE is one of America’s leading song stylists intent on preserving the vocal jazz of the 30s and 40s, an era which she feels remains unsurpassed in its high quality songwriting and heartfelt lyrics. She regularly performs worldwide at jazz festivals, jazz parties, and on jazz cruises. She is a frequent guest on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air” with terry Gross, has appeared on “A Prairie Home Companion,” and with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall.

Kilgore has performed around the country at venues like The Jazz Bakery in Culver City, CA; The Plush Room in San Francisco, CA, The Concorde Club in Southampton, UK; Murphy’s Place in Toledo, OH; and The Firefly Club in Ann Arbor, MI. In 2010 she was honored to have been inducted to the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and to the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Hall Of Fame, and to have been invited to perform at New York’s Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention for two consecutive years at Town Hall and Lincoln Center. She hosted “The Singer’s Voice,” her own radio show for KMDH 89.1FM, Oregon Public Broadcasting, www.kmdh.org.

Her many recordings include the recently released Live at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, which celebrates the musical collaboration of Billie Holliday and Lester Young. In The New York Times, Stephen Holden called the show “a sexy, lighthearted dance” and Ms. Kilgore “a wonderfully fluent jazz stylist with clear enunciation who exudes a serene mastery of phrasing.” She also recently collaborated with jazz guitarist-vocalist, John Pizzarelli, for her album Lovefest at the Pizzarelli Party. In the summer of 2011, her show "Some Like it Hot – The Music of Marilyn Monroe" had a critically-acclaimed run at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY will present REBECCA KILGORE with “The Jazzy Side of Judy Garland” from Tuesday through Saturday nights at 8:00 PM from July 31 to Saturday August 11. The performance has a $30.00 cover with $50.00 premium seats, in addition to a $25.00 food and beverage minimum. Jackets are suggested but not required. The club is located at 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street in New York City. For ticket reservations and club information, please call (212) 339-4095 or visit us online at Feinsteinsatloewsregency.com and TicketWeb.com.

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP for the week of July 15, 2012

Thanks to Allen for this week's homepage at the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience. Here is a rundown of the new audio files posted for the group.

To access them click HERE.

A JUDY MOMENT
Wish You Were Here. No, Judy isn't singing the great Pink Floyd song, although we kinda wish she were, this Wish You Were Here was Jack Cassidy's big number from the moderately successful Broadway show of the same name. 

CHESTERFIELD SHOW
Starring Judy Garland, with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Possibly recorded on September 20, 1950 for broadcast on October 18, 1950.


DOUBLE TAKE
This is the first installment of a new series. This week we feature two recordings of Judy and Liza singing a duet. One recording features them singing live in concert, the other is of the same song recorded at another concert, but includes vocal over-dubs that were recorded in the studio post-concert.


ENCORE
Rita Moreno let's us know that she is the kind of girl that keeps a tally.


INTERPRETING JUDY
Jon Bon Jovi tries on one of Judy's torch songs.


JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT
In her latest blog posting, Joan Coulson recommends that people listen to the bootleg recording of Judy Garland at Sydney Stadium May 16, 1964. Here it is.


LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER
Presents Frank "Maggio" Sinatra and Agnes "Endora" Moorehead in TO FIND HELP. Just had a thought, how great would Moorehead have been as Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca?


REQUESTS AND RARITIES

SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL
Dinah Washington on the Symphony Sid show.


WHERE JUDY PLAYED
When Judy was on Martin Block's show she didn't sing live, but opted instead to let Martin play album cuts. However, when Tony Bennett was on the Block show he not only showed up with a quartet and performed live, he showed up with one of the most famous quartets of it's day.

COLOR PHOTOS FROM THE DICK CAVETT SHOW

In December of 1968 Judy Garland made her only appearance on the Dick Cavett show. The color footage of the show has apparently been lost forever, but here are some rare Steven Gruber photos that were shared over at the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience by member Tom Garofalo.

In the above photo Judy is seen with fellow guest, Lee Marvin.

Judy is singing the Johnny Meyer composition Prayer (more commonly known as God Bless Johnny).

Judy meets fans and autographs photos after the show.

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

Early posters from Oz The Great and Powerful  featuring James Franco as Professor Marvel.

The Disney film is being directed by Sam Raimi and is expectewd to open on March 8, 2013. 

VINTAGE EPHEMERA

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP for the week of July 1, 2012

Here is a recap of the new audio files posted to the yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience for the week of July 1, 2012..

To access the files click HERE.

A JUDY MOMENT
Happy Independence Day!

BBC PRESENTS
Act 2 of The Rainbow That Got Away, a 1983 radio documentary. Loads of music and recollections from Garland associates.

DUET OF THE WEEK
Elton John and Mary J. Blige. Mary be gettin' down!

ENCORE
You can tell that Judy is singing this one straight from her heart.

JUDY 1943
69 years ago today, July 1, 1943, Judy Garland, accompanied by Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra, made her concert debut to much acclaim and to a capacity crowd at Philadelphia's Robin Hood Dell (an additional fifteen thousand loitered outside the venue in an attempt to at least "hear" Judy sing). Unfortunately we don't have the concert, but here is a radio show that Garland and Kostelanetz performed on three days later, the Pause That Refreshes program. Originally broadcast on July 4, 1943.

JUDY UNCUT
The '62 special as it was originally broadcast. Includes introductions, commercials, and musical breaks and intros not included on the VHS and DVD presentations of the program.

LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER
Presents JUDY GARLAND and John Hodiak in the radio production of THE CLOCK.

LUCILLE BALL'S MAIL CALL
Starring Kay Thompson, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Laurel And Hardy, and others. Originally broadcast on November 24, 1943.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES


SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL
A few moments with Bill Henderson

WHERE JUDY PLAYED
Miss Peggy Lee performs at the Academy Awards.

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP for the week of June 24, 2012

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Here is a rundown of the new files posted to the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience. To access the files click HERE.

A JUDY MOMENT
Judy put her stamp on this beautiful Gershwin song in the 1940's and claimed the song as her own, But she inexplicably dropped it from her repertoire in the 50's. Maybe she would have revived it for television if TJGS had come back for a second season....

BBC PRESENTS
Act 1 of The Rainbow That Got Away, a 1983 radio documentary. Loads of music and recollections from Garland associates. Act 2 will be posted next week.

DUET OF THE WEEK
Groucho Marx and Gloria DeHaven carjack Judy's ride.

ENCORE
The Legendary Miss Judy Garland.

JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT
Judy Garland live at Westbury Music Fair. With special guests Liza Minnelli and Peter Allen. June 13, 1967. Opening night of Judy's historic 1967 tour. Judy's set list would be refined and set in stone soon after this performance, but things here seem somewhat improvisational in terms of repertoire and stage presentation....all to a very comfortable, loose, and decidedly effect.

MAIL CALL #129
Starring June Allyson, with Danny Thomas, Ozzie And Harriet, The Riders Of The Purple Sage, and others.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES

SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL
A few moments with Ann Richards.

WHERE JUDY PLAYED
Elvis in concert at the Houston Astrodome.

JUDY 90 the movie

THE SUMMIT