Entertainment Weekly (2/23/01, pp.158-9) - "...Essential....The show caught [Garland] at that magic hour when the nervous girlishness and no-holds-barred vibrato from her early movie musicals could cheerfully cohabitate..." - Rating: A
Q (6/01, p.128) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Of its no-business-like-showbusiness kind, there's no more iconic album than this..."
This was first released as a single CD in 1987 with more than half of the original album edited off. Capitol has now restored the full 2-LP set on 2 CDs with some on-stage dialogue that was not included on the original album.
Personnel includes: Judy Garland (vocals); Mort Lindsey (conductor).
Producer: Andy Wiswell.
Reissue producer: Paul Atkinson.
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York on April 23, 1961. Includes liner notes by Scott Schechter.
Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg.
The sleeve note begins: 'On the evening of April 23, 1961, 3,165 privileged people packed the world famous Carnegie Hall beyond its capacity, and witnessed what was to be probably the greatest evening in show business history.'
This souvenir of that remarkable occasion includes the complete concert, during which Judy Garland sang 26 songs and mesmerized the audience with her sensational all-round performance. The album won Grammys for album of the year, best female vocal performance, best engineering and best cover. It was in the US chart for 73 weeks, 13 of them at number 1.