Live with the Mel-Tones, Vol. 2

Mel Tormé

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Live with the Mel-Tones, Vol. 2 Review

by John Bush

The second and final volume in Mr. Music's series on one of the best vocal groups of the '40s, Live With the Mel-Tones, Vol. 2 unfortunately includes only six performances by the group, but they are fine. "What Is This Thing Called Love?," a group specialty, proceeds with a radically different arrangement (probably by Tormé himself), while "How High the Moon" has all the pop and zing listeners expect. As on the first volume, Tormé uses his solo performances to duet with the hideously untalented Janet Waldo, but also wraps his velvety voice around a pair of melancholy standards ("I Get Along Without You Very Well," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)").

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Fine and Dandy Harry James / Kay Swift	Mel Tormé	02:12	Amazon
2	Isn't It Romantic? Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Mel Tormé feat: Janet Waldo	02:50	Amazon
3	Blues in the Night Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer	Mel Tormé	02:33	Amazon
4	What Is This Thing Called Love? Cole Porter	Mel Tormé feat: Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones	02:14	Amazon
5	Let's Fall in Love Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler / Cole Porter	Mel Tormé	01:48	Amazon
6	The Money Song Harold Rome / White	Mel Tormé feat: Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones	02:36	Amazon
7	Ah, But It Happens William Dunham / Walter Kent	Mel Tormé	01:49	Amazon
8	Hooray for Love Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh	Mel Tormé feat: Janet Waldo	01:55	Amazon
9	Get Out and Get Under Grant Clarke	Mel Tormé	01:37	Amazon
10	Lover's Delight Dean Elliott / Mel Tormé	Mel Tormé feat: Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones	03:14	Amazon
11	It's the Sentimental Thing to Do Roy Alfred / Marvin Fisher	Mel Tormé	01:43	Amazon
12	A Fine Romance Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern	Mel Tormé feat: Janet Waldo	02:07	Amazon
13	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) Harry Barris / Ted Koehler / Billy Moll	Mel Tormé	01:50	Amazon
14	Back in Your Own Backyard Dave Dreyer / Al Jolson / Billy Rose	Mel Tormé feat: Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones	02:39	Amazon
15	I Get Along Without You Very Well Hoagy Carmichael	Mel Tormé	01:56	Amazon
16	Friendship Bernard Miller	Mel Tormé feat: Sydney Miller	02:18	Amazon
17	This Is the Moment Frederick Hollander / Leo Robin	Mel Tormé	02:12	Amazon
18	How High the Moon Nancy Hamilton / Morgan Lewis	Mel Tormé feat: Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones	02:23	Amazon
19	It's Magic Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne	Mel Tormé	02:06	Amazon
20	Fairmont College (Reprise) Dean Elliott / Mel Tormé	Mel Tormé feat: Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones	01:09	Amazon