On this day in 1964: The second of the two concerts Judy and daughter Liza Minnelli gave at the London Palladium. This second concert had been scheduled due to the sellout of the first concert (which took place on November 8th) as soon as it was announced. Capitol Records was on hand to record this night as they were the first night although only one Liza solo was used for the subsequent 2 record LP that was released on July 25, 1965. Download the complete concert here: thejudyroom/capitol/palladium.html This November 15th concert was also videotaped by ITV British Television. Sadly, only 55 minutes were broadcast, and its these 55 minutes that have survived. The rest of the footage is lost. The 55 minute show was released on VHS by LaserLight/Delta Music in 1997. The show was subsequently released on DVD on November 19, 2002 by the White Star company both as a single disc and also packaged in a The Judy Garland Collection boxed set along with an abridged version of the PBS documentary The Concert Years, the 1963 TV special with Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers, and Once In A Lifetime, the 1962 TV special with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Album Pic 3 An abridged single record version of the concert was released by Capitol in 1973 (Capitol ST-1191). A German company called Public Domain released a 2-CD set of the entire concert (Label Number: PD 2005-2) but it quickly went out of release and is quite rare. The complete concerts have never been officially released on CD. Some songs, (including the previously unreleased Once In A Lifetime, Just In Time & Dont Rain On My Parade), were included in the 1991 Capitol boxed set The One And Only . Other tracks have been included in several CD compilations such as the 1993 Curb CD Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli: Together (released January 12, 1993) and the 1998 Curb CD It Was A Good Time - The Best of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli (released August 4, 1998). The studio overdub of Dont Rain On My Parade was released on the 2002 Capitol compilation Classic Judy Garland: The Capitol Years 1955-1965 along with Judys haunting What Now, My Love?. An announcement was made in 2002 (and again in 2009) that the entire concert, along with rehearsal recordings, was to be released officially in a deluxe 2-CD set. Cover artwork was sent out, and fans everywhere reserved their copies. But the set was never released. The rumor was that The Family (The Judy Garland Heirs Trust) was unhappy with the release due to the quality of Judys voice on several of her vocals. Another rumor was that Judys second daughter Lorna Luft stopped the release because she (The Heirs Trust again) wanted a cut of the profits and/or money for the use of certain images of Judy. Whatever the real reason is, the complete concert has still never been released. Per Garland hagiographer John Fricke in a November 2008 posting on a Garland discussion group: Sid [Luft] is the one who stepped in and halted release of the Capital two-disc Palladium concert release [in 2002]. As hed negotiated Judys original contract with Capitol in 1955 and at least one of its renewals five years later, he was in a position to know that the label wasnt allowed to disseminate any Garland tracks without her approval...or, after her demise, by those representing her. The crowd of those (whether individuals or corporations) who hold the rights to various aspects of Judys lifelong workload is a complicated one. In this case, Sid Luft had taken part in semi-regular dealings with various Capitol reps across the decades. When he moved to halt the Palladium release, they listened. Bootleg CD copies of the master CDs (probably dubbed from a pre-release promotional copy) are easily available on eBay and other online auction sites. Download it here: thejudyroom/capitol/palladium.html In 2010, an official version was finally released. Although its not the complete, two CD set proposed in the spring of 2009, it IS an expanded version of the original 2-LP set, wonderfully remastered. This release adds Once In A Lifetime and Just In Time to the line up, as well as moving The Man That Got Away to its proper place (why the original album began with Judy soloing on The Man That Got Away never made any sense, Judy never started off a concert with such a serious song!! #judygarland #lizaminnelli #palladium #thejudyroom
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:01:44 +0000