For background check my post on the UK issue of her debute "That Bad Eartha". During the short time between the recordings a lot happened. She'd starred in films, made stage performances and had a number of hits. She could do vocals in many different languages wich made her popular and loved by more than just an English speaking audience. Even made a 78 rpm for the Swedish market 1956 - "Rosenkyssar"/"Vid Kajen" (RCA Victor R 511). It's a story worth telling - a coloured girl, born from poverty in North Carolina sings schlagers in Swedish with a French accent and becomes a Scandinavian star. Although this album has same type of songs as the debute with same kind of backing, you can hear how she's become more collected and self-confident. The vocals are 100% secure, allowing her to move from whisper to howl, be playful with the accent and idiom - sometimes expanding the vibrato till it's almost parody. This is a singer in total control trying to draw you in and seduce. Impossible to resist even today - they don't make female artists like that anymore. Early US on 12 inch RCA Victor (LPM 1109). First UK on HMV 10 inch had same tracking as US, label as shown here and fully laminated cover with crescent flips. Later UK on RCA Victor 12 inch (RD-27084). (FÄV*)(NYFÖ*)
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