Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour

Personnel on some songs is unknown. - Track 1, 6: recorded September 21, 1966 at A&R Recording Studios, New York City. Original-LP issue: 'A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness' Verve V6-8673; available on CD: Verve 314 557 449-2. - Track 2, 5: recorded March 18 or 19, 1963 at A&R Recording Studios, New York City. Original-LP issue: Stan Getz-João Gilberto 'Getz/Gilberto' Verve V6-8545; available on CD: Verve 314 521 414-2. - Track 3, 8, 14: recorded January 27 or 28, 1965 at RCA Studios, Hollywood. Original-LP issue: 'The Astrud Gilberto Album' Verve V6-8608. - Track 4: recorded June 9 or 17, 1967 in New York City. Original-LP issue: 'Beach Samba' Verve V6-8873; available on CD: Verve 314 519 801-2. - Track 7, 15: recorded December 6, 1965 in New York City. Original-LP issue: 'Look to the Rainbow' Verve V6-8643; available on CD: Verve 821 556-2. - Track 9: recorded October 6, 1964, probably at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Original-LP issue: Stan Getz 'Getz Au Go Go' Verve V6-8600; available on CD: Verve 821 725-2. - Track 10: recorded May 13, 1966 at A&R Recording Studios, New York City. Original 45-rpm mono issue: Verve VK 10414; previously unissued in stereo. - Track 11: recorded October 21, 1964 at A&R Recording Studios, New York City. Original-LP issue: 'The Shadow of Your Smile' Verve V6-8829. - Track 12: recorded May 14, 1968 in New York City. Original-LP issue: 'Windy' Verve V6-8754. - Track 13: recorded December 1966 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Original-LP issue: Quincy Jones 'The Deadly Affair' Verve V6-8679; available on CD: 'The Pawnbroker and The Deadly Affair (2 LPs on 1 CD) Verve 314 531 233-2. - Track 16: recorded January 29, 1964 in New York City. Original 45-rpm issue: Verve VK 10580. - Track 17, 20: recorded December 12, 1968 at Century Sound Recording Studios, New York City. Original-LP issue: 'I Haven't Got Anything to Do' Verve V6-8776. - Track 18: recorded on or before December 17, 1969 at Century Sound Recording Studios, New York City. Original-LP issue: 'September 17, 1969' Verve V6-8793. - Track 19: recorded circa 1986 at New River Sound Studios, Florida and Studio Hamburg, Hamburg. Original-CD issue: 'Astrud Gilberto Plus James Last Orchestra' Verve 831 123-2. ______________________________________________________ Mastered at Universal Mastering Studios-East. Photographs are © 2001 Joe Alper/Alper Family Collection (back cover). © 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Distributed by Universal Music and Video Distribution, Inc., 10 Universal City Plaza, 4th floor; Universal City, California 91608. Track 1 is erroneously credited as Edu Lobo composition on the release