You're Nearer (1998)

About this title: Nancy Harrow cut her first album in 1960, with the Buck Clayton All Stars. Since then, she has made about ten albums, and this reissue, a 1986 recording originally on a Tono CD, is one of them. During her long career, Harrow has not received the recognition that a vocalist of her talents would seem to have earned. Baldwin Street Music, under the direction of Ted Tono, takes one small step in rectifying this situation. The label has been reissuing albums of such fine singers as Mavis Rivers, Ann Richards, and Kay Starr and now Harrow's You're Nearer has been included in the reissue program. In ... read more

Tracks:

1. You're Nearer [Hart/Rodgers]
2. Confessin' the Blues [Brown/McShann]
3. Hello [Richie]
4. Hallelujah, I Love Him So [Charles]
5. Don't Go to Strangers [Evans/Kent/Mann]
6. I Used to Love You [Brown/VonTilzer]
7. Mean to Me [Turk/Ahlert]
8. You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew [Burke/Spina]
9. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) [Creamer/Johnson]
10. I Don't Know You Anymore [Udell/Geld]
11. I Get Along Without You Very Well [Carmichael]
12. Don't Go to Strangers [Alternate Take] [Evans/Kent/Mann]
13. You're Nearer [Alternate Take] [Hart/Rodgers]
14. You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew [Alternate Take] [Burke/Spina]
15. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) [Alternate Take] [Creamer/Johnson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.