The Early Years (1998)

About this title: The perfect companion (and maybe a superior) volume to Collectables' Linda, a ten-song budget-priced collection and a little hard to find or order, but worth tracking down. Beginning with "Speak to Me With Your Eyes" and the exquisite "Sweet Music," this handy little set covers the highlights of Clark's early career. His big early hit ("Spring Is Here") isn't represented, but there isn't a bad song here -- "sweet" music (as opposed to swing), well played and beautifully sung. The remastering is astonishingly good, considering that the sources are more than 60 years old, with fine detail on ... read more

Tracks:

1. Speak to Me With Your Eyes [Parish/Delettre]
2. Sweet Music [Dubin/Warren]
3. Moon over Miami [Burke/Leslie]
4. The Glory of Love [Hill]
5. She Shall Have Music [Sigler/Goodhart/Hof]
6. Take My Heart [Young/Ahlert]
7. May I Have the Next Romance With You? [Gordon/Revel]
8. A Sailboat in the Moonlight [Lombardo/Loeb]
9. I Married an Angel [Hart/Rodgers]
10. Beside a Moonlit Stream [Coslow/Hollander]

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