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Porgy & Bess
| Recorded | Aug 15, 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Discogs | master 173483 |
The record
Armstrong and Fitzgerald turn Gershwin's opera into an unhurried conversation, their voices trading warmth on 'Summertime' and 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now.' Granz produces with the loose swing his label built its name on.
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 160 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG VS-6040-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| — | Verve Records · MG VS-6040-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · deep groove; gatefold |
| 1959 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1959 | Barclay · 80 109 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1959 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1245 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Verve Records · MGV-4011-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG V-4011-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG V-4011-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG V-4011-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1959 | Verve Records · EPV 5098 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP · gatefold |
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG V-4011-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold Booklet. · gatefold |
| 1959 | Verve Records · EPV 5115 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, gatefold · gatefold |
| 1959 | Barclay · 70 273 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1959 | Verve Records · MGV 4011-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Volume 2 |