Capitol Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Beauty And The Beat!
| Recorded | May 2-29, 1959 |
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| Label | Capitol Records |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 2 credited players |
| Discogs | master 143811 |
The record
Shearing's quintet wraps her hushed phrasing in velvet block chords, the two trading flash for real intimacy across this Capitol session. Staff arrangements stay uncluttered, letting breathy understatement and locked-hands voicings carry the weight.
Session personnel
- George Shearing — piano
- Peggy Lee — vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 71 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Scranton Pressing earliest on file |
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| 1959 | Capitol Records — STEREO |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · ST 1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · 2LP 116 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Red Vinyl |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · ST 1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T 1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Promo |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · TA-T 1219 — Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", Mono, 5" Cine Reel, Album |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · ST1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T 1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Souvenir Edition |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T 1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · EAP9 1219 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Mono, 4 Prong Push Out |