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That Bad Eartha is a 1954 studio album by Eartha Kitt, her debut 12" vinyl album issued on the RCA Victor label. The album was recorded in four sessions between March and October 1953 with Henri Rene and His Orchestra.
Long-playing records were newly introduced in the mid-1950s and the 10" album was briefly introduced as an album format. Within a few years the 12" album was the format offered to the record buying public, remaining so until the late-1980s when the Compact Disc became the favoured format. In May 1953 RCA had released a 10" vinyl album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt which reached No. 2 on the pop albums chart and featured 8 songs issued on this album. With the successful introduction of the 12" LP in the early 1950s RCA Victor expanded and re-issued the album with 12 tracks. That Bad Eartha spent 12 weeks on the pop albums chart, peaking at No. 5.[2]
Several singles were issued from this album, "Under the Bridges of Paris" charted in the UK singles chart in 1955 at #7.[3]
Many of the songs recorded for this album, such as "C'est si bon", "Uska Dara" and "I Want to Be Evil" became closely associated with Eartha Kitt and were performed live by her until one of her last concerts at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, shortly before her death in December 2008.
The complete album was re-issued on CD in 1994 as part of the Bear Family Records five-CD boxset Eartha – Quake; this included "Santa Baby" and several other tracks from the same recording session not included in this album.[4]
Track listings
RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953)
This was the first incarnation of the album, originally released to 10" in late-1953. It was released a few months later in early 1954 as a 7" double extended play. In 2010 it was issued as a digital download in select European countries under public domain with alternate artwork by Smith & Co.[5]
- 10" Long Play
Track list and notes adapted from liner notes of original release.[6]Track lengths adapted from digital release.[7]
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1. | "I Want To Be Evil" | 3:30 |
2. | "C'est si bon (It's So Good)" (Sung in French) | 2:59 |
3. | "Angelitos Negros" (Sung in Spanish) | 3:27 |
4. | "Avril au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)" (Sung in French) | 2:52 |
Total length: | 12:48 |
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1. | "Uska Dara-A Turkish Tale" (Sung in Turkish) | 3:07 |
2. | "African Lullaby" (Sung in English and Swahili) | 2:52 |
3. | "Mountain High, Valley Low" | 2:36 |
4. | "Lilac Wine (Dance Me A Song)" | 3:45 |
Total length: | 12:20 |
- 7" Double Extended Play
Track list and notes adapted from liner notes of original release.[8]Track lengths adapted from digital release.[7]
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1. | "I Want To Be Evil" | 3:30 |
2. | "C'est si bon (It's So Good)" (Sung in French) | 2:59 |
Total length: | 6:29 |
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1. | "Angelitos Negros" (Sung in Spanish) | 3:27 |
2. | "Avril au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)" (Sung in French) | 2:52 |
Total length: | 6:19 |
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1. | "Uska Dara-A Turkish Tale" (Sung in Turkish) | 3:07 |
2. | "African Lullaby" (Sung in English and Swahili) | 2:52 |
Total length: | 5:59 |
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1. | "Mountain High, Valley Low" | 2:36 |
2. | "Lilac Wine (Dance Me A Song)" | 3:45 |
Total length: | 6:21 |
That Bad Eartha (EP) (1954)
Meant to be a follow up to Kitt's first album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt, That Bad Eartha (EP) was released in 1954, consisting entirely of previously unreleased music. It wasn't until the following year that a long play version of the record would be made available. The catalog number for the release was EPB3187.[9]
- 10" Extended Play
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1. | "Under the Bridges of Paris" | | 2:41 |
2. | "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" | Porter | 3:04 |
3. | "The Blues" | Ellington | 3:34 |
4. | "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | Porter | 3:01 |
Total length: | 12:20 |
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1. | "Sandy's Tune" | | 2:34 |
2. | "Señor" | | 2:58 |
3. | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | | 3:05 |
4. | "Salanga Dou" | Scott | 2:26 |
Total length: | 11:03 |
- 10" Long Play (United Kingdom Version)
Released in 1955 around the same time as That Bad Eartha (LP) in the rest of the world, it wasn't until 1958 that the, now standard, 12" long play version of the album was released in the United Kingdom.[10] As a result, this version, released by His Master's Voice, is still considered to be the standard track listing for the album in the UK; the 12" version being commonly referred to as the "American Version" within the country.[11] The UK version of the album was released with alternative cover artwork,[12] and was later released to a compact disk compilation.[13]
Credits adapted from liner notes of original release.[12]
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1. | "Under the Bridges of Paris" | | 2:41 |
2. | "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (from the musical production In Paris) | Cole Porter | 3:04 |
3. | "The Blues" | Duke Ellington | 3:34 |
4. | "C'est Si Bon" | | 2:58 |
5. | "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | Cole Porter | 3:01 |
Total length: | 15:18 |
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1. | "Monotonous" (from New Faces) | | 3:47 |
2. | "Sandy's Tune" | | 2:34 |
3. | "Señor" |
- Harold Adamson
- Humberto Teixeir
| 2:58 |
4. | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (from Roberta) | | 3:05 |
5. | "Salanga Dou" | Tom Scott | 2:26 |
Total length: | 14:50 |
- 7" Double Extended Play
Credits adapted from label notes of original release.[14]
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1. | "Under the Bridges of Paris" | | 2:41 |
2. | "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (from the musical prod. In Paris) | Cole Porter | 3:04 |
Total length: | 5:45 |
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1. | "The Blues" | Duke Ellington | 3:34 |
2. | "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | Cole Porter | 3:01 |
Total length: | 6:35 |
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2. | "Sandy's Tune" | | 2:34 |
3. | "Señor" |
- Harold Adamson
- Humberto Teixeira
| 2:58 |
Total length: | 5:32 |
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1. | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (from the musical prod. Roberta) | | 3:05 |
2. | "Salanga Dou" | Tom Scott | 2:26 |
Total length: | 5:31 |
That Bad Eartha (LP) (1956)
As 12" records became more popular, RCA Victor re-issued RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt as a 12" record with four new songs from That Bad Eartha (EP), releasing it synonymously a year after the extend play's release. This is now considered to be the standard track listing of That Bad Eartha in all countries except the United Kingdom, where this version was not officially released until 1958,[10] three years after a ten-track, long play version of That Bad Eartha (EP) was released in the country as a stand-alone album.[12] During the early 1980s this version of the album was re-issued by RCA on 12" in the Netherlands entitled "The Classics" That Bad Eartha.[15] In 1984, following her international commercial success with "Where Is My Man", RCA re-issued this version of the album once again on 12",[16] this time also issuing the first cassette and compact disk versions of the album in Germany, Europe, and the UK.[17] Over the course of the next two decades, RCA Victor would release at least four re-issues of the same compact disk version throughout Europe.[18][19][20][21] By 1994 songs from the album began becoming available in CD compilations in America by numerous record companies.[4][22] However, it wasn't until 2002 that a CD featuring the full album would become available in the country, released as a two-for-one with Down To Eartha in conjuncture with RCA/BMG, as with previous official releases of the album.[23] In 2006 a version of the album featuring 12 bonus tracks would be released in Italy displaying a new cover designed from an alternate shot of Kitt from the same photo shoot that garnered her original album covers for Down to Eartha and Thursday's Child, two months later it was briefly released in the US.[24][25] The album has since been issued in its entirety on compact disk by numerous record labels,[26] often in multi-album compilations, throughout the world,[11] and inevitably as a digital download.[27][28][29] As of 2007 this album falls into public domain in Europe and is issued freely, without consent from RCA or its parent company Sony Music Entertainment.[11][30]
- 12" Long Play
- CD (1984)
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13. | "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (B-side of "I Want To Be Evil") | | 2:54 |
14. | "Two Lovers" (B-side of "Uska Dara") | John Rox | 2:46 |
15. | "Señor" | | 2:58 |
16. | "Santa Baby" (Non-album single) |
- Joan Javits
- Tony Springer
| 3:26 |
17. | "Oh John! (Please Don't Kiss Me)" (from Down To Eartha) | | 2:48 |
18. | "Salangadou" | Tom Scott | 2:26 |
19. | "Sandy's Tune" | | 2:34 |
20. | "The Blues" | Duke Ellington | 3:34 |
21. | "Lovin' Spree" (Non-album single) |
- Joan Javits
- Philip Springer
| 2:58 |
22. | "Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" (B-side of "Lovin' Spree") | David Mann | 2:50 |
23. | "Looking for a Boy" (from Down To Eartha) | | 3:03 |
24. | "Lonely Girl" (unreleased) | Bobby Troup | 3:04 |
Total length: | 72:02 |
That Bad Eartha (Japanese version)
- 7" Extended Play
This was a seven-inch extended play released in Japan of the same name consisting of three songs from different versions of the album and "Santa Baby". It was released with the same cover artwork as Down To Eartha, only changing the letters to "That Bad Eartha", with the same placement and font as the album. Released by Victor of Japan, catalogue number EP-1118.[31]
Track list adapted from label notes of original release.[31]
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1. | "Uska Dara-A Turkish Tale" | 3:08 |
2. | "Santa Baby" | 3:26 |
Total length: | 6:34 |
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1. | "C'est Si Bon" | 2:58 |
2. | "Monotonous" | 3:47 |
Total length: | 6:45 |
Personnel
Personnel adapted from Allmusic.[32] Orchestra and chorus members adapted from the liner notes of the 2006 Universe Italy CD release.[33]
- Performance
- Chorus members
- Orchestra members
- Russell Banzer - bassoon
- Milt Bernhart - trombone
- Noel Boggs - guitar
- Julius Brand - violin
- Sidney Brecher - viola
- Frederick Buldrini - violin
- Robert Byrne - trombone
- Warren Covington - trombone
- John d'Agostino - trombone
- Roland Dupont - trombone
- Harold Feldman - oboe
- Arnold Fishkind - bass
- Calman Fleisig - viola
- Harold Furmansky - viola
- Harry Glickman - violin
- Bernard Greenhouse - cello
- Johnny Guarnieri - piano
- Allen Hanlon - guitar
- Julius Held - violin
- Al Hendrickson - guitar
- Harry Hoffman - violin
- Raymond Hunoz - drums
- Harry Katzman - violin
- Bernard Kaufman - saxophone
- Albert Klink - clarinet, saxophone
- Stanley F. Kraft - violin
- Jack Lesberg - bass
- Arno Levitch - violin
- Ivan Lopes - bongos
- Charles Magnante - accordion
- James Maxwell - trumpet
- George Ockner - violin
- Eugene Orloff - violin
- Pullman Pederson - trombone
- Danny Perri - guitar
- Victor Piemonte - calliope
- Jack Pleis - piano
- Edward B. Powell - flute
- Ralph Ransell - marimbas
- Tommy Romersa - drums
- Henry Ross - saxophone
- Henry Rowland - piano
- Art Ryerson - guitar
- Tosha Samaroff - violin
- Frank Saracco - trombone
- Jack Saunders - drums
- Julius Schacter - violin
- William Schaffer - trombone
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- Herman Schertzer - clarinet, saxophone
- Lucien Schmit - cello
- Sam Shamper - violin
- Norris "Bunny" Shawker - drums
- Mock Shopnick - bass
- Terry Snyder - drums
- Melvin "Red" Solomon - trumpet
- Sal Spinelli - violin
- Phil Stephens - bass
- Melvin Tax - saxophone
- Anthony Terran - trumpet
- Stanley Webb - saxophone
- Technical
- Joe Carlton - producer, (composer)
- Henri René - producer, (Orchestra conductor)
- Hugo Winterhalter - producer, (conductor)
- Re-issue
- Norman Blake - recreation (re-issue)
- Joe Foster - producer, recreation (Rev-Ola Records re-issue)[30]
- Nicole Garcia - liner notes (re-issue)
- Stella Lee - arrangement (re-issue)
- Duncan MacDougald, Jr. - liner notes (re-issue)
- Andy Morten - artwork, design (re-issue)
- Steve Huey - liner notes (Universe Italy re-issue)
- Composers
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Release history
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