Asv Living Era
2006
Come Up And See Me Sometime: 30 Original Mono Recordings 1933-1954
About This Album
Living Era presents a beautifully constructed tribute to Mae West, the archetypal cinematic saucepot. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Mary Jane West was the daughter of a pugilist and a corset maker. After developing her act on-stage as Mae West, she began a tumultuous career in motion pictures, wittily expressing her own whimsical philosophy of hedonism and celebrating human sexuality in a cheerfully smutty manner that was completely unacceptable to certain self-appointed guardians of public morality. What so provoked persnickety presbyter-turned-politician Will Hays and his pack of Hollywood censors was West's spectacularly sensuous appearance, her marvelously bawdy lyrics, and her amazing habit of moaning and growling like a Siamese feline in heat. This magnificent compilation maps Mae West's career with chronological precision, following a trail of films beginning with "She Done Him Wrong" and "I'm No Angel" (1933) through "Belle of the Nineties" (1934), "Goin' to Town" (1935), "Klondike Annie" to "Go West, Young Man" (1936) and "My Little Chickadee" (1939). Much of this material comes directly from vintage motion picture soundtracks.
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