Tormé: A New Album is a 1977 studio album by Mel Tormé. The album has also been re-issued as, Mel Tormé: The London Sessions and with additional "bonus" tracks as A New Album, London Sessions Complete Edition.
Tormé had not released a studio album since 1969, and the late 1970s would see him return to recording, with critical and commercial success.
Track listing LP side A "All in Love Is Fair" (Stevie Wonder) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel) "Stars" (Janis Ian) LP side B "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) "Ordinary Fool" (Paul Williams) Medley "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" (M. Philippe Gerard, Angela Vannier, Johnny Mercer) "Yesterday When I was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) Bonus tracks on Paddle Wheel Records' A New Album, London Sessions Complete Edition CD re-issue:Hulme, George, "Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films," McFarland and Company, 2000 p. 64 (link) "It's Too Late" "Never Look Back" "Charade" "Like A Lover" "What's This"
Personnel Performance Mel Tormé - vocals, arranger Phil Woods - alto saxophone Gordon Beck - keyboards Barry Miles Vic Juris - guitar Brian Hodges - electric bass Terry Silverlight - drums Christopher Gunning - arranger, conductor
References
Gryphon G 796 (LP, A New Album) Gryphon G 916 (LP, A New Album) Rhapsody CD 3 (CD, A New Album) DCC (Compact Classics) (1990 CD, The London Sessions) Paddle Wheel KICJ 128 (CD, Mel Tormé - A New Album, London Sessions Complete Edition)