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Title: Hires to you, Blossom!
Review: This recording is indeed a rare gem. After her stint with Verve Records ended in the early 1960's Blossom recorded this wonderful album for the Hire's Root Beer Company (yes, you read that correctly!) in 1963 as the cover suggests. You could purchase it by sending Hire's two bottle caps and 50 cents to cover shipping costs. Needless to say, this is one of her rarest releases... Luckily our friends in Japan have somehow secured the rights to distribute it! (with the ever-groovy OBI strip and inner booklet in Japanese) The recording does have a couple of mastering flaws as it is in mono and lifted directly from a mint-minus vinyl copy of the original. However, these little shortcomings are soon overlooked as you enjoy Blossom's ever-fabulous rendition of 12 standards. My particular favorite is 'I wanna be around'. Grab this CD now while it is still around!!
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