Revisited (Eartha Kitt album) explained

Revisited
Type:	studio
Artist:	Eartha Kitt
Cover:	Revisited (Eartha Kitt album - cover art).jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	March and April 1960 at the Fine Studio, New York
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Label:	Kapp
Prev Title:	The Fabulous Eartha
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Bad But Beautiful
Next Year:	1962

Revisited is a 1960 studio album by American singer Eartha Kitt, her second album issued on the Kapp Records label. All songs had been previously recorded by Kitt, between 1953 and 1958, during her recording contract at RCA Victor. Recorded in New York on March 31 and April 1, 1960, with Maurice Levine as musical director. The album was also released as four track, 7-inch EP in the United Kingdom^[1] and France.^[2]

The complete album was re-issued on CD in 1994 as part of the Bear Family Records five CD boxset Eartha - Quake, this included a previously unreleased bonus track, "Johnny with the Gentle Hands", from the same recording session.^[3] The album was also released to CD by Hallmark Music & Entertainment in 2012 as a stand-alone album.^[4]

The album charted in the UK at #17 in February 1961.^[5]

Track listing

12" LP version

1. "(If I Love Ya, Then I Need Ya) I Wantcha Around" (Bob Merrill) - 2:25
2. "Uska Dara (A Turkish tale)" (Traditional) - 3:37
3. "Let's Do It" (Cole Porter) - 2:38
4. "Angelitos Negros" (Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste) - 3:27
5. "Apres Moi" (Bernard Bennett) - 3:25
6. "C'est si bon" (Henri Betti, André Hornez) - 2:35
7. "Just an Old Fashioned Girl" (Marve Fisher) - 2:44
8. "April In Portugal" (Raul Ferrão, Jimmy Kennedy) - 2:35
9. "I Want to Be Evil" (Lester Judson, Raymond Taylor) - 2:57
10. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) - 2:47
11. "Lilac Wine" (James Shelton) - 3:30
12. "Santa Baby" (Joan Javits, Philip Springer) - 2:47

Eartha - Quake CD bonus tracks

• "Johnny With the Gentle Hands" (Take 7) (George Siravo, Kermit Goell)
• "Johnny With the Gentle Hands" (Take 8) (George Siravo, Kermit Goell)

7" EP version

1. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) - 2:47
2. "I Wantcha Round" (Bob Merrill) - 2:25
3. "C'est Si Bon" (Henri Betti, André Hornez) - 2:35
4. "Angelitos Negros"(Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste) - 3:27

Personnel

Technical

• Maurice Levine – arranger and Musical Director

Performance

• Eartha Kitt – vocals

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalog No.	Ref.
Australia	1960	12-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo)	Kapp Records	PKS 6021	^[6]
Canada				KL-1192
United States		12-inch LP Vinyl (Mono)
		12-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo)		KS-3192
United Kingdom		12-inch LP Vinyl (Mono)	Kapp Records, London Records	HA-R 2296
		7-inch EP Vinyl		RE-R 1266
	1961	12-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo)		SAH-R 6107
Mexico	Unknown	12-inch LP Vinyl (Mono)	Kapp Records	KL-M 1192
France		12-inch LP Vinyl	Mode Disques	MDK 9416
	1963?	7-inch EP Vinyl	Kapp Records	KE-3017M
United Kingdom		12-inch LP Vinyl (Stereo) [budget re-issue]	Kapp Records, Ace of Hearts Records	AHR 170	^[7]
	1969	12-inch LP Vinyl (Mono) [re-issue]	Coral Records	CP 102
Netherlands	1970	12-inch LP Vinyl (as Stars of the Fifties)	MCA Records	5C 050-95432
Germany	1970	12-inch LP Vinyl (as And Her Greatest Songs)		252 652-1
	June 28, 1994	CD compilation box set (as a part of Eartha-Quake)	Bear Family Records	BLCD15639 EI	^[8]
United Kingdom	January 1, 2012	CD	Hallmark Music & Entertainment	711042

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eartha Kitt Revisited EP (UK). Eartha Kitt Fan Club. December 14, 2014.
2. Web site: Eartha Kitt Revisited EP (France). Eartha Kitt Fan Club. December 14, 2014.
3. Web site: Eartha-Quake [Box set, Import] - Track Listings]. Amazon.com. December 14, 2014.
4. Web site: Revisited - Import. Amazon.com. December 14, 2014.
5. Web site: Eartha Kitt - Revisited. Official Charts Company. 2011-08-10.
6. Web site: Eartha Kitt – Revisited (release overview) [note: only included releases with photos to back-up information]]. discogs. December 14, 2014.
7. Web site: Eartha Kitt Revisited. Eartha Kitt Fan Club. December 14, 2014.
8. Web site: Eartha-Quake 5 CD Set. Eartha Kitt Fan Club. December 14, 2014.