Sunshine of Your Love (album) explained

Sunshine of Your Love
Type:live
Artist:Ella Fitzgerald
Cover:Ella - Sunshine of Your Love.jpg
Released:1969
Recorded:October 1968
Genre:Jazz
Length:45:33
Label:MPS
Producer:Norman Granz
Prev Title:Misty Blue
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Ella
Next Year:1969

Sunshine of Your Love is a 1969 live album by Ella Fitzgerald. Recorded at the Venetian Room, The Fairmont San Francisco, in October 1968. The main body of works performed here arecontemporary pop songs from the late 1960s. Originally released on the German found jazz label MPS Records the album was re-issued on CD, with alternative artwork, in 1996 by Verve Records.

Track listing

For the 1969 LP on MPS Records; MPS 15010; Re-issued by PolyGram-Verve in 1996 on CD, Verve 314 533 102-2

Side One:

  1. "Hey Jude" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:54
  2. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 3:21
  3. "This Girl's in Love With You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:30
  4. "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 4:00
  5. "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 3:51
  6. "Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 2:05

Side Two:

  1. "Inútil Paisagem" ("Useless Landscape") (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Gilbert, Aloysio Oliveira) – 5:13
  2. "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 4:21
  3. "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad" (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman) – 3:37
  4. "A House Is Not a Home" (Bacharach, David) – 4:14
  5. "Trouble Is a Man" (Alec Wilder) – 4:14
  6. "Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) – 3:04

Personnel

Tracks 1-6 Ernie Hecksher's Big Band

Track 7-12 Tommy Flanagan Trio