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About Tanza Stebbing & Zodiac Years
The release on CD for the first time of Mavis Rivers' early New Zealand recordings for the TANZA and the Stebbing labels transports you back to the dawn of recorded music in Aotearoa. During the New Zealand years of her career, Mavis became one of our most prolific and versatile recording artists covering pop, jazz, novelty, country and western and swing genres among her 53 released tracks on 78 rpm, long before the advent of albums. Mavis's first recording was released only weeks after Pixie Williams' revolutionary 'Blue Smoke' single. Frank Sinatra once described Mavis as having the purest voice in jazz and she was the second signing to his newly formed Reprise record label in 1960, after recording with Capitol Records from 1958. Track Listing: 1: 1. I'll String Along With You 2. Dear Hearts and Gentle People 3. Canadian Capers 4. Candy and Cake 5. Let's Do It Again 6. Choc'late Ice Cream Cone 7. Columbus Stockade Blues 8. Isa Lei 9. Fijian Holiday 10. How High the Moon 11. My South Sea Island Dream 12. Farewell Samoa 13. Mixed Emotions 14. Manhattan 15. Come to Me 16. The Maori Way 17. If Teardrops Were Pennies 18. There's Always Red Roses 19. Of Course You Couldn't Know 20. Guy is a Guy 21. S'Wonderful 22. Wishin 23. Kiss of Fire 24. Button Up Your Overcoat 25. Noodlin' Rag 26. My Sugar Is So Refined 27. All of Me 28. Promises
