Kay recorded for some very small labels in the mid-40's and the masters were later bought and sold several times with the same recordings being issued on different labels over a period of nearly 10 years. And there were some other "issues" but this collection isn't about her why and wherefore's, just the end product.
I think I overcame some of the misinformation contained in some CD booklets and have organized the recordings chronologically as close as you're going to get.
And then there were all the gaps. I had to chase down original vinyl for some of her Capitol and RCA material as well as the older mid-40's small label stuff and post-Capitol recordings. I even broke one of my own rules (a $25 limit for singles) and spent 40 bucks getting one single from a European collector.
Kay was near the bottom of the Capitol Records female vocalists totem pole and most the new good songs were given to the likes of Ella Mae Morse, Margaret Whiting, Martha Tilton, Jo Stafford, Betty Hutton, Peggy Lee, etc. Kay's friend, violinist Joe Venuti, suggested putting new spins on old songs no one else wanted to record and those became her bread-and-butter for several years.
Eventually this will be 30 years of Kay Starr, over 450 recordings. I just don't have the time and patience to tag it all at once.
Kay Starr - great voice, wonderful singer.
If Zippy is a problem for you (I've read some socialist governments have denied access to zippy for their proletariat) you can also get it here for a few weeks:
Kay Starr - Chronological 1939-1968 Vol. 1
Kay Starr - Chronological 1939-1968 Vol. 1
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