本日はＢ面の紹介。Ｂ面は３曲とも４分前後の少し長い編成になっています。
１と２は古いミュージカルの挿入曲。３はスタンダード曲です。
2. "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat"は途中でテンポが変わったり、ヴォーカルに工夫があったりと独自の味付けがされており良曲と思います。
写真はマサチューセッツ州にある自前のスタジオ'The Barn'。古い納屋風の外観ですが、内部はぜいたくな録音環境のようです。
SIDE B
1. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) 3:42
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a show tune with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It was written for the score of their 1947 musical Brigadoon.
2. "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" (Frank Loesser) 4:11
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" is a song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1950. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls which opened at the 46th Street Theatre on November 24, 1950.
3. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) 3:52
"The Nearness of You" is a popular song written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song debuted in a 1940 recording by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, with vocals by Ray Eberle.
