Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Modern Sound Of Betty Carter
| Recorded | c. 1960 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Catalog | ABC 363 |
| Released | 1960 |
| Discogs | master 737538 |
The record
A cool, self-possessed set from her Verve years, cut around the same era she toured with Ray Charles -- proof she was already bending standards into something harder to pin down. Her phrasing here favors sly delay and surprise over easy prettiness, hinting at the daring that would define her later work.
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.
| 1960 | ABC-Paramount · ABC 363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve |
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| 1960 | ABC-Paramount · ABC 363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | ABC-Paramount · ABCS 363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve |
| 1960 | ABC-Paramount · ABC 363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | ABC-Paramount · ABC 363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1976 | ABC-Paramount · ABC 363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono |
| 1977 | ABC-Paramount · YW-8538-AB — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1981 | MCA Records · VIM-5596 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1999 | Universal Victor, Inc. · MVCJ-19231 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 1999 | Universal Victor, Inc. · MVCJ-19231 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2004 | Global Rhythm Press, S.L. · JV. 137 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2004 | Jazz Voice · JV.137 — CD, Album |
| 2014 | ABC-Paramount · ABC-363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 Gram |
| 2018 | ABC-Paramount · ABC-363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, 180 Gram |