Peggy Lee - Sings Leiber & Stoller 1975 [Remastered Limited Edition] (2005)

In 1975, the incomparable Peggy Lee recorded an album for A&M called Mirrors, written and produced by the legendary Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Mirrors—a follow-up to the phenomenal success of "Is That All There Is?"—sought to place Lee in the role of an American Edith Piaf, with songs that were more reflective and mature than the pop hits that had thrust both Lee and Leiber & Stoller into the limelight. While both the writer/producers and the performer considered Mirrors to be some of their finest work, the recording has nonetheless been long unavailable in any format. Moreover, Leiber & Stoller were never satisfied that the original mixes did full justice to the songs, or to Lee. Now, thirty years later, the renowned duo has gone back to the original multitrack tapes and remixed the entire album in the digital domain, realizing the sound they had always intended. Complete with newly remastered versions of all the Leiber & Stoller hits that Peggy Lee recorded in the Capitol era, two previously unreleased outtakes from the Mirrors sessions, and extensive liner notes from remix producer Peter Stoller, Mirrors has been transformed into the centerpiece of this comprehensive, and essential, compilation.