1975 Peggy Lee – Mirrors

Chuck Findley, Dennis Budimir, Emil Richards, Joe Porcaro, John Guerin, Peggy Lee, Tom Scott, Victor Feldman

Mirrors is a 1975 album by Peggy Lee, being an A&M Records album of neo-cabaret “art songs” sung by that same Peggy Lee, written and produced by rock & roll pioneers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, mostly arranged & conducted by Johnny Mandel.

“Is That All There Is?” was recorded in January 1969 and originally released as a single on Capitol Records the following September. It reached #11 on the Billboard Pop charts and #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts, and Peggy Lee won a Grammy Award for her performance. This unexpected success provided the impetus for an entire album of similar material. However, instead of recording a fully realized follow-up album, Capitol’s November 1969 Is That All There Is? LP was hastily assembled from one new October recording date and a variety of sessions going back to June 1967, while Miss Lee toured on the strength of the hit. Six years would lapse before Mirrors was recorded, by which time Miss Lee had changed record labels. “Is That All There Is?” was thus not part of the original Mirrors LP; it was first added as a bonus track for the 1989 A&M CD reissue.

Tracks

1 Is That All There Is? (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 4:23
2 Ready To Begin Again (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 3:26
3 Some Cats Know (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 4:26
4 I’ve Got Them Feelin’ Too Good (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 2:20
5 A Little White Ship (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 3:09
6 Tango (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 5:45
7 Professor Hauptmann’s (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 6:01
8 The Case of M.J. (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 2:59
9 I Remember (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 2:52
10 Say It (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 4:06

Biography

Peggy Lee

Musicians

Bass	Joe Mondragon
Bass	Ray Brown
Bass	Fred Seykora
Drums	Joe Porcaro
Drums	Alvin Stoller
Drums	Emil Radocchia
Drums	Gene Estes
Drums	Jack Ranelli
Drums	John Guerin
Drums	Ken Park
Drums	Kenny Watson
Drums	Larry Bunker
Drums	Mark Stevens
Drums	Victor Feldman
Guitar	Dennis Budimir
Guitar	John Pisano
Guitar	Tommy Tedesco
Keyboards	Artie Kane
Keyboards	Clare Fischer
Keyboards	Don Grusin
Keyboards	Mike Lang
Keyboards	Mike Melvoin
Keyboards	Varda Ullman
Accordion	Steve Paietta
Trombone	Charlie Loper
Trombone	Chauncey Welsch
Trombone	Dick Nash
Trombone	Kenny Shroyer
Trombone	Michael Vlatkovich
Trombone	Phillip Tule
Trumpet	Joe Burnett
Trumpet	Buddy Childers
Trumpet	Malcolm McNab
Trumpet	Chuck Findley
Trumpet	Paul Hubinon
Trumpet	Tony Terran
Tuba	John Johnson
Tuba	Bill Masonheimer
Woodwinds	Bill Perkins
Woodwinds	George Young
Woodwinds	Jack Nimitz
Woodwinds	Harry Klee
Woodwinds	Jerome Richardson
Woodwinds	Georgia Alwan
Woodwinds	Abe Most
Woodwinds	Bud Shank
Woodwinds	Ronald Langinger
Woodwinds	Norman Benno
Woodwinds	John Neufeld
Woodwinds	Tom Scott
Woodwinds	Gene Cipriano
Percussion	Joe Porcaro
Percussion	Alvin Stoller
Percussion	Emil Richards
Percussion	Gene Estes
Percussion	Jack Ranelli
Percussion	John Guerin
Percussion	Ken Park
Percussion	Kenneth Watson
Percussion	Larry Bunker
Percussion	Mark Stevens
Percussion	Victor Feldman
Background Vocals	Kleber Jorge
Background Vocals	Moma De Freitas
Background Vocals	Raquel Jacobs
Background Vocals	Renni Flores
Background Vocals	Roberto Montero
Background Vocals	Siedah Garrett
Background Vocals	Sergio Mendes
Background Vocals	Taura Stinson
Background Vocals	Taylor Graves
Vocals	Peggy Lee

Other Musicians

Cello – Anne Goodman, Dennis Karmazyn, Edgar Lustgarten, Jackie Lustgarten, Jesse Levy
Viola – Allan Harshman, Barbara Thomason, David Schwartz, Julien Barber, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Betty Lamagna, Blanche Belnick, Carl Lamagna, Elliot Rosoff, Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Guy Lumia, Harry Bluestone, Irving Geller, John Pintavalle, Marcy Dicterow, Mari Tsumura, Norman Carr, Paul Shure, Richard Sortomme, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Sanov, Tony Posk, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch

Liner Notes

Producer – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Arranged By – Johnny Mandel
Arranged By (Strings) – Meco Monardo
Engineer (Recording, Mixing) – Hank Cicalo
Engineer (Assistant) – Hank Cicalo, Ellis Sorkin
Conductor – Meco Monardo

Art Direction – Roland Young
Design – Junie Osaki
Illustration – David McMacken

Mixed At A&M Studios
Recorded At A&M Studios
Phonographic Copyright A&M Records Inc
Record Company A&M Records Ltd