Name: I Can't Get Started
Duration: P00H04M44S
Description: Written by Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke, the song was introduced in the film “Ziegfeld Follies of 1936,” and performed by Bob Hope and Eve Arden in the film. A 1937 recording by Bunny Berigan became a longstanding favorite with jazz aficionados, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975.

I Can't Get Started

from You Asked For It by Laura Ainsworth

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
12-song deluxe Mini-LP CD edition initially released only to Japan. Features familiar songs requested by Laura's fans, with her backing band recorded live in the studio.

Features:

• Bonus track "As Time Goes By" unavailable on the "You Asked For It" digital release
• Full color 24 x 36 cm poster suitable for framing (includes liner notes on back as shown)
• Warm, vinyl-like mastering courtesy Grammy®-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson (Erroll Garner)
• Slip sleeve paper jacket that looks and feels like a miniature LP jacket
• Lyric sheet
• Full color picture CD
• Collectible Japanese obi strip
• Resealable transparent outer sleeve

The mini-LP CD edition of "You Asked For It" was released to Japan July 15, 2022. The album experienced brisk sales and received positive reviews in "Jazz Critique," "Jazz Japan," and "The Walker's" magazines.

Laura's version of "As Time Goes By" (from the movie "Casablanca") is only available on the CD. The warm mastering by Grammy®-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson (Erroll Garner "The Complete Concert By The Sea") invites repeated listens.

The packaging, which features a full-size poster of Laura sitting at a tiki bar that if specifically designed to be framed, has received positive response from critics in the US and the UK.

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ABOUT MINI-LP CD'S: Mini-LP CD's are a long running format in the Japanese market that also have an international following. They are a true "best of both worlds" option for collectors because they offer authentic LP packaging along with high quality digital sound. They are also an excellent space-saving option, taking up less than half the space of a regular jewel case or Digipak CD.

Includes unlimited streaming of "You Asked For It" (11-song edition) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Written by Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke, the song was introduced in the film “Ziegfeld Follies of 1936,” and performed by Bob Hope and Eve Arden in the film. A 1937 recording by Bunny Berigan became a longstanding favorite with jazz aficionados, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975.

lyrics

I’m a glum one, it’s explainable
I met someone unattainable
Life’s a bore, the world is my oyster no more

All the papers where I led the news
With my capers, now will spread the news
Superman turns out to be Flash in the pan

I’ve flown around the world in a plane
I’ve settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted
But I can’t get started with you

Around the golf course I’m under par
And Metro Goldwyn wants me to star
I’ve got a house, a show place
Still I can’t get no place with you

You’re so supreme
Lyrics I write of you
Dream, dream both day and night of you
And I scheme just for the sight of you
But what good does it do?

In 1929, I sold short
In England, I’m presented at court
But you’ve got me down-hearted
’Cause I can’t get started with you

Oh, tell me why am I no kick to you?
I would always stick to you
Fly through thin and thick for you
Tell me why I’m taboo?

I’ve been consulted by Franklin D.
And Robert Taylor asked me to tea
But I’m still broken hearted
’Cause I can’t get started with you
I can’t get started
I can’t get started with you

credits

from You Asked For It, released November 18, 2022
Words: Ira Gershwin, Music: Vernon Duke
(Music Sales Corp OBO Kay Duke Music, WC Music Corp OBO Ira Gershwin Music)

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Laura Ainsworth Dallas, Texas

American retro jazz singer Laura Ainsworth breathes new life into songs from the Great American Songbook era.

Laura has released four studio albums and one compilation album to date.

She has been featured in Down Beat (USA), Broadway World (USA), Jazz Critique (Japan) and other important international jazz publications. ... more

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