This particular item was recorded in Los Angeles in February 1952. At that time, Decca was issuing individual records by Patty along with ensemble recordings with her sisters. She was always the solo voice in the act, but these records allowed her to work in a different style from the bulk of the trio's repertoire.
The World War II song "I'll Walk Alone" was revived for the 1952 Jane Froman biopic, With a Song in My Heart, and Andrews' rendition contended with Froman's for popularity. The flip side, "That's the Chance You Take," was a new song, and not a bad one. Eddie Fisher's version was, I believe, more popular, although not superior to this one.Andrews is in fact convincing in both songs, although her intense, forthright approach isn't all that well matched to Nelson Riddle's pastel arrangements. The off-mike effect at the end of "I'll Walk Alone" was a bad idea.
This is still a nice remembrance of a talented vocalist. The sound is good (for Decca, anyway).
