80년대 최고의 카바레싱어이자 베트 미들러의 공전의 히트곡 'ROSE'의 작곡자로 이름 높은 아만다 맥브롬의 오디오파일LP 두 장을 합본한 CD.

자전적 성향의 도시풍 작품 'GROWING UP IN HOLLYWOOD TOWN'과 고향 택사스에 대한 사랑이 담긴 'WEST OF OZ'를 합본하였다.

셰필드랩의 대표적인 피아니스트 링컨 메이요가, 엘비스 프레슬리의 리드 기타 제임스 버튼 등이 참여했고 아카데미음악상 후보곡 'ROSE'도 담겨 있다.

[수록곡]

1. The Portrait 
2. Peter The Hermit 
3. The Rose 
4. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 
5. Dusk 
6. Hooray For Hollywood 
7. Growing Up In Hollywood Town 
8. Love Letters 
9. Amanda 
10. Silent Lady 
11. Over The Rainbow/Dorothy 
12. Dock Of The Bay 
13. Not Gonna Say I'm Sorry 
14. The Walk To Chatham Corners 
15. Gossamer 
16. Happy Ending 
17. Only With You 
18. Kitshicker 
19. Reynosa 
20. My Father Always Promised 


Amanda McBroom's recording career began on an MGM soundstage where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers had overdubbed the sounds of their tap routines over 40 years before. It was 1980 and she recorded direct-to-disc – not tape, no overdubs, no mixing, no fixing – for the prestigious vinyl audiophile label Sheffield Lab Recordings. Growing Up In Hollywood Town became an audiophile classic around the world and set a new standard for vinyl recording and Hi-Fi stereo reproduction. Billboard called the LP a "stunning artistic success" and Amanda became "the queen of the high end" for the purity of her vocals and the emotional depth of her songs. Sheffield released a second McBroom direct-to-disc recording entitled West Of Oz in 1981. Both recordings were compiled and re-released as Amanda by Sheffield in 1996.