Along with The Seekers and Helen Reddy, Diana Trask was considered among the first Australian-born singers to find success in the US.[2] She signed with Columbia Records upon her arrival to the United States. Although her later music was commercially successful in the country genre, her first two LP's marketed towards pop.[1] Trask's debut eponymous studio album was produced by Mitch Miller[3] Trask recalled that the album was recorded in a converted church located in the Tin Pan Alley neighborhood of New York City. Along with Miller's production, the arrangements were conducted by Glenn Osser. In her memoir, Trask also remembered that Miller had a "strict" recording formula that did not allow her to perform in the jazz style that she was accustomed to. Despite this, Trask still had fond memories of making the album with Miller.[4] The album was a collection of 12 tracks[5] backed with string orchestration by Osser. It included covers of "Little Girl Blue", "It Might as Well Be Spring", "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and "My Funny Valentine".[6][7]
Diana Trask was one of several LP's issued by Columbia in March 1961.[8] It was Trask's debut studio album in her career. It was distributed by Columbia Records as a vinyl LP with six songs on each side of the disc. It was offered in both mono and stereo formats.[9] It was issued in Australia by Coronet Records in a similar LP format.[10] The album was given positive reviews from music magazines upon its release. Billboard named among a handful of albums to have "strong sales potential" and commented, "She sings with great warmth, style and maturity and shows promise of becoming one of the established hit-makers." The publication then concluded by writing, "A listenable album for the thrush and one that can grab jock interest as well as counter activity".[7]Cash Box called Trask "an extremely capable songbird" and called the LP "a delicious first album".[6]
