For AVID Entertainment's second instalment of Great Broadway Shows we have chosen a truly Magnificent 7; Guys and Dolls; Carousel; South Pacific; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Carmen Jones; Finians Rainbow and On The Town (excerpts), all perhaps made even more famous as classic Hollywood musicals in their own right!
Our super seven original Broadway Cast Shows cover a seven year period from 1943 to 1950 and feature some of the greatest writers in musical history, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Leo Robin and Julie Styne; Yip Harburg and Burton Lane and finally Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Leonard Bernstein.
We also feature such great leading original artists as Mary Martin, the great Met. opera bass Ezio Pinza and the inimitable Carol Channing making Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) her own (despite Marilyn's fab film version!)
So take your front row seats and settle back to enjoy the remastered delights of classic Original Broadway shows at their very best.
CD1
GUYS & DOLLS:-
1. Runyonland Music
2. Fugue For Tin Horns
3. Follow The Fold
4. The Oldest Established
5. I'll Know
6. A Bushel And A Peck
7. Adelaide's Lament
8. Guys And Dolls
9. If I Were A Bell
10. My Time Of Day
11. I've Never Been In Love Before
12. Take Back Your Mink
13. More I Cannot Wish You
14. Luck Be A Lady
15. Sue Me
16. Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat
17. Marry The Man Today
18. Reprise: Guys And Dolls
CAROUSEL (First Part):-
19. The Carousel Waltz
20. You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan
21. Mister Snow: "His Name Is Mister Snow"
22. Mister Snow: "When I Marry Mister Snow"
23. If I Loved You
24. June Is Bustin' Out All Over
25. When The Children Are Asleep: "I Own A Little House"
26. When The Children Are Asleep
CD2
CAROUSEL (Concluded):-
1. Blow High, Blow Low
2. Soliloquy
3. This Was A Real Nice Clambake
4. There's Nothin' So Bad For A Woman
5. What's The Use Of Wond'rin'
6. The Highest Judge Of All
7. You'll Never Walk Alone: "He's Dead, Nettie"
8. You'll Never Walk Alone
SOUTH PACIFIC:-
9. Overture
10. Dites-Moi
11. A Cockeyed Optimist
12. Twin Soliloquies
13. Some Enchanted Evening
14. Bloody Mary
15. There Is Nothin' Like A Dame
16. Bali Ha'I
17. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
18. A Wonderful Guy: "I expect everyone of my crowd to make fun"
19. A Wonderful Guy: "I'm as corny as Kansas in August"
20. Younger Than Springtime
21. Happy Talk
22. Honey Bun
23. You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
24. This Nearly Was Mine
25. Finale
CD3
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES:-
1. Overture
2. It's High Time
3. Bye Bye Baby
4. A Little Girl From Little Rock
5. Just A Kiss Apart
6. I Love What I'm Doing
7. Scherzo
8. It's Delightful Down In Chile
9. You Say You Care
10. I'm A'Tingle, I'm A'Glow
11. Sunshine
12. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
13. Mamie Is Mimi
14. Homesick Blues
15. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
16. Finale: Keeping Cool With Coolidge
CARMEN JONES (First Part):-
17. Prelude
18. Lift 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down
19. Dat's Love
20. Dere's A Café On De Corner
21. Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum
22. Stan' Up And Fight
23. Whizzin' Away Along De Track
24. Dis Flower
CD4
CARMEN JONES (Concluded):-
1. My Joe
2. Dat's Our Man
3. Finale
FINIAN'S RAINBOW:-
4. Overture
5. This Time Of Year
6. How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
7. If This Isn't Love
8. Look To The Rainbow
9. Old Devil Moon
10. Something Sort Of Grandish
11. Necessity
12. When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich
13. The Begat
14. When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love
15. That Great Come And Get It Day
ON THE TOWN (Excerpts):-
16. Opening: I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet
17. New, York, New York
18. I Get Carried Away
19. Lucky To Be Me
20. Lonely Town
21. I Can Cook Too
22. Ya Got Me
