AVID Easy continues with its Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release featuring Three Original Classic Soundtracks plus, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.
“West Side Story”, “High Society” and “South Pacific” plus five bonus tracks from “The King And I!”
In tribute to legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and in anticipation of the upcoming movie remake directed by Steven Spielberg, we at AVID are proud to lead off our fabulous Original Classic Soundtracks set with perhaps one of the most magnificent and memorable musicals of all time, West Side Story. Together with High Society and South Pacific we are sure you will enjoy a rumble with The Jets and The Sharks as well as hobnobbing with Frank, Bing, Grace and Louis and spending Some Enchanted Evening with Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi.
Check out:- Great Broadway Shows Volumes 1 & 2 (AMBX 144 & 148); Judy Garland (AMSC1228, 1336); Julie Andrews (AMSC1007).
CD1
1-15: ‘West Side Story’
1. Prologue (Orchestra)
2. Jet Song (Riff & The Jets)
3. Something’s Coming (Tony)
4. Dance At The Gym (Orchestra)
5. Maria (Tony)
6. America (Anita, Bernardo, The Sharks & Girls)
7. Tonight (Tony & Maria)
8. Gee, Officer Krupke! (Riff & The Jets)
9. I Feel Pretty (Maria, Consuelo, Rosalina & Francesca)
10. One Hand, One Heart (Tony & Maria)
11. Quintet (Tony, Maria, Anita, The Jets & The Sharks)
12. The Rumble (Orcestra)
13. Cool (Ice & The Jets
14. A Boy Like That - I Have Love (Maria & Anita)
15. Somewhere (Finale) (Tony & Maria)
16. I Whistle A Happy Tune (Deborah Kerr & Rex Thomson) from The King And I (Bonus Track)
17. March Of The Siamese Children (20th Century Fox Orchestra) from The King And I (Bonus Track)
18. Hello Young Lovers (Deborah Kerr) from The King And I (Bonus Track)
19. Getting To Know You (Deborah Kerr & Children) from The King And I (Bonus Track)
20. Shall We Dance (Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner) from The King And I (Bonus Track)
CD2
1-10: ‘High Society’
1. High Society (Overture) (MGM Studio Orchestra)
2. High Society Calypso (Louis Armstrong And His Band)
3. Little One (Bing Crosby)
4. (Who Wants To Be) A Millionaire (Frank Sinatra & Celeste Holm)
5. True Love (Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly)
6. You’re Sensational (Frank Sinatra)
7. I Love You Samantha (Bing Crosby)
8. Now You Has Jazz (Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong)
9. Well Did You Evah? (Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra)
10. Mind If I Make Love To You (Frank Sinatra)
11-26: ‘South Pacific’
11. South Pacific Overture (The Orchestra)
12. Dites-Moi (Nellie Forbush)
13. Cockeyed Optimist (Nellie Forbush)
14. Twin Soliloquies: Some Enchanted Evening (Emile de Becque & Nellie Forbush)
15. Bloody Mary (The Ken Darby Male Chorus)
16. My Girl Back Home (Lieutenant Cable & Nellie Forbush)
17. There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame (The Ken Darby Male Chorus)
18. Bali Ha’I (Bloody Mary & The Ken Darby Singers)
19. I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (Nellie Forbush & The Ken Darby Singers)
20. I’m In Love With A Wonderful Guy (Nellie Forbush & The Ken Darby Singers)
21. Younger Than Springtime (Lieutenant Cable)
22. Happy Talk (Bloody Mary)
23. Honey Bun (Nellie Forbush)
24. Carefully Taught (Lieutenant Cable)
25. This Nearly Was Mine (Emile de Becque)
26. Finale (Nellie Forbush, Emile de Becque & Children)
