Bridge [Original recording remastered]

Bridge [Original recording remastered]

ASIN: B000040OHO

Track Listings

1. Catalina Island

2. Rudy's Dream

3. Bridge over Troubled Water

4. Lullaby of Takeda

5. Essence

6. Lettin' Go

7. Keep Hope Alive

8. Baked Potato Man

9. Innocence of Spring

10. Our Story

11. Peranzzetta

12. Serenato [#]

Tracks:

Ode To The Brooklyn Bridge - Brian D'Arcy James
Heavyweight Champ Of The World - Eddie Lawrence/Chorus
That Old Time Crowd - Marcia Lewis/Chorus
The Times That Linger - Brian D'Arcy James/Marge Redmond
Augie Masters - Conrad John Schuck/Chorus
Home Again - Sandy Stewart/Chorus
I'll Never Go There Anymore - Sally Mayes/Brian D'Arcy James
It Kinda Makes You Wonder - Brian D'Arcy James/Jane Connell/Eddie Lawrence
The Insurance Game - George S. Irving
Go To Sleep Early - Jane Connell
Ballad To A Brute - Sandy Stewart
The Big Town - Conrad John Schuck/George S. Irving
Everyone Here Loves Kelly - Jane Connell/George S. Irving/Brian D'Arcy James/Eddie Lawrence/Marcia Lewis/Sally Mayes...
Bonus Track: I'll Never Go There Anymore (Pop Version) - Sandy Stewart

Customer Reviews:

Kelly Hops Again!.......2001-04-01

Compared to the "original" cast album, which was the two writers and a piano, this album is a dream. Still, it would have been great to hear the original orchestrations instead of a studio band. The performances on this CD give the show some credibility, unlike the first album. One wants to see more of this type of thing done. But put in the original orchestrations. How about Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Yearling, La Strada? If you are a serious collector nab this while you can.

A FITTING TRIBUTE TO MOOSE CHARLAP.......2001-03-22

HAVING BEEN ONE OF THE VERY FEW WHO SAW "KELLY" in 1965,I WAS VERY PLEASED TO FIND THIS STUDIO RECORDING OF THE ORIGINAL MUSIC. I DO MEAN ORIGINAL. SOME OF THE SONGS THAT WERE WRITTEN WERE LATER REMOVED BY A GROUP OF PANIKY PRODUCERS PRIOR TO THE NEW YORK OPENING. THEIR ACTIONS RESULTED IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHOW THAN HAD BEEN ENVISIONED BY THE COMPOSERS. IT ALSO MADE "KELLY" A MONUMENTAL FLOP SO MUCH SO THAT ITS DEMISE WAS THE SUBJECT OF A COVER STORY IN "SATURDAY EVENING POST". IF YOU READ THE CD NOTES..IT IS ALL EXPLAINED THERE. THE CD IS DEDICATED TO MOOSE CHARLAP. THE PERFORMERS ARE FIRST RATE, INCLUDING BRIAN D'ARCY JAMES (TITANIC) AND RIGHT OUT OF THE 60'S, SANDY STEWART. IT MAY HAVE SOME SHORTCOMINGS, BUT OVERALL..EDDIE LAWRENCE SCORED WITH THIS CD!

WHERE ARE THE ORIGINAL SONGS?.......2000-02-10

TO START OFF WITH. THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A BROADWAY CAST ALBUM. IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OFF BROADWAY ALBUM BY LISTENING TO THE ORCHESTRA. IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE A BAND THAN AN ORCHESTRA. SECOND,I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE SCORE FROM THE ORIGINAL SHOW. WELL, READINNG MY BEST PLAYS OF 1964-1965, THEY LIST THE SONGS ON OPENING NIGHT AND A BUNCH OF SONGS ARE NOT ON THE ALBUM AND SONGS ON THE ALBUM ARE NOT LISTED IN THE BOOK. I AM CONFUSED. ANWAY, WHATEVER IS ON THE CD IS FAIR. ALL THE PERFORMERS ARE FIRST RATE, BUT LISTENING TO THE CD, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH. PRETTY AVERAGE MUSIC. TAKE A LESSON FROM THE DRAT!THE CAT! RECORDING ON VARESE SARABANDE. NOW THATS A GREAT STUDIO CAST ALBUM. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PICKED KELLY OVER MANY OTHER SHOWS THAT HAVE A MUCH BETTER SCORE THAT WERE NEVER RECORDED LIKE THE BODY BEAUTIFUL OR SHERRY OR LOVELY LADIES, KIND GENTLEMAN TO NAME A FEW. IF YOU ARE A BROADWAY SHOW COLLECTOR THAN THIS SHOULD BE IN YOUR COLLECTION, OTHERWISE, I WOULD PASS.

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Unsung Sondheim
Valuable only if you don't have any of these songs elsewhere

Unsung Sondheim
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000067CMJ
Release Date: 2002-06-04

Tracks:

Saturday Night - Stan Chandler
Love's A Bond - Walter Wilson
All For You - Davis Caines
In The Movies - Marilyn Cooper
What Can You Lose? - Judy Kuhn
Incidental Music From 'Invitation To A March' - Dave Rodgers
That Old Piano Roll - Lynnette Perry
They Asked Me Why I Believe In You - Rebecca Luker
No, Mary Ann - Jason Crade
Truly Content - Judy Kaye
Water Under The Bridge - Debbie Cravitte
Incidental Music From 'The Enclave' - Bjorn Messaget
There's Always A Women - Kaye Ballard
The Two Of You - Crista Moore
Multitudes Of Amys - Michael Rupert
Goodbye For Now - Liz Callaway

Customer Reviews:

Unsung Sondheim.......2007-05-20

What a collection of unsung Sondheim tunes. At times I wondered why these songs had been dropped from shows. Well sung by the various artists.

Valuable only if you don't have any of these songs elsewhere.......2006-10-07

In the early 90's this was a fascinating CD, as it gave listeners a chance to hear many of Sondheim's "lost treasures" which might otherwise be gone forever. (The man does not do "trunk songs" which can be dropped into other shows.) Time, however, has not been kind to this collection. The first four tracks from "Saturday Night" have some bouncy charm (I never realized before how naughty the lyrics for "Love's a Bond" are), but with the glorious complete cast album released a few years ago with David Campbell in the lead, they've now been rendered redundant. (And "In The Movies," though boasting endearing vocals, suffers with all of its context and intercutting songs gone.) "What Can You Lose" can't measure up to Madonna and Mandy Patinkin's sensitive performance on her "I'm Breathless" album (and that would hardly qualify as "unsung"). "That Old Piano Roll" is fun but slight, and "Truly Content" mines the same lyrical phrase over and over till the fun wanes, despite Judy Kaye's winning vocals. "Water Under the Bridge" is one of the weakest songs Sondeheim's probably ever done, and deserves obscurity. Other, better songs here with often exquisite renditions are nonetheless available on other discs, and thus again hardly qualify as "unsung": "I Believe In You," a sweet and lovely song, is on Bernadette Peters' second "Sondheim Etc." CD (though Rebecca Luker's warm, enchanting rendition here is nothing to sneeze at), Mandy Patinkin frantically covered "Multitudes of Amys" on "Experiment," Madeline Kahn and Peters jousted with "There's Always a Woman" on the "Anyone Can Whistle" cast album from the mid-90's (props to Kaye Ballard's biting performance here though), Streisand covered "Goodbye for Now" on "The Movie Album" (and gave it a poignancy and depth it probably doesn't really deserve for such a drab little song). What's left? A cheerful, seemingly menage-a-trois ditty called "The Two of You" (which, bizarrely, was apparently written for "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"). A just plain wonderful "No, Mary Anne," which combines an impassioned performance, hard-bitten realism and sweeping romanticism into something quintessentially Sondheim. (The liner notes indicate that Sondheim expected this to be a parody of a big hit song, "like 'Hello Dolly!'" Those who know anything about Sondheim--and the yawning chasm between his style and Jerry Herman's--may find their heads exploding at that one.) Two endless instrumental pieces from "The Enclave" and "Invitation to a March" (tracks #6 and #12) that are mostly remarkable for how uninteresting they are. The liner notes are outstanding and offer lots of intriguing perspective (listening to "Multitudes of Amys," and you just might wish that "Company" had ended as it was orginally intended to). If you don't have CDs by Peters, Madonna, Streisand, et all, this is a great introduction; otherwise, bump it way down the priority list.

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Mindwash

Manufacturer: Bridge Recordings Ltd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA7QF0
Release Date: 2005-03-29

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Those Dreaming Years
Ivor Novello
Manufacturer: Pearl
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