Lady in the Dark/Down in the Valley [Original recording remastered] [Soundtrack]

lady in the dark/down in the valley [original recording remastered] [soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Introduction/Oh Fabulous One

2. One Life To Live

3. Girl Of The Moment

4. What Is Liza Really Like

5. This Is New

6. Greatest Show On Earth

7. Trial Of Liza Elliott

8. Tchaikovsky

9. Saga Of Jenny

10. Make Up Your Mind

11. My Ship

12. Ballet

13. Finale

14. Down In The Valley Part 1

15. Down In The Valley Part 2

16. If I Loved You (Bonus Track)

17. They Say It'S Wonderful (Bonus Track)

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Lady in the Dark/Down in the Valley [Original recording remastered] [Soundtrack]

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Wonderful to have this recording
The "Girl of the Moment" Finally On CD
Out-of-print for more than 50 years, now available on CD!

Lady in the Dark/Down in the Valley
Original TV Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Sepia Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009MI80I
Release Date: 2005-06-14

Tracks:

Introduction/Oh Fabulous One
One Life to Live
Girl of the Moment - Carleton Carpenter
What Is Liza Really Like - Carleton Carpenter, Ann Sothern
This Is New - Carleton Carpenter
Greatest Show on Earth
Trial of Liza Elliott
Tchaikovsky
Saga of Jenny
Make Up Your Mind
My Ship
Ballet - Marion Bell,
Finale - Marion Bell,
Down in the Valley, Pt.1 - Marion Bell
Down in the Valley, Pt.2 - Marion Bell, Jimmy Carroll
If I Loved You [*]
They Say It's Wonderful [*]

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful to have this recording.......2007-05-14

I have loved this recording ever since I found a scratchy vinyl copy in the public library in the 70's. I have been waiting for its release on CD and had almost given up hope.

About 7 years ago another record company released the Ann Sothern recording of "Lady in the Dark" on CD, which I bought, but it was a direct recording from the original kinescope of the production. Although it was nice to have, the sound quality was scratchy and you could hear all the background noises (and the audience talking) .

It is so nice to have this pristine (studio) recording of the TV program and to recapture the moments of this great musical.

The "Girl of the Moment" Finally On CD.......2006-08-23

For years I tried to buy a copy of this television "cast" album but frankly, I just could not afford to spend $200. (I still can't.) About twenty years ago I shelled out $25 to a well known record store in New York City for a cassette copy. Finally, with the age of the internet came the reality that many of those records that were once so rare and valuable were now much more accessible (and sadly, not as valuable , at least in monetary terms). Ebay became the source of rare records that just a few years before I could not touch and provided me with a "decent" copy of "Lady In the Dark". Was there a chance that maybe RCA would re-issue the album on the CD format? Not likely, as the original album was pulled off the market within a few months of its original release. (Where are the stacks of those unplayed records?) What's this? A record company from England released it along with another television rarity, "Down In the Valley". Both shows contain the music of Kurt Weill. Ira Gershwin's lyrics for "lady" are a sophisticated tongue in cheek lot while the orchestrations (which I assume were by conductor Charles Sanford) are typical of the brassy sound coming from musical comedies of the fifties. Ann Sothern's light soprano perfectly suits Liza and Carleton Carpenter, revealing a different side to his "ah shucks" image in those MGM musicals, is excellent singing songs originally sung by Danny Kaye. (What a shame that he didn't do more musicals. Perhaps some record company will one day reissue the duets he recorded with Debbie Reynold for MGM records.) Please note though that this is not the soundtrack to the television spectacular as presented by Max Liebman. That 72 minute soundtrack was issued a few years before by AEI. Although great for collectors like me who must have everything, the reality is that Sepia's reissue will get more playing time than AEI's due to its clarity and high fidelty sound. Add to this what sounds almost like a mini-opera, you can't go wrong. "Down in the Valley" presents the crystal clear voice of soprano Marion Bell along with baritone William McGraw. I love it! Plus there are two additional songs by Bell, "If I Loved You" and "They say It's Wonderful", which are excellent too. The booklet contains rare photos including an image not included on the original record of "Lady in the Dark"- Sothern and Carpenter at the microphone. This is a wonderful souvenir of the so called "spectaculars" of early television.

Out-of-print for more than 50 years, now available on CD!.......2005-09-04

This recording of LADY IN THE DARK was for many years one of the rarest cast albums to exist. NBC presented the television adaptation in September of 1954 and it was from all reports well recieved. But it was not until November that the cast went into studio to make the Lp. (Other TV musicals had their cast albums in stores around the time of the telecasts.) The delay cut into sales, because by the time the album showed up in stores people had forgotten about the show. With slow sales, RCA deleted the album and thus was born a collector's item. There was never any Lp reissues s this marks the first time in 50 years that this recording is available.

In the interim, Columbia's more complete studio cast recording with Rise Stevens and a more complete London cast album on Jay/TER with Maria Friedman have appeared. Both of these recordings are also faithful to the original orchestrations. So do we really need this TV cast album now?

YES!

Ann Southern makes a wonderful Liza Elliott. She doen't have a huge voice but then again the score was tailored to Gertrude Lawrence's limited range and it sits well in Southern's chesty range. Carlton Carpenter makes an ideal Russell. The score has been abridged here and there (and saddled with a superfluous ballet at the end) but the recording provides an enjoyable distillation.

As a bonus Sepia offers the TV cast recording of DOWN IN THE VALLEY, originally an RCA Victor 10-inch Lp and long out-of-print.

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