Beat [Import] [Original recording remastered]

beat [import] [original recording remastered]

Track Listings
1. Neal And Jack And Me
2. Heartbeat
3. Sartori In Tangier
4. Waiting Man
5. Neurotica
6. Two Hands
7. Howler
8. Requiem

Editorial Reviews
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Japanese 24-bit digitally remastered HDCD reissue of 1982 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve, features eight tracks. Sanctuary/Universal. 2004.

Beat,King Crimson,Universal/Mca,Rock,Rock/Pop

Beat [Import] [Original recording remastered]
The Nervous Set (1959 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • An underrated gem!
  • Dig that beat...
 The Nervous Set (1959 Original Broadway Cast)
Tommy Wolf , Fran Landesman , and Richard Hayes
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ASIN: B00005YKIO
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

  1. Overture/Man, We're Beat
  2. New York
  3. What's To Lose/Stars Have Blown My Way
  4. Fun Life
  5. How Do You Like Your Love?
  6. Party Song
  7. Night People
  8. Overture - Act II
  9. Party Song (Reprise)
  10. I've Got A Lot To Learn About Life
  11. The Ballad Of The Sad Young Man
  12. A Country Gentleman
  13. Max The Millionaire
  14. Travel The Road Of Love
  15. Laugh, I THought I'd Die
  16. Fun Life (Reprise)
  17. Bonus Track 1: Fun Life (By Jackie Cain & Roy Kral)

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As fans of musical theater, we're used to offbeat projects, but this long-forgotten show takes the cake--and it's completely entrancing. The opening number alone makes nasty fun of the then-popular beatniks and is immediately followed by "New York," a list song enumerating all the awful things about the city. Rarely has so much bile been spilled on the New York stage--but perhaps that's because the show originated in St. Louis. Tommy Wolf's finger-snapping score and Fran Landesman's biting lyrics are very compelling, especially because it's hard to tell when they're serious and when they're drily sarcastic. The energetic cast, which includes Larry Hagman (best known as JR in Dallas), is backed by a jazz quartet, and the result often sounds strangely contemporary. And then you have some numbers, such as "Night People," that are almost Sondheimian. What a strange, wonderful little show this is. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An underrated gem!.......2003-06-03

The songs in this musical are simply wonderful! Canny, passionate, "beat," and sardonic. The story, its characters, and the lyrics are classic Greenwich Village of the late 1950's. This CD features talented singers and actors (including a very young Larry Hagman),a great lyricist, lush and complex music. To reiterate, it's just WONDERFUL! I ruined my LP long ago, and am THRILLED to find this CD replacement.

3 out of 5 stars Dig that beat..........2002-02-28

A fun recording to have on CD. Very beatnik oriented musical from 1959 with such interesting names in the cast as Tom Aldredge (Into the Woods, Passion) and Larry Hagman!? The song "New York" is a lot of fun. The best of the rest the score include "The Ballad of the Sad Young Man" sung by Tan Seitz and "Laugh, I Thought I'd Die" sung by Richard Hayes. Larry Hagman has one song, "Travel the Road of Love" and although he doesn't embarrass himself, thank God "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Dallas" were still be come. He definitely did not inherit his mother's singing ability. In fact, I think his mother was performing in "The Sound of Music" during the short run of this show.
Original Recordings 1983-1984
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The originals, and still the best
  • Overdue reissue of classic early '80s guitar pop
  • KATW Fans Will Want These Original Mixes
  • overlooked gems
 Original Recordings 1983-1984
Katrina & the Waves
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ASIN: B0000CDL4C
Release Date: 2003-10-27

Tracks:

  1. Dancing Street
  2. Spiderman
  3. Going Down To Liverpool
  4. Machine Gun Smith
  5. Walking On Sunshine
  6. Brown Eyed Son
  7. Que Te Quiero
  8. Don't Take Her Out Of My World
  9. I Really Taught Me To Watusi
  10. Ain't No Money (Buy You Love)
  11. Do You Want Crying?
  12. Maniac House
  13. She Loves To Groove
  14. Cry For Me
  15. Red Wine And Whiskey
  16. Mexico
  17. One Woman
  18. The Sun Won't Shine
  19. He's A Charmer
  20. The Game Of Love
  21. That's Just The Woman In Me
  22. River Deep Mountain High
  23. Hearbeat
  24. Walking On Sunshine

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Twenty Five Tracks, Four Previously Unreleased, Completely Remastered plus a Bonus Dvd. Includes 24 Pages of Liner Notes and Exclusive Interviews with Katrina Leskanich and Guitarist Kimberley Rew. Dvd Includes Never Before Seen 1983 Concert Filmed at Shepperton Film Studios, Photo Gallery, the Original "walking on Sunshine" Video and a New 2003 Video for "dancing Street". All Tracks were from the First Two Katrina and the Waves Albums that were Released Only in Canada on Attic Records in 1983 and 1984. 12 of These Songs were Re-recorded When the Group Signed to Capitol, the Rest have Never Been Heard Again Until Now.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The originals, and still the best.......2006-04-01

This set is their first two albums they made for Attic Records, 'Walking on Sunshine' and the imaginatively titled 'Katrina and the Waves 2'. Half the songs from each album were re-recorded for their Capitol Records debut. Skip that cd, and get this instead.
The original albums hail back to the early days of rock and roll: 10 songs each and 1/2 hour long; songs about dancing, songs about love, more songs about dancing, more songs about love. What else is there? AND, there's not one clunker in the bunch.
The music is straightforward and catchy. The lyrics are deceptively simple: check out "She Loves to Groove" for example. You could have all the lyrics memorized by the second listen. Not a lot of rock and roll today does that. Katrina and the Waves never had pretensions about the music they were making, and god love 'em for that. Katrina is one of the most overlooked and underrated singer/shouters ever. Her voice is a force of nature.
As for the extra tracks, "That's Just The Woman In Me" is the best; again, deceptively simple lyrics and Katrina's soulful singing. The covers of "River Deep" and "Hearbeat" are...ok.
The back of the cd sums it up best: "This is guitar driven R&B rock ' roll. PLAY LOD."

4 out of 5 stars Overdue reissue of classic early '80s guitar pop.......2003-12-21

Purveyors of one of the ultimate summer singles, "Walking on Sunshine", Katrina And The Waves have been sadly marginalized, because that one song of is ubiquitous to this day. In some respects, the song was definitive, as it came from the classic KATW template -- meld Motown and power pop, get the band hopping and let Katrina Leskanich unleash her spectacular blue eyed soul vocals. While it's true that very few guitar pop bands ever have a massive hit, and thus, KATW already got more than similar bands ever dreamed of, it's equally true that they deserved so much more. Then again, the band came of age when many of the best power poppers could barely get the attention of the major labels -- The dB's first two albums only came out in England, for example. This context explains why the first two Katrina And The Waves albums, featured here on CD for the first time, only came out on Attic Records in Canada. They weren't even reissued after the band's success on major. That it took so long for them to come out again is a shame, as both albums are littered with fantastic songs, mostly from the pen of Kimberly Rew, who already knew undeserved obscurity from his tenure in The Soft Boys. Rew was (and still is) also an ace guitarist, as shown by the bubbling fretboard work that is evident throughout. So delight to the original versions of songs that appeared on the band's major label debut like "Sunshine", "Going Down to Liverpool", "Mexico", "Do You Want Crying", "Que Te Quiero" and "The Game of Love", which may be Rew's golden R & B songwriting moment, as it sure sounds like a Stax classic. Whether you prefer the original versions is up to you -- there's no incorrect preference. And if you only know the big hit album, well, there's plenty more tracks of that quality on here. "Spiderman" is a superb power pop song that grabs immediately, "She Loves to Groove" would have been a perfect song for Nick Lowe and Rockpile to cover, and "I Really Taught Me to Watusi" is rhumba-dumb fun. There are also some fine bonus tracks, including a live "Sunshine" and a smoking cover of "River Deep Mountain High", which, along with the Waves original "Cry for Me", serve as proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Leskanich was a top rank soul shouter.

5 out of 5 stars KATW Fans Will Want These Original Mixes.......2003-12-10

I don't know why it takes so long for some of these CD releases to appear. There were complications with this one. The liner notes say that that original masters were "disposed of" by Attic Records (why do people do such things?), but they did a nice job with the sound from the best available masters.

These mixes are a worthwhile alternative to the familiar ones on the "Katrina and the Waves" release on Capitol in 1985. I agree with the preference for this earlier version of "Going Down to Liverpool" from the Trowser Press Record Guide: "... but the second "Going Down to Liverpool" obliterates the atmosphere and the hooky melody of the original in an absurdly overheated arrangement." Of course, this song was also covered by the Bangles, but the original found on this release is still the best, IMHO.

The live performance video on the included DVD is a very nice bonus.

5 out of 5 stars overlooked gems.......2003-11-20

i'm probably biased (been on a major katrina kick lately, for some reason) but this cd is just fantastic. it's an interesting contrast to the first u.s. katw cd in that even though many of the songs are the same the guitar parts aren't as pronounced and the production isn't as slick. but the tunes are still fantastic, upbeat masterpieces and katrina's voice is in fine form.

the bonus dvd is the real keeper though - simply the band ripping through about a dozen numbers in front of a studio audience. if you missed them when they were hot back in the day, seeing them here is a worthy consolation prize.
Carmen Jones (1943 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Contemporary Adaptation of Carmen
  • Now THIS is how CARMEN JONES should sound like!
 Carmen Jones (1943 Original Broadway Cast)

Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
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ASIN: B00008BNUK
Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

  1. Prelude
  2. Opening Scene: Lift 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down
  3. Dat's Love
  4. You Talk Just Like My Maw
  5. Dere's A Cafe On De Corner
  6. Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum
  7. Stan' Up And Fight
  8. Whizzin' Away Along De Track
  9. Dis Flower
  10. De Cards Don't Lie
  11. My Joe
  12. Dat's Our Man
  13. Finale
  14. Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum

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Carmen Jones is one of the weirdest projects to ever hit the American musical theater. In 1943, lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II adapted Georges Bizet's Carmen for Broadway. The music was pretty much left intact, but Hammerstein transferred the action to WWII America. Carmen's tobacco factory became Carmen Jones' parachute factory, bullfighter Escamillo became boxer Husky Miller, and so on. As if this weren't enough, there also was the "small" detail of casting the show only with African-Americans. All in all, this ambitious endeavor makes Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme seem timid. Hammerstein's attempt at writing "black" hasn't aged all that well, but many of the show's songs retain a surprising impact. The feverish intensity of "Beat Out dat Rhythm on a Drum," for instance, hasn't dimmed over the years, and the song's been covered by a wide variety of performers, from Pearl Bailey and Marc Almond to Mandy Patinkin. The track is reprised as a bonus track at the end of the CD in a version sung by Kitty Carlisle (who's rather stiff compared to the show's June Hawkins). --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Contemporary Adaptation of Carmen.......2003-12-02

You may know that the smash grunge musical RENT is based on Puccini's opera LA BOHEME. And MISS SAIGON is MADAME BUTTERFLY, and trickiest of all AIDA is AIDA, but before all of those there was CARMEN JONES.

What makes CARMEN JONES different, however, is that it uses Bizet's original music, though it changes the setting and the lyrics (they're in English, too, rather than the original French). And who would have done such a thing? Oscar Hammerstein II (as in Rodgers & Hammerstein, I know you've heard of them. If not, shame on you, go straight to OKLAHOMA, do not pass go, do not collect CD of CARMEN JONES). This is one of Hammerstein's earlier works, and it's a great show. (There's a very successful movie version available on video, if you want to see it.)

CARMEN JONES updates the story of CARMEN. The original plot took place in Spain in 1820, Carmen was a gypsy. The first performance of CARMEN was in Paris in 1875. (Wow! Over 125 years, and it still plays regularly all over the world, talk about a great run!) What Hammerstein did was akin to what our current composers are doing with shows like RENT. He updated the show for his audience. Instead of Spaniards and gypsies, he used African-American factory workers, and set the story in 1943 during the war in a Southern town.

The story makes this a darker musical than Hammerstein's later shows like OKLAHOMA, CAROUSEL, THE KING AND I and SOUTH PACIFIC, some of which had their heavier elements, but were focused more on the romance. The tone of CARMEN JONES is more akin to his first show (the first musical) SHOWBOAT. It is also unusual not just for it's time but in general that it had an entirely African-American cast. While recent shows like Disney's THE LION KING and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND have also had predominantly African/African-American casts, these shows are few and far between. Another comparable show in terms of music and style would perhaps be Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS, though it's considered an opera rather than a musical.

5 out of 5 stars Now THIS is how CARMEN JONES should sound like!.......2003-02-26

Words cannot begin to sum up my joy that Decca Broadway finally deemed CARMEN JONES fit for a proper remaster. Oscar Hammerstein's lyrics set to Georges Bizet's classic score can now be heard clearly without distortion and this CD includes a complete plot synopsis and pictures. Now we no longer have to settle for that monstroscity from Pearl CD, which was an unauthorized recording, and I hope didn't take away too many sales from Decca Broadway. For musical buffs this CD is a must-have!
Carmen Jones
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • BEWARE!!! Unauthorized recording! Poorly mastered!
  • A Unique Blend!
 Carmen Jones
Original Cast
Manufacturer: Pearl
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ASIN: B00005AV2A
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

  1. Act I: Prld - The Carmen Jones Orch/Joseph Littau
  2. Act I: Opening Scene: Introducing 'Lift 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down' - Carmen Jones Chor/Robert Shaw
  3. Act I: That's Love (Habanera) - Muriel Smith/Carmen Jones Chor/Robert Shaw
  4. Act I: You Talk Just Like My Ma - Carlotta Franzell/Luther Saxon
  5. Act I: There's A Cafe On The Corner (Seguedille) - Muriel Smith/Luther Saxon
  6. Act I: Beat Out That Rhythm On A Drum (Gypsy Song) - June Hawkins/Carmen Jones Chor/Robert Shaw/Cozy Cole
  7. Act I: Stand Up And Fight (Toreador Song) - Glenn Bryant/Carmen Jones Chor/Robert Shaw
  8. Act I: Whizzing Away Along The Track (Qnt) - Muriel Smith/June Hawkins/Jessica Russell/Dick Montgomery/Randall Steplight
  9. Act I: This Flower (Flower Song) - Luther Saxon
  10. Act II: The Cards Don't Lie (Card Song) - Muriel Smith/June Hawkins/Jessica Russell
  11. Act II: My Joe (Micaela's Aria) - Carlotta Franzell
  12. Act II: That's Our Man - Carmen Jones Chor/Robert Shaw
  13. Act II: Scene: Joe And Carmen (Finale) - Luther Saxon/Muriel Smith/Carmen Jones Chor/Robert Shaw
  14. Carmen Fant - Isaac Stern

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars BEWARE!!! Unauthorized recording! Poorly mastered!.......2003-02-26

I will get straight to the point: The CD is a poorly mastered, unauthorized recording of the original Carmen Jones cast recording using ancient recordings of the original 78 records. Pearl Records did not, repeat DID NOT receive Decca Broadway's permission to make this recording. However, Decca Broadway DID remaster FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTERS OF "CARMEN JONES" which sounds 100 times better than this thing and includes liner notes and pictures! Purchase the Decca Broadway recording instead. Frankly, this recording should rot!

4 out of 5 stars A Unique Blend!.......2001-07-03

This soundtrack is a unique blend of vocals and brilliant instrumentals. While the songs aren't great, the performance is really wonderful!
Broadway Today
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • What do I need with This?
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ASIN: B000096FUC
Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

  1. Good Morning Baltimore (Hairspray)
  2. The King of Broadway (The Producers)
  3. Circle of Life (Lion King)
  4. Movin' Out (Movin' Out)
  5. Goodnight Saigon (Movin' Out)
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  8. O Soave Fanciulla (Baz Luhrman's La Boheme)
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  10. I Wanna Be a Producer (The Producers)
  11. Elaborate Lives (Aida)
  12. You Can't Stop the Beat (Hairspray)
  13. Overture/ All That Jazz (from the motion picture soundtrack Chicago)

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This compilation gives a pretty good idea of what you'll hear if you buy a ticket for a Broadway show in 2003. Leaving revivals aside (there's no Man of La Mancha or Gypsy, for instance), the tracks tend to encompass contemporary songwriters on the Great White Way. Fittingly, the CD begins and concludes with numbers from Hairspray, arguably the most vibrant new pop musical to come down the pike in ages. Sandwiched between are songs by authors making a belated stage debut (Mel Brooks and The Producers, Billy Joel and Movin' Out), arty newcomers (Janine Tesori and ) and seasoned pros (Alan Menken and Howard Ashman with Beauty and the Beast). Of course, the most seasoned pro of them all may well be Giacomo Puccini, making a belated Broadway debut thanks to Baz Lurhrmann's production of La Boheme. The addition of Chicago's "All That Jazz" (from the movie, not the show!) reeks of opportunism, but overall it doesn't spoil a varied collection that should appeal to broad-minded pop lovers everywhere. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars What do I need with This?.......2003-07-06

If you are a broadway passer-by, someone who looks to getting to know just what's on broadway and not what's it like, someone who says he's seen all of the broadway shows after reading the "what's on listings" in the papers this is a CD for you. I don't own the CD but own all of the Cds from which songs were taken to make this CD. every musical has it's own style and kind of music, and this CD doesn't even take all the highlights. If you are into really experiencing something when listening to a cd, if you are a real broadway-lover and you are interested in modern musical-writing, every one of the original cast recordings (from which songs were taken to this CD-hairpsray, producers, millie, aida, b&b, boheme, moving out) will be a much bigger enjoyment for you than this one. and most preferabely- all of them! :)
The Merry Widow & The Desert Song
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • DO NOT BUY THIS CD!!!
  • Robin Hood Revisited
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ASIN: B000001ZRJ
Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

  1. The Merry Widow: Overture - Franz Lehar
  2. The Merry Widow: In Marsovia - Kitty Carlisle And Chorus
  3. The Merry Widow: Maxim's - Wilbur Evans
  4. The Merry Widow: Finale Of Act I - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  5. The Merry Widow: Down In Dear Marsovia - Jeffry Alexander
  6. The Merry Widow: Vilia - Kitty Carlisle
  7. The Merry Widow: Women - Wilbur Evans/Felix Knight
  8. The Merry Widow: Love In My Heart - Felix Knight
  9. The Merry Widow: Finale Of Act II - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  10. The Merry Widow: The Girls At Maxim's - Lisette Verea
  11. The Merry Widow: I Love You So (The Merry Widow Waltz) - Wilbur Evans/Kitty Carlisle
  12. The Merry Widow: Finale - Wilbur Evans/Kitty Carlisle
  13. The Desert Song: Opening Chorus And Riff Song - Wilbur Evans
  14. The Desert Song: French Military Marching Song - Kitty Carlisle
  15. The Desert Song: Romance - Kitty Carlisle
  16. The Desert Song: Then You Will Know - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  17. The Desert Song: The Desert Song - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  18. The Desert Song: Finale Of Act I - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans/Felix Knight/Vicki Vola
  19. The Desert Song: One Flower In Your Garden - Felix Knight
  20. The Desert Song: One Alone - Wilbur Evans
  21. The Desert Song: The Sabre Song - Kitty Carlisle
  22. The Desert Song: Finale - Kitty Carlisle
  23. Kitty Carlisle Selections: Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum - Carmen Jones/Georges Bizet/Oscar Hammerstein II
  24. Kitty Carlisle Selections: Jalousie - Jacob Gade/Vera Bloom
  25. Kitty Carlisle Selections: Good Night Sweetheart - Ray Noble/James Campbell/Peg Connelly/Rudy Vallee

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS CD!!!.......2002-03-28

The performances are great and both THE MERRY WIDOW and THE DESERT SONG are given very theatrical recordings here.

The problem is sound quality. These are bootleg Cds dubbed from poor quality 78 RPMS with no attempt to clean up the sound. It is muddy, scratchy, noisy and distant. Also several of the sides were transferred running off-speed!!

Happily Decca Broadway has sued to have these bogus discs taken off the market and have announced plans to issue these same titles under their own label. Decca owns the original masters so the sound will be much better. Do yourself a favour and wait a few months for the Decca releases, and avoid at all costs this an any other releases from Encore/Box-Office!!

4 out of 5 stars Robin Hood Revisited.......2001-04-04

Many years ago, when i was a child, I used to listen to The Desert Song on the original 78 rpm records. Since one song took in an entire record side, I got to be choosy as to what i wanted to hear, and in what order. Somehow, no matter what the record selection might be on the turntable stack, it always included the musical tale of the Red Shadow (aka Paul, the French commander's son), in his quest for justice, love, and adventure in North Africa.

The Desert Song is one of those old-time musicals that they just don't seem to make any more...perhaps we have become too cynical, too worldly, to believe that once upon a time, people would go out by themselves, shuck off their privilaged existance, get together with a band of loyal henchmen (the Riffs in this case), and right wrongs, chastise villians, win the girl, and reveal their secret identity at the very end....and do all this set to some well-written music, including one of the great polyamorous love ballads of all time - "If One Flower Grows Alone In Your Garden".

Put some fun, adventure, and old-fashioned idealism back into your life and let yourself be recruited by the Red Shadow and his band, happily roistering in the secret cave hide-out, as they plan their next sorty against the evil-doers of a simpler - and possibly better - world.

The Merry Widow ain't half bad, either!
A Chorus Line
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    		A Chorus Line
    Original Broadway Cast
    Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000024B6F
    Release Date: 1999-06-15

    Tracks:

    1. I Hope I Get It - Company
    2. I Can Do That - Wayne Cilento
    3. At the Ballet - Carole Bishop, Kay Cole, Nancy Lane
    4. Sing! - Renee Baughman, Don Percassi
    5. Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love [Montage] - Company
    6. Nothing - Priscilla Lopez
    7. Music and the Mirror - Donna McKechnie
    8. Dance: Ten: Looks: Three - Pamela Blair
    9. One - Company
    10. What I Did for Love - Priscilla Lopez, Company
    11. One (Reprise) Finale - Company
    Disconnect Yourself
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      		Disconnect Yourself
      Audiovoid
      Manufacturer: MDEX Recordings
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000CAF5VM
      Release Date: 2005-02-08
      Visions
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        Manufacturer: Thrust Recordings
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        ASIN: B000CAJY32
        Release Date: 2002-07-16
        From Berlin to Broadway, Vol. 2
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          		From Berlin to Broadway, Vol. 2

          Manufacturer: Pearl
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          Smith, John StaffordSmith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B000000WSN
          Release Date: 1997-11-18

          Tracks:

          1. Konjunktur: Petroleum Song - Otto Pasetti/Alfred Schlee
          2. Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat Von Mackie Messer - Harald Paulsen
          3. Die Dreigroschenoper: Kanonensong - Harald Paulsen
          4. Die Dreigroschenoper: Die Seerauber-Jenny - Carola Neher
          5. Die Dreigroschenoper: Barbara-Song - Carola Neher
          6. Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat And Chor - Orch/Theo Mackeben
          7. Die Dreigroschenoper: Tango-Ballade Und Kanonensong - Orch/Theo Mackeben
          8. Die Dreigroschenoper: Jomfru Dilemma - Gerda Madsen
          9. Die Dreigroschenoper: Complainte De Mackie - Mme. Damia
          10. Die Dreigroschenoper: Chantes Des Canons - Marianne Oswald
          11. Die Dreigroschenoper: La Fiancee Du Pirate - Odette Florelle
          12. Die Dreigroschenoper: La Fiancee Du Pirate - LYS GAUTY
          13. Die Dreigroschenoper: Chant De Barbara - LYS GAUTY
          14. Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song - Lotte Lenya
          15. Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny: Denn Wie Mann Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya
          16. Happy End: Der Song Von Mandalay - Lewis Ruth Band
          17. Happy End: Matronensong - Lewis Ruth Band
          18. Happy End: Surabaya-Johnny - Marianne Oswald
          19. Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - Walter Huston
          20. Excerpts From Broadcast: Intro/A History Of New York/Clunk, Clunk, Swish/Entrance Of The Council - Robert Shackleton
          21. Excerpts From Broadcast: It Never Was You - Jeanne Madden/David Brooks
          22. Excerpts From Broadcast: One Touch Of Alchemy/All Hail The Political Honeymoon - Walter Huston

          Tracks:

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          2. Knickerbocker Holiday: Excerpts From Broadcast: Marching Song: To War! - Walter Huston
          3. Knickerbocker Holiday: Excerpts From Broadcast: The Scars - Walter Huston
          4. Knickerbocker Holiday: Excerpts From Broadcast: Second Act Finale: September Song (Reprise)... - Cast
          5. Broadcast Performance: September Song - Frank Sinatra
          6. Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Walter Huston
          7. Lady In The Dark: Jenny - Danny Kaye
          8. Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Danny Kaye
          9. Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Danny Kaye
          10. Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Danny Kaye
          11. Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Hildegarde
          12. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Helen Hayes
          13. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: The Star Spangled Banner - Helen Hayes
          14. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: America: Pledge To The Flag - Helen Hayes
          15. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: Beat! Beat! Drums! - Helen Hayes
          16. One Touch Of Venus: Very, Very, Very - Kurt Weill
          17. One Touch Of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
          18. One Touch Of Venus: That's Him - Kurt Weill
          19. One Touch Of Venus: Speak Low - Kurt Weill
          20. One Touch Of Venus: Jersey Plunk - Kurt Weill
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