Playlist

Regular listeners have sent in their own selections for the playlist of this week's programme. Edward Seckerson presents what has turned out to be an eclectic list ranging from Cole Porter to Meredith Willson and talks to the senders of some of the more intriguing suggestions.

42nd Street (Harry Warren)
Original Broadway Cast
Track 1 - Overture
Red Seal RCD1-3891

Music Man (Meredith Willson)
Original Broadway Cast
Track 15 – Lida Rose, performed by Barbara Cook + men
Angel ZDM 7 64663 2 3

Dear World (Jerry Herman)
Original Broadway Cast
Track 11 – And I Was Beautiful, performed by Angela Lansbury
Sony Broadway SK 48220

Out of this World (Cole Porter)
Original Broadway Cast
Track 8 - What Do You Think About Men? Performed by Charlotte Greenwood, Priscilla Gilette, Barbara Ashley
Sony Broadway Cast SK 48223

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Arthur Schwartz)
Original Broadway Cast
Track 3 - Make The Man Love Me, performed by Marcia Van Dyke, Johnny Johnston
Sony Broadway SK 48014

LP: Jorrocks (David Heneker)
Original Cast
Side 2 Band 3 - You Can Depend On Me, performed by Cheryl Kennedy and Joss Ackland
HMV CLP 3591

LP: Stop The World I Want To Get Off (Antony Newley + Lesley Bricusse) Original Cast
Side 1 Band 5 - Gonna Build A Mountain, performed by Sammy Davis Jnr.
Warner HS 3214

Let Him Go, from Soho (George Stiles and Anthony Drewe)
Performed in studio by the composers, used with permission

The Fix (John Dempsey & Dana P Rowe)
Track 11 - First Came Mercy, performed by Philip Quast
First Night CAST CD62

CD: Sondheim At The Movies
Track 16 - Take Me To The World, from Evening Primrose performed by Liz Callaway and Gary Beach
Varese Sarabande VSD-5805

LP: Free As Air (Julian Slade)
Original London Cast
Side 1 Band 3 - Nothing But Sea And Sky, performed by Gillian Lewis
LP Oriole MG 20016

LP: Perchance to Dream (Ivor Novello)
Original Artists, recorded 1945
Side 2 Band 1 - We’ll Gather Lilacs, performed by Muriel Barron and Olive Gilbert
Ace Of Clubs ACL 1112

LP: A Day in Hollywood/ A Night in the Ukraine (Frank Lazarus & Dick Vosburgh)
Original Broadway Cast
Side 2 Band 7 – Natasha, performed by Frank Lazarus, Peggy Hewett
DRG Records SBLC 12580

Ragtime (Flaherty and Ahrens)
Original Broadway Cast
CD1 Track 14 – New Music
Performed by Mark Jacoby, Marin Mazzie, Steven Sutcliffe, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald
RCA Victor 09026 63167 2