5055122190981

Say, Darling

Original Broadway Cast

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: STAGE9098

Release Date:  30 June 2023

Label:  Stage Door

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5055122190981

Genres:  Soundtracks  Musical  

  • Description

    Continuing Stage Door's line of Deluxe Edition Broadway Cast Album reissues is an expanded release of the 1958 play with music 'Say, Darling'. Based on the novel by Richard Bissell and featuring music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, ' Say, Darling' opened at New York's ANTA Theatre on April 3rd 1958 and ran a total of 332 performances.
    Described as "a comedy about a musical", 'Say, Darling' was loosely based on the author's experiences in adapting his novel '71/2 Cents' as 'The Pajama Game' and the interactions between the various creatives involved in that process. On Broadway, 'Say, Darling' starred David Wayne, Vivian Blaine and Johnny Desmond.
    The show's original songs by Styne, Comden and Green are spotlighted throughout the play as part of the score for the musical show-within-the-show, 'The Girl from Indiana', and are performed in the production as audition pieces or rehearsal numbers with minimum accompaniment of two pianos. To best showcase these original songs for the RCA Original Cast Album, respected arranger and conductor Sid Ramin augmented the show arrangements for a full orchestra. For this "Deluxe Edition", the Original Broadwy Cast Album has been newly remastered from stereo reel to reel tape.
    Testament to the immediacy and popularity of the 'Say, Darling' songs is the wealth of pop covers and instrumentals that were recorded from the score. All these cover recordings have been compiled and presented on a Bonus Disc and include tracks by such diverse artists as Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Blossom Dearie, Perry Como and Tony Martin. The 'Say, Darling' Deluxe Edition is further complemented with detailed sleeve notes by Broadway historian George Dansker.
    The 'Say, Darling' Deluxe 2CD Set is a limited edition release of 500 units only.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Overture
      • 2. Try to Love Me Just As I Am
      • 3. It's Doom
      • 4. The Husking Bee
      • 5. It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters
      • 6. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
      • 7. Chief of Love
      • 8. Say, Darling
      • 9. The Carnival Song
      • 10. Try to Love Me Just as I Am
      • 11. Dance Only with Me
      • 12. Something's Always Happening on the River
      • 13. Say, Darling - Finale
      • 14. Good Little Girls

      Disc 2

      • 1. Something's Always Happening on the River
      • 2. Dance Only with Me
      • 3. It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters
      • 4. It's Doom
      • 5. Something's Always Happening on the River
      • 6. Dance Only with Me
      • 7. Dance Only with Me
      • 8. Say, Darling
      • 9. Try to Love Me Just As I Am
      • 10. Dance Only with Me
      • 11. Something's Always Happening on the River
      • 12. Something's Always Happening on the River
      • 13. Say, Darling
      • 14. Dance Only with Me
      • 15. Something's Always Happening on the River
      • 16. Try to Love Me Just As I Am
      • 17. My Little Yellow Dress
      • 18. Dance Only with Me
      • 19. It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters
      • 20. Say, Darling
      • 21. Say, Darling
      • 22. Something's Always Happening on the River