Calamity Jane (1953 Film) / Pajama Game (1957 Film) [2 on 1] [Import, Soundtrack]

Howard Keel, Paul Francis Webster, Carol Haney, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Calamity Jane (Related Recordings), Sammy Fain, Gale Robbins, Doris Day, The Pajama Game (Related Recordings), John Raitt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 4, 1953
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B00000IG38
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #416,926 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!) [From Calamity Jane]

2. I Can Do Without You [From Calamity Jane]

3. The Black Hills of Dakota [From Calamity Jane]

4. Just Blew in from the Windy City [From Calamity Jane]

5. A Woman's Touch [From Calamity Jane]

6. Higher Than a Hawk (Deeper Than a Well) [From Calamity Jane]

7. 'Tis Harry I'm Plannin' to Marry [From Calamity Jane]

8. Secret Love [From Calamity Jane]

9. The Pajama Game/Racing With the Clock [From The Pajama Game]

10. I'm Not at All in Love [From The Pajama Game]

11. I'll Never Be Jealous Again [From The Pajama Game]

12. Once-A-Year Day! [From The Pajama Game]

13. Small Talk [From The Pajama Game]

14. There Once Was a Man [From The Pajama Game]

15. Hernandos Hideaway [From The Pajama Game]

16. Finale [From The Pajama Game]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT the Calamity Jane Soundtrack!, September 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Calamity Jane (1953 Film) / Pajama Game (1957 Film) [2 on 1] (Audio CD)

This is a good CD, but if you are looking for the original soundtrack recordings from Calamity Jane, you will be disappointed. It should be entitled, "Doris Day Sings Songs from Calamity Jane."

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There are better versions of both albums on other labels, February 19, 2004

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Mark Andrew Lawrence "Theatre Reviewer" (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calamity Jane (1953 Film) / Pajama Game (1957 Film) [2 on 1] (Audio CD)

Two fine scores and good idea of pairing them...but both have been given better sounding transfers on other Cds.

The Columbia Records 10-inch Lp of CALAMITY JANE contained 8 tracks (all of them are on this CD.) 4 of the tracks ("The Deadwood Stage", "I Can Do Without You", "Higher Than a Hawk" and "Secret Love") are taken from the film soundtrack. The other 4 songs are studio recordings by Doris Day. This was probably done to keep album costs down, since she was already under contract to Columbia and they could avoid paying the re-use fees for the other singers. Example: "'Tis Harry I'm Plannin' to Marry" is not sung in the film by Doris Day - It is sung by Allyn McLearie (ane never sung complete.) "The Black Hills of Dakota" is sung in the film as a quartet, and "A Woman's Touch" is a duet. The versions recorded here are solos. Ths was common with many of the other Columbia so-called "soundtrack" albums including RED GARTERS, LULLABY OF BROADWAY and I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS.

This Cd transfer has some problems... there is strange crosstalk in "I can Do Without You" that sounds like another tape being rewound backwards at fast speed. And there is a skip (!) in Howard Keel's "Higher Than a Hawk.

THE PAJAMA GAME, on the other hand, was a 12-inch Lp with all the tracks taken right from the soundtrack. When this collection was first released on Lp in the late 1970s, three songs from THE PAJAMA GAME were dropped to fit the program on one side. Those three tracks are added here as "bonus tracks" but not in their proper place. ("Hey There" comes after "I'll Never be Jealous Again:; "Steam Heat" after "There Once Was a Man" and "7 1/2 Cents" after "Hernando's Hidaway.")

THE PAJAMA GAME has been given an even better CD transfer on the Collectables label.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World-wide Hit & Top Soundtrack !, May 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Calamity Jane (1953 Film) / Pajama Game (1957 Film) [2 on 1] (Audio CD)

These soundtracks CALAMITY JANE backed with THE PAJAMA GAME are fine examples of Doris in the 50s ! Apart from the US "Love me or leave me" Soundtrack CD this is the ultimate one to have. CALAMITY..... features her million selling international hit "Secret Love" as well as other now trade-mark songs of Doris in her role as the wild west's fiery, loveable lady (which also features the voice of Howard Keel). As for PAJAMA..... it's a lively musical combining Doris's strong vocals with a chorus of singers from the movie and who could forget "I'm not at all in love".