St. Louis Woman [Original Broadway Cast] / Harold Arlen and His Songs [Cast Recording]

Harold Arlen (Composer), Peter Matz (Conductor), June Hawkins (Performer), Pearl Bailey (Performer), Ruby Hill (Performer), Harold Nicholas (Performer), Robert Pope (Performer), Milton J. Williams (Performer), Harold Arlen (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: June Hawkins, Pearl Bailey, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas, Robert Pope, et al.
• Conductor: Peter Matz
• Composer: Harold Arlen
• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000CC4VZQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,863 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Li'L Augie Is A Natural Man

2. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

3. I Had Myself A True Love

4. Legalize My Name

5. Cakewalk Your Lady

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. Lullaby

8. Sleep Peaceful (Mr. Used-To-Be)

9. Leavin' Time

10. It's A Woman's Prerogative

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. Let's Fall In Love

5. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

6. It's Only A Paper Moon

7. Blues In The Night

8. Over The Rainbow

9. That Old Black Magic

10. The Gal That Got Away

See all 12 tracks on this disc

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Genre: Soundtracks & Scores
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 24-JAN-2006

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Harold Artelen's best scores, August 12, 2006

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Mark Andrew Lawrence "Theatre Reviewer" (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: St. Louis Woman [Original Broadway Cast] / Harold Arlen and His Songs (Audio CD)

Reviewing the previous Broadway Angel issue I wrote:

Capitol Records made their first original cast album of this 1946 show by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. The album was issued as a set of five 10-inch 78 RPM records and in the early 1950s was briefly released as a 10-inch Lp. In the late 1960s Capitol re-released it on a 12-inch record in "fake" stereo. None of these editions stayed in the catalogue long.

Neither did Broadway Angel's CD edition which came out in 1992.

The show had only a short run, and has never been revived. (The original orchestrations were lost. A 1998 Encore reconstruction yielded a fuller recording available from Decca.)

This CD preserves the wonderful orginal cast: Pearl Bailey, Ruby Hill and Harold Nicholas. Several songs from this show became standards: "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home" and "It's a Woman's Prerogative."

Well, 10 years later the songs are as strong as ever and the performances as definitive as we will likely ever get. The score is truncated, and the soud while very good is not modern digital stereo, but a BIG thanks to DRG for bringing this one back!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ASTONISHING!, March 8, 2006

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Larry Fineberg - See all my reviews
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This review is from: St. Louis Woman [Original Broadway Cast] / Harold Arlen and His Songs (Audio CD)

even having the moire complete Encores version of ST LOUIS WOMAN the original cast is superlative & a must have. Ruby Hill, June Hawkins & of course Bailey are beyond great as are orchestrations of this classic Arlen/Mercer score. & Arlen singing his own songs is something else again. This CD is a keeper for -oh, about forever!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Arlen Melodies, February 20, 2011

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Anthony J. Adam - See all my reviews
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This review is from: St. Louis Woman [Original Broadway Cast] / Harold Arlen and His Songs (Audio CD)

ST. LOUIS WOMAN is one of those Broadway shows (opened in 1946) filled with great music but rarely if ever revived anywhere. The cast is superb, including the wonderful Pearl Bailey, and three standards resulted from the score: "Come Rain Or Come Shine," "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (covered by Streisand early in her recording career), and the exquisite "I Had Myself a True Love." This DRG release also features HAROLD ARLEN AND HIS SONGS, with the composer singing and playing more of his hits, including "Let's Fall In Love" and "That Old Black Magic." Sound quality is excellent, with all the ticks and pops either gone or at a minimum. If you love the American Songbook, this is an essential buy.