This Is the Army & Call Me Mister [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] [Cast Recording, Original recording remastered, Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Jasmine Music
• ASIN: B00006J9M1
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #84 in Music > Indie Music > Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings

1. Overture: This Is The Army, Mr. Jones/ I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen / That Russian Winter / This Is The Army, Mr. Jones [Reprise] "This Is The Army - All-Soldier Chorus

2. This Is The Army, Mr. Jones "This Is The Army - Irving Berlin & Chorus

3. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep "This Is The Army - Private Stuart Churchill

4. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen "This Is The Army - Corporal Earl Oxford

5. Dialogue W. Staff Sergeant Ezra Stone, Corporal Philip Truex & Private Julie Oshins "This Is The Army - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone

6. The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me "This Is The Army - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone

7. What The Well Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear "This Is The Army - Corporal James 'Stump' Cross

8. How About A Cheer For The Navy "This Is The Army - All-Soldier Chorus

9. American Eagles / With My Head In The Clouds "This Is The Army - Soldier Chorus

10. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning "This Is The Army - Irving Berlin

11. My British Buddy "This Is The Army - Irving Berlin & Chorus

12. This Time W. Cote Glee Club "This Is The Army - Cote Glee Club

13. Going Home Train "Call Me Mister" - Lawrence Winters & Male Chorus

14. Along With Me "Call Me Mister" - Danny Scholl

15. Little Surplus Me "Call Me Mister" - Betty Garrett

16. The Red Ball Express "Call Me Mister" - Male Quartet

17. Military Life "Call Me Mister" - Harry Clark

18. Yuletide, Park Avenue "Call Me Mister" - Betty Garrett

19. When We Meet Again "Call Me Mister" - Paula Bane

20. The Face On The Dime "Call Me Mister" - Lawrence Winters

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Editorial Reviews

Given the fact that little more than twenty years separated the First and Second World Wars, and that Irving Berlin lived a full 44 years after the end of the latter, maybe during the worst depths of the Cold War (during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, perhaps) he may fully have expected to write a third wartime musical to complement his previous two, "Yip! Yip! Yaphank" and "This Is The Army". Of course, a Third World War musical might well have been rather short in duration and called something like "Is The End?" or "Four Minutes To Glory", but fortunately for Mr. Berlin his unusually long life (he was 101 when he died in 1989) was not troubled by further global conflict.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Irving Berlin music, June 4, 2010

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Karylee Bonta (Tyrone, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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I've loved the music for This is the Army for years, plus I really appreciate Irving Berlin (writer of the music) for his loyalty to America. All profits from this production went to support the war effort. As usual, he wrote wonderful music and words that matched perfectly in mood. I only wish the movie version had included the song, That Russian Winter, which I assume was included in the stage production.

Betty Garrett is, as usual for her, very funny as she sings about being 'surplus me' (in the midst of other post-war surplus items) where she had once been pursued by many soldiers, one gathers. I haven't seen the show Call Me Mister. Now, after hearing the songs, I'd like to eventually.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Done !, November 26, 2010

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Like the original, sounds beautiful. Fell like you are back there hearing it again as I once did. Fun to listen to. Great job. Well done.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vintage music, June 27, 2008

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Alan Montgomery "Opera lover" (Oberlin, Oh USA) - See all my reviews
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I can't review the Irving Berlin portion of this CD, but I can the Call Me Mister portion. I have the 10 inch LP it came from. The music is really fun, though it definitely is a return to an era long gone. It made Betty Garrett a star. Her "South America" and "Little Surplus Me" are wonderful turns by her. Lawrence Winters' voice starts the show with a rousing "Going Home Train" - each person sings his verse, adding on top of the one before. The romantic song - "Along with Me" - is sung by Danny School and Paula Bane. She is very good, and he showed great promise, a promise cut short by physical ailments and strokes that eventually claimed his life.

Don't let the fact that this show is totally unknown now bother you. It is delightful and worth investigating.

After initially posting this review, I received and listened to the new CD. The music in the Rome piece is in a different order than the 10 inch LP. I don't know why. Irving Berlin sings some of the numbers in his own show, so how much more authentic can you get?