Finian's Rainbow (1947 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording] [Cast Recording] [Extra tracks]

Editorial Reviews
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While Finian's Rainbow's plot of racial injustice and heroic tobacco sharecroppers may be dated (never more so than as presented in Francis Ford Coppola's bloated 1968 film), Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's score is still a pot of gold. Finian McLonergan (Albert Sharpe) is an elderly Irishman who has traveled to America in hopes of planting some pilfered gold near Fort Knox and watching it grow. As his daughter, Ella Logan (who was actually Scottish) earns her top billing with charming renditions of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "Look to the Rainbow." Playing Og the leprechaun is Tony winner David Wayne, who has fun with the lyrics of "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love," and Donald Richards as the leader of the sharecroppers croons "Old Devil Moon" and other tunes.

This 2000 reissue of the 1947 original Broadway cast restores a missing passage of "Look to the Rainbow," replaces "The Begat" with a superior take, and adds a previously unreleased version of "That Great Come-and-Get-It Day." In three bonus tracks, Harburg sings and presents "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" for a live audience, and Harburg sings a song cut from the production, "Don't Pass Me By," with Lane at the piano. The booklet includes the original LP's front and back covers, photos, a detailed synopsis, new production notes, and comments on the reissue. It's also midprice. Other than a lack of printed lyrics, this is everything a reissue should be. --David Horiuchi

Tracks:

Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
Swanee- Al Jolson
When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody- John Steel
My Man- Fanny Brice
Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)- 78rpm Version Eddie Cantor
Someone To Watch Over Me- Gertrude Lawrence
Bill- 78 rpm Version Helen Morgan
Ol' Man River- Paul Robeson
Ain't Misbehavin'- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
Body And Soul- Libby Holman
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime- Bing Crosby
Night And Day- Fred Astaire
Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
You're The Top- Ethel Merman
Summertime- Anne Brown
September Song- Walter Huston
My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake

Tracks:

New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence

Tracks:

Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
People- Barbra Streisand
Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
Open a New Window- from Mame Voice

Tracks:

Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
Come Follow The Band
Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia

Tracks:

Memory- Betty Buckley
I Am What I Am- George Hearn
Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
With One Look- Glenn Close
On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
Seasons Of Love-
Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

Top Shelf.......2007-01-04

This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.

TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23

THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.

Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14

This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway

Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17

If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway

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Finally on CD

Finian's Rainbow

Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

Prelude (Main Title)
This Time Of The Year
How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
Look To The Rainbow
If This Isn't Love
Something Sort Of Grandish
That Great Come-And-Get-It-Day
Old Devil Moon
When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich
When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love
Necessity
Rain Dance ballet
The Begat
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (Finale)

Customer Reviews:

Finally on CD.......2007-02-26

In 2004, Rhino Handmade released the long out-of-print soundtrack "Finian's Rainbow" on CD. But because it was a limited edition, it was only available for a short term and sold at a high price.

Collector's Choice has wisely released the soundtrack at a lower price, and with fine remastering, fans of the underrated musical can finally own the soundtrack without paying too much money.

"Finian's Rainbow", directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was released in 1968, a period when the era of musicals was pretty much over. The film was not a big hit, but it's actually a beautiful film despite some creaky plot points and some outdated ideas.

What makes the film so special is the music and the performers who sing it. Fred Astaire and Petula Clark make an ideal father and daughter. Astaire is as charming as ever, and Clark truly comes into her own as a singer and actress. Although I love Clark's own recordings in English and French, this film is what made me a true fan. She glows on "Look to the Rainbow" and her duet with Don Francks on "Old Devil Moon" is both romantic and sensual, not the typical sentimental duet you see in musicals.

It's been a long time since this soundtrack has been readily available. I highly recommend this soundtrack if you are a fan of the film, and especially if you are a big Petula Clark fan.

Finian's Rainbow (1947 Original Broadway Cast)

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The very first
Wonderful 78 set of Finian's Rainbow
Correction to Todd Senzig's review on this page.
I want the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
Ella Logan and the classic Lane-Harburg score

Finian's Rainbow (1947 Original Broadway Cast)
Burton Lane , and E.Y. Harburg
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004THLV
Release Date: 2000-05-30

Tracks:

Act I: Overture
Act I: This Time Of The Year
Act I: How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
Act I: Look To The Rainbow
Act I: Old Devil Moon
Act I: Something Sort Of Grandish
Act I: If This Isn't Love
Act I: Necessity
Act I: That Great Come-And-Get-It Day
Act II: When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich
Act II: The Begat
Act II: When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love
Finale: That Great Come-And-Get-It Day
Yip Harburg Talks And Sings: How Are Things In Glocca Morra? - Yip Harburg
Yip Harburg Talks And Sings: When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love - Yip Harburg
Yip Harburg Talks And Sings: Don't Pass Me By - Yip Harburg

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While Finian's Rainbow's plot of racial injustice and heroic tobacco sharecroppers may be dated (never more so than as presented in Francis Ford Coppola's bloated 1968 film), Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's score is still a pot of gold. Finian McLonergan (Albert Sharpe) is an elderly Irishman who has traveled to America in hopes of planting some pilfered gold near Fort Knox and watching it grow. As his daughter, Ella Logan (who was actually Scottish) earns her top billing with charming renditions of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "Look to the Rainbow." Playing Og the leprechaun is Tony winner David Wayne, who has fun with the lyrics of "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love," and Donald Richards as the leader of the sharecroppers croons "Old Devil Moon" and other tunes.

Customer Reviews:

The very first.......2007-01-09

Everyone has a very first record (or CD). For me it was a 78 rpm set of this very same FINIAN'S RAINBOW. Bought in a thrift shop perhaps 43 years ago, this album was a prized childhood possession. From repeated use, I knew all the songs and every word within it's covers, including such minute details as manufacturing processes. (Example: The 78s were supposed to have a particularly quiet background because a layer of brown paper sandwiched amidst the shellac of the discs helped cut down on surface noise, even as it made them less brittle. Now I can't swear that's true, but for sure FINIAN'S RAINBOW was a pleasure to listen to.)

"Finian's" trivia: This play was the first-ever winner of the "Best Musical" Tony Award. E. Y. Harburg's nickname was not "Yip," it was "Yit," a fact intentionally obscured over his career. Besides brilliant lyrics, he also created wonderful poetry. Harburg was an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War era. Ella Logan was indeed from Scotland. She never did try to disguise her brogue while playing an Irish lass on Broadway. David Wayne's post-Finian career was quite extensive. He appeared on live TV dramas in the late 40s, and acted in an amazing number of films and television shows over the next 40 years.

As for the 1947 cast album of FINIAN'S RAINBOW-- my opinion is naturally extremely favorable. Harburg's lyrics are some of the best Broadway has ever seen, and Burton Lane's music complements them perfectly. Best advice is: listen to the samples provided, and if at all intrigued, do buy this CD. If you're a fan of great Broadway shows, you need look no further for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

CD DETAILS--
The eight-page finely illustrated booklet is only slightly marred on page 2 by a nearly unreadable repro of the 1962 LP cover. "Look To The Rainbow" includes extra orchestration. The version here of "That Great Come-And-Get-It-Day" is how the song actually sounded on stage. "The Begat" is the first (and best) waxing-- this one wasn't used for decades due to a technical glitch, since repaired. Sound quality of all is superb. The bonus tracks of Yit Harburg discussing and playing three RAINBOW songs are interesting, especially the last, "Don't Pass Me By," which was cut from the show.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 52:50

Wonderful 78 set of Finian's Rainbow.......2004-05-21

I just acquired the original issue of this recording on six ten inch Columbia 78's.

I am listening to the set as I write.

All I can say is "Wow"!

Now, mind you, I have thousands of 78's in my collection. I tend to be very forgiving about the foibles of 78's sound.

But.

The Finian's Rainbow 78's I just acquired sound much, much better than the LP transfers.
And almost as good as the 2000 CD reissue which was made from the virgin acetate discs.

This surprised me. Columbia 78's were often made from inferior 78 shellac/composition blanks. Especially on Columbias issued before the late thirties.

Anyway.

The 78's sound better than I expected. No surface noise, whatsoever. And the recorded ambiance is outstanding. Columbia must have done something special with this recording.

Correction to Todd Senzig's review on this page........2004-02-18

Correction to Todd Senzig's review on this page.

He contends that FINIAN'S RAINBOW was Columbia's first original cast album but this is incorrect. Their first was the 1946 revival of SHOW BOAT. In fact the original LP release number verifies this.

I want the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK.......2004-02-01

I love the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK. I want the Movie Soundtrack. I need the Movie Soundtrack. When will someone put the Movie Soundtrack on CD???

Ella Logan and the classic Lane-Harburg score.......2004-01-27

This lovely reissue of FINIAN'S RAINBOW is a real treat. The Burton Lane-E.Y. Harburg score includes classic numbers like "Look to the Rainbow", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", "Something Sort of Grandish" and "That Old Devil Moon".

It catapulted the beguiling Ella Logan to Broadway stardom, in the plum lead role of Sharon; and also featured a commanding performance by David Wayne as the leprechaun Og.

This new reissue of the peerless 1947 original cast album has been remastered from the original, almost-pristine acetate master discs, which had remained untouched since the recording was originally made. These acetate discs contained alternate 'takes' of the numbers as well as additional music cues and dialogue. Presented here for the first time is the complete "That Great Come-and-Get-It Day". There are also demos of 3 songs performed by E.Y. Harburg himself.

Tracks:

Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
My Wild Irish Rose
Love Thee Dearest
Forty Shades of Green
Courtin' in the Kitchen
The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door
I'll Tell My Ma
Macushla
Slievenamon
The Green Fields of France
Trasna Na Dtonnta (Over The Waves)
Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile (Long Life to You on Your Homecoming)
An Poc Ar Buile (The Mad Goat)
The Rose of Tralee
The Old Bog Road
How Are Things In Glocca Morra
The Croppy Boy
A Nation Once Again
Let There Be Peace
Danny Boy
God Bless America

Product Description

1. Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears
2. My Wild Irish Rose
3. Love Thee Dearest
4. Forty Shades Of Green
5. The Courtin Medley
A. Courtin, In The Kitchen
B. The Stone Outside Dan Murphy s Door
C. I ll Tell My Ma
6. Macushla
7. Slievenamon
8. The Green Fields Of France
9. The Irish Medley
A. Transna Na Dtonnta (Over The Waves)
B. Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile (Long Life To You On Your Homecoming)
C. An Poc Ar Buile (The Mad Goat)
10. The Rose Of Tralee
11. The Old Bog Road
12. How Are Things In Glocca Morra
13. The Croppy Boy
14. A Nation Once Again
15. Let There Be Peace
16. Danny Boy
17. God Bless America

Format: CD

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The Irish Tenors' fourth album sees the trio of Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, and Finbar Wright paying a sentimental musical tribute to Ellis Island, the hallowed landmark that met the majority of immigrants entering the United States at the beginning of the 20th century. Needless to say, the Tenors' repertoire this time around is full of reflective ballads of love, loss, and homesickness, including the original "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" that opens this disc. Throughout this studio recording, the Irish Tenors are in fine form and backed by a soft-hued orchestra that never interferes with their soaring vocals. Traditional tunes include "My Wild Irish Rose," "How Are Things in Glocca Mora," and, of course, "Danny Boy" (the last sung by all three tenors, with refreshingly simple solo piano accompaniment). Thankfully, the threesome didn't forget that the immigrants had fun, too, as evidenced by some lighthearted fare; "The Courtin' Medley" features the Tenors at their most upbeat and comical. Ellis Island is a moving aural portrait of the struggles and triumphs of the Irish émigrés and a must-have for fans of the threesome. Newcomers may enjoy the Tenors' debut disc even more, as the earlier live album is a slightly more upbeat and spirited affair. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Three Cheers for the Irish!!!.......2007-05-30

A glorious concert in a historic setting, with all involved in top notch form. Finbar finds a great old Johnny Cash number, Ronan sings a Glocka
Mora to end all, and Anthony Kearns sings murderously difficult versions
of Macushla and The Croppy Boy like an angel. And their Courtin' and Irish
Medleys, and their "Nation Once Again" trios are simply glorious glees.

With the benefit of a grand theme, this is perhaps the best, and best balanced, of all their programs.

Ellis Island song brings tears to my eyes.......2006-03-17

This magical album crosses oceans and centuries and puts me in touch with my Irish ancestry. The title song tells a story similar to my greatgrandmother's and even though I've heard it many times now, I still weep for her.

How Are Things In Glocca Morra?.......2004-04-16

Long a fan of Irish music, I have turned to a series of artists to satiate my appetite. Bing Crosby and John McCormick have been succeeded by the Irish Tenors.

This CD has a bit more of an Irish American theme as "Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears" and "God Bless America" illustrate. Interspersed among these tunes are traditional Irish tunes such as "Macushla" and "Croppy Boy", along with newer songs, such as "The Green Fields Of France" and "How are Things In Glocca Morra?"

The singing is excellent, the words understandable. I appreciate the inclusion the lyrics of the songs contained on the insert of the cover. These are songs you will want to learn, whose stories you will want to research. I have. Listen again and again!

How Are Things In Glocca Morra?.......2004-04-16

Long a fan of Irish music, I have turned to a series of artists to satiate my appetite. Bing Crosby and John McCormick have been succeeded by the Irish Tenors.

The Best Historical CD Ever!.......2003-11-21

I think this is best CD since Live in Belfast! it also has 2 songs not included on the video! it's a unique album of how the immigration to Ellis Island and New York turned out. It also has songs of the war such as The Green Fields Of France (The Best One) or, the croppy boy. I would recommend this to anyone!

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"top film scores of the 1960's ~ Percy Faith"
Born Free/Windmills of your mind

Born Free/Windmills of Your Mind

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Release Date: 2002-02-19

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Customer Reviews:

"top film scores of the 1960's ~ Percy Faith".......2004-02-18

If you are a collector of Percy Faith, you must run out to your local music store and pick this one up ~ "Plays The Academy Award Winner Born Free and Other Great Movie Themes" (originally released on Columbia Records CS 9450 in 1967) and "Windmills of Your Mind" (originally released on Columbia Records CS 9835 in 1969) ~ following the formula of previous Columbia Records releases featuring Faith's classic style of sweeping strings and haunting arrangements, they've come up with two more winners.

Master of arranging, Faith's formula is so natural in keeping the arrangements fresh and new with his distinctive style ~ his tasteful treatment always highlights the quality of the composition ~ ultimately making them a hit all over again. Remember the days when you could turn on the radio and hear Percy Faith with many familiar pop standards ~ when you put this compact disc on your player, get ready for the "Percy Faith Touch" sprinkled with pure magic over the orchestration and leaves you simply in that unforgettable mood.

Top performances inclusive for the twenty two tracks of film score themes ~ "A MAN AND A WOMAN" (Barouh/Lai), "A TIME FOR LOVE" (Webster/Mandel), "ALFIE"(David/Bacharach), "AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME" (Lionel Bart), "BORN FREE"(John Barry), "CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG" (Richard M. Sherman/Robert B. Sherman), "ELVIRA'S THEME" (Percy Faith), "FOR LOVE OF IVY" (Russell/Quincy Jones), "THEME FROM "THE FOX" (Lalo Schlfrin), "FUNNY GIRL" (Merrill/Styne), "GEORGY GIRL"(Dale/Springfield), "THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER" (Peggy Lee/David Grusin), "HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA?"(Harburg/Lane), "THE LION IN THE WINTER"(John Barry), "SONG FROM "THE OSCAR" (Evans/Livingston/Percy Faith), "THEME FROM "THE SAND PEPPLES" (Bricusse/Goldsmith), "SOMEWHERE MY LOVE(Lara's Theme from "Dr. Zhivago")"(Webster/Jarre), "STAR" (Cahn/Van Heusen), "THIS IS MY SONG" (Charles Chaplin), "THIS HOTEL" (Keating/Quine), "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND" and "THE WISHING DOLL" (David/Bernstein) ~ notice two of the selections were composed by the man himself Percy Faith! Impressive line up of top movie songs that will surely satisfy the appetite of all "film-score-buffs" and Percy Faith fans...gotta love it!

Total Time: 63:41 on 22 Tracks ~ Collectables 7428 ~ (2/19/2002)

Born Free/Windmills of your mind.......2002-03-02

Another perfect reissiue by collectibles music,This album contains themes from movies.Most of these songs have been unavailable by Faith since Lps went out.This album contains such songs as somewhere my love, this hotel,And we were lovers,This is my song,Alfie,How are things in Glacca Morra and many more.All of these songs are beautifully done Faith style.The album empasizes just his orchestra.Their's no chrous here.The original liner notes to born free are included in the bookelet as well as pictures of Faith probebly from born free under the clear cd holder.The liner notes to Windmills of your mind are not included.If your a collector of Percy Faith's music you have to get this cd since many of these songs are on cd for the first time.

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The very first
Wonderful 78 set of Finian's Rainbow
Correction to Todd Senzig's review on this page.
I want the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
Ella Logan and the classic Lane-Harburg score

Finian's Rainbow (1947 Original Broadway Cast)
Burton Lane , and E. Y. Harburg
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000024PI
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Overture - Orchestra
This Time Of Year - Sonny Terry/Alan Gilbert/Lyn Murray Singers
How Are Things In Flocca Morra - Ella Logan
If This Isn't Love - Ella Logan/Donald Richards/Lyn Murray Singers
Look To The Rainbow - Ella Logan/Donald Richards/Lyn Murray Singers
Old Devil Moon - Ellan Logan/Donald Richards
Something Sort Of Grandish - Ella Logan
Neccesity - Dolores Martin/Maude Simmons/Lyn Murray Singers
When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich - Ella Logan/Lyn Murray Singers
The Begat - Lorenzo Fuller/Jerry Laws/Louis Sharp
When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love - David Wayne
That Great Come-And-Get-It Day - Donald Richards/Lyn Murray Singers

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Customer Reviews:

The very first.......2007-01-09

Wonderful 78 set of Finian's Rainbow.......2004-05-21

I just acquired the original issue of this recording on six ten inch Columbia 78's.

I am listening to the set as I write.

All I can say is "Wow"!

Now, mind you, I have thousands of 78's in my collection. I tend to be very forgiving about the foibles of 78's sound.

But.

The Finian's Rainbow 78's I just acquired sound much, much better than the LP transfers.
And almost as good as the 2000 CD reissue which was made from the virgin acetate discs.

This surprised me. Columbia 78's were often made from inferior 78 shellac/composition blanks. Especially on Columbias issued before the late thirties.

Anyway.

The 78's sound better than I expected. No surface noise, whatsoever. And the recorded ambiance is outstanding. Columbia must have done something special with this recording.

Correction to Todd Senzig's review on this page........2004-02-18

Correction to Todd Senzig's review on this page.

He contends that FINIAN'S RAINBOW was Columbia's first original cast album but this is incorrect. Their first was the 1946 revival of SHOW BOAT. In fact the original LP release number verifies this.

I want the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK.......2004-02-01

I love the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK. I want the Movie Soundtrack. I need the Movie Soundtrack. When will someone put the Movie Soundtrack on CD???

Ella Logan and the classic Lane-Harburg score.......2004-01-27

It catapulted the beguiling Ella Logan to Broadway stardom, in the plum lead role of Sharon; and also featured a commanding performance by David Wayne as the leprechaun Og.

Tracks:

Overture - Orchestra
This Time Of Year - Chorus
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? - Jeannie Carson/Bobby Howes
Look To The Rainbow/Look To The Rainbow Dance - Jeannie Carson/Biff McGuire/Chorus
Old Devil Moon - Biff McGuire/Jeannie Carson
Something Short Of Grandish - Howard Morris/Jeannie Carson
If This Isn't Love - Biff McGuire/Jeannie Carson/Bobby Howes/Chorus
Something Short Of Grandish (Reprise) - Howard McGuire
Necessity - Carol Brice/Chorus
That Great Come-And-Get-It Day - Biff McGuire/Jeannie Carson/Carol Brice/Chorus
When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich - Jeannie Carson/Chorus
The Begat - Sorrell Booke/Jerry Laws/Tiger Haynes/Bill Glover
When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love - Howard Morris
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (Reprise) - Jeannie Carson/Chorus

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Broadway's finest score, finest cast album.......2005-11-05

Of all the splendid scores that have echoed through New York theatres, the best of them all may be this gentle 1947 attack on prejudice and stupidity masquerading as fable and whimsy. Surely there are few love songs greater than "Old Devil Moon" and fewer comic songs as good as "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love".
The genius of lyricist E. Y. Harburg (lyricist for MGM's classic "Wizard of Oz" song score) is on full and clearest display in this collection of brilliant songs. Composer Burton Lane once said that his music always sounded better with a Yip Harburg lyric.
Not only is there not a clunker in the mix but the songs are almost sublime at times. "Look to the Rainbow" is a direct follow-up to the "Wizard of Oz" song "Over the Rainbow".
This recording benefits from the stereo technology unavailable to the original cast. But, most important, this version has the energy and tempo that a busy company (that fully understands the material at hand) can bring to a recording.
The other "Finian's Rainbow" recordings are worth collecting but have problems. While the film soundtrack has great orchestrations, it is handicapped by less than fitting vocals. The 2004 Off-Broadway cast album has supurb vocals, mood and energy but the piano only orchestrations drain some of the lilt off the songs.
It is true that "Finian's Rainbow" is a product of its time but that "dated" quality can be seen as charming without hurting the project. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" was likely a direct structure influence and the underlying theme of the contemporary Broadway musical "Brigadoon" has been noted (although "Brigadoon" lacks the humor, satire and social conscience at the core of "Finian's Rainbow").
Note that Yip Harburg also supplied similar song material for the 1943 MGM version of the musical play "Cabin in the Sky" with the songs written especially for the film version (music by "Wizard of Oz" composer Harold Arlen). Film version "Cabin in the Sky" songs "Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe", "Li'l Black Sheep", "Ain't it the Truth" (comic Lena Horne version and sizzing big band version by Louis Armstrong insanely unused on film) and "Life's Full of Consequences" could have all been interpolated into "Finian's Rainbow".
As the years pass, the message, the music and the wonder of "Finian's Rainbow" sweetens like fine wine.
This 1960 Revival Cast album is a brilliant Yip Harburg sermon set to music. Collect and savor.

Revival superior to original cast recording.......2004-02-18

I have always preferred the performances on the 1960 revival album to the original cast recording. Although David Wayne won a Tony award for the creation of his Og, the Leprechaun, there is nothing vocally in his two songs to indicate anything special about the interpretation, while Howard Morris in the revival embellishes his vocal comedic acting with inventiveness and delight. Jeannie Carson is a superior vocalist to Ella Logan and Biff McGuire is less beefy than Donald Richards. The orchestrations are bright here and recorded in stereo, not the low fidelity of the 1947 original. In addition the non-dependence on 3.5 minute 78-rpm side limits allows the revival to give us extra material from the show - the LOOK TO THE RAINBOW dance, the reprise of SOMETHING SORT OF GRANDISH between Og and the children and the finale chorus of GLOCCA MORRA.

When one looks at the structure of the show it does strike one oddly that the four ballads come first in the show - after the opening choral number - with only one of the comic songs interspersed before the fourth ballad. Then come four of the five satirical songs all in a row, followed by the second comic song. It's unusual to have a show's songs bunched like this by type rather than blended for variety.

It's also an oddity that both an Irish and a Scottish fantasy should arrive on Broadway the same year (1947). While BRIGADOON has gone on to continued revivals and a healthy life, FINIAN'S RAINBOW due to its politically dated libretto, has faded from public view, rarely revived, and probably needing a program glossary for audiences to catch all the satire based on popular figures and movements of its day.

What does go on is the score. The four ballads have entered the standard repertoire and are the main reasons for purchasing either cast album. The cleverness of the lyrics in the satirical numbers can't match the sheer beauty and feeling in OLD DEVIL MOON, IF THIS ISN'T LOVE, GLOCCA MORRA and LOOK TO THE RAINBOW.

For my money the revival is a far superior purchase - consider all of the remastering involved in bringing the 1947 original back to the public, including use of three alternate takes - which hardly in my mind constitutes recreating the original cast recording as released to the public in 1947.

I want the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK.......2004-02-01

I love the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK. I want the Movie Soundtrack. I need the Movie Soundtrack. When will someone put the Movie Soundtrack on CD???

Excellent STEREO recording of Lane - Harburg triumph.......2003-02-20

This 1960 revival recording is an excellent addition to the Finian's Rainbow canon. This revival is fabulously cast and the performances are stellar, so I will not comment on them further. This recording takes advantage of the then new 2-channel stereo process in recorded music. And the LP format allowed for more music to be included than on the original cast album, for which songs had to be truncated and/or sped up to fit the limited playing time of 78 RPM sides.

While the 1947 original will always remain the definitive recorded version of the score, fans of the show will find this a welcomed addition as well. Performances are stellar, sound quality is perfect, what more can I say. And perhaps an even better recorded version is the 1968 Warner Bros. movie soundtrack, now out of print on LP, but available as a limited edition CD release from Rhino.

Whichever album you choose, FINIAN'S RAINBOW cannot disappoint.

"Finian's Rainbow" might be dated, but its still pretty good.......2001-02-17

As strange as it might seem "Finian's Rainbow" is exactly what it seems like, the odd fusion of two different non-musical ideas. E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, the immortal lyricist for "The Wizard of Oz," had two non-musical ideas. The first was about a leprechaun who has three wishes while the second was about a bigoted white Senator who is turned black and becomes victimized by his own racial prejudice. "Finian's Rainbow" is the result of this odd collision of diverse ideas. With a book by Harburg and Fred Saidy and music by Burton Lane, whose lesser known musical works include "Hold On to Your Hats" with Al Jolson and "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." This original cast album features the 1960 revival production directed and choreographed by Herbert Ross and stars Jeannie Carson as Sharon McLonergan, Bobby Howes as her father Finian, Biff McGuire as Woody Mahoney, Howard Morris as Og the leprechaun and Sorrell Booke as Senator Billboard Rawkins.

The setting for the show is Rainbow Valley in the state of Missitucky, where the farm of Woody Mahoney and his mute sister Susan is about to be auctioned off to the evil Senator Rawkins. Woody is short on the back taxes but the day is saved by Finian McLonergan and his daughter Sharon, who now become part owners of Rainbow Valley. Finian has stolen a crock o' gold from the leprechauns and wants to bury it near Fort Knox so it will grow. He also has plans for the three wishes that come with the crock. Woody and Sharon fall in love, but then Og the leprechaun shows up wanting his crock o' gold back. When the Senator learns there is gold in the Valley, he makes a blatant attempt to seize the land from the black sharecroppers. An outraged Sharon wishes the Senator would know what it was like to be black, and since she is standing over the buried crock o' gold, the wish comes true as everybody celebrates at the end of Act I. From there on it is just a question of working out all of the romantic entanglements and dealing with the Senator's pigmentational problem.

Tracks:

More Than You Know
It Could Happen To You/Here's That Rainy Day
My Funny Valentine
How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
Have You Met Miss Jones/Nobody's Heart
In Our Little Boat
As Time Goes By
My Melancholy Baby
It Only Happens When I Dance With You
Angel Eyes
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
It Might As Welll Be Spring
The Second Time Around
Dance Of Life

Customer Reviews:

Intimate and tuneful.......2005-01-14

I'm an admirer of Previn as both classical and jazz musician, and in both categories he excels. This album has the same intimate, highly musical quality that you'll find in Keith Jarrett's The Melody at Night with You. What I appreciate about both is the fact that the pianist's invention always serves the music; it's never obtrusively artful or showy. Highly recommended. Do yourself a favor and get Jarrett's disc to go along with this.

Underrated Previn.......2002-01-14

Andre Previn has always been an underrated jazz pianist. Because of his astonishing variety of successes as a classical conductor, pianist and composer; a film composer; a songwriter; and a performer of romantic cocktail music, he has been eyed suspiciously by the jazz community. In fact, his Tatum-like virtuosity, and his wildly unique and often playfully humorous piano style has made him one of the most interesting, innovative, and entertaining jazz pianists around. His many trio albums on Contemporary Records in the '50s (with Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne) still hold up as some of the best of their kind. But like Rodney Dangerfield, he never gets any respect. Thus, even his most kind critics are likely to throw darts at "Ballads" as too sweet and not swinging. Nonsense! It's not Monk, but it is nevertheless a beautiful set and a loving tribute to some of the greatest songwriters in Tin Pan Alley. Previn squeezes out every harmonic nuance of each song, yet he sounds like he's playing off the cuff in his living room late at night just to amuse himself. Previn may not swing like Teddy Wilson or Oscar Peterson on this offering, but I can't imagine any serious listener being left unmoved by his version of Burton Lane's "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" It's simply gorgeous. Previn's amazing talents and his proficiency in many musical styles all come together in this unjustly overlooked CD. Give it a chance!

What happened?.......2001-10-03

THe magic is gone. After reading the liner notes, I learned that someone at the studio asked Previn to make an album of just ballads. BIG MISTAKE. I think he was not in the mood.

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Release Date: 2002-03-12

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42nd Street: Lullaby Of Broadway - London Promenade Orchestra
West Side Story: Somewhere - London Promenade Orchestra
Finian's Rainbow: Look To The Rainbow - The Sunset Strings
Pal Joey: I Could Write A Book - Rosemary Squires
South Pacific: A Wonderful Guy - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
Anything Goes: Medley: You're The Top/Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love - Rita Williams
Kismet: And This Is My Beloved - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
Cats: Memory - Roger Williams
9:15 Revue: Get Happy - Rosemary Squires
Show Boat: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
Brigadoon: Come To Me, Bend To Me - Lee Roberts And His Orchestra
Oklahoma: People Will Say We're In Love - Lee Roberts And His Orchestra

Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls)

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DONT BUY HERE GET IT ON ITUNES FOR $30.00
Can You Argue with the HI-LOS?
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Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast)

ASIN: B00004XN1K
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

Finian's Rainbow: Overture - Orchestra
Finian's Rainbow: This Time Of The Year - The Hi-Lo's
Finian's Rainbow: How Are Things In Glocco Morra? - Rosemary Clooney
Finian's Rainbow: If This Isn't Love - Dean Martin
Finian's Rainbow: Look To The Rainbow - Rosemary Clooney
Finian's Rainbow: Something Sort Of Grandish - Bing Crosby
Finian's Rainbow: Old Devil Moon - Frank Sinatra
Finian's Rainbow: Necessity - Sammy Davis Jr.
Finian's Rainbow: When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love - Frank Sinatra
Finian's Rainbow: When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich - Lou Monte
Finian's Rainbow: The Begat - The McGuire Sisters
Finian's Rainbow: How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (Reprise) - Clark Dennis
Finian's Rainbow: That Great Come-And-Get-It Day - Sammy Davis Jr.

Tracks:

Kiss Me Kate: Overture - Orchestra
Kiss Me Kate: Another Op'nin, Another Show - The Hi-Lo's
Kiss Me Kate: Why Can't You Behave - Jo Stafford
Kiss Me Kate: We Open In Venice - Frank Sinatra
Kiss Me Kate: So In Love - Johnny Prophet
Kiss Me Kate: I Hate Men - Phyllis McGuire
Kiss Me Kate: Too Darn Hot - Sammy Davis Jr.
Kiss Me Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Johnny Prophet
Kiss Me Kate: Where Is The Life That Late I Led? - Lou Monte
Kiss Me Kate: Wunderbar - Dinah Shore
Kiss Me Kate: Always True To You (In My Fashion) - Keely Smith
Kiss Me Kate: Bianca - Dean Martin
Kiss Me Kate: So In Love (Reprise) - Frank Sinatra

Tracks:

South Pacific: Overture - Orchestra
South Pacific: Dites-Moi - The McGuire Sisters
South Pacific: A Cock-Eyed Optimist - Jo Stafford
South Pacific: Twin Soliloquies - Frank Sinatra
South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening - Frank Sinatra
South Pacific: A Wonderful Guy - Keely Smith
South Pacific: Younger Than Springtime - Bing Crosby
South Pacific: Bali Ha'i - Jo Stafford
South Pacific: There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - Sammy Davis Jr.
South Pacific: I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Dinah Shore
South Pacific: Bloody Mary - The Hi-Lo's
South Pacific: Happy Talk - Debbie Reynolds
South Pacific: Younger Than Springtime (Reprise) - The Hi-Lo's
South Pacific: This Nearly Was Mine - Frank Sinatra
South Pacific: Honey Bun - Dinah Shore
South Pacific: Carefully Taught - Sammy Davis Jr.
South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) - Frank Sinatra

Tracks:

Guys And Dolls: Overture - Orchestra
Guys And Dolls: Fugue For Tinhorns - Frank Sinatra
Guys And Dolls: I'll Know - Jo Stafford
Guys And Dolls: The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York) - Frank Sinatra
Guys And Dolls: A Bushel And A Peck - The McGuire Sisters
Guys And Dolls: Guys And Dolls - Frank Sinatra
Guys And Dolls: If I Were A Bell - Dinah Shore
Guys And Dolls: I've Never Been In Love Before - Frank Sinatra
Guys And Dolls: Take Back Your Mink - Debbie Reynolds
Guys And Dolls: More I Cannot Wish - Clark Dennis
Guys And Dolls: Adelaide's Lament - Debbie Reynolds
Guys And Dolls: Luck Be A Lady - Frank Sinatra
Guys And Dolls: Sue Me - Debbie Reynolds
Guys And Dolls: Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat - Sammy Davis Jr.
Guys And Dolls: Guys And Dolls (Reprise) - Frank Sinatra

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By the time he'd turned his own Reprise Records label into a going concern in 1963, Frank Sinatra could happily stub out his cigarette on Tradition, then douse the ashes with the slurry of his double bourbon on the rocks. It's not that Sinatra didn't respect the Broadway musical; indeed, he'd done quite well by its ballads over the course of his storied career. But that haughty Tradition--well, she was just another dame who had to go. So Sinatra swiftly showed her the door. Teaming up with musical director Morris Stoloff, a Murderer's Row of the top arrangers in the business (Riddle, May, Martin, Paich, Fielding, Van Cleave, et al.), and a motley assortment of his Rat Pack buddies and label mates, Frank and company turned the core of post-war Broadway (Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me, Kate, South Pacific, and Guys and Dolls) into the recorded equivalent of Culture Night at the Sands. And if the lively, swingin' results had contemporary Broadway critics spitting their hot toddies through their proper, powdered noses, so much the better.

There are moments here--Sinatra, Dean Martin, and honorary Rat Bing Crosby tearing up Guys and Dolls' "Fugue for Tinhorns"; Frank, Dino, and Sammy Davis Jr. turning "We Open in Venice" from Kiss Me, Kate into a virtual Vegas free-for-all--where you can almost hear the ice tinkling in their tumblers. And yet it works, even in its weirdest, most perverse moments. What kind of demented genius teams Debbie Reynolds with Allan Sherman (on Kate's "Sue Me") or has the foursquare McGuire Sisters harmonize the naughty "The Begat" from Finian's Rainbow? Happily, the same one who turned Dinah Shore and Rosemary Clooney loose on sublime versions of, respectively, South Pacific's "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair" and "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" This is Frank Sinatra's take on Broadway--alive, kicking, and in your face, Jack; be advised not to wait for an apology. --Jerry McCulley

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A perfect marriage.......2007-01-11

Wow! I was blown away by this album. I love both broadway showtunes and music from the 40's so this combination was unbelievable. I don't know who came up with the concept, but it's incredible. I've heard all of these musicals in their original version and have enjoyed them for a time. This album did a fresh take on all of those songs, reviving them once again for me. I accidently found this while doing a search for Jo Stafford CDs. Boy, am I glad I did!

Stick to the originals.......2006-07-23

nice recordings but veer away from the broadway sound and into popular music of the 40's and 50's. Some tracks are awful. Bing Crosby singing (warbling) Younger Than Springtime? Please!! Anyone who's heard Jason Daniely in the recent Carnegie Hall concert version, will never be able to accept any other versions.

DONT BUY HERE GET IT ON ITUNES FOR $30.00.......2006-04-27

do not nuy this here wn you can buy it for one third of the price at itunes

Can You Argue with the HI-LOS?.......2002-05-30

Sinatra, wise beyond his years, hired the Hi-Los when he formed Reprise. This vocal group is perfect in range, technique, quality of musicianship, arrangements, wit, and has won every Jazz Poll hands down while they recorded and performed! Their use on these recordings is a delight.

I would also add that Johnny Prophet -- a name as true to life as Johnny Rocket -- is a revelation...Especially in the KISS ME, KATE section. The arrangement of WERE THINE THAT SPECIAL FACE is magnificent, penned by an arranger's arranger. (Note that well, Billy and Nelson!). Also, his SO IN LOVE is a gem.

Needless to say, Sinatra, Martin, Sammy and Crosby are amazing, as always.

This is an essential album for fans of Sinatra, and the great American songbook!

Can You Argue with the HI-LOS?.......2002-05-30

Needless to say, Sinatra, Martin, Sammy and Crosby are amazing, as always.

This is an essential album for fans of Sinatra, and the great American songbook!

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