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EVENING PRIMROSE (Kritzerland) Limited release of the Original Soundtrack of the 1966 television special with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Starring Anthony Perkins and Charmian Carr. Listen to samples at www.kritzerland.com.


MAKE ME A SONG (Ghostlight) Original Off-Broadway Cast Album of the William Finn revue, featuring Sandy Binion, D.B. Bonds, Adam Heller Sally Wilfert, and singing pianist-musical director Darren R. Cohen.


HAPPY HUNTING (DRG) Reissue of the Original Broadway Cast Recording starring Ethel Merman, Fernando Lamas, Virginia Gibson, Mary Finney, Gordon Polk and Leon Belasco. Music by Harold Karr and Lyrics by Matt Dubey.

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ANYTHING GOES (Stage Door) Includes tracks from the Film Soundtrack, starring Bing Crosby, Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire, and the 1935 London Cast starring Jeanne Aubert; plus tracks by Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Judy Garland, Johnny Mercer, Francis Day, Jack Whiting, June Clyde, Liane and Cole Porter.


SOUTH PACIFIC / KISS ME, KATE (DRG) Twofer of Capitol albums of songs from the two musicals, featuring vocals by Jo Stafford, Gordon MacRae, Peggy Lee and Margaret Whiting.


PAL JOEY (Delta) 2008 digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Original Movie Soundtrack starring Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak and Rita Hayworth. Music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Includes additional tracks from other films starring Frank Sinatra.


HIGH SOCIETY (Delta) 2008 digitally remastered edition of the Original Movie Soundtrack starring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Celeste Holm and Grace Kelly. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter. Includes bonus tracks performed by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.

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DIET! THE MUSICAL (No label) World Premiere 2007 Cast Recording by the North Valley Playhouse in Arizona, starring Nicole Lang, Andrea Tripodi, Laurie Lemley, Mark Shannon and Marco Valadez. Music by Kenneth LaFave and Lyrics by Kenneth LaFave & Susan Simpson LaFave.


CONVERSATION PIECE (Gala) 3 CD set that includes the Complete Recording of the 1951 New York Production of Noel Coward’s CONVERSATION PIECE starring Noel Coward, Lily Pons and Cathleen Nesbitt and featuring Orchestra and Children's Chorus directed by Lehman Engel. It also includes music from ”Operette”, “Bitter-Sweet”, “Cavalcade”, “London Calling”, “On With The Dance”, “This Year Of Grace”, “Cochran's 1931 Revue”, “Words & Music” and “The Lyric Revue”.


SAY, DARLING (DRG) Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Jule Styne and Betty Comden & Adolph Green 1958 musical. Starring Vivian Blaine, Johnny Desmond, Constance Ford, Robert Morse and David Wayne.

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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (DRG) for the first time on CD the studio cast recording of the Irving Berlin musical, starring Doris Day and Robert Goulet. With new orchestrations by Phil Lang and Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Franz Allers the album was recorded in 1963.


RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Stage Door) Original 1957 Television Cast Recording starring Michael Redgrave, Peter Lawford, Jane Powell, David Wayne , Imogene Coca and Joan Holloway. Music by Jule Styne and Lyrics by Leo Robin. Includes bonus tracks by Jane Powell.


HONK! (First Night) 1997 live-in-studio demo recording of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe musical. With Clare Moore, Jo Ridding, Clive Rowe and Jenna Russell.



THE LITTLE MERMAID (Disney) Original Broadway Cast recording, starring Sierra Boggess , Derrick Baskin , Tituss Burgess, Jonathan Freeman, Cody Hanford, Eddie Korbich, Norm Lewis, Tyler Maynard, Sean Palmer, Sherie René Scott, Heidi Blickenstaff and John Treacy Egan. Music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater.

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BAD GIRLS (First Night) Original London Cast Recording of musical based on characters from the television drama. Developed by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, in collaboration with composer and lyricist Kath Gotts, and director Maggie Norris. Starring David Burt, Sally Dexter, Nicole Faraday and Helen Fraser.

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