| Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre | ||||
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 2:50:27 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Sonny Burke | |||
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Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre is a series of four 12" long playing vinyl albums recorded in Los Angeles in 1963. The four albums were sold through mail order as a box set in 1963, then released separately to retail in 1964.[1] They were conceived and produced by Frank Sinatra. Morris Stoloff was the musical director and the A&R Director was Sonny Burke.
The four discs feature the scores of four popular Broadway musicals of the time – namely Finian's Rainbow (1947), Kiss Me, Kate (1948), South Pacific (1949), and Guys and Dolls (1950) – as performed by various Reprise artists.
The "Guys and Dolls" album[2] was issued on CD in 1992 when the musical itself was enjoying a revival. All the albums were re-released in a box set on September 26, 2000.
Track listing
- Disc One - Finian's Rainbow
All lyrics are written by Yip Harburg; all music is composed by Burton Lane
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overture" | ̶ | 4:00 |
| 2. | "This Time of the Year" | The Hi-Lo's | 2:28 |
| 3. | "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" | Rosemary Clooney | 3:06 |
| 4. | "If This Isn't Love" | Dean Martin, Hi-Lo's | 2:32 |
| 5. | "Look to the Rainbow" | Clooney | 2:54 |
| 6. | "Something Sort of Grandish" | Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds | 2:26 |
| 7. | "Old Devil Moon" | Frank Sinatra | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Necessity" | Sammy Davis, Jr. | 3:24 |
| 9. | "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" | Sinatra | 3:25 |
| 10. | "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" | Lou Monte, Mary Kaye Trio | 2:37 |
| 11. | "The Begat" | The McGuire Sisters | 3:40 |
| 12. | "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (reprise) | Clark Dennis | 2:24 |
| 13. | "The Great Come-And-Get It Day" | Davis | 2:41 |
| Total length: | 38:36 | ||
- Disc Two - Kiss Me, Kate
All tracks are written by Cole Porter
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overture" | ̶ | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Another Op'nin', Another Show" | Hi-Lo's | 1:55 |
| 3. | "Why Can't You Behave?" | Jo Stafford | 3:01 |
| 4. | "We Open in Venice" | Sinatra, Martin, Davis | 2:13 |
| 5. | "So in Love" | Johnny Prophet | 2:52 |
| 6. | "I Hate Men" | Phyllis McGuire | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Too Darn Hot" | Davis | 2:29 |
| 8. | "Were Thine That Special Face" | Prophet | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Where Is the Life That Late I Led?" | Monte | 2:56 |
| 10. | "Wunderbar" | Dinah Shore, Prophet | 2:58 |
| 11. | "Always True to You in My Fashion" | Keely Smith | 3:38 |
| 12. | "Bianca" | Martin | 2:47 |
| 13. | "So in Love" (reprise) | Sinatra, Smith | 2:53 |
| Total length: | 38:03 | ||
- Disc three - South Pacific
All lyrics are written by Oscar Hammerstein II; all music is composed by Richard Rodgers
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overture" | ̶ | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Dites-Moi" | McGuire Sisters | 1:55 |
| 3. | "A Cockeyed Optimist" | Stafford | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Twin Soliloquies" | Sinatra, Smith | 1:38 |
| 5. | "Some Enchanted Evening" | Sinatra | 3:29 |
| 6. | "(I'm in Love with) a Wonderful Guy" | Smith | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Younger Than Springtime" | Crosby | 2:38 |
| 8. | "Bali Ha'i" | Stafford | 3:43 |
| 9. | "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" | Davis | 2:37 |
| 10. | "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" | Shore | 2:38 |
| 11. | "Bloody Mary" | Hi-Lo's | 1:56 |
| 12. | "Happy Talk" | Reynolds | 3:05 |
| 13. | "Younger Than Springtime" | Hi-Lo's | 3:14 |
| 14. | "This Nearly Was Mine" | Sinatra | 2:47 |
| 15. | "Honey Bun" | Shore | 2:55 |
| 16. | "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" | Davis | 1:45 |
| 17. | "Some Enchanted Evening" (reprise) | Sinatra, Clooney | 3:21 |
| Total length: | 48:19 | ||
- Disc four - Guys and Dolls
All tracks are written by Frank Loesser
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Overture" | ̶ | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Fugue for Tinhorns" | Sinatra, Crosby, Martin | 1:31 |
| 3. | "I'll Know" | Stafford | 3:31 |
| 4. | "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)" | Sinatra, Crosby, Martin | 2:33 |
| 5. | "A Bushel and a Peck" | McGuire Sisters | 2:31 |
| 6. | "Guys and Dolls" | Sinatra, Martin | 2:50 |
| 7. | "If I Were a Bell" | Shore | 2:40 |
| 8. | "I've Never Been in Love Before" | Sinatra | 2:57 |
| 9. | "Take Back Your Mink" | Reynolds | 2:58 |
| 10. | "More I Cannot Wish You" | Clark Dennis | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Adelaide's Lament" | Reynolds | 3:52 |
| 12. | "Luck Be a Lady" | Sinatra | 5:18 |
| 13. | "Sue Me" | Reynolds, Allan Sherman | 2:32 |
| 14. | "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" | Davis | 3:33 |
| 15. | "Guys and Dolls" (reprise) | Sinatra, Martin | 1:51 |
| Total length: | 45:29 | ||
Personnel
- Frank Sinatra - vocals
- Dean Martin - vocals
- Sammy Davis, Jr. - vocals
- Bing Crosby - vocals
- Debbie Reynolds - vocals
- Rosemary Clooney - vocals
- Jo Stafford - vocals
- Keely Smith - vocals
- Dinah Shore - vocals
- The McGuire Sisters - vocals
- The Hi-Lo's - vocals
- Allan Sherman - vocals
- Nelson Riddle - arranger
- Marty Paich - arranger
- Skip Martin - arranger
- Billy May - arranger
- Morris Stoloff - conductor
References
- ↑ "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ↑ "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
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