Description
George & Ira Gershwin - Of Thee I Sing; Let 'Em Eat Cake - Maureen McGovern, Larry Kert, Jack Gilford, Michael Tilson Thomas, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, New York Choral Artists / FM 2x LP 1987
F2M 42522
| Label: | FM – F2M 42522 |
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| Format: |
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
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| Country: | |
| Released: |
1987 |
| Genre: | Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Musical |
Tracklist:
| Of Thee I Sing | |||
| A1 | Overture | 4:29 | |
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Act I |
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| A2 | Wintergreen For President | 1:30 | |
| A3 | Who Is The Lucky Girl To Be? | 1:28 | |
| A4 | The Dimple On My Knee / Because, Because / Never Was There A Girl So Fair / Some Girls Can Bake A Pie | 6:44 | |
| A5 | Love Is Sweeping The Country | 3:36 | |
| A6 | Of Thee I Sing | 2:05 | |
| A7 | Finale (Act I): Supreme Court Judges / A Kiss For Cinderella / Some Girls Can Bake A Pie (Reprise) / Of Thee I Sing (Reprise) | 11:49 | |
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Act II |
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| B1 | Hello, Good Morning | 3:37 | |
| B2 | Who Cares? | 2:21 | |
| B3 | The Illegitimate Daughter / Because, Because (Reprise) / Who Cares? (Reprise) | 7:25 | |
| B4 | The Senator From Minnesota | 2:19 | |
| B5 | The Senate / Jilted / I'm About To Be A Mother | 7:48 | |
| B6 | Posterity Is Just Around The Corner | 1:15 | |
| B7 | Trumpeter Blow Your Golden Horn | 4:00 | |
| B8 | Finale Ultimo /Of Thee I Sing (Reprise) | 5:20 | |
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Let 'Em Eat Cake |
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| C1 | Overture | 7:12 | |
|
Act I |
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| C2 | Tweedledee For President | 4:42 | |
| C3 | Union Square | 4:34 | |
| C4 | Store Scene: Shirts By The Millions / Comes The Revolution / Mine | 8:28 | |
| C5 | Climb Up The Social Ladder | 2:08 | |
| C6 | The Union League | 2:39 | |
| C7 | On And On And On | 2:52 | |
| C8 | Finale Act I (Beginning): Introduction / I've Brushed My Teeth | 4:18 | |
| D1 | Finale Act I (Conclusion): The General's Gone To A Party / Mothers Of The Nation / Let 'Em Eat Cake | 8:55 | |
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Act II |
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| D2 | Blue, Blue, Blue / Who's The Greatest? | 5:12 | |
| D3 | The League Of Nations / No Comprenez, No Capish, No Versteh! / When Nations Get Together / Why Speak Of Money? / Who's THe Greatest (Reprise) | 6:33 | |
| D4 | Up And At 'Em | 1:45 | |
| D5 | The Trial Of Throttlebottom: That's What He Did / I Know A Foul Ball / Throttle Throttlebottom | 3:32 | |
| D6 | The Trial Of Wintergreen: It Isn't What You Did / Mine (Reprise) | 3:32 | |
| D7 | First Lady And First Gent | 1:43 | |
| D8 | Hanging Throttlebottom In The Morning | 1:56 | |
| D9 | Fashion Show | 2:16 | |
| D10 | Finale Ultimo: Of Thee I Sing (Reprise) | 1:21 |
- Chorus – New York Choral Artists
- Conductor, Music Director – Michael Tilson Thomas
- Liner Notes – Tommy Krasker
- Lyrics By – Ira Gershwin
- Music By – George Gershwin
- Orchestra – Orchestra Of St. Luke's
- Orchestrated By [Let 'Em Eat Cake] – Russell Warner
- Orchestrated By [Of Thee I Sing] – George Gershwin, Robert Russell Bennett, William Daly (2)
- Script By [Book by] – George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
- Vocals [Alexander Throttlebottom] – Jack Gilford
- Vocals [Diana Devereaux / Trixie Flynn] – Paige O'Hara
- Vocals [Francis X. Gilhooley] – Frank Kopyc
- Vocals [French Ambassador / General Adam Snookfield / France / China] – Jack Dabdoub
- Vocals [John P. Tweedledee] – Haskell Gordon
- Vocals [John P. Wintergreen] – Larry Kert
- Vocals [Kruger] – David Garrison
- Vocals [Louis Lippman] – Merwin Goldsmith
- Vocals [Mary Turner] – Maureen McGovern
- Vocals [Matthew Arnold Fulton] – Raymond Thorne
- Vocals [Miss Benson] – Louise Edeiken
- Vocals [Sam Jenkins / Chief Flunkey / Speaker / Doctor / Lieutenant / Dignitary] – George Dvorsky
- Vocals [Senator Carver Jones] – Mark Zimmerman
- Vocals [Senator Robert E. Lyons] – Walter Hook
- Vocals [The Chief Justice] – Casper Roos
BOX #32
