Donnybrook / O.B.C. Donnybrook / O.B.C. CD

Continuing Stage Door's line of Deluxe Edition Broadway Cast Album reissues is an expanded release of Johnny Burke's 1961 musical 'Donnybrook!'. Featuring music and lyrics by Burke and book by Robert E. McEnroe, ' Donnybrook!', directed / choreographed by Jack Cole, opened at New York's 46th Street Theatre on May 18th 1961 and ran a total of 68 performances. 'Donnybrook!', based on the 1933 Maurice Walsh story 'The Quiet Man' and it's subsequent 1952 film adaptation, starred Art Lund, Joan Fagan, Susan Johnson, Eddie Foy Jr. , and Philip Bosco. Presented across 2CDs, this new release presents the Original Broadway Cast Recording newly remastered from stereo reel-to-reel tape. Alongside the remastered Original Broadway Cast Album are selections from the score recorded specially for the Public Information Broadcast 'Stars for Defense' performed by Art Lund and Joan Fagan. This impossibly rare transcription recording makes it's debut on CD. The release includes a bonus disc featuring a stunning instrumental album of Johnny Burke's 'Donnybrook!' score performed by The Pete King Orchestra alongside a handful of pop covers by the Pete King Chorale and Jane Morgan. The 'Donnybrook!' Deluxe Edition is further complemented with detailed sleeve notes by Broadway historian George Dansker. The 'Donnybrook!' Deluxe 2CD Set is a limited edition release of 500 units only.

1. Overture - Orchestra 2. Sez I - Joan Fagan, Darrell J. Askey, Alfred DiSio, James Gannon, Bruce MacKay, Clarence 3. The Day the Snow is Meltin' - Eddie Ericksen 4. Sad was the Day - Susan Johnson 5. Donnybrook - Ensemble 6. Ellen Roe - Art Lund 7. The Loveable Irish - Art Lund, Charles C. Welch 8. I Wouldn't Bet One Penny - Eddie Foy, Susan Johnson 9. He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely - Joan Fagan 10. I Have My Own Way - Art Lund 11. A Toast to the Bride - Clarence Nordstrom 12. Wisha Wurra - Eddie Foy, Alfred DiSio, James Gannon, Bruce MacKay, Clarence Nordstrom 13. A Quiet Life - Art Lund 14. Mr. Flynn - Susan Johnson, Sibyl Bowan, Grace Carney 15. Dee-lightful is the Word - Eddie Foy, Susan Johnson 16. For My Own - Joan Fagan 17. Finale - Company 18. Introduction / Overture ('Stars for Defense' Version) - Art Lund, Joan Fagan, Ray Bloch and His Orchestra 19. Ellen Roe ('Stars for Defense' Version) - Art Lund 20. He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely ('Stars for Defense' Version) - Joan Fagan 21. I Have My Own Way ('Stars for Defense' Version) - Art Lund, Joan Fagan 22. If it Isn't Everything - Pete King Orchestra 23. The Day the Snow is Meltin' - Pete King Orchestra 24. Sad was the Day - Pete King Orchestra 25. Ellen Roe - Pete King Orchestra 26. Sez I - Pete King Orchestra 27. A Toast to the Bride - Pete King Orchestra 28. I Wouldn't Bet One Penny - Pete King Orchestra 29. Donnybrook - Pete King Orchestra 30. He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely - Pete King Orchestra 31. Wisha Wurra - Pete King Orchestra 32. I Have My Own Way - Pete King Orchestra 33. Dee-lightful is the Word - Pete King Orchestra 34. For My Own - Pete King Orchestra 35. Mr. Flynn - Pete King Orchestra 36. Donnybrook - The Pete King Chorale 37. The Day the Snow is Meltin' - The Pete King Chorale 38. If it Isn't Everything - The Pete King Chorale 39. He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely - Jane Morgan