Say Darling / O.B.C. Say Darling - O.B.C. CD

Continuing Stage Door's line of Deluxe Edition Broadway Cast Album reissues is an expanded release of the 1958 play with music 'Say, Darling'. Based on the novel by Richard Bissell and featuring music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, ' Say, Darling' opened at New York's ANTA Theatre on April 3rd 1958 and ran a total of 332 performances. Described as "a comedy about a musical", 'Say, Darling' was loosely based on the author's experiences in adapting his novel '7? Cents' as 'The Pajama Game' and the interactions between the various creatives involved in that process. On Broadway, 'Say, Darling' starred David Wayne, Vivian Blaine and Johnny Desmond. The show's original songs by Styne, Comden and Green are spotlighted throughout the play as part of the score for the musical show-within-the-show, 'The Girl from Indiana', and are performed in the production as audition pieces or rehearsal numbers with minimum accompaniment of two pianos. To best showcase these original songs for the RCA Original Cast Album, respected arranger and conductor Sid Ramin augmented the show arrangements for a full orchestra. For this "Deluxe Edition", the Original Broadwy Cast Album has been newly remastered from stereo reel to reel tape. Testament to the immediacy and popularity of the 'Say, Darling' songs is the wealth of pop covers and instrumentals that were recorded from the score. All these cover recordings have been compiled and presented on a Bonus Disc and include tracks by such diverse artists as Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Blossom Dearie, Perry Como and Tony Martin. The 'Say, Darling' Deluxe Edition is further complemented with detailed sleeve notes by Broadway historian George Dansker. The 'Say, Darling' Deluxe 2CD Set is a limited edition release of 500 units only.

1. Overture 2. Try to Love Me - Vivian Blaine 3. It's Doom - Johnny Desmond 4. The Husking Bee - Johnny Desmon, Chorus 5. It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters - Johnny Desmond 6. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning - David Wayne, Jerome Cowan 7. Chief of Love - Vivian Blaine 8. Say, Darling - Johnny Desmond 9. The Carnival Song - David Wayne, Vivian Blaine, Steve Condos 10. Try to Love Me - Johnny Desmond 11. Dance Only with Me - Vivian Blaine, Mitchell Gregg 12. Something's Always Happening on the River - David Wayne, Company 13. Say, Darling Finale - Entire Company 14. Good Little Girls - Lisa Kirk 15. Something's Always Happening on the River - Bob Scobey's Frisco Band with Clancy Hayes 16. Dance Only with Me - Peggy Lee 17. It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters - Dinah Shore 18. It's Doom - Cy Coleman, Annie Ross 19. Something's Always Happening on the River - Cy Coleman 20. Dance Only with Me - Perry Como 21. Dance Only with Me - Fred Waring ; His Pennsylvanians (Soloist Chuck Nelson) 22. Say, Darling - Tony Martin 23. Try to Love Me Just As I Am - Tony Martin 24. Dance Only with Me - Blossom Dearie 25. Something's Always Happening on the River - Hugo and Luigi and Their Orchestra and Chorus 26. Something's Always Happening on the River - Art Mooney and His Orchestra and Chorus 27. Say, Darling - Dennis Farnon and His Orchestra 28. Dance Only with Me - Dennis Farnon and His Orchestra 29. Something's Always Happening on the River - Dennis Farnon and His Orchestra 30. Try to Love Me Just As I Am - Dennis Farnon and His Orchestra 31. My Little Yellow Dress - Louie Bellson 32. Dance Only with Me - Jonah Jones 33. It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters - Jackie Davis 34. Say, Darling - Jackie Davis 35. Say, Darling - Carmen Cavallaro 36. Something's Always Happening on the River - Band of the Coldstream Guards