Showtime Series Ep Collection Vol 3 / Various Showtime Series Ep Collection Vol 3 / Various CD

Stage Door presents the third and concluding volume of their "Show Time" Series EP collection. Issued across 3 albums, the collection compiles all 16 EPs that formed the "Show Time" Series as recorded and released by RCA Victor in 1953. The 16 part series was a recording initiative by RCA Victor to recreate highlights from a diverse selection of Broadway musicals, revues and operettas from the first half of the 20th century. The series featured a host of Broadway star performers, many of whom introduced their songs in the original stage productions. RCA Victor also enlisted Broadway's finest musical directors to conduct the orchestra and chorus on the recordings. The third Volume in the series includes selections from 'The Little Shows', 'Girl Crazy', 'Porgy and Bess', 'Kiss Me, Kate' and 'Anything Goes'. Featured performers include Carol Bruce, Sheila Bond, Edith Adams, Lisa Kirk, Cab Calloway, Helen Thigpen, Leslie Scott, George Britton, Helena Bliss, Helen Gallagher and Jack Cassidy. The EPs are now highly rare and sought after by collectors. Most of the tracks have never been released on CD making Stage Door's reissue of these classic anthology recordings a welcome addition to any cast album aficionados collection.

1. Can't We Be Friends (From 'The Little Shows') - Carol Bruce 2. Moanin' Low (From 'The Little Shows') - Carol Bruce 3. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (From 'The Little Shows') - Sheila Bond 4. When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba (From 'The Little Shows') - Hiram Sherman 5. Emraceable You (From 'Girl Crazy') - Edith Adams 6. But Not for Me (From 'Girl Crazy') - Lisa Kirk 7. I Got Rhythm (From 'Girl Crazy') - Helen Gallagher 8. Bidin' My Time (From 'Girl Crazy') - Male Quartet 9. It Ain't Necessarily So (From 'Porgy and Bess') - Cab Calloway 10. Summertime (From 'Porgy and Bess') - Helen Thigpen 11. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (From 'Porgy and Bess') - Leslie Scott 12. Bess, You Is My Woman (From 'Porgy and Bess') - Leslie Scott, Helen Thigpen 13. So in Love (From 'Kiss Me, Kate') - George Britton 14. Always True to You in My Fashion (From 'Kiss Me, Kate') - Lisa Kirk 15. Wunderbar (From 'Kiss Me, Kate') - Helena Bliss, George Britton 16. I Hate Men (From 'Kiss Me, Kate') - Helena Bliss 17. Anything Goes (From 'Anything Goes') - Helen Gallagher 18. I Get a Kick Out of You (From 'Anything Goes') - Helen Gallagher 19. You're the Top (From 'Anything Goes') - Helen Gallagher, Jack Cassidy 20. Blow, Gabriel, Blow (From 'Anything Goes') - Helen Gallagher