Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Dec 27: Drink!




Drinking Song - Mario Lanza, At His Best
Drinking Song [The Student Prince] - Jerry Hadley, Golden Days (RCA Victor)
Drink [Seven Lively Arts] - Thomas Hampson, Cole Porter: Night and Day (EMI)
Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please - Mary Jo Catlett, Cole Porter: A Musical Toast Disc 1 (Varèse Sarabande)
Well Did You Evah - Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, High Society [film] (Rhino)
Say It With Gin - John McMartin, High Society [Original Broadway Cast]
Let's Have a Drink On It - Tommy Steele, John Davidson, The Happiest Millionaire [Original Cast Soundtrack Album] (Disney)
Skumps (Drinking Song) - George Bruns, Sleeping Beauty [Original Soundtrack]
The Nuttycracker Suite - Allen Won/Dan Willis/Lawrence Feldman/Lawrence Goldberg/Lawrence Yurman/Mark Johnson/Michael Rafter/Walt Weiskopf, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast)
Drink with Me - Cast, Les Miserables [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Geffen/Decca US)
To Life - Men; Michael Granger; Ross Gifford; Zero Mostel, Fiddler on the Roof OBC
We'll Take a Glass Together - Brent Barrett, Michael Jeter, Grand Hotel, The Musical (RCA)
I Was Made For Champagne - Randall Edwards; Tropicana Dan, Legs Diamond
Champagne Charlie - Derek B. Scott,
The Night They Invented Champagne - Daniel Massey/Karin Wolfe/Maria Karnilova, Gigi [Original Cast] (RCA)
Gin/Wild - Mandy Patinkin, The Wild Party [LaChiusa] [Broadway] (Universal)
Belly up to the Bar, Boys - Joseph Sirola; Tammy Grimes, The Unsinkable Molly Brown [Original Broadway Cast]
Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones, The Wacky World Of Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Dec. 21: The Man with the Bag



Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Fred Astaire, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Rhino / Wea)
The Man With the Bag (Everybody's Waitin' For) - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Jingle Jingle Jingle - Stan Francis, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Finale) - Burl Ives, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (MCA Special Projects)
Abundance and Charity - Michael Mandell; Walter Charles, A Christmas Carol [Original Cast] (Sony)
Third Letter - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Reindeer Boogie/Jingle Bells - Roger Bart, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus - Marcus Neville, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Nobody Cares About Santa - Original Cast, Elf - The Musical
Be a Santa [From Subways Are for Sleeping] - Guy Haines; Michelle Nicastro, Broadway Christmas (MCA Special Products/Varese Sarabande)
We Need a Little Christmas - Orchestra, Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Too Fat To Fit (from Pete 'n' Keely) - Cast of The Producers, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Car (Rock-It Science)
Santa Baby (New Faces) - Eartha Kitt, The Best Christmas Ever (Virgin Records Us)
I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Sally Mayes, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Surabaya-Santa - Jessica Molaskey, Songs for a New World (RCA Victor Broadway)
Mrs. Santa Claus (From 'Mrs. Santa Claus') - Angela Lansbury, Mrs. Santa Claus
Swing, Mister Santa Claus, Swing - Cast of The Music Man, Carols For A Cure 2 2000 (Rock-It Science)
Yes, There is a Santa Claus - Betty Madigan, The Stingiest Man in Town
That Man over there - Cast, Here's Love (Sony)
Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus? - Barbara Cook; Jerome Courtland; Personnel; The Executives, Flahooley (DRG)

Dec. 14: Carols for a Cure 2011



A Christmas Carol - Cast of How to Succeed in Business without really trying, Carols for a Cure 13 2011 (Rock-It Science)
Deck The Halls - Cast of Avenue Q, Carols for a Cure 13 2011 (Rock-It Science)
The Holiday Hop (It's a Wonderful Life musical) - Cast of 42nd Street, Carols for a Cure 5 2003 (Rock-It Science)
The Twelve Days Of Phanthom - Cast of Phantom of the Opera with Howard McGillin, Carols For A Cure 1 1999 (Rock-It Science)
I Wonder as I Wander - Cast of Phantom, Carols for a Cure 13 2011 (Rock-It Science)
Away In A Manger - Cast of Ragtime, Carols For A Cure 1 1999 (Rock-It Science)
What Child Is This? - Cast of Chicago, Carols for a Cure 13 2011(Rock-It Science)
Good King Wenceslas - Cast of Sound of Music, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
Angels We Have Heard on High - Cast of Sister Act, Carols for a Cure 13 2011(Rock-It Science)
When the River Meets the Sea - Cast of Wicked, Carols for a Cure 13 2011 (Rock-It Science)
I Saw Three Ships - Cast of Miss Saigon, Carols For A Cure 1 1999 (Rock-It Science)
The Wexford Carol - Cast of Riverdance, Carols For A Cure 2 2000 (Rock-It Science)
The Rocking Carol - Cast of Mary Poppins, Carols for a Cure 13 2011 (Rock-It Science)
ABBA on German Radio - Cast of Mamma Mia, Carols for a Cure 13 2011 (Rock-It Science)
Go Tell It On The Mountain - Cast of Mamma Mia, Carols For A Cure 4 2002 (Rock-It Science)
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming/Still, Still, Still/Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabel - Cast of The Producers, Carols For A Cure 4 2002 (Rock-It Science)
O Holy Night - Daniel Rodriquez, Carols for a Cure 13 2011(Rock-It Science)

Dec. 7: A Christmas Carol


A Christmas Carol - Company, Scrooge [Original Cast Recording] ()
Nothing to Do With Me - Ken Jennings; Ken McMullen; Robert Ousley; Robert Westernberg; Toney, Andrea Fri; Van Treuren, Martin; Walter Willison, A Christmas Carol [Original Cast] ()
Make the Most of This World - Harry Dickman; Ian Caddick; John Clay; Jon Pertwee; Stuart Cross, Scrooge [Original Cast Recording] ()
Lights of Long Ago - Cast, A Christmas Carol [2004 TV Cast] ()
A Place Called Home (Scrooge at 10) - , A Christmas Carol [2004 TV Cast] ()
Golden Dreams / It Might Have Been - Vic Damone & Patrice Munsel, The Stingiest Man in Town (Jasmine Records)
Good King Wenceslas - Orchestra, Muppet Christmas Carol ()
Drink It In edit - Cast, Christmas Carol (Robinson) ()
Christmas Together - Betsy Chang; David Gallagher; Mary Elizabeth Albano; Matthew Mezzacappa; Michael Mandell; Nick Corley; Walter Charles, A Christmas Carol [Original Cast] ()
One Little Boy - Basil Rathbone & Robert Wright, The Stingiest Man in Town (Jasmine Records)
It's Not My Fault (Reprise) - Anthony Newley, Scrooge [Original Cast Recording] (Jay)
Dancing on Your Grave - Kelsey Grammer, A Christmas Carol [2004 TV Cast] ()
Just Desserts - Cast, Christmas Carol (Robinson) ()
The Man Is Mad - Cast, Christmas Carol (Robinson) ()
A Christmas Carol - The Four Lads, The Stingiest Man in Town (Jasmine Records)

Nov. 30: Money Money Money

Nov. 16: Gilbert & Sullivan

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Nov 2: Cy Coleman

For some reason, the player shows "0:00" time until you actually hit play. Try it and it should work. (grumble grumble "technology" grumble...)



Playlist coming once I figure out what bug has infected my Word program. (grumble grumble expletive "technology" grumble...)

Friday, October 28, 2011

Oct 26: Happy Halloween



Since this week's Matinee show was a Pledge Drive special, this is an as-yet-unaired episode of the Matinee especially for Halloween.
The guys who did Silence! The Musical version of Silence of the Lambs also have some funky music videos: The Thing and Fright Night.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Oct 19: I Gotta Crow!



C'Est Moi - Robert Goulet, Camelot [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Man of la Mancha (I, Don Quixote) - Brian Stokes Mitchell; Ernie Sabella, Man of La Mancha [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor Group)
Buenos Aires - Elaine Paige, Evita [Original London Cast] ()
Proud Lady - Kurt Peterson, The Baker's Wife [Original Cast Recording] (Take Home Tunes)
Bring Me My Bride - Cris Grienendaal, Nathan Lane, Cast, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [Angel] (Angel)
Me - Burke Moses, Susan Egan, Beauty and the Beast [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Special Edition] (Universal)
Perfect Isn't Easy (Oliver & Company) - Bette Midler, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 2 (Disney)
(The Legend Of) Miss Baltimore Crabs - Clarke Thorell; Danelle Eugenia Wilson; Hollie Howard; Kerry Butler; Linda Hart; Marissa Jaret Winokur; Smith, Peter Matthew, Hairspray [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Popular - Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked (Decca)
Tra-La-La [Outtake] - MGM Studio Orchestra, An American in Paris [Rhino] Disc 2 ()
I've Gotta Crow - Mary Martin, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 3 ()
Practically Perfect - Cast, Mary Poppins [Original London Cast] (Walt Disney)
Life Is Happiness Indeed - Lewis J. Stadlen; Mark Baker; Maureen Brennan; Sam Freed; St. Darr, Deborah, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 1 ()
Why? 'Cause I'm a Guy - Danny Burstein; Robert Roznowski, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
Wonderful - Joel Grey, Idina Menzel, Wicked ()
Some People - Patti LuPone, Gypsy [2008 Broadway Revival Cast]Disc 1 (Time Life)
I Invented Myself - Robert Preston, Ben Franklin in Paris ()
Springtime for Hitler - John Barrowman, Gary Beach, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack (Sony)

Oct 12: Baby Mine



Me and My Baby - Ann Reinking, James Naughton, Chicago [RCA] (RCA)
The Story Goes On - Liz Callaway, Baby [Original Broadway Cast 1999] (Jay)
Baby Moon - Audra McDonald, Way Back to Paradise (Elektra/Asylum)
It's a Boy - John Cullum, Shenandoah (Klavier)
Soliloquy - Robert Goulet, Carousel [ABC Television]
It's a Fish - Alan Alda, The Apple Tree [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Go to Sleep, Whatever You Are - Barbara Harris, The Apple Tree [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
What Is a Baby/La la Lu - Peggy Lee, Lady and the Tramp [Disney]
Brahm's Lullaby (Dedicated To My Mother) - Victor Borge, Comedy In Music
Baby Mine [From Dumbo (1941)] - Betty Noyes, Classic Disney, Vol. 4 (Disney International)
You'll Be In My Heart - Merle Dandridge, Tarzan: The Musical (Universal)
Somebody Gonna Love You - LaChanze, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Welcome to the World - Carolee Carmello, John & Jen
New Words - Mandy Patinkin, Kidults
The Baby Song - Danny Burstein, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
Love Isn't Everything - Mary Martin; Robert Preston, I Do! I Do! (RCA)
Fandango - Lynne Wintersteller; Richard Muenz, Closer Than Ever [Original Cast] Disc 2 (RCA)
My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
Look Out for Mister Stork - Frank Churchill, On the Record Disc 2
Baby, Baby, Baby - Beth Fowler; Todd Graff; Liz Callaway; Martin Vidnovic; Catherine Cox, Baby [Original Broadway Cast 1999] (Jay)
I Know It Can Happen Again - Marni Nixon, Rodgers & Hammerstein: Allegro (Masterworks Broadway)

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Oct. 5: Bock & Harnick



The Very Next Man - Patricia Wilson, Fiorello! [Angel Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Angel)
I'm in Love! I'm in Love! - Paul Hecht, The Rothschilds (Sony Classical)
What Makes Me Love Him? - Sarah Brightman, The Songs that Got Away (Polygram)
Will He Like Me? - Christine Andreas, Here's to the Ladies (Image)
When Did I Fall in Love? - Audra McDonald, How Glory Goes (Elektra/Asylum)
Where Do I Go from Here? - Liz Callaway, Lost in Boston (Colosseum)
I'm Lost [From The Apple Tree] - Walter Willison, Lost in Boston II Unsung Musicals (Colosseum)
Marie's Law - Nathaniel Frey; Patricia Wilson, Fiorello! [Angel Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Angel)
Sunrise, Sunset [Early Version][*] - Jerry Bock, Fiddler on the Roof [Original London Cast] [Bonus Tracks] ()
To Life - Men; Michael Granger; Ross Gifford; Zero Mostel, Fiddler on the Roof OBC (RCA Victor Broadway)
Dear, Sweet Sewing Machine - Emily Loesser, Lost in Boston (Colosseum)
Matchmaker - Laura Michelle Kelly; Lea Michele; Nancy Opel; Sally Murphy; Tricia Paoluccio, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
Do You Love Me? - Alfred Molina; Randy Graff, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
Beautiful, Beautiful World - Alan Alda, The Apple Tree [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
No More Candy [From She Loves Me] - Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook's Broadway! ()
Good Clean Fun - , Tenderloin [2000 Encores Cast Recording] (DRG)
The Picture of Happiness - , Tenderloin [2000 Encores Cast Recording] (DRG)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sep 28: NYC


Come Up to My Place - Judy Blazer; Mandy Patinkin, Leonard Bernstein's New York (Nonesuch)
Day in New York - Ralph Blane, Meet Me in St. Louis [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Christopher Street - Ken Barnett, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Manhattan [The Garrick Gaieties] - Mickey Rooney, Words & Music ()
On a Roof in Manhattan - Jeffry Denman, Meredith Patterson, Face the Music: Original New York Cast (DRG)
Manhattan Madness - Jeffry Denman, Ensemble, Face the Music: Original New York Cast (DRG)
Manhattan Downbeat - Fred Astaire, Fred Astaire at MGM Disc 1 (Turner/Rhino)
Take Me Back to Manhattan/I Happen to Like New York - Joely Fisher, Cole Porter: A Musical Toast Disc 2 ()
NYC - Alicia Morton; Andrea McArdle; Audra McDonald; Victor Garber, Annie [Original Television Soundtrack] (Sony)
New York Interlude (Concerto in F) - Deadrock Symphony Orchestra, Crazy for You [Original Broadway Cast] ()
New York, New York - Adolph Green; Cris Alexander; John Reardon; Michael Kermoyan, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
What More Do I Need? [From Saturday Night] - Andréa Burns, A Deeper Shade of Red (PS Classics)
I Love a New Yorker [My Blue Heaven] - Louise Carlyle, The Music of Harold Arlen (Harbinger Records)
Only In New York - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast) (RCA)
Cherry Street Cafe - Wendy Kimball, Rags (Columbia)
Manhattan - Tim Curry, My Favorite Year (RCA)
Broadway, My Street - Beau Tilden; Bobbi Tremain; Goldye Shaw; Henrietta Jacobson; Joey Faye; Lillian Hayman; Lloyd Harris; Thomas Anderson, 70, Girls, 70 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
Broadway Baby (from Follies) - Carolee Carmello, The Musicality of Sondheim ()
42nd Street - Ruby Keeler, Lullaby of Broadway: The Best of Busby Berkeley at Warner Bros. Disc 1 (EMI Gold)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Sep 21: Everyone Hates His Parents



Kids - Marijane Maricle; Paul Lynde, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Plant a Radish - Harvey Schmidt, The Fantasticks [2006 Off Broadway Recording] (Sh-K-Boom)
The Other Generation - Benson Fong; Juanita Hall; Patrick Adairte, Flower Drum Song [Bonus Track] [Original Soundtrack] (Universal Distribution)
Dear God - Carolee Carmello, James Ludwig, John & Jen (Varese)
Triplets (Between the Devil) - Kim Criswell, Judy Kaye, George Dvorsky, Broadway Showstoppers (Angel)
If Momma Was Married - Cynthia Gibb; Jennifer Beck, Gypsy [Television Soundtrack] (Atlantic)
Our Little World - Vanessa Williams, Into the Woods
No More - Cast, Into the Woods (Nonesuch)
Be Kind to Your Parents - Florence Henderson; Professor Lloyd Reese, Fanny [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Parents and Children - Joan Ryan, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Mame - Boston Pops Orchestra, Time Life Collection - Memories from Musicals: Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops
Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Marissa Jaret Winokur; Nikki Blonsky; Ricki Lake, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
Everyone Hates His Parents - Chip Zien, Danny Gerard, Faith Prince, Michael Rupert, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Talk Show - Carolee Carmello, James Ludwig, John & Jen
Woe Is Me - Sarah Saltzberg, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Never Say No - Hugh Thomas; William Larsen, The Fantasticks [1960 Original Off Broadway Cast] (Decca Broadway)
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Hey There, Single Guy/Gal - Danny Burstein; Jennifer Simard, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
The Father of the Bride/When the Kids Get Married (reprise) - David Garrison, I Do I Do [1996 Cast] (Varese Sarabande)
Far from the Home I Love - Alfred Molina; Laura Michelle Kelly, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
Kids (Reprise) - Johnny Borden; Marijane Maricle; Parents; Paul Lynde, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Sep 14: Judaism - Laughing Through Our Tears



Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars (Irving Berlin) - New Budapest Orpheum Society, Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano: Jewish Cabaret Popular and Political Songs 1900-1945
Second Hand Rose - Fanny Brice, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1
Hard to be a Prince - Yiddish Theatre Hamlet & Other Actors, Rags (Columbia)
Kaddish - Cast Rags
Kol Nidre - Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Jason Danieley, South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall (Decca Broadway)
Independence Day Hora - Jerry Herman, Milk and Honey [Bonus Track]
Milk and Honey - Robert Weede, Milk and Honey [Bonus Track]
If You Could See Her - Alan Cumming; Joyce Chittick, Cabaret [1998 Original Broadway Cast]
The Jews Have Got Their Irish Up - Sammy Fain, Sammy Sings Fain...Again (Koch International)
Wedding - Original Broadway Cast, The Grand Tour
If I Were a Rich Man - Zero Mostel, Fiddler on the Roof OBC
b>The Family Way - Bambi Linn; Elliott Gould; Harold Lang; Ken Leroy; Lillian Roth; Marilyn Cooper, I Can Get It for You Wholesale [Original Soundtrack] (Sbme Special MKTS.)
Passover [Live] - Carolee Carmello, Make Me a Song, the Music of William Finn [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Candlesticks/Shabbos - Jacqueline Antaramian, The Immigrant: A New American Musical
Sabbath Prayer - Chaim Topol; Company; Miriam Karlin, Fiddler on the Roof [Original London Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
When Messiah Comes [From Fiddler on the Roof] - Lee Wilkof, Lost in Boston II Unsung Musicals (Colosseum)
Sh'ma - Brent Carver, Parade
In My Own Lifetime - Hal Linden, The Rothschilds (Sony Classical)

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Sep 7: School Daze

Happy Back-To-School!



Three Little Maids from School Are We (The Mikado) - William Schwenk Gilbert, Topsy-Turvy (Sony Classical)
Second Grade - Marcus Allen Cooper, Personals (JAY)
Teaching Third Grade - Nancy Linari, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Welcome to Kindergarten, Mrs. Johnson [A...My Name Is Alice] - Barbara Walsh; Heather MacRae, My Name Will Always Be Alice ()
The Best of All Possible Worlds - Deborah St.Darr; Lewis J. Stadlen; Mark Baker; Maureen Brennan; Sam Freed, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 1 ()
Nobody tells me How - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
School Song - Animaniacs, Chalkboard Bungle ()
Silent E - Tom Lehrer, Tom Lehrer Revisited ()
Conjunction Junction - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's World - , ()
Wakko Sings American Capitols - Jess Harnell, ()
ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird, Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music (Disk 1) ()
I'm Just a Bill - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Amendment (Parody) - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's Universe - Rob Paulsen, ()
Elements song - Tom Lehrer, ()
That's Mathematics - Tom Lehrer, ()
Inchworm - Danny Kaye, ()
What Do You Do With a B.A. in English? - John Tartaglia, Avenue Q (BMG)
Breathe - Mandy Gonzalez, In the Heights Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Dear Old Shiz - Stephen Schwartz, Wicked (Decca)
Bull Dog [Yale College, 1911] - Thomas Hampson, Cole Porter: Night and Day ()
Grand Old Ivy - Robert Morse; Rudy Vallée, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Original Cast] (RCA)
Bright College Days - Tom Lehrer, ()
I Wish I Could Go Back to College - John Tarteglia; Rick Lyon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)
(Encore episode from Sep 2010)

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Aug 31: What A Waste



What a Waste - Richard Muenz, Dawn Upshaw, Donna Murphy, Leonard Bernstein's New York (Nonesuch)
Take a Job - Nathan Lane; Randy Graff, Do Re Mi [DRG 1999 New York Concert Cast]
An English Teacher - Chita Rivera; Dick Van Dyke, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Movin' Up/In Numbers - Cast, Adding Machine (P.S. Classics)
Scrap - Jason Danieley; John Conlee; Kimberly Grigsby; Patrick Wilson; Romain Frugé; Ted Sper, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
The Job Application - Karen Morrow, Lost in Boston, Vol. 4
Just a Housewife - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording]
The Work Song - Peggy Powers, Kay Lande, Alan Cole, Eric Carlson, narrated by Shirley Brown, Cinderella [Drive]
The Work Song Cinderelli [Cinderella] - George Bruns, Disney Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty [Original Soundtrack]
Cleanin' Women - Lynne Thigpen, Working [Original Cast Recording]
Money Isn't Everything Dance - Orchestra, Rodgers & Hammerstein: Allegro
At The End Of The Day - Cast, Les Misérables [2010 Cast Album] Disc 1
Bread and Freedom - Cast, Rags
The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square - Judy Kaye, Steven Sutcliffe, Ensemble, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1]
Deep into the Ground - Original Cast, Billy Elliot [Original London Cast] (Decca Broadway)
Barrett's Song - Brian d'Arcy James, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
Millwork - Cast, Working, musical play
Racing With The Clock - Cast, Harry On Broadway, Act I
Around Here - Allison Janney and Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording) (Dolly Records)
In the Heights - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Company, In the Heights Disc 1
If I Could've Been - Lynne Thigpen, Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording]

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Another relevant lost musical: I Can Get It For You Wholesale

While prepping next week's Labor Day episode, I listened more to "I Can Get It For You Wholesale," the show that's usually remembered for Barbra Streisand's first Broadway role ("Miss Marmelstein"). It came out the same time as the satirical look at business "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," where the lead is cute and endearing. The businessman in Wholesale is the opposite - cold and determined, essentially ending up almost alone (except for his devoted mother and girlfriend.) One synopsis to the story states "The ending does not necessarily imply that simplicity and goodness are the best rewards but only that Harry is neither ruthless nor cunning enough to attain his goals." Which also goes hand in hand with the latest research from Cornell. Could be one of those shows that gets more relevant with time.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Aug 24: Fall Season Preview for Spokane/CdA




Disclaimer: I am not paid by anybody to promote shows (yet?) Seriously, I just love theater, especially musical theater. I do shows with my daughter at Spokane Children's Theatre, and my hubby does lighting designs for Interplayers. The full calendar of events is here.
And Spamalot holds a special place for me 'cuz I won a contest to see the Broadway production. The YouTube version went a bit haywire, looking for the original...

Tradition - Full Company, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
What Do I Need with Love? - Gavin Creel, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast) (RCA)
Gimme Gimme - Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast) (RCA)
Brave Enough for Love - Marla Schaffel; James Barbour; Ensemble, Jane Eyre [Original Broadway Cast] Monks Chant/He Is Not Dead Yet - Cast, Monty Python's Spamalot ()
I'm All Alone - Tim Curry, Men, Monty Python's Spamalot (Decca)
Soul Man - The Blues Brothers, Briefcase Full Of Blues ()
Witchcraft (Digitally Remastered) - Frank Sinatra, Mi Collection - Volume 2 ()
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Andrews Sisters, ()
Welcome to Transylvania - Paul Castree, Jack Doyle, Kevin Ligon, Brian Shepard, Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] ()
Listen to Your Heart - Sutton Foster, Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] (Decca)
One Jump Ahead - Brad Kane, Aladdin [Original Soundtrack] [Disney] [1992] (Disney)

Fall Spokane & Cd'A Calendar

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Audition: Spokane Childrens Theatre Aladdin

Musicals and Staged Concerts:
Lake City Playhouse presents Fiddler on the Roof at Lake City Playhouse, Sep 16-Oct 9: Theme of family and an ever-changing world make this a timeless favorite
Spokane Civic Theatre presents Thoroughly Modern Millie at Main Stage, Sep 23-Oct 23: 1920s-style modern musical loosely based on the film
Spokane Children's Theatre presents Disney's Aladdin at Spokane Falls Community College, Oct 15-Oct 23:
Spokane Civic Theatre presents Jane Eyre - In Concert at Main Stage, Oct 28-Oct 29: Concert fundraiser based on the Charlotte Bronte novel
Best of Broadway presents Spamalot at INB Performing Arts Center, Nov 11-Nov 11: Find your grail!
Best of Broadway presents Blues Brothers Revue at INB Performing Arts Center, Nov 13-Nov 13: Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty a.k.a. Jake & Elwood
Best of Broadway presents Come Fly Away at INB Performing Arts Center, Nov 17-Nov 20: Frank Sinatra's recorded vocals to a live big band and hot dancing
Interplayers presents Sisters of Swing at Interplayers, Dec 1-Dec 17: Story of the Andrews Sisters
Best of Broadway presents Young Frankenstein at INB Performing Arts Center, Dec 15-Dec 18: Mel Brooks sophomoric Broadway musical
Lake City Playhouse presents Rent at Lake City Playhouse, Jan 13-Jan 29: The rock sensation that revitalized Broadway goes to a small stage
Spokane Civic Theatre presents The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas at Main Stage, Jan 13-Feb 4: These 'pretty women' have lots of heart against a spitefiul televangelist
Best of Broadway presents Beauty and the Beast at INB Performing Arts Center, Jan 26-Jan 29: Disney's Tale as Old as Time

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Aug 17: The Sound of Music



Having trouble displaying a pretty playlist due to a hard drive meltdown. Here's the 'ugly' list:

The Trapp Family Singers Early One Morning An Evening of Folk Songs with the Trapp Family Singers
The Trapp Famiy Singers The Sound of Music The Sound of Music
Patti Cohenour Preludium: Dixit Dominus/Morning Hymn/Alleluia Sound of Music [1998 Broadway Revival Cast]
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Eileen Farrell; Erich Kunzel; Frederica Von Stade; Janet Stubbs; Kimberly Barber; Sandra Graham Maria The Sound of Music [1988 Studio Cast]
Rebecca Luker I Have Confidence Sound of Music [1998 Broadway Revival Cast]
Rebecca Luker; Andrea Bowen; Ashley Rose Orr; Matthew Ballinger; Natalie Hall; Ryan Hopkins; Sara Zelle; Tracy Alison Walsh Do-Re-Mi Sound of Music [1998 Broadway Revival Cast]
Jeanne Menke; Neil Jones Sixteen Going on Seventeen The Sound of Music [1988 Studio Cast]
Julie Andrews My Favorite Things The Sound Of Music - 45th Anniversary Edition
Orchestra Laendler The Sound of Music
The Sound Of Music; London Palladium; Ensemble So Long, Farewell (Bolero) - The Sound Of Music/London Palla The Sound Of Music - London Palladium Cast Album 2006
Kurt Kasznar; Marion Marlowe How Can Love Survive? The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]
Eunice Gasket; Harold Kasket; Roger Dann No Way to Stop It The Sound of Music [Original London Cast]
Lesley Garrett Climb Ev'ry Mountain The Sound Of Music - London Palladium Cast Album 2006
Mary Martin; Theodore Bikel An Ordinary Couple The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]
Lauri Peters; Mary Martin Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]
Julie Andrews; Bill Lee; Charmian Carr; Heather Menzies; Nichola Do-Re-Mi (reprise) The Sound Of Music - 45th Anniversary Edition
Connie Fisher The Lonely Goatherd The Sound Of Music - London Palladium Cast Album 2006
The Trapp Famiy Singers Edelweiss The Sound of Music

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Aug. 10: Rodgers & Hammerstein Films



Oh, What a Beautiful Morning - Gordon MacRae, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
It's a Grand Night for Singing (Reprise) - Vivian Blaine; William Marshall, State Fair
Don't Marry Me - , Flower Drum Song
It Might as Well Be Spring - Louanne Hogan, State Fair (Varese Sarabande)
Mister Snow - Barbara Ruick, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
Do Re Mi - Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music (Film) (BMG/RCA)
A Puzzlement - Yul Brynner, The King and I (Soundtrack)
Shall I Tell You What I Think - Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, The King and I (Columbia)
Younger Than Springtime/Bali Hai - Bill Lee for John Kerr, South Pacific [1958 Film]
Love Look Away - Marilyn Horne, Flower Drum Song
You'll Never Walk Alone - Claramae Turner, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
June Is Bustin' Out All Over - Cast, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right - Mitzi Gaynor, Golden Memories of Stage & Scr (Sony Music)
The Surrey With the Fringe on - Gordon MacRae; Shirley Jones, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
I Have Confidence - Julie Andrews, The Sound Of Music (RCA/Legacy)
Shall We Dance - Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, The King and I

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Aug 3: Based on the Life of...




Why? - Nicol Williamson, Rex [Original Cast] (RCA)
A Puzzlement - Yul Brenner, The King And I (Decca Broadway)
But, Mr. Adams - Brent Spiner, 1776 [New Broadway Cast] (TVT)
Anything You Can Do - Doris Day, Robert Goulet, Annie Get Your Gun
I Ain't Down Yet - Bill Starr; Bob Dalley; Sterling Clark; Tammy Grimes, The Unsinkable Molly Brown [Original Broadway Cast]
There Is A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute - Jim Dale;Peter Howard - Jim Dale, Barnum
Rose's Turn - Bette Midler, Gypsy [Television Soundtrack] (Atlantic)
Conquering New York - Orchestra, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast]
Maria - Beamish; Constance Shacklock; Gilbert; Lynn Kennington, The Sound of Music [Original London Cast] (Angel)
Give a Man Enough Rope - Keith Carradine, The Will Rogers Follies [Original Cast] (Columbia)
Musical Comedy Man - Jerry Dodge, Betty Ann Grove, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, George M! [Original Cast] (Sony)
The 1st Class Roster - Matthew Bennett, Victoria Clark, Cast, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
The Crime of the Century - Ensemble; Lynnette Perry, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (BMG)
What Does a Man Do...? - Anne L. Nathan, Assassins [Original Broadway Cast] (PS Classics)
A New Argentina - Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, Mandy Patinkin, Evita [Premiere American Recording]

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

July 27 Ahrens & Flaherty

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Prologue - Ensemble, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1]
We Dance - The Storytellers, Once on This Island [RCA]
The Gospel According to King - Ensemble; Tim Curry; Tom Mardirosian, My Favorite Year
The Comedy of Love - David Patrick Kelly, Julyana Soelistyo, The Glorious Ones
Mama Will Provide - Kecia Lewis Evans; The Storytellers, Once on This Island [RCA] (RCA)
Journey to the Past - Liz Callaway, Anastasia [Atlantic] (Atlantic)
Come Down from the Tree - Lillias White, Lost in Boston (Colosseum)
Gliding - Peter Friedman, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA]
Ti Moune's Dance - Grands Hommes/La Chanze/The Orchestra, Once on This Island [RCA]
Preamble - Lynn Ahrens, Schoolhouse Rock
Alone in the Universe - Cast, Seussical: The Musical (Polygram)
Times Like This - Janet Metz, Lucky Stiff [Off-Broadway Cast]
Shut up and Dance - Evan Pappas, Lannyl Stephens, My Favorite Year
Opposite You [The Glorious Ones] - Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Opposite You
Back to Before - Patti LuPone, Matters of the Heart (Varèse Sarabande)
Wheels Of A Dream [Ragtime] - Bryn Terfel, Under the Stars (Decca)

Sunday, July 10, 2011

July 20: Once Upon a Time

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July 13: Getting Tall

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I Won't Grow Up - Mary Martin, Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Little Known Facts - Anthony Rapp; B.D. Wong; Llana Levine, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown [1999 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)
Think Big - Carolee Carmello/James Ludwig, John & Jen
Bye Room - Carolee Carmello; James Ludwig, John & Jen (Varese)
When We Grow Up - Diana Ross, Free to Be...You and Me
Growing Pains - Johnny Johnston; Nomi Mitts, Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Sony)
Maybe (Next to Normal) - Alice Ripley; Jennifer Damiano, Next To Normal [Original Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 2 (Ghostlight)
The Age of Not Believing [From Bedknobs and Broomsticks] - Christine Ebersole, Believe: The Songs of the Sherman Brothers (Fynsworth Alley)
Sunrise, Sunset - Chaim Topol; Company; Miriam Karlin, Fiddler on the Roof [Original London Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
Slipping Through My Fingers - Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia
Stop, Time (Big) - Liz Callaway, On and off Broadway: The Story Goes On (Varese)
Be Happy - Shelly Winters, Minnie's Boys (Project 3)
Part of Getting Tall (from Nine) - Malcolm Gets, The Journey Home (PS Classics)
Move On - Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc.: Live at Carnegie Hall
Growing Up - Malcolm Gets, Merrily We Roll Along [1994 Off-Broadway Revival Cast]
Summer Is Over - Cast, A Family Affair [Original Broadway Cast]
Old Folks - Cast, 70, Girls, 70 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

July 5: Comden & Green

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Taxi Song - Adolph Green; Betty Comden, Perform Their Own Songs (DRG)
If You Hadn't But You Did - Dolores Gray, Two on the Aisle [Original Broadway Cast] (Uptown/Universal)
Vaudeville Ain't Dead/Catch Our Act at the Met - Bert Lahr; Dolores Gray, Two on the Aisle [Original Broadway Cast] (Uptown/Universal)
Interview - Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne, Do Re Mi [DRG 1999 New York Co
Just in Time - Sydney Chaplin; Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing [Original Br
Give a Little, Get a Little - Carol Burnett, Let Me Entertain You: Carol Burnett Sings (Decca Broadway)
Make Someone Happy - Brian Stokes Mitchell; Heather Headley, Do Re Mi [DRG 1999 New York Concert Cast] (DRG)
Ohio - Edith Adams; Rosalind Russell, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 3 (Smithsonian)
Story of My Life - Judy Blazer, Leonard Bernstein's New York (Nonesuch)
I Like Myself - Gene Kelly, S Wonderful
Carried Away - Judy Kaye, On the Town (Studio Recording)
Wrong Note Rag - Edith Adams; Rosalind Russell, Wonderful Town [Original Broad (MCA)
Never Never Land - Michelle Nicastro, Musical Adventures of Peter Pan (Varese Sarabande)
Distant Melody - Mary Martin; Kathy Nolan, Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
An Interview With Jule Styne/B - Soundtrack, Do Re Mi [DRG 1999 New York Co
The Time for Parting - Adolph Green; Betty Comden, Perform Their Own Songs (DRG)
The Party's Over [From Bells Are Ringing] - Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook's Broadway!
Some Other Time - Cast, Bernstein on Broadway: Highlights from West Side Story, Candide and on the Town (Polygram)

Friday, July 01, 2011

Free Music Downloads from Spokane Library

Interesting news for music fans in the City of Spokane: Download three songs a week from the Sony catalog for free, to keep. Legally. THE CITY OF SPOKANE PAYS FOR THIS! It simply requires a valid/current Spokane City Library card. (Which reminds me to renew....)

This is a new subscription service called Freegal (rhymes with legal). "It includes a variety of musical styles such as classical, jazz, rock and pop." AND MUSICAL THEATER CAST ALBUMS! Downloads begin MID-JULY (2011).

"Customers will be able to download three songs a week for free, to keep. Because there are no digital rights management issues the songs are not loaned, they are just available. We pay for the service, just like we pay to buy books, DVDs and CDs in order to provide them to customers. One of the reasons the library selected this service was because it is very customer friendly.

Some of the aspects of the service that make it customer friendly:

* mp3 format (no confusion about competing formats)
* web-based (no software to download)
* use in library or your own computer
* works on PCs AND Macs
* vast collection increases offerings to customers"

Because of that last section, I hope this doesn't mean that the library will stop purchasing tangible materials. I have found many unusual, rare, highly out-of-print items in libraries around the country. (I've also purchased items that libraries chose to cull from their collections because no one was borrowing them. Horror!)

Bottom line - visit your local library. Music theater fans will probably be very impressed at what they find. Just be prepared to find them in the SOUNDTRACKS section (shudder).

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

June 29: America

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Yankee Doodle Dandy - Joel Grey, Company, George M! [Original Cast]
You're a Grand Ol Flag - Joel Grey, Company, George M! [Original Cast]
I Want to Hear a Yankee Doodle Tune - Billy Murray, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1 (Smithsonian Collection)
Yankee Doodle Rhythm - Cast, Strike Up the Band (Nonesuch)
God's Country - Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Douglas McPahil, Betty Jaynes, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney Collection [Box Set]
I Like America - Graham Payn; Pat Kirkwood; Sylvia Cecil, Ace of Clubs (Bayview)
What a Country - Ray Bolger, All American [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Typical Self-Made American - Cast, Strike Up the Band (Nonesuch)
The American Dream - Jonathan Pryce, Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] Disc 2
America - Karen Olivo; Jennifer Sanchez, West Side Story (Sony Masterworks Broadway)
America - Fozzie (Frank Oz), The Muppet Movie (Zoom Express)
Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve - William Daniels; Virginia Vestoff, 1776 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
Cool, Cool, Considerate Men - Cast, 1776 [New Broadway Cast] (TVT)
The Egg - Ken Howard; Rex Everhart; William Daniels, 1776 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
The Flagmaker, 1775 - Jessica Molaskey, Songs for a New World (RCA)
Is Anybody There? - Brent Spiner, 1776 [New Broadway Cast] (TVT)
God Bless America - Kate Smith, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howard's)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

June 22: Wheels

Yes, I'm aware that I'm probably the only person who would pair "Chitty Bang Bang" with "Greased Lightnin'" (NOT "the chicks will scream" version.) This show has some of my favorites: Highway of Love, Wheels, the Taxi number, and Movin' Right Along (I'm a big Muppets fan).

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Henry Ford - Larry Daggett, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (RCA)
Driving at Night - Oscar Hammerstein II, State Fair [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Travel Hopefully - Don Stephenson; John Scherer; Martin Jarvis, By Jeeves [Original Broadway Cast] (Uptown/Universal)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Carrie Fletcher; Emma Williams; George Gillies; Michael Ball, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Original London Cast] (Sony)
Greased Lightnin' - Jim Jacobs, Grease [Original Broadway Cast] (Polygram)
Greased Lightnin' (Reprise) - Rosie O'Donnell, Grease [1994 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)
Cadillac Car - Billy Porter; Darius de Haas; Heather Headley; James Stovall; Norm Lewis, Dreamgirls in Concert: The First Complete Recording Disc 1
Lovin' Al - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording]
Brother Trucker - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
Traffic Jam - James Taylor,
Pump Boys - , Pump Boys & Dinettes: On Broadway (CBS Masterworks)
Taking It Slow - , Pump Boys & Dinettes: On Broadway (CBS Masterworks)
Taxi - Jared Crawford; Raymond King, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk
Movin' Right Along - Kermit (Jim Henson), Fozzie (Frank Oz), The Muppet Movie (Zoom Express)
Taxi Number: Come Up to My Place - Cris Alexander; Nancy Walker, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast]
On the Highway of Love - Danny Burstein, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
The Drive In - Louise Gold, Nunsense
Alone at a Drive-In Movie - Jim Jacobs, Grease [Original Broadway Cast] (Polygram)
Wheels - Barbara Walsh, My Name Will Always Be Alice
Wheels of a Dream - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (RCA Victor Broadway)

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

June 15: We're Family

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Go Visit Your Grandmother - Henrietta Jacobson; Tommy Breslin, 70, Girls, 70 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
I Don't Need Anything but You - Andrea McArdle; Reid Shelton; Sandy Faison, Annie [Original Broadway Cast] [Remastered] (That's Entertainment/Sony)
Family - Randy Newman, James and the Giant Peach (101 DISTRIBUTION)
One Small Girl - Afi McClendon/Ellis Williams/Sheila Gibbs/The Storytellers, Once on This Island (RCA)
My Child - Bernard Reilly; Martin Etheridge; Nick Payn; Rod Edwards; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Susanna Furmanek-Halberda; Terry Johnston; Will Hill, Blood Brothers [International Cast Recording]
I Won't Mind - Audra McDonald, How Glory Goes (Elektra/Asylum)
Five Forever - Sutton Foster, Little Women: The Musical (Sh-K-Boom)
Round My Family Tree - Jim Cummings, The Tigger Movie and More (Disney)
A Handbag Is Not a Proper Mother - John Irving; Sara Seegar, Ernest in Love (DRG)
Look over There - Gene Barry, La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast] (RCA)
Family Values - Ryan Perry, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
Old Clothes - Carolee Carmello, John & Jen (Varese)
Just Like You - Carolee Carmello, John & Jen (Varese)
Not While I'm Around - Edward Sanders, Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007 Deluxe Edition] (Nonesuch)
They Live in You (with Reprise) - Samuel E. Wright, Jason Raize; Tsidi Leloka, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
Children Will Listen - Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc., Etc.: Live at Carnegie Hall -- The Rest of It (Angel)