Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre

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Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
Studio album by
Various artists
Released1963
Recorded1963, Los Angeles
Genre
Length2:50:27
LabelReprise
ProducerSonny Burke
Bing Crosby chronology
Holiday in Europe
(1962) 		Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
(1963) 		Return to Paradise Islands
(1964)
Frank Sinatra chronology
Sinatra's Sinatra
(1963) 		Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
(1963) 		Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners
(1964)
Dean Martin chronology
Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again
(1963) 		Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
(1963) 		Robin and the 7 Hoods
(w/ Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Falk)
(1964)
Professional ratings
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Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre is a series of four 12" long playing vinyl albums recorded in Los Angeles in 1963. The four albums were sold through mail order as a box set in 1963, then released separately to retail in 1964.[1] They were conceived and produced by Frank Sinatra. Morris Stoloff was the musical director and the A&R Director was Sonny Burke.

The four discs feature the scores of four popular Broadway musicals of the time – namely Finian's Rainbow (1947), Kiss Me, Kate (1948), South Pacific (1949), and Guys and Dolls (1950) – as performed by various Reprise artists.

The "Guys and Dolls" album[2] was issued on CD in 1992 when the musical itself was enjoying a revival. All the albums were re-released in a box set on September 26, 2000.

Track listing[edit]

Disc One - Finian's Rainbow

All lyrics are written by Yip Harburg; all music is composed by Burton Lane

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Overture"̶4:00
2."This Time of the Year"The Hi-Lo's2:28
3."How Are Things in Glocca Morra?"Rosemary Clooney3:06
4."If This Isn't Love"Dean Martin, Hi-Lo's2:32
5."Look to the Rainbow"Clooney2:54
6."Something Sort of Grandish"Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds2:26
7."Old Devil Moon"Frank Sinatra2:59
8."Necessity"Sammy Davis, Jr.3:24
9."When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love"Sinatra3:25
10."When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich"Lou Monte, Mary Kaye Trio2:37
11."The Begat"The McGuire Sisters3:40
12."How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (reprise)Clark Dennis2:24
13."The Great Come-And-Get It Day"Davis2:41
Total length:38:36
Disc Two - Kiss Me, Kate

All tracks are written by Cole Porter

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Overture"̶3:40
2."Another Op'nin', Another Show"Hi-Lo's1:55
3."Why Can't You Behave?"Jo Stafford3:01
4."We Open in Venice"Sinatra, Martin, Davis2:13
5."So in Love"Johnny Prophet2:52
6."I Hate Men"Phyllis McGuire3:06
7."Too Darn Hot"Davis2:29
8."Were Thine That Special Face"Prophet3:35
9."Where Is the Life That Late I Led?"Monte2:56
10."Wunderbar"Dinah Shore, Prophet2:58
11."Always True to You in My Fashion"Keely Smith3:38
12."Bianca"Martin2:47
13."So in Love" (reprise)Sinatra, Smith2:53
Total length:38:03
Disc three - South Pacific

All lyrics are written by Oscar Hammerstein II; all music is composed by Richard Rodgers

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Overture"̶3:57
2."Dites-Moi"McGuire Sisters1:55
3."A Cockeyed Optimist"Stafford3:12
4."Twin Soliloquies"Sinatra, Smith1:38
5."Some Enchanted Evening"Sinatra3:29
6."(I'm in Love with) a Wonderful Guy"Smith3:29
7."Younger Than Springtime"Crosby2:38
8."Bali Ha'i"Stafford3:43
9."There Is Nothing Like a Dame"Davis2:37
10."I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"Shore2:38
11."Bloody Mary"Hi-Lo's1:56
12."Happy Talk"Reynolds3:05
13."Younger Than Springtime"Hi-Lo's3:14
14."This Nearly Was Mine"Sinatra2:47
15."Honey Bun"Shore2:55
16."You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"Davis1:45
17."Some Enchanted Evening" (reprise)Sinatra, Clooney3:21
Total length:48:19
Disc four - Guys and Dolls

All tracks are written by Frank Loesser

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Overture"̶3:34
2."Fugue for Tinhorns"Sinatra, Crosby, Martin1:31
3."I'll Know"Stafford3:31
4."The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)"Sinatra, Crosby, Martin2:33
5."A Bushel and a Peck"McGuire Sisters2:31
6."Guys and Dolls"Sinatra, Martin2:50
7."If I Were a Bell"Shore2:40
8."I've Never Been in Love Before"Sinatra2:57
9."Take Back Your Mink"Reynolds2:58
10."More I Cannot Wish You"Clark Dennis3:18
11."Adelaide's Lament"Reynolds3:52
12."Luck Be a Lady"Sinatra5:18
13."Sue Me"Reynolds, Allan Sherman2:32
14."Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat"Davis3:33
15."Guys and Dolls" (reprise)Sinatra, Martin1:51
Total length:45:29

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
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