Say, Darling (1958 Original Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Jule StyneComposer: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Performer: Johnny Desmond
Performer: Vivian Blaine
Performer: David Wayne
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2008-03-04
Music Label: DRG Records
Soundtracks:
- Overture
- Try to Love Me
- It's Doom
- Husking Bee
- It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters
- Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
- Chief of Love
- Say, Darling
- Carnival Song
- Try to Love Me
- Dance Only with Me
- Something's Always Happening on the River
- Finale
Music reviews of Say, Darling (1958 Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: "the not-so-successful-show-within-a-show"
Rating: 3 Stars
So wrote Steven Suskin in "Opening Nights on Broadway>'
Several years ago, I had a coupon for a "freebie" at a used record store. The only thing I could find that interested me and that I did not already own was "Say, Darling." The "Original Cast Recording" indication on the cover drew my attention, although I had not heard of the musical. It took some additional research to learn what the premise was and why the songs did not seem to blend into a story. So, we have an unusual concept of a troupe preparing for a musical, with the songs' being merely parts of their rehearsals. An unusual concept, which worked for the New York critics, but not for the audiences.
The best way to listen is just to consider this a collection of songs, some better than others, none out of the ordinary. There is an interesting mish-mash of styles--the ballad type title song, the humorous "Carnival Song," the country "Husking Bee," and even a nice rendition of the old gospel song "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning."
The original production used only a two-piano accompaniment. RCA commissioned and added orchestrations by Sid Ramin. The orchestrations are good; but I cannot think how much truer to the concept the recording would have been if they had stayed with the original idea.
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