Pal Joey [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

by Pal Joey / O.C.R.

Overview

Pal Joey, Rodgers and Hart's Broadway musical of late 1940, based on John O'Hara's epistolary short stories about a Chicago low-life who manipulates women, was considered overly cynical in its first production and was only a modest financial success. It also came just before the advent of original cast albums, and therefore went unrecorded. But in 1950, after the song "Bewitched" (aka "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered") from the score had belatedly become a hit, Columbia Records' vice-president, Goddard Lieberson, was determined to preserve the score on records and brought in the original female lead, Vivienne Segal, along with Harold Lang (replacing Gene Kelly) as Joey. He also bravely chose to retain Lorenz Hart's distinctly adult lyrics to such songs as "Bewitched," a frank admission of mature physical longing (the hit recordings had bowdlerized the words), and "Zip," the commentary supposedly given by Gypsy Rose Lee during a striptease. The resulting album, released in early 1951, had a tremendous impact, leading to a revival production of the show starring Segal and Lang that opened at the start of 1952. Since the principals were still contracted to Columbia, while Capitol had obtained rights to the cast album, and since the executives at Capitol were not as brave as Lieberson about the lyrics, the cast album was botched. But this Columbia album remained, and has continued historically to be the best and most accurate recording of the show. Segal is tremendously effective as an older woman rediscovering love; Lang is appropriately callow in such deceptively insincere songs as "I Could Write a Book"; and Jo Hurt does a good job with "Zip." The 2003 CD reissue adds as bonus tracks: Segal's interview with Mike Wallace about the musical, a performance of "Bewitched" (with the clean lyrics!) from a radio show, and Lang's performance of "I Could Write a Book" from a TV show. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/13/2003
Label:	Legacy / Columbia / Sony Classical
UPC:	0696998685628
Rank:	92483

Tracks

1. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. Overture  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Orchestra  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
2. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. You Mustn't Kick It Around  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
3. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. I Could Write A Book  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - J.J. Johnson  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
4. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. That Terrific Rainbow  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
5. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. What Is A Man?  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
6. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. Happy Hunting Horn  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
7. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
8. Pal Joey, musical~Act I. Pal Joey (What Do I Care for a Dame?)  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
9. Pal Joey, musical~Act II. Zip  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
10. Pal Joey, musical~Act II. Plant You Now, Dig You Later  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
11. Pal Joey, musical~Act II. In Our Little Den of Iniquity  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
12. Pal Joey, musical~Act II. Do It the Hard Way  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
13. Pal Joey, musical~Act II. Take Him  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
14. Pal Joey, musical~Act II. Finale  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
15. Pal Joey, musical~Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (with spoken introduction by Mike Wallace)  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace
16. Pal Joey, musical~I Could Write a Book  - Barbara Ashley  - Steve Berkowitz  - Stacey Boyle  - Linda Chang  - Harold Chapman  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Lehman Engel  - Beverly Fite  - Ken Fredette  - Lorenz Hart  - Jo Hurt  - Richard Jay-Alexander  - J.J. Johnson  - Harold Lang  - Goddard Lieberson  - Joy Gilbert Manfried  -  Pal Joey Cast Ensemble  -  Pal Joey Orchestra  - Darcy Proper  - Kenneth Remo  - Richard Rodgers  - Vivienne Segal  - Lisa Sparagano  - Mike Wallace

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mike Wallace   Primary Artist,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Kenneth Remo   Primary Artist,Vocals
Vivienne Segal   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lorenz Hart   Primary Artist
Helen Gallagher   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lewis Bolyard   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Orchestra   Primary Artist
Beverly Fite   Primary Artist,Vocals
Elaine Stritch   Primary Artist,Vocals
Harold Lang   Primary Artist,Vocals
Pat Northrop   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jane Froman   Primary Artist,Vocals
Dick Beavers   Primary Artist,Vocals
Barbara Ashley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jo Hurt   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lehman Engel   Conductor
Max Meth   Director,Musical Director
Pal Joey Orchestra   Orchestra

Technical Credits

Richard Rodgers   Composer
Oliver Smith   Settings
Lisa Sparagano   Design
Miles White   Costume Design
Richard Jay-Alexander   Liner Notes
Don Walker   Orchestration
Peggy Clark   Lighting
Marc Kirkeby   Liner Note Compilation
Joy Gilbert Manfried   Project Director
John O'Hara   Book
Pal Joey Cast Ensemble   Cast
Ken Fredette   Design,Art Direction
Steve Berkowitz   A&R
Stacey Boyle   Tape Research
Linda Chang   Packaging
Bob Norberg   Remastering
Stephen Schwartz   Composer
Harold Chapman   Engineer
Goddard Lieberson   Producer
Didier C. Deutsch   Reissue Producer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Geoffrey Burgon   Composer
Darcy Proper   Mastering Engineer,Reissue Producer
J.J. Johnson   Composer