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The Boyfriend / Salad Days | Naxos - Nostalgia 8120848

The Boyfriend / Salad Days

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Label: Naxos - Nostalgia

Cat No: 8120848

Barcode: 0636943284827

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st October 2007

Contents

Artists

Stan Edwards (piano)
Anne Rogers
Anthony Hayes
Joan Sterndale Bennett
Larry Drew
Denise Hirst
Hugh Paddick
Maria Charles
John Rutland
Edward Rubach (piano)
Robert Docker (piano)
John Warner
Eleanor Drew
Michael Meacham
Christine Finn
James Cairncross

Artists

Stan Edwards (piano)
Anne Rogers
Anthony Hayes
Joan Sterndale Bennett
Larry Drew
Denise Hirst
Hugh Paddick
Maria Charles
John Rutland
Edward Rubach (piano)
Robert Docker (piano)
John Warner
Eleanor Drew
Michael Meacham
Christine Finn
James Cairncross

About

During the 1950s writers like John Osborne and Harold Pinter were bringing a new era of realism to the British stage, while at the same time the very different but equally noteworthy talents of newcomers Sandy Wilson and Julian Slade were providing a welcome continuation of the long-established tradition of light English frothy musical comedies in the vein of Novello and Coward, which concentrated on entertainment without any attempt at enlightenment.

While this Original Cast recording of The Boy Friend features the two-pianos-plus-rhythm accompaniment used in the theatre, The London Orchestra also provides its own overture to this reissue, with full, rich orchestral versions of five of the best–known songs from the score.

ulian Slade had a smash hit with Salad Days when he was only 24, and nothing he wrote in the ensuing years came anywhere near achieving the same sort of popularity. Twelve of the show’s songs are heard here, both in their original form performed by a talented cast that includes Eleanor Drew, John Warner and James Cairncross, and in Slade’s own two-piano versions with (probably) Arthur Sanford and an unnamed drummer.

THE BOY FRIEND (Music & Lyrics: Sandy Wilson)
‘The Boy Friend’ – Selection (The London Orchestra);
Original London Cast Recording 1954:
- Overture
- Perfect Young Ladies
- The Boy Friend
- Won’t You Charleston With Me
- Fancy Forgetting
- I Could Be Happy With You
- Sur Le Plage
- A Room In Bloomsbury
- It’s Nicer In Nice
- The Riviera
- It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love
- Carnival Tango
- Poor Little Pierrette
- Reprise: The Boy Friend—I Could Be Happy With You

OCR: Stan Edwards (piano), with second piano & drums; Vocals: Anne Rogers, Anthony Hayes, Joan Sterndale Bennett, Larry Drew, Denise Hirst, Hugh Paddick, Maria Charles, Violetta, John Rutland

SALAD DAYS (Music: Julian Slade, Lyrics: Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade)
Music from ‘Salad Days’ (Julian Slade, piano, with rhythm acc.)
Original London Cast Recording 1954:
- The Things That Are Done By A Don
- We Said We Wouldn’t Look Back
- Find Yourself Something To Do
- I Sit In The Sun
- Oh, Look At Me
- Hush-Hush
- Out Of Breath
- Cleopatra
- It’s Easy To Sing
- We’re Looking For A Piano
- The Time Of My Life
- The Saucer Song
- Reprise: We Said We Wouldn’t Look Back—It’s Easy To Sing—I Sit In The Sun—We’re Looking For A Piano—The Time Of My Life—Oh, Look At Me

OCR: Edward Rubach & Robert Docker (pianos); Vocals: John Warner, Eleanor Drew, Michael Meacham, Christine Finn, James Cairncross

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