18 Interesting Songs from Unfortunate Shows - 1977 Bobby Van, Susan Watson, Betty Garrett

This is not a compilation album. These recordings were made for this album.

As with several areas of the website, we suffer from non-standard definitions here. Some use compilation as a new release of tracks form prior recordings. (Like most of what passes for a film soundtrack CD these days.) Others consider compilation a grouping of tracks from different shows released under a single theme (composer, overtures, etc.)

The other common instance of this is promo-demo-sampler. My definitions are:

Demo - Previously unrecorded / unreleased tracks of a new work prior to production and a post-premier cast recording. Promo - Either music previously recorded but re-edited (as in a medley) or alternate takes from a cast or studio recording. Sampler - A subset of tracks from a full cast recording issued to either sell tickets or CDs. The tracks are identical to their counterparts on the full cast recording, but in different packaging.

I wish Matt would form a task force of interested and informed site users to help work on some of these things. (I also wish there was a more general discussion / blog area so that a conversation like this is not just filed under this particular recording.) I wish....more than anything!

Betty Garrett sang "I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy" in the original 1943 Broadway production of Something for the Boys, a performance she re-creates on this album.

Is there a way to distinguish which songs are from which shows on this album?

Each song is hyperlinked to its own page, which will tell you the name of the show.