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Revision #5

Submitted on May 12, 2019 by Rodolfo

Additions from the previous version are highlighted in green. Deletions are struckthrough and highlighted in red.

Release ID
63069
Label
Kritzerland
Catalog Number
20035-9
Release Date
2019-03
Release Country
US
Format
CD
Barcode
857252003590
Notes
From the liner notes: “The previous CD release was one of the few that did not have any extra material on it, so it was a fairly short run time of forty-three minutes. So, we decided to add our own bonus material. We have Lotte Lenya’s 1930 recording of “Alabama Song,” performed with The Three Admirals and conducted by Theo Mackeben and his Jazz Orchestra. It is nightmarish and wonderful. And the major bonus is a 1930 recording of The Threepenny Opera in German with Lenya, Kurt Gerron, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Erich Ponto, Erika Helmke, with the Theo Mackeben and Lewis Ruth Band. These are historic recordings and have been cleaned up by mastering engineer James Nelson, and sound pretty amazing given their age.

“And as with our other Bagley releases, we have spruced up the sound quite a bit, as the quality of the original LPs and their subsequent CD releases was never optimal, sound-wise. And, of course, the classic cover art is by the one and only Harvey Schmidt, whose paintings help make this series so unique.”

Tracks
1. Songs from One Touch of Venus: Vive la Difference, One Touch of Venus, That’s How Much I Love You, Very Very Very (lyrics by Ogden Nash) -- Paula Laurence, Arthur Siegel, Chorus
2. This Time Next Year (from an unfinished musical of Huckleberry Finn - lyrics by Maxwell Anderson) -- Ann Miller
3. You Understand Me So (cut from Love Life - lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner) -- Chita Rivera
4. I Remember It Well (from Love Life - lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner) -- Jo Sullivan and John Reardon
5. Moon-faced, Starry-Eyed (from Street Scene - lyrics by Langston Hughes) -- Ann Miller
6. Youkali Tango (from the 1934 Casino de Paris Revue - lyrics by Fernay) -- Paula Laurence, Arthur Siegel, Chorus
7. Dr. Crippen (from One Touch of Venus - lyrics by Ogden Nash) -- Chita Rivera and the Men
8. Italy in Technicolor (cut from Street Scene - lyrics by Langston Hughes) -- Jo Sullivan
9. Poor Mrs. Peachum (written for the Paris production of The Threepenny Opera - lyrics by Yvette Guilbert - English translation by Michael Feingold) -- Paula Laurence
10. You Are Unforgettable (cut from Lady in the Dark - lyrics by Ira Gershwin) -- Arthur Siegel
11. Love in the Mist (cut from One Touch of Venus - lyrics by Ogden Nash) -- Jo Sullivan
12. Is It Him or Is It Me? (from Love Life - lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner) -- Ann Miller
13. Locker Room (from Love Life - lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner) -- John Reardon, Arthur Siegel, and the Men
Vocal and Musical Arrangements: Dennis Deal

Bonus tracks:

14. Alabama Song Lotte Lenya (1930 recording with The Three Admirals, conducted by Theo Mackeben and his Jazz Orchestra)

The Threepenny Opera (1930 German recording, with the Theo Mackeben and Lewis Ruth Band, sung by Lotte Lenya, Kurt Gerron, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Erich Ponto, Erika Helmke):
15. Overture and Ballad of Mack the Knife
16. Pirate Jenny
17. Cannon Song
18. Love Song
19. Barbara Song
20. First Threepenny Finale
21. Farewell
22. Pimp Ballad
23. Ballad of Pleasant Life
24. Jealousy Duet
25. Second Threepenny Finale
26. Song of Inadequacy
27. Ballad and Final Chorale
# of Tracks
27
Length
1:13:43
Recording ID
4817 7057
Producer
[p4592 Bruce Kimmel]
Mastering
[p99477 James Nelson]
Performer
[p19639 Erich Ponto]
[p15736 Erika Helmke]
[p10269 Kurt Gerron]
[p1279 Lotte Lenya]
[p10675 Willi Trenk-Trebitsch]