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Changing My Tune: Kritzerland Reissues, Remasters Classic Gershwin, Coward Tributes

April 30, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Kritzerland is continuing its long-running series of reissues drawn from Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles archives.  The label has just announced new editions of the long out-of-print George Gershwin Revisited and Noel Coward Revisited.

George Gershwin Revisited remains one of the starriest releases in the Revisited series, featuring Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch, Bobby Short, and Anthony Perkins.  Keeping with the focus of the series, producer Bagley and musical director-arranger Norman Paris concentrated solely on lesser-known songs from the legendary composer including songs from largely forgotten shows such as La La Lucille, Sweet Little Devil, Niceties of 1923, and Tell Me More.  The album was originally released on MGM Records in 1966 and subsequently reissued in the U.K. on RCA Victor; Bagley's Painted Smiles label brought it to CD.  Unlike many of his other CD reissues, however, he didn't add any bonus tracks.  So Kritzerland has added one additional cut: the first recording of Gershwin's "Concerto in F" in its original Ferde Grofe orchestration, recorded in 1928 by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with Roy Bargy on piano.   James Nelson has remastered George Gershwin Revisited.

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Bagley's celebration of an American legend is joined by a tribute to a British one.  Noel Coward Revisited was originally released just a bit later in 1966, also on the MGM label.  For this volume, Bagley and Paris enlisted the considerable talents of Manchurian Candidate star Laurence Harvey alongside Hermione Gingold, Nancy Andrews, and Edward Earle plus The Satisfactions.  Revisited is filled with lesser-known but no less worthy Coward tunes (all bearing Coward's trademark wit and sophistication), but Bagley also found room in subsequent pressings including the 1973 U.K. RCA Victor LP to add the great Dorothy Loudon's rendition of the all-time standard "If Love Were All."  A further five bonus tracks were added for the CD edition (all, naturally, included here) as performed by artists including Ann Hampton Callaway, Barbara Lea, and Arthur Siegel.  Kritzerland notes that "we are doing major work on this, the worst-sounding of all the Bagley albums."  While track samples are available at the label's website, the remastered tracks were not available for the announcement.

Both George Gershwin Revisited and Noel Coward Revisited are limited to just 500 copies and are adorned with Harvey Schmidt's classic artwork.  They're expected to ship by the second week of June, but those who pre-order directly from the label will usually find their copies arriving earlier.  You can pre-order both titles at the links below!

Various Artists, George Gershwin Revisited (MGM Records SE-4375, 1966 - reissued Kritzerland, 2019)

  1. There is More to the Kiss Than the XXX - Barbara Cook, Anthony Perkins, Elaine Stritch, Bobby Short
  2. Under a One-Man Top - Anthony Perkins, Barbara Cook
  3. Feeling Sentimental - Elaine Stritch
  4. Tra-La-La - Barbara Cook, Bobby Short, Anthony Perkins
  5. Nashville Nightingale -Bobby Short
  6. Drifting Along with the Tide -Anthony Perkins, Barbara Cook
  7. Virginia Don't Go too Far -Anthony Perkins, Bobby Short, Elaine Stritch
  8. Back Bay Polka -Anthony Perkins, Bobby Short, Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch
  9. Changing My Tune -Anthony Perkins, Barbara Cook
  10. Rose of Madrid -Bobby Short, Elaine Stritch
  11. Oh Gee! Oh Joy! -Bobby Short
  12. Three Times a Day - Anthony Perkins
  13. Scandal Walk -Anthony Perkins, Bobby Short, Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch
  14. Concerto in F - Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra feat. Roy Bargy, piano (Bonus Track)

Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Irving Caesar, B. G. DeSylva, Ira Gershwin, Arthur Jackson, Gus Kahn, P.G. Wodehouse
Musical Direction and Arrangements by Norman Paris

Various Artists, Noel Coward Revisited (MGM Records SE-4430, 1966 - reissued Kritzerland, 2019)

  1. London at Night - Edward Earle and The Satisfactions
  2. Evening in Summer - Nancy Andrews and The Satisfactions
  3. The Wife of an Acrobat - Hermione Gingold
  4. Nothing Can Last Forever - Laurence Harvey
  5. Green Carnations Edward - Edward Earle and The Satisfactions
  6. That Is the End of the News - Hermione Gingold, Nancy Andrews
  7. May I Have the Pleasure/The Waltz - Laurence Harvey, Nancy Andrews
  8. Housemaid's Knees - Hermione Gingold, Nancy Andrews
  9. You Were There - Laurence Harvey
  10. He Never Did That to Me - Hermione Gingold
  11. If Love Were All - Dorothy Loudon
  12. Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans - Edward Earle and The Satisfactions
  13. Chase Me Charlie - Nancy Andrews
  14. Never Again - Laurence Harvey
  15. Finale - The Satisfactions

CD Bonus Tracks

  1. Operette - Myvanwy Jenn
  2. When My Ship Comes In - Arthur Siegel
  3. The Hall of Fame - Barbara Lea, Arthur Siegel, Myvanwy Jenn
  4. Most of Every Day - Ann Hampton Callaway
  5. Let's Live Dangerously - Myvanwy Jenn, Ann Hampton Callaway, Barbara Lea, Arthur Siegel

Music and Lyrics by Noel Coward
Musical Direction and Arrangements by Norman Paris

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Anthony Perkins, Barbara Cook, Ben Bagley, Bobby Short, Dorothy Loudon, Elaine Stritch, George Gershwin, Hermione Gingold, Noël Coward

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. Mark H. says

    May 1, 2019 at 6:53 pm

    Thanks for continuing to feature these. I like them very much.

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    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      May 2, 2019 at 2:06 pm

      You're very welcome, Mark! We've been enjoying this series, as well.

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