Various Artists

Stage Door Records celebrates the legacy of Meredith Willson's musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown with a deluxe 2-CD set comprising four distinct programs of the musical's songs.  The Original Demo Recordings and More! opens with the fully-orchestrated album of demos performed by veteran studio singers Sandy Stewart and Bernie Knee.  It continues with another clutch of demos performed by Meredith Willson himself along with wife Rini and original star Harve Presnell.  The second CD is dedicated to pop cover recordings, beginning with the complete stereo album presentation of Andre Kostelanetz's album of the Molly Brown score.  It then rounds up fourteen pop covers of the show's standout numbers including Dinah Shore's "I Ain't Down Yet," Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians' "Belly Up to the Bar, Boys," Aretha Franklin's "Are You Sure," Gordon MacRae's "Dolce Far Niente," Nat "King" Cole's "If I Knew," and The Four Preps' "I've Already Started In."  Stage Door's premiere CD release of these rare recordings is limited to just 500 units and includes a colorful 12-page booklet with new liner notes by George Dansker.