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THE
BOY
FRIEND
1. Overture - Stan Edwards (on piano) 1:22
2. Perfect Young Ladies - Denise Hirst, Maria Charles, Joan Gadson, Juliet Hunt 1:10
3. The Boy Friend - Company 0:48
4. Won't You Charleston With Me? - Denise Hirst & Larry Drew 1:39
5. Fancy Forgetting - Joan Sterndale Bennett 1:56
6. I Could Be Happy With You - Anne Rogers & Anthony Hayes 2:48
7. Sur La Plage - Chorus 1:28
8. A Room In Bloomsbury - A. Rogers & A. Hayes 2:43
9. It's Nicer In Nice - Violetta & Chorus 1:36
10. The Riviera - Chorus 1:41
11. It's Never Too Late To Fall In Love - Maria Charles & John Rutland 3:03
12. It's Never Too Late To Fall In Love - Maria Charles & John Rutland 3:03
13. Poor Little Pierrette - Joan S. Bennett 1:52
14. The Boy Friend - Company / Reprise: I Could Be Happy With You - A. Rogers & A. Hayes 1:26
BONUS TRACKS
15. "The Boy Friend" Selection Part 1 - 2:48
16. "The Boy Friend" Selection Part 2 - both - The London Orchestra 2:59
SELECTIONS FROM 'THE GIRL FRIEND', 'HIT THE DECK' & 'NO, NO NANETTE'
17. "The Girl Friend" Selection Part 1 - 4:03
18. "The Girl Friend" Selection Part 2 - both - Savoy Orpheans 4:21
19. The Girl Friend - George Olsen and His Music 2:49
20. Mountain Greenery - Roger Wolfe and His Orchestra 3:17
21. Fancy Me Just Meeting You - 2:56
22. Sometimes I'm Happy - both - Ivy Tresmand & Stanley Holloway 2:56
23. Too Many Rings Around Rosie - Irene Browne 2:55
24. I've Confessed To The Breeze - Binnie Hale & Seymour Beard 2:50
25. I Want To Be Happy - B. Hale & Joseph Coyne 3:03
26. No, No, Nanette - B. Hale 2:47
27. Tea For Two - B. Hale & S. Beard 3:16
28. You Can Dance With Any Girl At All - I. Browne & George Grossmith 2:43
29. Where Has My Hubby Gone Blues - I. Browne 3:23
30. Take A Little One-Step - B. Hale & George Grossmith 3:07
27.
For
The
First
Time
-
June
Hutton
2:18
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Title:
The
Boy
Friend
Artist:
Original
London
Cast
-
Anne
Rogers,
Anthony
Hayes
etc
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1042
Barcode:
5055122110422
Release
Date:
1
February
2005
The
1950s
produced
two
gigantic
home-grown
musicals
in
Britain
-
Salad
Days
and
The
Boy
Friend.
Both
dominated
the
West
End
for
most
of
the
decade
and
The
Boy
Friend
also
triumphed
on
Broadway
before
being
turned
into
a
film
starring
Twiggy.
Set
in
the
1920s
The
Boy
Friend
was
composer
Sandy
Wilson's
affectionate
tribute
to
a
bygone
era.
Called
"A
new
musical
of
the
1920s"
The
Boy
Friend
is
the
obvious
brother
of
Rodger's
and
Hart's
The
Girl
Friend
and
follows
much
of
the
same
structure
as
two
by
Vincent
Youman
-
No,
No,
Nanette
and
Hit
the
Deck.
To
illustrate
the
point
we
have
included
as
bonus
tracks
songs
from
the
three
shows
The
Boy
Friend
pays
homage
to,
all
re-mastered
from
recordings
made
in
the
1920s.
Anne
Rogers
made
her
stage
debut
in
this
production
of
The
Boy
Friend
and
every
track
is
a
gem.
The
original
London
cast
recording
has
not
been
available
for
a
long
time
and
has
never
been
issued
on
CD
until
now.
All
tracks
have
been
re-mastered
using
the
CEDAR
system
and
the
12
page
booklet
contains
many
production
photographs.
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"Although
there
have
been
several
other
recordings,
the
original
cast,
led
by
Anne
Rogers,
Joan
Sterndale
Bennett
and
Anthony
Hayes,
has
never
been
surpassed,
and
(Sandy)
Wilson's original
score
for
two
pianos
and
percussion
has
a
straightforward charm
that
avoids
any
feeling
of
coy
pastiche.
Some
vintage
recordings
from
shows
that
were
Wilson's
inspiration,
including
The
Girl
Friend
and
Hit
the
Deck,
makes
this
disc
a
real
pleasure."
Patrick
O'Connor,
Gramophone,
July
2005
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