THE DAY BEFORE SPRING
Composer: Frederick
Loewe
Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner
Opened: November 22, 1945, National Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 165
The Day Before Spring:
1. Alan Jay Lerner
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141 (Blossom Dearie with
musical direction by Norman Paris)
A radio transcription is known to exist performed by Nat
Brandwynne's Orchestra.
God's Green World:
1. Alan Jay Lerner
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141 (Jerry Orbach and the Boys
with musical direction by Norman Paris)
2. Life's A Funny Present, CD/Rialto SLRR 9306 (Richard Nichol
and Chorus with musical direction by David Holcenberg)
A radio transcription is known to exist performed by Music of
Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier.
I Love You This Morning:
1. Alan Jay Lerner
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141 (Blossom Dearie and Chorus
with musical direction by Norman Paris)
A radio transcription is known to exist performed by Music of
Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier.
A Jug Of Wine:
1. 78/Majestic 1030
(Thelma Carpenter with orchestra conducted by Eddie Sauter)
[reissued on Seems Like Old Times, CD/Sepia 1080]
2. Woody Herman: The Thundering Herds, 1945-1947, Columbia CJ
44108 (Woody Herman, vocal, with Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
[reissued on the Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman
& His Orchestra & Woodchoppers, CD/Mosaic 223; see also
The Great American Composers: Lerner & Loewe, CD/ Columbia
House 8306]
3. Lerner & Loewe & Chevalier, MGM (M) E4015 P (Maurice
Chevalier with orchestra conducted by Joe Harnell) [see also
Paris To Broadway, MGM Records 4120]
4. Lyrics By Lerner: Alan Jay Lerner Performs His Own Songs,
10"/Heritage (M) 0600 (Kaye Ballard with orchestra directed by
Herb Harris) [ reissued on CD/DRG 5246]
5. Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141
(Dorothy Loudon)
A radio transcription is known to exist performed by Music of
Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier.
My Love Is A Married Man:
1. Here I'll Stay: The
Words Of Alan Jay Lerner, CD/Philips 446219 (Julie Andrews with
the London Musicians Orchestra conducted by Ian Fraser)
2. Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141 (Ann
Hampton Callaway)
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1945, CD/Bayview RNBW039 (Christiane
Noll, Karen Mason, and Kerry Butler with the Ross Patterson
Little Big Band)
This Is My Holiday:
1. Alan Jay Lerner
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141 (Roddy McDowall and
Blossom Dearie with musical direction by Norman Paris)
2. Life's A Funny Present, CD/Rialto SLRR 9306 (Mary Gordon
Murray with musical direction by David Holcenberg)
A radio transcription is known to exist performed by Richard
Leibert, organ.
You Haven't Changed At All:
1. 78/Sonora 3006 (Larry
Butler with Bob Chester and his Orchestra)
2. Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman & His
Orchestra & Woodchoppers, CD/Mosaic 223 (Lucille Linwood and
The Blue Flames with Woody Herman & His Orchestra)
(previously unissued) (see also The Great American Composers:
Lerner & Loewe, CD/Columbia House 8306]
3. 78/Musicraft 15059 (Lynne Stevens with George Auld and His
Orchestra) [reissued on George Auld 1945-1946, CD/Classics 1351]
4. The Little Prince, CD/Blue Dalmation CD-1004 (Frederick
Loewe, piano, 1945)
5. One More Rose: A Tribute to Alan Jay Lerner, CD/Audiophile
230 (Jackie Cain & Roy Kral)
6. Lerner In Love: The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, CD/LML Music
193 (Barbara Brussell with musical direction by Tedd Firth)
7. Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141 (Roddy
McDowall and Nancy Walker with musical direction by Norman Paris
)
8. The Broadway Musicals Of 1945, CD/Bayview RNBW039 (Karen
Mason and Eddie Korbich with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
9. The Alan Jay Lerner Album, CD/Fynsworth Alley 062161 (Brent
Barrett with musical direction by Christopher Denny)
10. You Are The Best Thing.. That Ever Has Happened To Me,
CD/United Agents UAR5 (Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid with the Jason
Carr Quartet)
A radio transcription is known to exist performed by Music of
Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier.
Other Songs:
Act I Finale
Act II Finale
Alex Sings Of The Book
Anyone Else (unused)
Ballet Of The Book According To Alex
Ballet Of The Book According To Gerald
The Bower Of Love (unused)
Friends To The End
Happy, Happy, Happy (cut)
The Invitation
Katherine Receives Advice
Where's My Wife?
N.B. David Hummel's book also lists a private tape of Arthur Siegel performing "The Day Before Spring," "God's Green World," "This Is My Holiday," and "I Love You This Morning." Richard Norton informs me that Al Goodman also recorded a vocal medley.