FIRST IMPRESSIONS



Composer: Glenn Paxton
Lyricists: Robert Goldman and George David Weiss

Opened: March 19, 1959, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 84

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.


Goodbye, Kind Sir, Goodbye (cut):

1. 45/Columbia 4-41343 (Johnny Desmond with orchestra and chorus conducted by Glenn Osser)


I Feel Sorry For The Boy (female version of "I Feel Sorry For The Girl") (unused):

1. Demo Acetate
2. 45/Columbia 4-41342 (M) (Polly Bergen with orchestra and chorus conducted by Glenn Osser) [reissued on My Heart Sings, CD/Collectables 7640]
3. Pat Suzuki's Broadway '59, RCA (M) LPM-1965 (Pat Suzuki with orchestra conducted by George Siravo) [reissued on Complete Album Series, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9055]


Jane (cut; reinstated during the run):

1. Demo Acetate
2. First Impressions, Private label SLS RW (A.L.T. cast)


Netherfield: The Road Of Love (added to a subsequent production):

1. First Impressions, Private label SLS RW (A.L.T. cast)


No (added to a subsequent production):

1. First Impressions, Private label SLS RW (A.L.T. cast)


Not Like Me (cut; reinstated in a subsequent production):

1. Demo Acetate
2. All Alone By The Telephone, Columbia (S) CS-8100 (Polly Bergen with orchestra conducted by Luther Henderson) [reissued on All Alone By The Telephone/Four Seasons Of Love, CD/Collectables COL-CD-6693]
3. Pat Suzuki's Broadway '59, RCA (M) LPM-1965 (Pat Suzuki with orchestra conducted by George Siravo) [reissued on Complete Album Series, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9055]


Rosing (added to a subsequent production):

1. First Impressions, Private label SLS RW (A.L.T. cast)


Shropshire Whim (cut):

1. Demo Acetate


So This Is How It Is (cut; reinstated in a subsequent production):

1. Demo Acetate


Unrecorded Songs:

Finaletto
It's The Thing To Do (added to a subsequent production)
Silly Brats And Rum (cut)