FOUR IN HAND
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: November 1967, PLaza 9-, NYC
Performances: Unknown
Note: A private recording of the version televised on N.E.T. on March 15, 1968 is known to exist.
Con Edison (sketch by Michael McWhinney) (originally used in DRESSED TO THE NINES):
1. Dressed To The Nines, MGM (M) E3914OC (Ceil Cabot, Bill Hinnant, and Gerry Mattehws with William Roy and Carl Norman, plural pianos)
Cries Of The Common Marketplace (M/L: Lesley Davison) (first
version originally used in STRUTS AND FRETS, second version
used in BAKER'S DOZEN, and revised again for this show):
1. Political Party: 40
Years In Revue, CDr/No label (Gerry Matthews with N.E.T.
Playhouse cast)
Don't You Feel Naked Not Drinking?
(sketch by Robert Elliott) (originally used in SEVEN COME
ELEVEN (FIRST EDITION) and added for the television
version):
1. Seven Come Eleven,
Columbia Special Products (M) XLP-55477/8 (Mary Louise Wilson
and Rex Robbins with William Roy and Carl Norman, plural pianos)
[reissued as CD/Masterworkds Broadway 88883 72392 2]
The Election Special (M/L: Bud
McCreery) (originally used in SON OF FOUR BELOW as "Election
Spectacular", revised for PIECES OF EIGHT, and updated for
this show):
1. Pieces Of Eight, Offbeat (M) O-4016
(Ceil Cabot, Jane Connell, Del Close, Gerry Matthews, Gordon
Connell, and Estelle Parsons with Williamm Roy and Carl
Norman, plural pianos)
Folk Song ("I Gave My Love Two Nickels") (M: Harvey Schmidt;
L: Tom Jones) (originally used in DEMI-DOZEN and added for
the television version):
1. Demi-Dozen, Offbeat (M)
O-4015 (Jane Connell with Stan Keen and Gordon Connell, plural
pianos) (as unlisted intro to "The Race Of The Lexington Avenue
Express") [reissued on CD/Kritzerland KR 20033-2]
The Great Society (M/L: Clark Gesner)
(originally used in PICK A NUMBER XV as "Societies
Magnificat"):
1. 45/Nola Recording Studios acetate (Dennis Allen,
Lee Beery, Bill Hinnant, John Keatts, Liz Sheridan, Elizabeth
Wilson) (differs slightly from the PLaza 9- recording)
2. 45/Plaza 9 PL9 (Dennis Allen, Lee Beery, Bill Hinnant, John
Keatts, Liz Sheridan, Elizabeth Wilson with Robert Colston and
Frederick Silver at the Piano and Harpsichord)
Laddie (M: Jim Mahoney; L: Jim Mahoney; Warren Hunke)
(originally used in STOCK IN TRADE; also used in SHOESTRING
REVUE, FOUR BELOW, and SON OF FOUR BELOW):
1. Shoestring Revue,
Offbeat (M) O-4011 (Fay de Witt with Dorothy Freitag and Liza
Redfield, pianos, and Ralph Roberts, percussion) [reissued on
Shoestring '57, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-130]
2. Off Broadway, MGM E 4056 (Jerry Orbach with music conducted
by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Decca Broadway 012 159 254-2]
New Time Religion (M/L: June Reizner):
1. Songs And Patter At The Crystal Palace, Location
Recording Service (S) LRS-ST-4880 (Mead Metcalf and Chorus)
2. Old Farts On Wheels, Location Recording Service (S)
LRS-RT-6605 (Karl Brinkman, Jan Bertram, Mickey George, Tom
Huse, and Pam Pusey)
The Peanut Butter Affair (M/L: Clark Gesner) (originally
used in BITS AND PIECES XIV and cut from NEW FACES OF 1968):
1. Demo acetate (Clark
Gesner with unidentified woman)
2. 45/Nola Recording Studio acetate (Dennis Allen, Elizabeth
Wilson, Liz Sheridan, and Lee Beery) (differs slightly from the
PLaza 9- recording)
3. 45/PLaza 9 PL9 (Dennis Allen, Lee Beery, Bill Hinnant, John
Keatts, Liz Sheridan, Elizabeth Wilson with Robert Colston and
Frederick Silver at the Pianos)
4. Postprandial Delights From The Crystal Palace Theatre
Restaurant, Location Recording Service (S) LRSV-ST-4484 (Mead
Metcalf)
5. 22 Years At The Crystal Palace, Location Recording Service
(S) LRS-RT-6492 (Mead Metcalf)
6. 37 Years Of Peanut Butter On My Chin: The Crystal Palace,
CD/086P2<795>CRYSTALPALACE (Mead Metcalf with Mead Metcalf
and David Dyer, pianos)
7. The Jello Is Always Red, CD/Harbinger HCD 1502 (Celia Gentry,
Neal Young, and Clark Gesner with musical direction by Winston
Clark)
The Race Of The Lexington Avenue
Express (M: Harvey Schmidt; L: Tom Jones) (originally used
in DEMI-DOZEN and also used NEW YORK SCRAPBOOK):
1. Demi-Dozen, Offbeat (M) O-4015 (Jane Connell with Stan Keen and Gordon Connell, plural pianos) [reissued on CD/Kritzerland KR 20033-2]
Requiem For Peace (M/L: Bud McCreery) (originally used in
DIME A DOZEN as "Requiem For Everyone" and added for the
television version):
1. Dime A Dozen, Cadence
(S) CLP 25063 (Gerry Matthews and Rex Robbins with William Roy
and Robert Colston, plural pianos)
2. Through Sick & Sin, Epic (M) LN 3776 (Fay De Witt with
orchestra conducted by Joe Harnell)
Unrecorded Material:
The Ballad Of Baby Dough
(M: William Roy; L: June Reizner; William F. Brown)
Divorce Political Style (M: William Roy; L: June Reizner)
Doctor Spock (M: William Roy; L: June Reizner)
Four In Hand (Gala Opening) (M: William Roy; L: William F.
Brown)
Gather Ye Rosebuds (sketch by William F. Brown)
I Found My Love (M/L: ?) (added for the television version)
The Princess And The Toad (sketch by William F. Brown)
(originally used in SEVEN COME ELEVEN (FIRST EDITION))
Psyche-Delicatessen (sketch by Robert G. Elliott)
The School Of Hard Knocks (sketch by William F. Brown)
The Soft Pedal: A Tandem Tale (sketch by William F. Brown)
Take A Trippe With A Hippie (M/L: Michael Brown)
This Year's Model (M/L: June Reizner)
What This Country Really Needs (M/L: June Reizner)
Write A Book About The Kennedys (M/L: June Reizner)