THE GOOD COMPANIONS

Composer: Andre Previn
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer

Opened: July 11, 1974, Her Majesty's Theatre, London
Performances: 252

Note: Only material not found on the London cast album are noted below.

Great North Road (same music as "Footloose" and "On My Way"):

For a recording of "Footloose" see: The Good Companions, EMI (S) EMC 3042 (John Mills, Judi Dench, and Christopher Gable with orchestra conducted by Marcus Dods) [reissued as CD/DRG 15020]


Little Lost Dream (cut prior to opening):

1. The Johnny Mercer Audio Scrapbook, Magic (M) AWE 5 (Johnny Mercer with piano accompaniment by Andre Previn) [reissued on Johnny Mercer Sings Just For Fun, CD/Sepia 1194]
2. Change Of Heart: The Songs Of Andre Previn, CD/Telarc TEL-34021-02 (Michael Feinstein with Andre Previn, piano, and David Finck, bass)


On My Way (same music as "Footloose" and "Great North Road"):

For a recording of "Footloose" see: The Good Companions, EMI (S) EMC 3042 (John Mills, Judi Dench, and Christopher Gable with orchestra conducted by Marcus Dods) [reissued as CD/DRG 15020]


Unrecorded Material:

Balls (not used; no music survives)
Black Week Medley
Carnival Stall Song (not used)
Extravaganza (cut prior to opening)
Fate Moves In Mysterious Ways (not used)
The Fair Sex (not used)
Goodbye
Happy Endings (not used; no music survives)
In The Hands Of Fate (not used; no music survives)
My Alter Ego And Me (not used)
Picadilly Circus (not used; originally written for the film DARLING LILI)
A Wanted Man (not used; no music survives)