THE LAST WALTZ
Composer: Oscar
Straus
Lyricists: Harold Atteridge; Edward Delaney Dunn
Opened: May 10, 1921, Century Theatre, N.Y.C.; October 7,
1922, Gaiety Theatre, London
Performances: 185 (N.Y.C.); 288 (London)
A Baby In Love (M: Ralph Benatzky; Al Goodman; L: Harold Atteridge):
1. 78/Victor 18788
(Hackel-Berge Orchestra)
2. 78/Edison 50828 (Club De Vingt Orchestra)
3. 78/Vocalion 14221 (Al Jocker’s Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Vocalion 35004 (Aeolian Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Volume IV: 1920-1929,
CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
Just For A While (M/L: Anderson;
Geiger) (in London production only):
1. 78/London 1020
(Mantovani and His Orchestra) [also 45/London 451020]
2. 78/Victor 20-5338 (Jan Peerce with orchestra conducted by
Hugo Winterhalter) [also 45/Victor 47-5338]
3. 78/Columbia 911 (Jose Collins with orchestra conducted by
Hubert Bath) [reissued on Jose Collins, World SH169]
4. Jose Collins Memories, Decca K730 (Jose Collins with
orchestra)'
5. Australia’s Queen Of Song, CD/EMI 8146512 (Gladys Moncrieff)
Laggard Love (The Laggard Lovers) (in
London production only):
1. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra)
The Last Waltz (L: Edward Delaney
Dunn):
1. 78/Grey Gull L 1081
(Knecht’s Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra)
2. 78/Edison 50813 (Betsy Lane Shepherd
and Lewis James with orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 18788 (Hackel-Berge
Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia 910 (Jose Collins and Kingsley Lark with
orchestra conducted by Hubert Bath)
5. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Vocalion 35004 (Aeolian Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Volume IV: 1920-1929,
CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
Live For Today (M: Al Goodman; A.
Werau; L: Harold Atteridge):
1. 78/Vocalion 35004
(Aeolian Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone Volume IV: 1920-1929, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
Love The Minstrel (L: Ackel) (in London
production only):
1. 78/Columbia 911 (Jose
Collins and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Hubert Bath)
[reissued on Jose Collins, World SH169]
2. 78/Columbia
904 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra))
The Magic Waltz Refrain (in London
production only):
1. 78/Columbia 910 (Jose
Collins and Kingsley Lark with orchestra conducted by Hubert
Bath)
2. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
Man Is Master Of His Fate (in London
production only):
1. 78/Columbia 913
(Kingsley Lark with orchestra conducted by Hubert Bath)
2. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
3. On Stage, EMI (M) EM 29 0573 3 (Peter Dawson with orchestra
conducted by George Byng)
The Next Dance With You (M: Al Gooman;
L: Louis Friedman):
1. 78/Vocalion 35004
(Aeolian Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone Volume IV: 1920-1929, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
Now Fades My Golden Love Dream (Fading
Golden Love Dream) (L: Edward Delaney Dunn):
1. On Stage, EMI (M) EM 29
0573 3 (Peter Dawson with Bessie Jones and orchestra conducted
by George Byng) (as “Farewell, My Golden Love Dream”)
2. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra) (as
“Farewell, My Golden Love Dream”)
Oo-La-La (cut after opening, then
reinstated):
1. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra)
Red Roses (in London production only):
1. 78/Columbia 913
(Kingsley Lark with orchestra conducted by Hubert Bath)
2. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
The Song Of The Mirror (The Mirror
Song) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/Columbia 912 (Jose
Collins and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Hubert Bath)
2. 78/Columbia 904 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
Wedding Song And Dance (in London
production only):
1. 78/Columbia 904
(Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
When Life And Love Are Calling (in
London production only):
1. 78/Columbia 912 (Jose
Collins and Kingsley Lark with orchestra conducted by Hubert
Bath)
Unrecorded Material: