LATER THAN SPRING
Composer: Noel
Coward
Lyricist: Noel Coward
Written: 1956-1959
Performances: Unproduced
Note: This was an early precursor to SAIL AWAY.
Family Dirge:
1. Noel Coward Sings Sail
Away And Other Coward Rarities, CD/Harbinger Records 1701 (Noel
Coward)
Home:
1. Noel Coward Sings Sail
Away And Other Coward Rarities, CD/Harbinger Records 1701 (Noel
Coward)
I Wanted To Show You Paris:
1. Noel Coward Sings Sail
Away And Other Coward Rarities, CD/Harbinger Records 1701 (Noel
Coward)
2. Noel Coward Sings Sail Away And Other Coward Rarities,
CD/Harbinger Records 1701 (Noel Coward) (reprise)
Later Than Spring:
1. 45/Capitol 4639 (Ralph
Carmichael and his Chorus and Orchestra)
2. Sail Away, Capitol (S) SWAO 1643 (James Hurst with orchestra
conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/Angel 64759]
3. Sail Away, HMV (S) CSD 1572 (David Holliday and Company with
orchestra conducted by Gareth Davies) [reissued as CD/Fynsworth
Alley 302 062 179 2]
4. Sail Away, HMV (S) CSD 1572 (Elaine Stritch with orchestra
conducted by Gareth Davies) (reprise) [reissued as CD/Fynsworth
Alley 302 062 179 2]
5. Dance To The Music From Sail Away, Capitol (M) T 1666 (Ted
Straeter and His Society Orchestra)
6. Noel Coward Sings Songs From Sail Away, Capitol (S) SW-1667
(Noel Coward with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued
on Noel Coward Sings Sail Away And Other Coward Rarities,
CD/Harbinger Records 1701]
Let's Be Sincere:
1. Noel Coward: Off The Record,
CD/Original Cast OC-1128 (Jeanne Lehman and Steve Ross, with
Steve Ross, piano)
Now I'm A Widow:
1. Noel Coward Sings Sail
Away And Other Coward Rarities, CD/Harbinger Records 1701 (Noel
Coward)
The Passenger's Always Right (later
used in SAIL AWAY):
1. Sail Away, Capitol (S)
SWAO 1643 (Charles Braswell and The Stewards with orchestra
conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/Angel 64759]
2. Sail Away, HMV (S) CSD 1572 (John Hewer & The Stewards
with orchestra conducted by Gareth Davies) [reissued as
CD/Fynsworth Alley 302 062 179 2]
3. Dance To The Music From Sail Away, Capitol (M) T 1666 (Ted
Straeter and His Society Orchestra)
4. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (Derek Waring, Geoffrey
Burridge, Tudor Davies, Peter Gale) [reissued as CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88883 72394 2]
5. Noel Coward Sings Songs From Sail Away, Capitol (S) SW-1667
(Noel Coward with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued
on Noel Coward Sings Sail Away And Other Coward Rarities,
CD/Harbinger Records 1701]
Time Will Tell (cut; also later cut
from THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER):
1. Noel Coward Sings His
Score For The Girl Who Came To Supper, DRG SL-5178 (Noel Coward,
piano and voice) (demo) [reissued as CD/DRG 5178]
2. Noel Coward Sings His Score For The Girl Who Came To Supper,
DRG SL-5178 (Noel Coward, piano and voice) (demo; second
rendition not separately indicated but sung immediately
preceding "The Walla Walla Boola" in "The Coconut Girl"
sequence) [reissued as CD/DRG 5178]
When The Journey's Over:
1. Noel Coward: Off The Record,
CD/Original Cast OC-1128 (Steve Ross, piano and voice)
Where Shall I Find Him? (later used in SAIL AWAY):
1. 45/Capitol 4632 (Janice
Harper with orchestra conducted by Richard Wolfe)
2. Sail Away, Capitol (S) SWAO 1643 (Patricia Harty with
orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/Angel 64759]
3. Sail Away, HMV (S) CSD 1572 (Sheila Forbes with orchestra
conducted by Gareth Davies) [reissued as CD/Fynsworth Alley 302
062 179 2]
4. Dance To The Music From Sail Away, Capitol (M) T 1666 (Ted
Straeter and His Society Orchestra)
5. Noel Coward Sings Songs From Sail Away, Capitol (S) SW-1667
(Noel Coward with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued
on Noel Coward Sings Sail Away And Other Coward Rarities,
CD/Harbinger Records 1701]
6. Complete EMI Columbia Singles Collection, CD/EMI 363221
(Shirley Bassey)
7. Collector's Mantonvani, Vol. 2, CD/Vocalion 4233 (Mantovani
and His Orchestra)
Why Do The Wrong People Travel (later
used in SAIL AWAY):
1. Sail Away, Capitol (S)
SWAO 1643 (Elaine Stritch with orchestra conducted by Peter
Matz) [reissued as CD/Angel 64759]
2. Sail Away, HMV (S) CSD 1572 (Elaine Stritch with orchestra
conducted by Gareth Davies) [reissued as CD/Fynsworth Alley 302
062 179 2]
3. Dance To The Music From Sail Away, Capitol (M) T 1666 (Ted
Straeter and His Society Orchestra)
4. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (Tudor Davies, Laurel Ford)
[reissued as CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72394 2]
5. Girls Are Made For Loving, Silverline (S) DJSL 006 (Maggie
Fitzgibbon)
6. Noel Coward Sings Songs From Sail Away, Capitol (S) SW-1667
(Noel Coward with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued
on Noel Coward Sings Sail Away And Other Coward Rarities,
CD/Harbinger Records 1701]
7. If Love Were All: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Canzona CANZ
CD2 (Dominic Alldis, piano and voice, with rhythm accompaniment)
8. Craig Jessup Sings Noel Coward, CD/No label 20-06074 (Craig
Jessup with Barry Lloyd, piano)
9. A Little Travelin' Music, CD/LML Music 196 (Russ Lorenson and
Shawn Ryan)
10. Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, CD/DRG 12994 (Elaine Stritch)
11, A Talent To Amuse, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3048
(Maggie Fitzgibbon with musical direction by Grant Hossack)
Unrecorded Material:
Scene In Tamarinda's Suite
There Are Good Times Coming
When Did You First Discover You Were Different?
Why Am I Always Alone?
You And I (subsequently cut from SAIL AWAY)
The score also included an early fragmentary precursor of
"Useless Useful Phrases" from SAIL AWAY.