MADAME APHRODITE
Composer: Jerry
Herman
Lyricist: Jerry Herman
Opened: December 29,
1961, Orpheum Theatre, NYC
Performances: 13
Note: The literature reports the existence of a studio demo of certain songs from this show with vocals by John Rikards. This recording, however, is not a demo but a noncommercial private recording made in Australia in the 1970s.
Beautiful (same music as "A Little More Mascara" in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES):
1. Composer Demo (Jerry
Herman)
2. La Cage Aux Folles, CD/RCA RCD14824 (George Hearn and Company
with orchestra directed by Donald Pippin) ("A Little More Mascara")
3. La
Cage Aux Folles, RCA VPL1 0520 (Jon Ewing and Company with orchestra directed
by Dale Ringland) ("A Little More Mascara")
4. La Cage Aux Folles,
CD/Polydor 829 646-2 (Helmut Baumann and Ensemble with orchestra conducted by
Rolf Kuhn) ("A Little More Mascara")
5. La Cage Aux Follies, CD/Hallmark
703432 (The London Theatre Orchestra & Cast) ("A Little More
Mascara")
6. Tap Your Troubles Away!: The Words & Music Of Jerry Herman,
CD/LML Music LML CD-302 (Wilson Cruz with music direction by Ron Abel) ("A
Little More Mascara")
7. Showtune, CD/No label CC22230/31 (Paul Harman with
Sandy Binion, Stephanie Lynge, and Karen Murphy with musical supervision by
James Followell) ("A Little More Mascara")
The Girls Who Sit And Wait (uses some of the same music as
"And I Was Beautiful" in DEAR WORLD):
1. Composer Demo (Jerry
Herman)
2. Dear World Studio Demo, Private LP (M) LP-666 (unidentified
singer) ("And I Was Beautiful")
3. Dear World, Columbia (S) BOS-3260
(Angela Lansbury with orchestra conducted by Philip J. Lang) [reissued as
CD/Sony SK-48220] ("And I Was Beautiful")
4. Only Love, Capitol (S) ST 125
(Gordon MacRae with orchestra conducted by Claus Ogerman) ("And She Was
Beautiful")
5. An Evening With Jerry Herman, Laureate LL-606 (Lisa Kirk with
Jerry Herman, piano) ("And I Was Beautiful") [reissued as CD/DRG 5173]
6.
Contemporary Broadway Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS 1381 (Fay De Witt and
The Girls with Arthur Siegel at the piano); [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-131]
7. Before The Parade Passes By: The Lyrics And Music Of Jerry
Herman, CD/Dress Circle LM-0000446 (Leanne Masterton with musical direction by
Mark Collins)
8. Before The Parade Passes By: The Lyrics And Music Of Jerry
Herman, CD/Dress Circle LM-0000446 (Leanne Masterton with musical direction by
Mark Collins) ("And I Was Beautiful")
9. Tap Your Troubles Away!: The Words
& Music Of Jerry Herman, CD/LML Music LML CD-302 (Tyne Daly with music
direction by Ron Abel) ("And I Was Beautiful")
10. Showtune, CD/No label
CC22230/31 (Karen Murphy with musical supervision by James Followell) ("And I
Was Beautiful")
11. Showtune, CD/No label CC22230/31 (Sandy Binion, Paul
Harman, Tom Korbee, Stephanie Lynge, Karen Murphy, Bobby Peaco, Martin
Vidnovic, and Steve Wilson with musical supervision by James Followell) ("And I
Was Beautiful")
12. Afterthoughts, CD/Fancy Faire (Audrey Morris with Bruce
Robbins, piano) ("And I Was Beautiful")
Gotta Be A Dream (cut; same music as "Love Is Only Love" cut
from MAME and used in the film version of HELLO, DOLLY!):
1. Mame Composer demo (Jerry
Herman or Alice Borden) ("Love Is Only Love")
2. 45/EH Morris #1/2 (Hello,
Dolly! movie demo) ("Love Is Only Love")
3. 45/Columbia (S) 4S-45072 (Barbra
Streisand) ("Love Is Only Love")
4. 45/Happy Tiger HT-526 (Joe Masiell with
arrangements by Don Costa) ("Love Is Only Love")
5. 45/Decca 31959 (Marian
Montgomery with orchestra directed by Charles Albertine) ("Love Is Only
Love")
6. Mame, Capitol Custom UB-121 (studio demo with unidentified singer)
("Love Is Only Love")
7. Hello, Dolly!, Fox (S) DTCS 5103 (Barbra Streisand
with music conducted by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman) ("Love Is Only Love")
[reissued as CD/Philips P2 10368]
8. Mame, Parliament (S) PLPS 901 (Joe Berl
with orchestra directed by Joseph Berlingeri) ("Love Is Only Love")
9. The
Hit Songs From Mame, Diplomat (S) DS 2385 (Mary Louise with the Monterey Brass)
("Love Is Only Love")
10. Change Partners, CD/Prosody 68140 (Craig Rubano
with musical direction by Alex Rybeck)("Love Is Only Love")
11. Simply
Barbra, CD/JAY CDJAY1329 (Steve Brinberg with musical direction by Nathan
Martin) ("Love Is Only Love")
Only, Only Love (same music as
release of "It's Today" in MAME):
1. Composer Demo (Jerry
Herman)
Take A Good Look
Around:
1. Composer Demo (Jerry
Herman)
Unrecorded
Songs:
Afferdyte
And A Drop Of
Lavender Oil
Beat The World
I Don't Mind
Miss Euclid Avenue
Sales
Approach
Theme (cut)
There Comes A Time
Turkish Corner (cut)
Where
Do I Go From Here?
You I Like (not same song as in THE GRAND
TOUR)