MEDIUM RARE



Music: Various
Lyrics:
Various
Opened:
July 6, 1960, Chicago, IL
Performances: Unknown


The Arts (M: Charles Strouse; L: Lee Adams) (originally used in SHOESTRING REVUE '57 and SHOESTRING REVUE IN FORT WORTH):

1. Shoestring '57, Offbeat Records O-4012 (Beatrice Arthur, Dorothy Greener, and Fay de Witt with Dorothy Freitag and Liza Redfield, duo pianos, and Ralph Roberts, percussion) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-130]


Garbage (M/L: Sheldon Harnick) (originally used in SHOESTRING REVUE):

1. Shoestring Revue, Offbeat (M) O-4011 (Beatrice Arthur with music directed by Dorothy Freitag) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-129]
2. An Evening With Sheldon Harnick, Laureate (S) LL-603 (Sheldon Harnick with Richard Leonard, piano) [reissued as CD/DRG Records 5174]


Guess Who Was There (M/L: Bud McCreery) (originally used in SON OF FOUR BELOW and also used in DEMI-DOZEN):

1. Demi-Dozen, Offbeat (M) O-4015 (Jean Arnold with Gordon Connell and Stan Keen, pianos) [reissued on CD/Kritzerland KR 20033-2]
2. Steve Ross At The Don Burrows Supper Club: Live In Australia, ABC Records (S) L-38638 (Steve Ross, piano and voice) [reissued on Ross Redux, CD/Stolen Moments SMCD 1941]
3. Live At The Algonquin, CD/Stolent Moments SM 1939 (Steve Ross, paino and voice)
4. An Evening With Beatrice Lillie, CD/LLP101 (Layne Littlepage with Barney Hulse, piano)


Isms (M: David Baker; L: Sheldon Harnick) (also used in VINTAGE '60):

1. 18 Interesting Songs From Unfortunate Shows, Take Home Tunes (S) THT-777 (Betty Garrett with music conducted by Buster Davis)
2. The Broadway Musicals Of 1960, CD/Bayview RNBW027 (Tovah Feldshuh with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


Man's Inhumanity To Man (M: Charles Strouse; L: Michael Stewart) (originally used in SHOESTRING REVUE; also used in JOYRIDE):

1. Shoestring Revue, Offbeat (M) O-4011 (Beatrice Arthur, Jane Connell, Dody Goodman, Dorothy Greener, John Bartis, Danny Carroll, Bill McCutcheon, and G. Wood with music directed by Dorothy Freitag) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-129]


Medea In Disneyland (M: Lloyd Norlin; L: Sheldon Harnick) (originally used in SHOESTRING REVUE) :

1. Shoestring Revue, Offbeat (M) O-4011 (Dorothy Greener, Dody Goodman, Beatrice Arthur and company with music directed by Dorothy Freitag) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-129]


Mink, Mink, Mink (M/L: Bud McCreery) (originally used in SHOESTRING REVUE) :

1. Shoestring Revue, Offbeat (M) O-4011 (Dorothy Greener, Dody Goodman, and Beatrice Arthur with music directed by Dorothy Freitag) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-129]


Summer Is (M: Jerry Bock; L: Sheldon Harnick) (originally used in THE BODY BEAUTIFUL):

1. Composer Demo (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick) [reissued on The Body Beautiful, CD/Original Cast (bonus disc)]
2. Composer Demo (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick) (long version) [reissued on The Body Beautiful, CD/Original Cast (bonus disc)]
3.. The Body Beautiful, Blue Pear (M) BP 1006 (Siners and Dancers with Kathie Forman and orchestra directed by Milton Greene) [reissued as CD/Déjà vu Records 1006]
4. 18 Interesting Songs From Unfortunate Shows, Take Home Tunes (S) THT-777 (Susan Watson, Bobby Van, Betty Garrett, and Buster Davis with music conducted by Buster Davis) [reissued on The Body Beautiful, CD/Original Cast OC 6231]
5. The Body Beautiful, CD/Original Cast OC 6231 (Stephen Bienskie, Ryan Duncan, Jonathan Kay, Jim Sorensen, Kerry Conte, Megan Lawrence, and Angie Schworer with orchestra conducted by John Bell)


Unrecorded Material:

Career Malice (M/L: Jay Thompson)
Circus Sort Of Day (M/L: Jay Thompson)
Downtown (M: Charles Strouse; L: Lee Adams) (originally used in WHAT'S THE RUSH (1954), WHAT'S THE RUSH (1956), and ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1956)
Love Song (M: Charles Strouse; L: Lee Adams)
Street Songs (M: Charles Strouse; L: Lee Adams)
Tempo Of The Times (M: Cy Coleman; L: Carolyn Leigh)
Who Do We Thank (M: Charles Strouse; L: Lee Adams)