PAINT YOUR WAGON
Composer: Frederick
Loewe
Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner
Opened: November 12, 1951, Shubert Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 289
Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.
The Best Things In Life Are Dirty (M: Andre Previn) (written for the film version):
1. Paint Your Wagon,
Paramount (S) PMS-1001 (Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Chorus
with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) [reissued as CD/MCA
MCAD-37099]
2. Paint Your Wagon, GWP (S) ST 2002 (Al Hirt) [reissued as Al
Hirt, CD/Dunhill 014]
3. Paint Your Wagon, Alshire (S) S-5164 (101 Strings conducted
by Jack Dorsey)
4. Paint Your Wagon, Music For Pleasure (S) MFP-A 8153 (Mike
Sammes Singers with Brian Fahey and His Orchestra)
5. Paint Your Wagon, Metromedia (S) MD 1021 (The John Cacavas
Orchestra)
6. Paint Your Wagon, Forward (S) ST-F-1016 (orchestra conducted
by Nelson Riddle)
7. Paint Your Wagon, Ambassador (S) S 98087 (The Ray Bloch
Singers)
Can-Can (inst.):
1. Lerner & Loewe
Songbook For Orchestra, CD/Telarc CD-80375 (Erich Kunzel and the
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
2. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks Broadway 88985334092
(Encores! Orchestra directed by Rob Berman)
Entr'acte:
1. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88985334092 (Encores! Orchestra directed by Rob
Berman)
Fandangos' Dance (inst.):
1. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks Broadway 88985334092
(Encores! Orchestra directed by Rob Berman)
Finale:
1. Paint Your Wagon,
Paramount (S) PMS-1001 (Harve Presnell, Anita Gordon dubbing for
Jean Seberg, and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Nelson
Riddle) (film version) [reissued as CD/MCA MCAD-37099]
2. Paint Your Wagon, Music For Pleasure (S) MFP-A 8153 (Mike
Sammes Singers with Brian Fahey and His Orchestra) (film
version)
3. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks Broadway 88985334092 (Keith
Carradine, Alexandra Socha, and Ensemble with the Encores!
Orchestra directed by Rob Berman)
Finaletto (Act 1):
1. Paint Your Wagon,
CD/Masterworks Broadway 88985334092 (Justin Guarini and
Nathaniel Hackmann with the Encores! Orchestra directed by
Rob Berman)
The First Thing You Know (M: Andre Previn) (written for
the film version):
1. Paint Your Wagon,
Paramount (S) PMS-1001 (Lee Marvin with orchestra conducted by
Nelson Riddle) [reissued as CD/MCA MCAD-37099]
2. Paint Your Wagon, GWP (S) ST 2002 (Al Hirt) [reissued as Al
Hirt, CD/Dunhill 014]
3. Paint Your Wagon, Alshire (S) S-5164 (101 Strings conducted
by Jack Dorsey)
4. Paint Your Wagon, Camden (S) CAS-2388 (Living Voices
conducted by Bob Armstrong)
5. Paint Your Wagon, Metromedia (S) MD 1021 (The John Cacavas
Orchestra)
6. Paint Your Wagon, Forward (S) ST-F-1016 (orchestra conducted
by Nelson Riddle)
7. Paint Your Wagon, Ambassador (S) S 98087 (The Ray Bloch
Singers)
Gold Fever (M: Andre Previn) (written
for the film version):
1. Paint Your Wagon,
Paramount (S) PMS-1001 (Clint Eastwood and Chorus with orchestra
conducted by Nelson Riddle) [reissued as CD/MCA MCAD-37099]
2. Paint Your Wagon, GWP (S) ST 2002 (Al Hirt) [reissued as Al
Hirt, CD/Dunhill 014]
3. Paint Your Wagon, Fontana (S) SFL 13210 (Jonathan James and
The Pioneers with orchestra conducted by Peter Moore)
4. Paint Your Wagon, Alshire (S) S-5164 (101 Strings conducted
by Jack Dorsey)
5. Paint Your Wagon, Polydor (S) 2424 006 (Tom Scott Quartet)
6. Paint Your Wagon, Hallmark CHM 672 (Charles Young with the
Paul Masters Orchestra)
7. Paint Your Wagon, Metromedia (S) MD 1021 (The John Cacavas
Orchestra)
8. Paint Your Wagon, Forward (S) ST-F-1016 (orchestra conducted
by Nelson Riddle)
9. Paint Your Wagon, Ambassador (S) S 98087 (The Ray Bloch
Singers)
The Gospel Of No Name City (M: Andre
Previn) (written for the film version):
1. Paint Your Wagon,
Paramount (S) PMS-1001 (Alan Dexter with orchestra conducted by
Nelson Riddle) [reissued as CD/MCA MCAD-37099]
2. Paint Your Wagon, GWP (S) ST 2002 (Al Hirt) [also 45/GWP 516;
reissued as Al Hirt, CD/Dunhill 014]
3. Paint Your Wagon, Fontana (S) SFL 13210 (Fred Lucas with
orchestra conducted by Peter Moore)
4. Paint Your Wagon, Alshire (S) S-5164 (101 Strings conducted
by Jack Dorsey)
5. Paint Your Wagon, Polydor (S) 2424 006 (Tom Scott Quartet)
6. Paint Your Wagon, Camden (S) CAS-2388 (Living Voices
conducted by Bob Armstrong)
7. Paint Your Wagon, Music For Pleasure (S) MFP-A 8153 (Mike
Sammes Singers with Brian Fahey and His Orchestra)
8. Paint Your Wagon, Metromedia (S) MD 1021 (The John Cacavas
Orchestra)
9. Paint Your Wagon, Forward (S) ST-F-1016 (orchestra conducted
by Nelson Riddle)
Lonely Men (inst.):
1. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88985334092 (Robert Creighton with the Encores!
Orchestra directed by Rob Berman)
A Million Miles Away Behind The Door (M: Andre Previn)
(written for the film version):
1. 45/Dot 45-17318 (Lori
Parker with orchestra conducted by Jimmie Haskell)
2. Paint Your Wagon, Paramount (S) PMS-1001 (Anita Gordon
dubbing for Jean Seberg with orchestra conducted by Nelson
Riddle) [reissued as CD/MCA MCAD-37099]
3. Paint Your Wagon, GWP (S) ST 2002 (Al Hirt) [reissued as Al
Hirt, CD/Dunhill 014]
4. Paint Your Wagon, Fontana (S) SFL 13210 (Lois Lane with
orchestra conducted by Peter Moore)
5. Paint Your Wagon, Alshire (S) S-5164 (101 Strings conducted
by Jack Dorsey)
6. Paint Your Wagon, Hallmark CHM 672 (Rita Williams with the
Paul Masters Orchestra)
7. Paint Your Wagon, Camden (S) CAS-2388 (Living Voices
conducted by Bob Armstrong)
8. Paint Your Wagon, Metromedia (S) MD 1021 (The John Cacavas
Orchestra)
9. Paint Your Wagon, Forward (S) ST-F-1016 (orchestra conducted
by Nelson Riddle)
10. Paint Your Wagon, Ambassador (S) S 98087 (The Ray Bloch
Singers)
11. Astrud Gilberto (Let's Go), Verve (S) V6-8793 (Astrud
Gilberto)
Movin':
1. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88985334092 (Minors with the Encores! Orchestra
directed by Rob Berman)
Overture:
1. Can Can - Paint Your
Wagon, Capitol (S) SN-7506 (The New World Show Orchestra
conducted by Michael Adams)
2. Overtures Of Broadway, CD/JAY CDJAY3 1230 (National Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Martin Yates)
3. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks Broadway 88985334092
(Encores! Orchestra directed by Rob Berman)
Rope Dance (inst.):
1. Lerner & Loewe
Songbook For Orchestra, CD/Telarc CD-80375 (Erich Kunzel and the
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
Rumson Town (reprise):
1. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88985334092 (Keith Carradine with the Encores!
Orchestra directed by Rob Berman)
2. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks Broadway 88985334092
(Keith Carradine with the Encores! Orchestra directed by Rob
Berman) (second reprise)
The Strike:
1. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88985334092 (Miners and Robyn Hurder with the
Encores! Orchestra directed by Rob Berman)
Trio (Mormons' Prayer):
1. Paint Your Wagon, CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88985334092 (Jenni Barber, William Youmans, and
Melissa Van Der Schyff with the Encores! Orchestra directed
by Rob Berman)
Unrecorded Material:
Bonanza! (M: Arthur
Schwartz)(written for the unproduced 1953 movie)
Californey Never Looked So Good (M:
Arthur Schwartz)(written for the unproduced 1953 movie)
Dream Ballet
Growin' Pains (unused)
Hand Me Down That Can O' Beans (reprise) (cut)
He Loves Me (unused)They Hills Of Californey (M: Arthur
Schwartz)(written for the unproduced 1953 movie)
I Talk To The Trees (Act 1, Scene 9 reprise) (cut before
opening)
I'm On My Way (reprise)
Muchee Good World (unused)
Over The Purple Hill (M: Arthur Schwartz) (written for the
unproduced 1953 movie)
*Rumson Town
Sh! (cut)
Take The Wheels Off The Wagon (added for national tour)
Take The Wheels Off The Wagon (reprise) (added for national
tour)
There's Always One You Can't Forget (M: Arthur Schwartz)(written
for the unproduced 1953 movie)
They Never Go Home (unused)
Wait For Me (unused)
Wand'rin' Star (choral reprise, Act 2, Scene 6)
What Do Other Folks Do? (unused; possibly later rewritten for
reuse as "What Do The Simply Folk Do? in CAMELOT)
*Beside the reprise noted above, there are two other reprises in
the show, three others cut before the Broadway opening, two from
the 1953 screenplay, and one from the unproduced 1981 revision.