PROMISES, PROMISES

Composer: Burt Bacharach
Lyricist: Hal David

Opened: December 1, 1968, Shubert Theatre, NYC
Performances: 1281

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.

And Then She Walked Right Through The Door (L: Neil Simon) (written for a proposed film version):

1. We Need To Go Back: The Unissued Warner Bros. Masters, CD/Real Gone Music RGM-0170 (Dionne Warwick)


Let's Pretend We're Grown Up (not used):

1. Publisher's Demo, Edwin H. Morris & Co. PP-777 (Rose Marie Jun and Leslie Miller with Burt Bacharach at the piano) [reissued on Broadway First Take, Vol. 2, CD/Slider Music 703]


Loyal, Resourceful And Cooperative (cut):

1. 10"/Acetate Demo (unidentified male singers)


Seconds (L: Neil Simon) (written for a proposed film version):

1. Futures, A&M (S) 4622 (Joshie Armstead with music conducted by Burt Bacharach) [reissued as CD/A&M POCM-2055]
2. I Feel A Song, Buddah (S) BDS 5612 (Gladys Knight & The Pips) [reissued as CD/Capitol 59939; also found on The Reel Burt Bacharach, CD/Hip-O HIPD-64566]


Tick Tock Goes The Clock (not used):

1. Publisher's Demo, Edwin H. Morris & Co. PP-777 (Burt Bacharach, Rose Marie Jun & Leslie Miller with Burt Bacharach at the piano) [reissued on Broadway First Take, Vol. 2, CD/Slider Music 703]
2. Lost In Boston, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5475 (Lisa Mayer, Judy Malloy, and Debbie Pavelka with musical direction by James Stenborg)


What Am I Doing Here? (not used):

1. Publisher's Demo, Edwin H. Morris & Co. PP-777 (Rose Marie Jun with Burt Bacharach at the piano) [reissued on Broadway First Take, Vol. 2, CD/Slider Music 703]
2. Eydie, RCA Victor (S) LSP-4093 (Eydie Gorme with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued on Silver Screen Songs, CD/GL Music 227]
3. Lost In Boston II, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5485 (Liz Callaway with music conducted by James Stenborg)


Unrecorded Numbers:

Entr'acte
Hot Food (not used)
In The Right Kind Of Light (not used)
Phone Calls (not used)
Wouldn't That Be A Stroke Of Luck (cut)
You've Got It All Wrong (added to the 1997 City Center Encores revival) [A demo tape with two female singers (possibly Josie James and Donna Taylor) with piano/keyboard accompaniment (possibly by Burt Bacharach) is known to exist.]