SAMOLAN OPERETTE

Composer: Noel Coward
Lyricist: Noel Coward

Written: Early 1940s
Performances: Unfinished

Note: This musical also had the working title of SIGH NO MORE but is unrelated to Coward's later revue called SIGH NO MORE.

Heavenly Moment (only refrain survives):

1. Noel Coward: Off The Record, CD/Original Cast OC-1128 (Lisa Riegel and Steve Ross with Steve Ross, piano)


His Excellency Regrets (subsequently used in PACIFIC 1860):

1. 78/Decca K1590 (Chorus with orchestra conducted by Mantovani) [reissued on CD/TER CDTER 1040; CD/Encore Box Office ENBO 8/93]
2. 78/HMV B9533 (Noel Coward with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on The Master’s Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54949 2]
3. Noel Coward On The Air, CD/Flapper PAST CD 7840 (Noel Coward)


I Saw No Shadow (On The Sea) (subsequently used in PACIFIC 1860):

1. 78/Decca K1591 (Mary Martin with orchestra conducted by Mantovani) [reissued on CD/TER CDTER 1040; CD/Encore Box Office ENBO 8/93]
2. 78/HMV rejected (Noel Coward with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on The Master’s Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54949 2]
3. Noel Coward On The Air, CD/Flapper PAST CD 7840 (Noel Coward)
4. Noel Coward Songs: A Room With A View, CD/Newport Classic NPD 85647 (Richard Conrad with William Merrill, piano)


Sigh No More (subsequently used in the revue SIGH NO MORE):

1. 78/Decca F-8562 (Graham Payn with Mantovani and His Orchestra) [reissued on After The Ball, CD/Sepia 1043]
2. 78/HMV C-3636 (Grahm Payn with orchestra conducted by Harry Acres)
3. 78/HMV B-9433 (Noel Coward with the Piccadilly Theatre Orchestra conducted by Mantovani) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
4. Noel Coward In New York, Columbia ML 5163 (Noel Coward with orchestra direction and piano accompaniment by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/DRG 19038]
5. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (Anna Sharkey) [reissued as CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72394 2]
6. The Shearing Piano, Capitol T909 (George Shearing, piano) [reissued as CD/Blue Note 31574]
7. If Love Were All: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Canzona CANZ CD2 (Dominic Alldis, piano and voice, with rhythm accompaniment)
8. I Wonder What Happened To Him, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8.120721 (Noel Coward with Norman Hackforth, piano)
9. Noel Coward Songs: A Room With A View, CD/Newport Classic NPD 85647 (Richard Conrad with William Merrill, piano)
10. Moments Like This, Elektra (S) 60002 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with orchestra conducted by Dick Hazard) [reissued on On The East Side/Moments Like This, CD/Collectables COL-CD-7655]
11. Barbara Lea And Keith Ingham Are Mad About The Boy: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Challenge CHR 70073 (Barbara Lea with Keith Ingham, piano, and rhythm accompaniment)
12. Femme…Femmes!, CD/ Plaza Major 17268 (Helene Delavault)


This Is A Changing World (subsequently used in PACIFIC 1860 and cut from SAIL AWAY):

1. 78/HMV B-9532 (Noel Coward with the Cambridge Theatre orchestra conducted by Mantovani) [reissued on The Masters' Voice: Noel Coward His HMV Recordings Vol. 4, CD/Angel CDP 54923-2]
2. Pacific 1860, 78/Decca K-1590/K-1595 (Sylvia Cecil with orchestra conducted by Mantovani) [reissued as That's Entertainment (M) 1040; CD/TER CDTER 1040]
3. 45/Capitol 4618 (Dinah Shore with orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall)
4. Joan Sutherland Sings Noel Coward, London (S) OS-25992 (Joan Sutherland with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge) [reissued as CD/Decca 450 014-2]
5. Noel Coward Sings Sail Away And Other Coward Rarities, CD/Harbinger HCD 1701 (Noel Coward) (demo)
6. Noel Coward On The Air, CD/Flapper PAST CD 7840 (Noel Coward)
7. A Changing World, CD/Reynolds Ensemble REYNOLDSCD02 (Simon Green with David Shrubsole, piano)


Unrecorded Material:

That Was Before Your Day