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BITTER SWEET [musical show]
- Title
- BITTER SWEET [musical show]
- Opening Date
- July 18, 1929
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- 1929 medley by Columbia Light Opera Company. (78/Col(E) 9900, ALB-1955)
- 1929 medley by Grosvenor Musical Comedy Company. (78/Parlophone(E) R-500)
- 1929 medley by Jack Hylton Orch. Vocals uncredited. (78/HMV(E) C-1727)
- 1929 records by members of orig (London) cast. Peggy Wood: "Zigeuner" Ivy St Helier: "If Love Were All" (78/HMV(E) B-3144, ALB-174, ALB-308, ALB-1734, ALB-2120, ALB-2293, ALB-2340) Wood, George Metaxa: "I'll See You Again" (78/HMV(E) C-1746, ALB-174, ALB-308, ALB-1734, ALB-1849, ALB-1700, ALB-2112, ALB-2293, ALB-2340) "Dear Little Cafe" (78/HMV(E) C-1746, ALB-174, ALB-308, ALB-2293, ALB-2340)
- 1930 medley. VOCALS: Olive Groves, Victor Conway. (78/Dec(E) K-566)
- 1931 medley, with no credits. (78/Broadcast Twelve(E) 3064)
- 1931 medley by Grosvenor Light Opera Company. (78/Eclipse(E) SC-104)
- 1939 records by Evelyn Laye of 1929 New York prod. "Zigeuner" (78/Col(E) DB-1870, ALB-63, ALB-1363, ALB-1707, ALB-2340) "I'll See You Again" (78/Col(E) DB-1870, ALB-63, ALB-1146, ALB-1251, ALB-1363, ALB-1707, ALB-2340)
- 1940 film soundtrack. MUSIC & WORDS: mostly Noel Coward. CAST: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy. (Bright Tight Discs BIS-1377 (ALB-466), with addl material. Also a number dropped before release: MacDonald, Eddy: "The Call of Life" (ALB-455) Excerpts: MacDonald: "If Love Were All" (ALB-588).)
- 1958 studio prod. MUSIC & WORDS: Noel Coward. ORCH: Brian Fahey, Ray Terry. COND: Michael Collins. CAST: Vanessa Lee, Roberto Cardinali, Julie Dawn, John Hauxvell. (Angel 35814; CD/Sepia(E) 1130 (ALB-2340), with addl material.)
- 1959 record by Allan Jones of 1934 New York prod. "I'll See You Again" (ALB-883)
- 1961 studio prod. COND: Kenneth Alwyn. CAST: Susan Hampshire, Adele Leigh, James Pease, chorus. (Music for Pleasure(E) 1091)
- 1969 studio prod. ORCH & COND: Johnny Douglas. CAST: June Bronhill, Neville Jason, Julia d'Alba, Leslie Fyson, chorus. (Col(E) TWO-273; CD/Classics for Pleasure(E) 3359562, with addl material.)
- 1988 London prod. COND: Michael Reed. CAST: Valerie Masterson, Martin Smith, Rosemary Ashe; Donald Maxwell (not of 1988 prod); chorus. (CD/TER Classics(E) CDTER2-1160)
- Radio prod. CAST: Dorothy Kirsten, Gordon MacRae, chorus. (CAS/Demand Performance 128)
- Records by members of 1940 film cast. Nelson Eddy: "I'll See You Again" (1940: 78/Col 4263-M, ALB-432, ALB-1326, ALB-1902, ALB-2120) "Tokay" (1940: 78/Col 4263-M) "Dear Little Cafe," "The Call of Life," "If You Could Only Come with Me" (1940: 78/Col 4264-M) Jeanette MacDonald: "Zigeuner" (1947: ALB-65, ALB-71) "I'll See You Again" (1947: ALB-4A
- Records sung by Noel Coward, composer. "Zigeuner" (1929: 78/HMV(E) B-3158, ALB-28, ALB-1394, ALB-1482, ALB-1534, ALB-2160) (1933: 78/Vic 36239, ALB-1298, ALB-1482, ALB-2161) "If You Could Only Come with Me" (1932: 78/HMV(E) C-2450, ALB-123, ALB-502, ALB-1440, ALB-1482, ALB-1534, ALB-1716, ALB-2160) "I'll See You Again" (1932: 78/HMV(E) C-2450, ALB-123, ALB-502, ALB-1440, ALB-1482, ALB-1534, ALB-1716, ALB-2160) (1938: HMV(E) B-8740, ALB-28, ALB-710, ALB-885, ALB-1009, ALB-1126, ALB-1298, ALB-1394, ALB-1482, ALB-1566, ALB-2004, ALB-2148) (1944: Treasury Dept 16" Star Parade 321, ALB-1946) (1947/8, radio: ALB-1946) (1954: ALB-138, ALB-2340) "Green Carnations" (1933: 78/Vic 36239, ALB-711, ALB-1186, ALB-1298, ALB-1482, ALB-2161) "The Call of Life" (1933: 78/Vic 36239, ALB-1298, ALB-1482, ALB-2161)
- Studio prod. COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Rosalind Elias, Jeanette Scovotti, John Hauxvell. (Reader's Digest 46-N3, with Countess Maritza)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19290718
Last Updated: 08-23-2012