Encores LADY BE GOOD recording gets release date and track listing

1. Overture

2. Hang On To Me

3. A Wonderful Party

4. End of a String

5. We're Here Because

6. Fascinating Rhythm

7. So Am I

8. Oh, Lady, Be Good!

9. Piano Specialty

10. Finale (Act One)

11. Entr'acte

12. Linger in the Lobby

13. The Half of it, Dearie, Blues

14. Juanita

15. I'd Rather Charleston

16. So Am I (Reprise)

17. Oh, Lady, Be Good! (Reprise)

18. Little Jazz Bird

19. Carnival Time

20. Swiss Miss

21. Finale

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014L2YEO0?ie=UTF8&tag=castalbums-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014L2YEO0

http://www.sh-k-boom.com/lady-be-good-new-cast-recording

Amazon says October 30, but the cast album website at http://castalbums.org/recordings/Lady-Be-Good-2015-Encores-Concert-Cast/29488 says October 16

it never ceases to mistify me as to which Encores! productions attract attention for a recording. Why does Sh-K-Boom wish to record Lady, Be Good! while the wonderful recent casts of A New Brain and The Wild Party (just from this season, not mentioning the many fantastic productions of years past) go unrecorded (and many would be loved by many fans). I suppose of course the issue is money, but the subject still baffles me regarding which productions are chosen.

I'm excited for the Paint Your Wagon cast album but they don't seem to have announced which label it will be on so I'm wondering if it's still happening. Did they even record it yet? I haven't seen any updates about it.

It's based on what has a good recording. There's not a complete or good recording of Lady Be Good or Paint Your Wagon so somebody put up the money. Seems pretty obvious to me. Paint Your Wagon was recorded but I don't know who did it.

"Face the Music was the only concert recorded between 2000 and 2012"

What are you talking about? Merrily We Roll Along, Pipe Dream & Gentleman Prefer Blondes were all recorded. That's an entire season of recordings from 2011-2012.

Updated On: 9/4/15 at 01:47 PM

Right, that someone is the Gershwin estate. Because it had never been properly recorded.

Updated On: 9/4/15 at 01:52 PM

Nonesuch recorded a bunch of Gershwin albums in the 90s including Lady Be Good.

Updated On: 9/4/15 at 01:56 PM

Mr. Nowack, I guess I meant there's not a recording that's up to par with how they want it to be remembered. It will give them a new version to send out for licensing.

gypsy, I just don't understand why you came into this thread to argue points that just aren't true, but OK.

Updated On: 9/4/15 at 02:06 PM

CATSNYrevival, they did record Paint Your Wagon. I, too, have been wondering about why its release hasn't been announced, but feel maybe a little better about it since Lady Be Good was earlier in their schedule and is just now getting release details.

I'm excited too but I do understand the frustration in wishing there had been funders for some other encores cast albums as well.

Whether or not they will ever record an Off-Center Encores! (and they only just had there 3rd season, so I wouldn't say it's impossible in the future -- but I don't know the rules for such things) I would love a new recording of A New Brain starring Jonathan Groff; I've never been a fan of Malcolm Gets. And there's clearly many regular Encores! that would be welcome to join my collection (the number one being The Apple Tree). Oh well!

I'm actually excited about this, even though the show is ****, because I love Patti Murin, so this is welcome into my collection. Regarding Gypsy's comments, I agree. I think they have so many good productions that they should at least option to release stuff like "The Wild Party", and other Off-Center shows. Speaking of, have they ever recorded a gala show? I'm dying for them to record Megan Hilty in "Annie Get Your Gun", since tickets are a minimum of $500. I've been secreting it since it was announced.

Wait, what have you been secreting?? Sounds like a personal problem!

I find it hard to believe that CindersGolightly describes Lady, Be Good! as *****, assuming I've intuited what the four asterisks stand for. The show is an antique, with all that is implied by the team, but it's first-rate Gershwin and a great example of what Broadway did in it's pre-Oklahoma! days. It's historically important, full of great music, and a quite amazing introduction to antic musical theater of the jazz age. Patti Murin, whom I also love, is hardly the point.