I'd Rather Be Right

[Mr. Dolly Levi]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 11:27am

I'm searching for a cast album, if such a things exist, of Rodgers and Hart's "I'd Rather be Right." I'm especially interested in finding a recording of one of the songs from the show, namely, "A Little Bit of Constitutional Fun." Any suggestions? Many thanks...

[ggersten]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 11:31am

I think James Cagney does a version of "Off the Record" in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" from that show.
Not a cast album, but one of the songs....

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 3:07pm

Sadly it's one of the MANY Rodgers & Hart shows that still remains unrecorded.

I'd love to hear the full score myself. "Have You Met Miss Jones" is a wonderful song.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 3:11pm

There was a noncommercial recording of the show released a while ago. It seems to be very difficult to find, though.

http://castalbums.org/recordings/Id-Rather-Be-Right-Stage-Cast/21163/

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 11:42pm

I believe the recording is of a college production done in the midwest (Ohio?) in the late 70s.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 11:49pm

Do you have the recording, Wilmingtom?

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 1:09am

There was a very very short time where audio clips from an older fully orchestrated production surfaced on YouTube. They quickly vanished never to be heard again.