Old-Time Radio Versions of Musicals

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 3:11pm

I never knew these existed.


THE RAILROAD HOUR: Condensed Versions of Musicals and Operetta with Gordon MacRae and Guests

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 3:13pm

A Connecticut Yankee
A Thousand and One Nights
A Waltz Dream
Annie Laurie
Anything Goes
Apple Blossoms
Babes in Toyland
Birthday
Bittersweet
Blossom Time
Blossom Time
Blue Paradise
Bohemian Girl
Brigadoon
Carousel
Christmas Party
Christmas Songs
Countess Maritza
Dear Yesterday
Dearest Enemy
Desert Song
East Wind
Eileen
Emperor of San Francisco
Erminie
Ethelbert Nevin Salute
Fantasy Impromptu
Frederika
Girl from Utah
Good News
Gypsy Baron
Hit the Deck
Holiday Inn
Homecoming
Hope Is a Woman
Innocents Abroad
Irene
Journey into the Sun
Jubilee
Lady Be Good
Long Ago
Lute Song
Mack Gordon - Joseph Warren Salute
Madame Sherry
Mademoiselle Modiste
Maestro
Martha
Mary
Maytime
Minstrel Boy
Miss Cinderella
Miss Liberty
Music in the Air
My Maryland
My Romance
Naughty Marietta
New Moon
New Moon
New Moon
Night Music
Nina Rosa
No, No Nanette
On Your Toes
One Touch of Venus
Orange Blossoms
Penny Whistle
Revenge with Music
Review of the Gay Nineties
Rip Van Winkle
Roaring Camp
Roberta
Roberta
Rosalie
Rosalinda
Rose Marie
Rose of Algeria
Sally
Sari
Showboat
Snow White
Song of Norway
Springtime in Paris
Starlight
State Fair
Student Prince
Sunny
Swan Lake
Swedish Nightingale
Sweethearts
The Brownings
The Firefly
The Golden Empress
The Great Waltz
The Happy Prince
The Little Minister
The Merry Widow
The Mikado
The Million Pound Bank Note
The Necklace
The Pink Lady
The Pirate of New Orleans
The Pirates of Picadilly
The Red Mill
The Right Dress
The Rudolph Friml Story
The Schumann Story
The White Eagle
Trilby
Two Hearts in Three Quarter Time
Up in Central Park
Vagabond King
Very Warm for May

[loliveve]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 3:20pm

YES!! I love these-- have old radio versions of musicals and films on my ipod, and they are great for traveling or even listening to at work.

I would recommend that you also check out versions by the Screen Guild Theater and Lux Radio, which produced versions of numerous films--both musicals and not-- such as Anchors Aweigh, The Jazz Singer, National Velvet and dozens more I can't think of off the top of my head. Whenever possible they used the original film actors for the radio production

Updated On: 2/13/14 at 03:20 PM

[Demitri2]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 3:22pm

I have the series and they're very enjoyable. Be aware though they're condensed radio program transcriptions of the shows and the score is often presented in a "medley" format. Still they're great to have and the sound quality is fine for their age. The company seems to take pride in their product too.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 4:55pm

I used to listen to these all the time! They introduced me to a great many older musicals.

There was a series based on the Rodgers & Hart show JUMBO, and a set sponsored by the Theatre Guild that did broadcasts of LADY IN THE DARK, ALLEGRO and KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY with the original casts.

One of my favorites is a broadcast of Cole Porter and Orson Welles' AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS by Welles' Mercury Theatre On The Air, mainly because it wasn't recorded and that's the only way to hear the songs sung by the original cast.

Mary Healy from the original cast of AROUND THE WORLD...

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 5:05pm

How wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

And now how ever will I get through the last two hours of my work today and get anything done?

Thanks, Peej

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 11:12pm

Neat! Also, there really are a lot of musicals with titles that consist of only of a woman's first name, aren't there?