FOLLIES
- Demos -1960s The Girls Upstairs Demo. Tracked.
Stephen Sondheim (Piano/Vocals). Also includes studio demos of 7 songs. - Original Broadway Production -1971, Boston Tryouts. Tracked.
Dorothy Collins (Sally), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), John McMartin (Ben), Gene Collins (Buddy), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie). Incomplete- includes songs and some dialogue. April/August, 1971, Broadway Previews. Tracked. Dorothy Collins (Sally), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), John McMartin (Ben), Gene Collins (Buddy), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie). Preview performance, believed to be April 2nd, with footage possibly spliced in from an August performance. Gene Nelson flubs "Buddy's Blues". This is the best quality recording of the boots here- if you're new to Follies, this is the one to start with. |
December, 1971. Tracked.
Dorothy Collins (Sally), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), John McMartin (Ben), Gene Collins (Buddy), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Helen Blount (Hattie).
Marti Rolph sings the high parts of "Too Many Mornings".
Dorothy Collins (Sally), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), John McMartin (Ben), Gene Collins (Buddy), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Helen Blount (Hattie).
Marti Rolph sings the high parts of "Too Many Mornings".
April, 1972. Tracked.
Dorothy Collins (Sally), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), John McMartin (Ben), Gene Collins (Buddy), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie).
Dorothy Collins (Sally), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), John McMartin (Ben), Gene Collins (Buddy), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie).
- Original London Production -4th February, 1987 - Closing Night. Tracked.
Julie McKenzie (Sally), Millicent Martin (Phyllis), Daniel Massey (Ben), David Healy (Buddy), Eartha Kitt (Carlotta). - Others -1972 Los Angeles Production. Tracked.
Janet Blair (Sally), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), Edward Winter (Ben), Gene Collins (Buddy), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta). |
1990 Long Beach Civic Opera House. Tracked.
Shani Wallis (Sally), Juliet Prowse (Phyllis), Ed Evanko (Ben), Harvey Evans (Buddy), Karen Morrow (Carlotta). 8th December, 1996, Drury Lane BBC Radio 2 Broadcast. Untracked.
Julia McKenzie (Sally), Donna McKechnie (Phyllis), Dennis Quilley (Ben), Ron Moody (Buddy), Angela Richards (Carlotta). 3rd August, 2002, London Fringe Festival. Tracked.
Kathryn Edwards (Sally), Louise Gold (Phyllis), David Durham (Ben), Henry Goodman (Buddy), Diane Langton (Carlotta). Songs only. |