Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Masculine Women, Feminine Men - Merritt Brunies & His Friars Inn Orchestra
2. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle - Bessie Smith
3. Prove It on Me Blues - Ma Rainey
4. How Much Can I Stand? - Gladys Bentley
5. He's My Secret Passion - Danny Yates Orchestra
6. Falling in Love Again - Marlene Dietrich
7. Surabaya Johnny - Lotte Lenya
8. Cabaret Medley: Willkommen - Joel Grey
9. Cabaret Medley: Don't Tell Mama
10. Cabaret Medley: Cabaret - Liza Minnelli
11. J'Ai Deux Amours - Josephine Baker
12. Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf
13. Come up and See Me Sometime - Mae West
14. What's Going to Happen to the Tots - Noël Coward
15. If Love Were All - Julie Andrews
16. Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
17. Chica Chica Boom Chic - Carmen Miranda
18. He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
19. Satin Doll - Duke Ellington Orchestra
20. Down in the Depths - Portia Nelson
21. Love for Sale - Annie Ross
22. Lady Is a Tramp - Lena Horne
23. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker

Disc 2:

1. Cry - Johnnie Ray
2. Man That Got Away - Judy Garland
3. Secret Love - Doris Day
4. I Wanna Be Loved by You - Marilyn Monroe
5. West Side Story Medley: Something's Coming - Larry Kert
6. West Side Story Medley: Somewhere
7. Something to Live For - Chris Connor
8. Night and Day - Frances Faye
9. So Many Things - Gary Burton
10. I'll Try for the Sun - Donovan
11. Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Rod McKuen
12. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
13. This Is My Life - Shirley Bassey

Disc 3:

1. Being Alive - Dean Jones
2. I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
3. Woman in Your Life - Alix Dobkin
4. Ode to a Gym Teacher - Meg Christian
5. All the Time - Barry Manilow
6. At Seventeen - Janis Ian
7. Sweet Woman - Cris Williamson
8. Alter Boy and the Thief - Joan Baez
9. Don't Rain on My Parade - James Bailey
10. Not the Boy Next Door - Peter Allen
11. Anything Goes - Harpers Bizarre
12. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
13. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
14. Lady Marmalade - Labelle
15. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
16. I Am What I Am - Gloria Gaynor

Disc 4:

1. Symphony #2, "Little Russian" - New York Philharmonic
2. Danse Macabre, Op. 40 - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
3. Gloria in G Major for Soprano, Chorus & Orchestra
4. Suite from Death in Venice, Op. 88 - English Chamber Orchestra
5. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Amahl and the Night Visitors - Chet Allen, Rosemary Kuhlmann
7. Rodeo - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Dybbuk
9. Sixteen Dances: #8 - Interlude
10. Sixteen Dances: #12 - Interlude
11. Eagles - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119842 in Music
• Released on: 1997-03-18
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

A Musical Time Capsule
starting out with a scratchy ditty from the roaring twenties, this excellent historical collection manages to span a variety of musical genres, from rousing broadway musical to intimate diva-wrung blues to classical orchestra. some may carp about choices, and some are obvious, there are rarities here among the cliches. this is an invaluable historical document as well as an entertaining collection of tunes.

What? No Babs!
Everyone's bound to have quibbles with a collection such as this one. I would much prefer to have Mabel Mercer's version of "Ballad of the Sad Young Men," for instance (although Rod McKuen's is lovely), and I regret the absence of certain gay "standards" such as Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes" and Dusty Springfield's "Quiet, Please, There's a Lady on Stage." But it's all fun, not mention educational, and I'm grateful to Marshall Blonstein and Richard Oliver for a magnificent effort, which is destined to take its place next to classics of the literature such as William J. Mann's "Behind the Screen" and "The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage"--not to mention the collected works of Barbara Streisand! To underscore their sense of history, the producers have included a near-100 page booklet with the 4-disc set that even features a bibliography of recommended reading and viewing. There are also generous notes on the songs and songsters, period essays, and some great photos. There are, as well, a few miscalculations, including a numerical listing of the songs in the booklet that doesn't correspond to the list on the box. The recording dates for some of the songs are given as "unknown" (where did these transfers come from?), and the dating itself (a "Cabaret" medley from the `20s?) is eccentric. But these are minor, well, quibbles, and I admire Blonstein and Oliver their daring in attempting such a project. If I may, I'd like to suggest that these gentlemen do a 4-CD set every year or so (how about an exerpt from Diamanda Galas' "Plague Mass" for the classical disc?), if only to demonstrate how un-Verboten gay music by gay musicians has become.