Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Till the Clouds Roll By [Oh, Boy!] - Tom Powers
2. You Never Knew About Me [Oh, Boy!] - Tom Powers,
3. Rolled into One [Oh, Boy!] - Anna Wheaton
4. Till the Clouds Roll By [Oh, Boy!] - Anna Wheaton
5. Irish Have a Great Day to-Night [Eileen]
6. Ireland, My Sireland [Eileen]
7. Free Trade and a Misty Moon [Eileen]
8. Irish Have a Great Day to-Night [Eileen]
9. Awkward Age [The Passing Show of 1917] - Irene Franklin
10. Six Times Six Is Thirty-Six [Hitch-Koo] - Frances White
11. I'd Like to Be a Monkey in the Zoo [Hitch-Koo] - Frances White
12. That's the Kind of Baby for Me [The Ziegfeld Follies of 1917] - Eddie Cantor
13. Becky Is Back in the Ballet [The Ziegfeld Follies of 1917] - Fanny Brice
14. Modern Maiden's Prayer [The Ziegfeld Follies of 1917] - Eddie Cantor
15. No Place Like Home [The Ziegfeld Follies of 1917] - Bert Williams
16. Maytime/Will You Remember - John Charles Thomas
17. Wild Wild Women [Doing Our Bit] - Henry Lewis
18. I'm the Brother of Lily of the Valley [Doing Our Bit] - Henry Lewis
19. Alegrias [Land of Joy]
20. Fancy You Fancying Me [Odds and Ends of 1917] - Jack Norworth
21. Further It Is from Tipperary [Odds and Ends of 1917] - Jack Norworth
22. If Only You Knew [Star Gazer] - John Charles Thomas
23. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I [Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic] - Frances White
24. Go-Zin-Go [Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic] - Frances White
25. Man Who Put the Germ in Germany [Cohan Revue of 1918] - Nora Bayes
26. Regretful Blues [Cohan Revue of 1918] - Nora Bayes

Disc 2:

1. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
2. Some Beautiful Morning [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
3. inbad: On the Road to Calais [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
4. Swanee [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
5. Chloe [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
6. There's a Lump of Sugar Down in Dixie [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
7. Tell That to the Marines [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
8. I'll Say She Does [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
9. Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
10. I Gave Her That [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
11. I Wonder Why She Kept on Saying "Si-Si-Si-Si-Senor" [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
12. Avalon [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
13. 'N Everything - Al Jolson
14. You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet [From Sinbad] - Al Jolson
15. How'd You Like to Be My Daddy [From Sinbad]
16. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows [Oh, Look!] - Harry Fox
17. I'm an Indian [Why Worry?] - Fanny Brice
18. Hungarian Restaurant Scene [Why Worry?] - Avon Comedy Four
19. Without You [Ladies First] - Nora Bayes
20. Prohibition Blues [Ladies First] - Nora Bayes
21. Just Like a Gypsy [From "Ladies First"] - Nora Bayes
22. Heart Bowed Down [Bohemian Girl]
23. Bull Frog Patrol [She's a Good Fellow] - Duncan Sisters

Disc 3:

1. I Always Think I'm up in Heaven [Monte Cristo, Jr.] - Watson Sisters
2. Sahara [Monte Cristo, Jr.] - Esther Walker
3. Who Played Poker With Pocahontas? [Monte Cristo, Jr.] - Fanny Watson
4. When They're Old Enough to Know Better [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - Eddie Cantor
5. My Baby's Arms [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - John Steel
6. When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - Bert Williams
7. You Don't Need the Wine to Have a Wonderful Time [Ziegfeld Follies ...] - Eddie Cantor
8. Mandy [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - Van & Schenck
9. You'd Be Surprised [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - Eddie Cantor
10. Tulip Time [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - John Steel
11. Sweet Kisses [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - Van & Schenck
12. Oh, the Last Rose of Summer - Eddie Cantor
13. It's Nobody's Business But My Own [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - Bert Williams
14. I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - Eddie Cantor
15. Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody [Ziegfeld Follies of 1919] - John Steel
16. When My Baby Smiles at Me [Greenwich Village Follies of 1919] - Ted Lewis
17. Oh, What a Girl! - Sam Ash
18. You Are Free [Apple Blossoms] - John Charles Thomas
19. Little Girls, Goodbye [Apple Blossoms] - John Charles Thomas
20. Alice Blue Gown [Irene] - Edith Day
21. Irene - Edith Day
22. Castle of Dreams [Irene] - Edith Day
23. To Be Worthy of You [Irene] - Edith Day
24. Sky Rocket [Irene] - Edith Day
25. I Want to Spread a Little Sunshine [My Lady Friends] - Jack Norworth

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #252348 in Music
• Released on: 1993-11-18
• Number of discs: 5

Customer Reviews

Essential Series for Fans of Early Broadway Musicals
At these prices, I hope a buyer knows what he/she is getting before committing the serious bucks it costs to own all four volumes in this set. Do you love the early work of composers like Irving Berlin, Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern? How about peformers like Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Bert Williams, Nora Bayes and Fannie Brice? (to mention but a few) Can you tolerate (or even enjoy, as I do) the sound quality of acoustically recorded material from before 1920? If you answered yes to these questions, then these recordings may seem a bargain at approximately $200 for 12 CD's, comprising nearly 300 tracks. The liner notes claim that this set contains every original cast recording that is known to exist from this period. The digital remastering of the sound is excellent, but if sound quality is an issue for you, start with Volume 4 and work backwards because some of the earliest stuff (especially Volume 1) is pretty faint and scratchy. The scholarship, quality and rarity of much of this collection makes it essential for those who love this kind of material. In Volume 4, the highlights for me were the Jolson stuff from "Sinbad" and the numbers from the "Zeigfeld Follies of 1919." I had heard some of these on scattered other recordings, but hearing all of this wonderfully remastered material in one collection really gave me some idea of what broadway musicals were like before 1920. Short of time travel, this is as good as it gets!

I cant believe they had the capacity to record during that time!
These are the original recordings from the Ziegfield follies. I bought them because my grandmother was a Ziegfield follies girl and danced in many of these songs (I have her newspaper articles which indicate which shows she was involved in). What a hoot to listen to a recording that was taped almost 90 years ago and know that my grandmother was dancing to it... The recordings arent 100% clear but I definitely would give them a 70% clarity rating. You cant expect much from a 90 year old taping session....