State Fair and the 20th Century-Fox Songbook（2SACD）

State Fair and the 20th Century-Fox Songbook

Original film orchestrations restored by Derek Greten-Harrison (2021)
Performing editions by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking (2021)

CD 1
State Fair (1945) (Rodgers; Hammerstein)
1 Main Title/Our State Fair (arr Powell) DGH, JT, CT
2 It Might as Well Be Spring (arr Powell) SS
3 That’s for Me (arr Powell) CT

RODERICK ELMS Compton organ
4 It’s a Grand Night for Singing (arr De Packh; Powell [intro]) DGH, SS, CHORUS
5 That’s for Me (reprise) (arr Powell) SS, DGH
6 Isn’t It Kinda Fun (arr Powell) DGH, CT, CHORUS
7 It Might as Well Be Spring (instrumental) (arr Newman; Powell)
8 All I Owe Iowa (arr Morton) DGH, CT, JT, QUARTET, CHORUS
ANDY FINDON, DAVE CUTHBERT, ELIZA MARSHALL, NINA ROBERTSON ocarinas
PHILIP ACHILLE, ADAM GLASSER, PHIL HOPKINS harmonicas | JAMES TAYLOR mouth harp
NEIL VARLEY accordion

9 Finale/It’s a Grand Night for Singing (reprise) (arr Powell) DGH, CHORUS

Centennial Summer (1946)
10 Up With the Lark (Kern; Robin arr Salinger; Powell [intro]) CT, SS, JT, DGH
11 All Through the Day (Kern; Hammerstein arr De Packh) JT, CHORUS
12 Two Hearts Are Better Than One (Kern; Mercer arr Salinger; Morton) DGH
13 The Right Romance (Kern; Robin arr Salinger) SS
14 Cinderella Sue (Kern; Harburg arr Morton) JT
PHILIP ACHILLE, ADAM GLASSER harmonicas

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
15 Changing My Tune (G Gershwin; I Gershwin arr Spencer) SS
16 For You, For Me, For Evermore (G Gershwin; I Gershwin arr Spencer) DGH, CT
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)

17 On the Boardwalk (in Atlantic City) (Myrow; Gordon arr De Packh; reconstructed by Greten-Harrison) CT, SS
18 Somewhere in the Night (Myrow; Gordon arr De Packh) CT, CHORUS
19 Always the Lady (Myrow; Gordon arr De Packh) SS
20 This Is Always (Warren; Gordon arr De Packh) DGH, CT
21 You Make Me Feel So Young (Myrow; Gordon arr De Packh; Rose; Powell) SS, JT, CHORUS
RODERICK ELMS Compton organ

CD 2
1 Main Title: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (instrumental) (Fain; Webster arr Powell) from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
2 April Love (Fain; Webster arr King) DGH from April Love (1957)
3 My Heart Tells Me (Warren; Gordon arr Salinger [intro]; Spencer) SS from Sweet Rosie O’Grady (1943)
4 In the Middle of Nowhere (McHugh; Adamson arr Spencer; Powell) DGH, CT, CHORUS from Something for the Boys (1944)
5 Run, Little Raindrop, Run (Warren; Gordon arr Raksin; Rose) MF, SS, DGH, JT from Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
6 As if I Didn’t Have Enough on My Mind (James; Newman; Henderson arr Spencer) DGH from Do You Love Me (1946)
7 There Will Never Be Another You (Warren; Gordon arr De Packh) CT from I’ll Get By (1950)
8 Main Title: An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) (Warren; Adamson; McCarey arr Powell; Friedhofer [intro]; King) DGH, CHORUS from An Affair to Remember (1957)
9 Tomorrowland (Warren; Adamson; McCarey arr Mayers) SS from An Affair to Remember (1957)
10 How Blue the Night (McHugh; Adamson arr Spencer; Morton; Raksin) DGH, CHORUS from Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
11 No Love, No Nothin’ (Warren; Robin arr Carter) CT from The Gang’s All Here (1943)
12 I Wish I Knew (Warren; Gordon arr Spencer) DGH from Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
13 Crazy Me (McHugh; Adamson arr Weston) CT from Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
14 You Do (Myrow; Gordon arr Spencer) SS, CHORUS from Mother Wore Tights (1947)
15 Here Comes Heaven Again (McHugh; Adamson arr De Packh) DGH, CT from Doll Face (1945)
16 Three Coins in the Fountain (Styne; Cahn arr Mayers) MF from Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
17 A Journey to a Star (Warren; Robin arr Powell; Spencer) CT, CHORUS from The Gang’s All Here (1943)
18 The More I See You (Warren; Gordon arr Spencer) DGH from Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
19 Wedding Music/Vera-Ellen’s Dance (instrumental) (Lecuona arr De Packh ; Spencer) from Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
20 You’ll Never Know (Warren; Gordon arr Salinger; Spencer) CT from Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)

SS Scarlett Strallen
CT Clare Teal
JT James Taylor
DGH Derek Greten-Harrison
MF Michael Feinstein

Arrangers/orchestrators:
Benny Carter
Pete King
Bernard Mayers
Arthur Morton
Alfred Newman
Maurice De Packh
Edward Powell
David Raksin
Gene Rose
Conrad Salinger
Herbert Spencer
Paul Weston

World Premiere Stereo Recordings, except:
CD 1, track 16 [For You, For Me, For Evermore]
CD 2, tracks 1 [Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing], 2 [April Love], 8 [An Affair to Remember] & 16 [Three Coins in the Fountain]

BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Singers
conducted by
David Charles Abell

Multi-Channel/Stereo
All tracks available in stereo and multi-channel
This Hybrid 2-SACD set can be played on any standard CD player