 ABOUT
THE DISC & RECORDINGS:
This special green vinyl edition of the soundtrack was available for one day only: April 19, 2014. The record was produced as part of the annual "Record Store Day" event in participating record stores. Albums, some reissues and some special editions, were pressed and shipped to stores across the United States.
The big selling point for this release, and the producer's lame attempt to get people to purchase the record, was their touting a "newly discovered" audio track of "If I Only Had A Brain" recorded by Ray Bolger and Judy Garland in early October 1938. This recording was NOT "newly discovered" but has been available since the fall of 2009. The track can only be downloaded from the Watertower Music website with a code provided with this LP.
The real pleasure of this LP is the green vinyl and the fact that it's the first time the remastered soundtrack has ever been available in a vinyl format (all other issues have been on CD).
Included inside the sleeve is a full color printed sheet with a track listing, some liner notes, and a few photos.
The Watertower Music soundtracks for the Warner Archive (which is what this is a copy of) are themselves copies of the earlier Rhino Records releases (their Oz soundtrack is a re-release of the 1995 Rhino Records single CD edition).
All images on this page from the collections of Scott Brogan
and Eric Hemphill.
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TRACK
LISTING
Judy Garland tracks in blue.
Song
Title |
Performed by... |
Date Recorded |
Time |
Side One |
Main
Title |
The M-G-M Studio Orchestra
and Chorus |
05-06-1939
07-09-1939 |
1:58 |
Over
The Rainbow |
Judy Garland |
10-07-1938 |
2:44 |
Cyclone
(extended version) |
The
M-G-M Studio Orchestra |
05-06-1939 |
2:17 |
Munchkinland
Musical Sequence
Recorded 12-14-1938, 12-19-1938, 12-22-1938,
and 04-13-1939 |
Come
Out, Come Out... |
Billie
Burke and The Munchkins |
... |
0:42 |
It
Really Was No Miracle |
Judy
Garland, Billy Bletcher, and The Munchkins |
... |
0:59 |
We
Thank You Very Sweetly |
Joseph
Koziel [?] and Frank Cucksey |
... |
0:20 |
Ding-Dong!
The Witch Is Dead |
The
Munchkins |
... |
0:47 |
As
Mayor Of The Munchkin City |
Billy
Bletcher, Pinto Colveg, and J.D. Jewkes |
... |
0:32 |
As
Coroner, I Must Aver |
Harry
Stanton |
... |
0:31 |
Ding-Dong!
The Witch Is Dead (reprise) |
The
Munchkins |
... |
0:46 |
The
Lullaby League |
Lorraine
Bridges, Betty Rome, and Carol Tevis |
... |
0:23 |
The
Lollipop Guild |
Billy
Bletcher, Pinto Colveg, and Harry Stanton |
... |
0:24 |
We
Welcome You To Munchkinland |
The
Munchkins (Additional Munchkin vocals provided
by Lois Clements, Zari Elmassian, Nick Angelo,
Robert Bradford, Abe Dinovitch, Virgil Johansen,
The Debutantes, and The King's Men Octet) |
... |
0:39 |
... |
Follow
The Yellow Brick Road/You're Off To See The Wizard |
Judy
Garland and The Munchkins - Violin solo by George
Stoll |
12-22-1938
04-13-1939 |
0:49 |
If
I Only Had A Brain (extended version) |
Ray
Bolger and Judy Garland |
02-28-1939
04-11-1939 |
3:44 |
We're
Off To See The Wizard (duo) |
Judy
Garland and Ray Bolger |
05-08-1939 |
0:34 |
Side Two |
If
I Only Had A Heart (extended version) |
Jack
Haley (Juliet's voice: Adriana Caselotti) |
10-01-1938
11-08-1938 |
3:12 |
We're
Off To See The Wizard (trio) |
Judy
Garland, Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen |
10-11-1938 |
0:25 |
If
I Only Had The Nerve |
Bert
Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Judy Garland |
09-30-1938 |
0:41 |
We're
Off To See The Wizard (quartet) |
Judy
Garland, Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen, and Bert Lahr |
10-11-1938 |
0:26 |
Optimistic
Voices |
The
M-G-M Studio Orchestra, The Debutantes, and The
Rhythmettes |
05-06-1939
07-09-1939 |
1:09 |
The
Merry Old Land Of Oz |
Frank
Morgan, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert
Lahr, Tyler Brook, Ralph Sudam, Bobby Watson, Oliver
Smith, Charles Irwin, Lois January, Elivda Rizzo,
Lorraine Bridges, and The M-G-M Studio Chorus |
12-28-1938
12-30-1938
05-08-1939 |
1:52 |
If
I Were King Of The Forest |
Bert
Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Judy Garland |
10-11-1939
05-08-1939 |
4:16 |
| The
Jitterbug (outtake) |
Judy Garland,
Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Buddy Ebsen, and Bert Lahr |
10-06-1938
07-09-1939 |
3:23 |
| Ding-Dong! Emerald
City (outtake) |
Ken Darby
and The M-G-M Studio Chorus |
05-04-1939
05-08-1939 |
1:14 |
Delirious Escape
(extended version)/Delirious Escape Continued/End
Title |
The M-G-M
Studio Orchestra |
05-08-1939 |
3:31 |
Digital Bonus Track |
| If I Only Had A Brain (outtake) |
Ray Bolger and Judy Garland |
09-30-1938
10-06-1938 |
3:31 |
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CREDITS
Produced by: Marilee Bradford and
Bradley Flanagan
Associate Producer: John Fricke
Art Direction by: Coco Shinomiya and
Rachel Gutek
Design by: Tornado Design
Design for WaterTower Music by: Dale Voelker at DitigaLava.com
Engineered by: Doug Schwartz
CD Mastering Services by: Audio Mechanics,
Los Angeles, CA
Photographs Courtesy of: John Fricke
and Turner Entertainment Co.
Notes by: John Fricke and George Feltenstein.
Special Thanks to: Woolsey Ackerman,
Bruce Baggot, Scott Benson, Roger Blunck, Steve Cox, Vicki
Donnelan, Norma Edwards, Michael Feinstein, Mark Feld,
George Feltenstein, Allan Fisch, Patty Fricke, Nancy
L. Hopkins, Craig Kamins, Michael Kerker, Andrea Kinloch,
Tod Machin, Rob Roy MacVeigh, Dick May, Roger Mayer,
Colonel James E. Nitch, Margaraet Pellegrini, Scott Perry,
William Rosar, Brent Phillips, Charles Shultz, Daniel Smith,
Herbert Stothart Jr., and Mary Beth Verhunce |
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