Anything Goes
Recordings

Archival Reconstruction
of the Original Production

Includes recordings from the 1934 Broad-
way Cast *, the 1935 London Cast **,
and the composer ***
Liner notes and synopsis by Richard C. Norton

• "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Ethel Merman * (3:03)
• "All Through the Night" - Jack Whiting ** (1:39)
• "Sailor's Chanty" - The Foursome * (3:07)
• "You're the Top" - Cole Porter *** (3:22)
• "You're the Top" - Ethel Merman * (2:46)
• "Anything Goes" - Cole Porter *** (3:04)
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Ethel Merman [1947 recording] (2:22)
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Jeanne Aubert ** (2:08)
• Scene in the ship's brig - Jack Whiting and Sidney Howard **
• "Be Like the Bluebird" - Sidney Howard ** (4:14)
• "Be Like the Bluebird" - Cole Porter *** (2:52)
• "The Gypsy in Me" - The Foursome * (2:52)
• "You're the Top" - Jack Whiting and Jeanne Aubert ** (4:24)

Go to the Original Production for more information

1935 Original London Cast (selections)

Conductor: Francis Collinson
Cast: Jean Aubert, Jack Whiting, Sydney Howard, Betty Kean, Adele Dixon, and Peter Haddon

• "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Jeanne Aubert
• "You're the Top" - Jack Whiting and Jeanne Aubert
• "Anything Goes" - Jeanne Aubert and The Four Admirals

• "All Throught the Night" - Jack Whiting
• "Blow Gabriel Blow" - Jeanne Aubert and The Four Admirals
• "Be Like the Bluebird" - Sidney Howard

All selections also appear on the following album:

Some selections (unidentified) appear on the following album:

All selections but "Anything Goes" appear on the following album:

Go to the London Production for more information

1936 Film Soundtrack Recording

Go to the 1936 Film Version for more information

Studio Cast Recording (Selections)

Conductor: Lehman Engel
Orchestrations by Ted Royal
Produced by Goddard Lieberson
Cast: Mary Martin with unnamed chorus and orchestra

• Overture
• "You're the Top"
• "All Through the Night"
• "There'll Always Be a Lady Fair"
• "Anything Goes"
• "I Get a Kick Out of You"
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
• Finale

Studio Cast Recording (Selections)

Conductor: Milton Rosenstock
Performed by Helen Gallagher and Jack Cassidy

• "Anything Goes"
• "I Get a Kick Out of You"
• "You're the Top"
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"

1954 Television Production

Conductor: Al Goodman
Cast: Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra and Bert Lahr

Go to the 1954 Television Production for Musical Numbers and other credits

1956 Film Soundtrack Recording

Conductor: Joseph Lilley
Cast: Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, and Zizi Jeanmaire

• "I Get a Kick Out of You"
• "Bon Voyage"
• "All Through the Night"
• "You're the Top"
• "Anything Goes"
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
• "Let's Do It"
• "It's De-lovely"

Includes these non-Porter songs

• "Ya Gotta Give the People Hoke"
• "A Second Hand Turban and a Crystal Ball"
• "You Can Bounce Right Back"

Some selections (unidentified) also appear on the following album:

Go to the 1956 Film Version for more information

1962 Off-Broadway Revival Cast Recording

Conductor: Julian Stein
Produced for Records by James Foglesong
Liner notes by Curtis F. Brown

Go to the 1962 Off-Broadway Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

1969 London Revival Cast Recording

Conductor: Alfred Ralston
Produced for Records by Ray Horricks
Engineered by Derek Varnals
 

Go to the 1969 London Revival Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

1987 Broadway Revival Cast Recording

Conductor: Edward Strauss
Produced for Records by Jay David Saks
Engineered by Paul Goodman and Anthony Salvatore
Recorded in RCA's Studio A on December 7, 1987

Go to the 1987 Broadway Revival Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

Studio Cast Recording (Complete)

Conductor: John McGlinn
Recording Produced by John Fraser
Balance Engineer: John Kurlander
Digitally recorded in August, 1988 at CTS Studios, Wembley UK
Liner notes by Miles Kreuger, Robert Kimball, and John McGlinn
Lyrics included

Go to the 1989 Studio Cast Recording for Cast and Musical Numbers

1989 Australian Cast Recording

Conductor: Dale Ringland
Cast: Geraldine Turner, Simon Burke, Peter Whitford with Marina Prior, Grant Dodwell, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Jacqui Rae, and Barry Rugless

• Prelude (1:34)
• "I Get a Kick Out of You" (2:04)
• "There's No Cure Like Travel" (1:08)
• "Bon Voyage" (1:53)
• "You're the Top" (4:23)
• "Easy to Love" (4:20)
• "I Want to Row on the Crew" (0:40)
• "There'll Alwys Be a Lady Fair" (1:43)
• "Friendship" (2:52)
• "It's De-lovely" (4:23)
• "Anything Goes" (4:01)
• Entr'acte (2:36)
• "Public Enemy Number One" (1:42)
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" (5:57)
• "All Through the Night" (2:46)
• "Be Like the Bluebird" (2:17)
• "All Through the Night" (reprise) (2:56)
• "The Gypsy in Me" (2:20)
• "Buddie Beware" (3:53)
• "I Get a Kick Out of You / Anything Goes" (reprise) (2:12)

1989 London Revival Cast Recording

Conductor: John Owen Edwards
Recording produced by Tim Rice, Elaine Paige and David Hamilton-Smith
Engineered by David Hamilton-Smith
Recorded in AIR Studios, London

Go to the 1989 London Revival Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

Go to the Original Production of Anything Goes
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