Anything Goes
Recordings

Anything Goes [Smithsonian]

Archival Reconstruction of the Original Production

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

  • LP, 1977 [Smithsonian R-007 / RCA Special Products DPM1-0284]
    • "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

    Anything Goes [Prism]

    1935 Original London Cast (with bonus selections)

    Includes recordings from the 1934 Broadway Cast *, the 1935 London Cast **, and the composer ***

  • Compact Disc, 2003 [Prism 938]
    • "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Jeanne Aubert ** (2:36)
    • "All Through the Night" - Jack Whiting ** (1:41)
    • "There'll Always Be A Lady Fair" [Sailor's Chantey] - The Foursome * (3:02)
    • "You're the Top" - Jack Whiting and Jeanne Aubert ** (4:25)
    • "Anything Goes" - Jeanne Aubert ** (2:06)
    • "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Jeanne Aubert ** (2:10)
    • In the Ship's Cell / "Be Like the Bluebird" - Sidney Howard and Jack Whiting** (4:14)
    • "The Gypsy in Me" - The Foursome * (2:48)
    • "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Ethel Merman * (3:05)
    • "You're the Top" - Ethel Merman * (2:50)
    • "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Ethel Merman with the Foursome Quartet [1947 recording] (2:26)
    • "You're the Top" - William Gaxton [1935 radio performance] (2:46)
    • "Anything Goes" - Cole Porter *** (3:00)
    • "Be Like the Bluebird" - Cole Porter *** (2:48)
    • "You're the Top" - Cole Porter *** (3:15)
    • "Easy to Love" - Frances Langford [1936 film soundtrack recording] (2:44)
    • "Friendship" - Ethel Merman & Bert Lahr [1940 aircheck recording] (2:51)
    • "It's De-Lovely" - Ethel Merman with Arden-Ohman & Their Orchestra [1935 recording] (2:47)
    • "Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye" - Yvonne Printemps with the Carroll Gibbons Orchestra [1936 recording] (3:36)

    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

  • 78 RPM, 1935 [Columbia (UK) DX-697]
    • "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
  • 78 RPM, 1935 [Columbia (UK) DX-698]
    • "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:

  • Double LP, 1974 [World SHB 26 as Cole Porter in London]
  • Some selections (unidentified) appear on the following album:

  • LP, 19?? [Monmouth Evergreen MES 7049]
  • All selections but "Anything Goes" appear on the following album:

  • LP, 1977 [Smithsonian R-007 / RCA Special Products DPM1-0284]
  • Go to the London Production for more information

    1936 Film Soundtrack Recording

  • LP [10"], 1950 [Decca DL-6009] (includes selections from Two For Tonight)
  • LP, 19?? [Caliban 6043]
  • Go to the 1936 Film Version for more information

    Anything Goes [1950 Studio Recording with Mary Martin]

    Studio Cast Recording (Selections)

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

  • 45 RPM [4 discs], 1950 [Columbia Masterworks MM 967]
  • LP [10"], 1951 [Columbia CL 2159]
  • LP, 1951 [Columbia ML 2159]
  • LP, 1953 [Columbia ML 4751]
  • LP, 1973 [Columbia Special Products AML 4751]
    (last two releases include selections from The Bandwagon)
  • Anything Goes [1950 Studio Recording with Mary Martin]

  • Compact Disc, 2002 [DRG 19022] (include selections from The Bandwagon)
    • Overture (3:21)
    • "You're the Top" (2:49)
    • "All Through the Night" (3:11)
    • "There'll Always Be a Lady Fair" (3:14)
    • "Anything Goes" (2:12)
    • "I Get a Kick Out of You" (3:22)
    • "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" (3:13)
    • Finale (3:17)

    1953 Studio Cast Recording (Selections)

    Anything Goes [1953 Studio Recording]

    Conductor: Milton Rosenstock
    Performed by Helen Gallagher and Jack Cassidy

  • LP [10"], 1953 [RCA Victor LPM 3157 (mono)]
    (includes selections from Kiss Me Kate)
  • 45 RPM [Extended Play], 1953 [RCA Victor EPA 489]
    • "Anything Goes"
    • "I Get a Kick Out of You"
    • "You're the Top"
    • "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"

    Anything Goes [1954 Television Production]

    1954 Television Production

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

  • LP, 19?? [Larynx 567]
  • LP, 1981 [Sandy Hook Records S.H. 2043
    (both include selections from the TV adaptation of Panama Hattie)
  • Go to the 1954 Television Production for Musical Numbers and other credits

    1956 Film Soundtrack Recording

    Anything Goes, 1956 Film Soundtrack

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

  • 45 RPM (EP), 1956 [Decca ED 845]
  • LP (mono), 1956 [Decca DL 8318]
  • LP, 19?? [DRG/Stet DS 15025]
    • "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:

  • LP, 1962 [Decca DL-4264 as "Bing's Hollywood: Anything Goes"]
  • Anything Goes, 1956 Film Soundtrack

    Compact Disc Release with Bonus Tracks
    Includes all of the above tracks plus three songs from the soundtrack of the 1936 film version of Anything Goes and sung by Bing Crosby.  None were written by Cole Porter.

  • Compact Disc, 2004 [Decca Broadway 193302]
    • "Sailor Beware"
    • "My Heart and I"
    • "Moonburn"

    Go to the 1956 Film Version for more information

    Anything Goes [1962 Off-Broadway Revival Cast Recording]

    1962 Off-Broadway Revival Cast Recording

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

  • LP (mono), 1962 [Epic FLM 13100]
  • LP (stereo), 1962 [Epic FLS 15100]
  • Triple LP (mono), 1981 [Time-Life Records STL-AM02]
    (includes the original cast recordings of Kiss Me Kate and Can-Can)
  • Compact Disc, 19?? [Epic EK 15100] [40:56 mins.]
  • Cassette, 19?? [Epic JST 15100]
  • Go to the 1962 Off-Broadway Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

    Anything Goes [1969 London Revival]

    1969 London Revival Cast Recording

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

  • LP, 1969 [Decca (UK)]
  • LP, 1984 [That's Entertainment Records TER 1080]
  • Cassette, 1984 [That's Entertainment Records ZC TER 1080]
  • Go to the 1969 London Revival Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

    Anything Goes [1987 Lincoln Center Revival Recording

    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

  • LP, 1988 [RCA 7769-1]
  • Compact Disc, 1988 [RCA 7769-2 RC] [52:18 mins.]
  • Cassette, 1988 [RCA 7769-4-RC]
  • Go to the 1987 Broadway Revival Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

    Anything Goes [1989 McGlinn Studio Recording]

    1988 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

  • Compact Disc, 1989 [EMI Angel 7 49848 2] [74:22 mins]
  • Cassette, 1989 [EMI Angel 7 49848 4]
  • Go to the 1989 Studio Cast Recording for Cast and Musical Numbers

    Anything Goes [1989 Australian Revival Cast Recording]

    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

  • LP, 1989 [EMI EMC 792103]
  • Compact Disc, 1989 [EMI CDP-792103] [61:19 mins.]
    • 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)

    Anything Goes [1989 London Revival Cast Recording]

    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

  • Compact Disc, 1993 [First Night FIRCD-18]
  • Compact Disc re-release, 1995 [First Night OCR CD6038]
  • Go to the 1989 London Revival Production for Cast and Musical Numbers

    Anything Goes [1995 Studio Cast Recording]

    1995 Studio Cast Recording

    Conductor: John Owen-Edwards
    Orchestrations by Michael Gibson
    Produced by John Yap for JAY/TER
    Recorded May 11-13, 1995 at Abbey Road Studios, London
    Liner Notes by Rexton S. Bunnet

    Cast
    Reno Sweeney - Louise Gold
    Billy Crocker - Gregg Edelman
    Moon-Face-Martin - Matt Zimmerman
    Hope Harcourt - Katrina Murphy
    Erma - Tara Hugo
    Lord Evelyn Oakleigh - Paul Manuel
    Elisha Whitney - Brian Green
    Captain - Simon Masterson-Smith
    Purser - Nicolas Colicos
    Girl - Julia Howson
    Sailor - Gareth Snook
    Company - Karen Broughton, Dominic Curtis, Robert Fardell, David Firth, Carol Lesley Green, Phillip Griffiths, Peter Hickman, Liza Hobbs, Gaynor Keeble, Julie Livesey, Lara Marland, Richard Mitchell, Martin Nelson, Bruce Ogston, Shirley Pilgrim, William Pool, Jane Powell, Denise Silvey, Gareth Snook, Gareth Vaughan, and Hilary Weston

  • Compact Disc, 1995 [Musicals Collection MUS C N40] (includes only the twelve selections marked *)
  • Compact Disc, 2004 [Musical Theatre Hour CDTEH6011]
  • Compact Disc, 2004 [JAY CDJAY1374]
    • * Overture - Orchestra
    • * "I Get A Kick Out Of You" - Reno Sweeney (Louise Gold)
    • "There’s No Cure Like Travel / Bon Voyage" - Girl, Sailor, Captain, and, Sailors (Julia Howson, Gareth Snook, Simon Masterson-Smith, and Chorus)
    • * "You’re The Top" - Reno Sweeney and Billy Crocker (Louise Gold and Gregg Edelman)
    • * "Easy To Love" - Billy Crocker (Gregg Edelman)
    • "There Will Always Be A Lady Fair" - Sailor Quartet
    • * "Friendship" - Reno Sweeney and Moon-Face-Martin (Louise Gold and Matt Zimmerman)
    • * "It’s Delovely" - Bill Crocker and Hope Harcourt (Gregg Edelman and Katrina Murphy)
    • * "Anything Goes" - Reno Sweeney and Company (Louise Gold and Chorus)
    • Entr’acte - Orchestra
    • * "Public Enemy Number One" - Captain, Purser, and, Company (Simon Masterson-Smith, Nicolas Colicos, and, Chorus)
    • * "Blow Gabriel Blow" - Reno Sweeney and Company (Louise Gold and Chorus)
    • "Goodbye Little Dream Goodbye" - Hope Harcourt (Katrina Murphy)
    • "Be Like The Bluebird" - Moon-Face-Martin (Matt Zimmerman)
    • * "All Through The Night" - Billy Crocker, Hope Harcourt, and Sailor Quartet (Gregg Edelman, Katrina Murphy)
    • * "The Gypsy In Me" - Lord Evelyn Oakleigh (Paul Manuel)
    • * "Buddy Beware" - Erma (Tara Hugo)
    • Finale - Reno Sweeney, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, Billy Crocker, Hope Harcourt, and Company (Louise Gold, Paul Manuel, Gregg Edelman, Katrina Murphy and Chorus)
    • Bows (Anything Goes - reprise) - Full Company

    Anything Goes [2002 National Theatre Revival Cast Recording]

    2002 National Theatre Revival Cast Recording

  • Compact Disc, 2003 [First Night CASTCD90]









  • Go to the 2002 National Theatre Revival Production for Cast and Musical Numbers