Freaking fast!

Poignant, not the least so because this was her last Broadway role. When this was recorded, she had been thrilling Broadway audiences since 1930, for forty years. And whatever time's depredations, she still lands with a Mermanesque bang on that final note. Still thrilling!

I wonder why they never recorded the album with Laura.

I had never heard this song until today since it was not in the movie. Ethel Merman's enchanting voice is so stirring, and her soliloquy with her dead husband is so believable the way that persons later in life might think about needing some new thrill in their life!

Lotta different lyrics in this. Is it at the Goodspeed? (“Better than Bromo - you snap, you fizz”?!?!) never heard that before!

It's 2024 and I am just for the first time hearing Annie audio from Goodspeed

First B'way show to have a mixing board in the back of the house, thanks to Mr. Bacharach. Drums baffled for the first time, thanks to Mr. Bacharach. Just good clean sound, not over-the-top, and nothing today sounds this good. I used to stand outside the Shubert on matinee days just to hear the overture. I also saw the show five times, three during its intiial three weeks.

We are lucky to have four of the songs merman sang in PANAMA HATTIE recorded by Decca. But how great would it have been if they had already begun the tradition of recording complete shows. This song is a gem! It’s neat th at merman sang a bit of this in the Steve and Eydie Cole Porter special.

oh wow this a surprise.. I was at this production as a very eager 11 year old! She was sensational! As was the production.

Gorgeous voice.

Seems like there is no evidence or trace of this original audience recording I can find in its entirety. Do you have the full recording or is this literally all there is, bar the cut song on Disney Ashman Demos?

Omg I can’t believe this ver has Mary Testa in it!!

Delightful...thank you so much for this!

What an incredible song! Is the sheet music available somewhere?

I loved this show. I have looked for a recording of it for years. Any possibility you could share more of this wonderful show?

Thank you for sharing this! I’ve been wanting to hear Celia’s rendition of this song and wow, it’s ethereal! 💖

wow what a relic

Ann Miller always received rave reviews. There was a brilliant tap number created just for her!!!

Awesome. Are there any other recordings?

Wonderful lady. I had the privilege of seeing her in Charlie Girl.Her first entrance was heralded by her calling from offstage and we were applauding before we even saw her!! Wish I’d have seen her do Dolly and 70 Girls 70

1:25 WHY ARE THEY LAUGHING.... WHAT IS HAPPENING ON STAGE I NEED TO KNOW 😭

Her vocals are better than Barbra's but I don't know, I couldn't really enjoy her performance.

bARBRA Streisand RECORDED many songs from this musical. Pity she did not record this one.

This is great to hear. It's such a shame that they were robbed of the opportunity to do this on the original cast album. This is a real saving grace here!

Hmmmm... Clearly, that's the exceptional, vocal power of a castrato.

The Star to Be section is a lot more laid back than in the final version it feels so slow speeding it up definitely was a good choice it helps drive the number forward

1:22 The change to the daffy laugh and lisp is so crazy. Love them both

I **LOVE** this song and wish it wasn't cut!

The great Georgia Brown, always a pleasure to hear.

I'm currently on a very hard search to hunt down the original orchestrations for this version of Tick Tock. As much as I love the final version, this version is so interesting to listen to and I enjoy it dearly. I never knew it was originally orchestrated by Wally Harper! My last lead was just David Shire in the 1970 program for the musical in brackets. Though my sources are thinning as this is such a rare piece of music.

the slide whistle helppp

his voice is hypnotising

Barbra? Not a fan.

Thanks for sharing this. Lonette sounds beautiful and in fine voice as always.

Hey could anyone please try to decipher the lyrics? I sort of understand that a lot of it consist of “hello” and a spoken version of “Everybody says don’t”

This is more important that the SOTU

I sure wish Hines had recorded the OC. Streisand's mannered and self-indulgent style renders it unlistenable.

i love this very much ❤❤

Do you have the full recording of this show? I would really love to hear it. I've been looking for a full recording of a new brain with malcolm gets for a while

Barbra would be upset she said “Streizand”; it’s ‘sand, like sand on the beach! ‘

Better than Bacall

3:36 it’s like they KNOW it’s coming!!!

does a full version of the musical bootleg exist?

Wow!! It's wonderful.🙂

thank you for sharing this! It's a great song, such a shame there's almost no trace of it 💔

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This is fabulous! I saw the show twice as a kid, but now, 55+ years later, I only “remember” the way this is sung on the Original Cast Album. I wonder if the Billy Rose Division at the Library of Performing Arts has a full audio recording. I know that full video recordings didn’t start until 1970. But I will ask the next time I am there!

The ‘GRASS HARP’ musical’s composer, Claibe Richardson, engaged orchestrations - executed by Robert Russell Bennett and Jonathan Tunick. Musical arrangements by J (Billy) Van Plank; dance incidental music arrangements by John Bergman; Musical Director by Theodore Saidenberg. Richardson’s neice, upon his demise in January, 2003, inherited production rights. The show cannot be performed because of the original orchestrator’s residual rights were never included in the last will and testament rights. The musical would require all new orchestrations…!

I thought Paul Jabara wrote it for the divine miss m, but she refused it. Great line of miss m at the palace attributes the harlettes’ costumes to being from “Rachel lily rosenbloom……..and don’t you ever forget it”. Love Greene and miss m when she was basically a drag performer.

Gayleas voice !