Name: Wedding in Paris / Can-Can (Original London Casts)
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Wedding in Paris / Can-Can

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Album: Wedding in Paris / Can-Can (Original London Casts)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Overture / Wedding Paris	More Info...	0:04
2)	Always Young	More Info...	0:02
3)	It Only Took A Moment	More Info...	0:03
4)	I Have Nothing To Declare	More Info...	0:03
5)	A Man Is a Man	More Info...	0:03
6)	I Must Have Been Crazy	More Info...	0:03
7)	Strike AnotherMatch	More Info...	0:03
8)	In the Pink	More Info...	0:03
9)	Selection From Wedding In Paris PArt 1	More Info...	0:03
10)	Selection From Wedding In Paris Part 2	More Info...	0:03
11)	Overture / Maidens Typical Of Frnace	More Info...	0:02
12)	Never Give Anything Away	More Info...	0:02
13)	C'est Magnifique	More Info...	0:02
14)	Come Along With Me	More Info...	0:03
15)	Live and Let Live	More Info...	0:01
16)	I Am in Love	More Info...	0:02
17)	If You Loved Me Truly	More Info...	0:03
18)	Montmart'	More Info...
19)	Allez-Vous, En, Go Away	More Info...	0:02
20)	Never, Never Be An Artist	More Info...	0:02
21)	It's All Right With Me	More Info...	0:02
22)	I Love Paris	More Info...	0:02
23)	Can-can	More Info...	0:02
24)	La Ronde De L'Amour (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
25)	I Left My Heart In An English Garden (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
26)	My Boy Bill (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
27)	My Little Girl (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
28)	Bang You're Dead (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02

Album: Wedding in Paris / Can-Can (Original London Casts)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Overture / Wedding Paris	More Info...	0:04
2)	Always Young	More Info...	0:02
3)	It Only Took A Moment	More Info...	0:03
4)	I Have Nothing To Declare	More Info...	0:03
5)	A Man Is a Man	More Info...	0:03
6)	I Must Have Been Crazy	More Info...	0:03
7)	Strike AnotherMatch	More Info...	0:03
8)	In the Pink	More Info...	0:03
9)	Selection From Wedding In Paris PArt 1	More Info...	0:03
10)	Selection From Wedding In Paris Part 2	More Info...	0:03
11)	Overture / Maidens Typical Of Frnace	More Info...	0:02
12)	Never Give Anything Away	More Info...	0:02
13)	C'est Magnifique	More Info...	0:02
14)	Come Along With Me	More Info...	0:03
15)	Live and Let Live	More Info...	0:01
16)	I Am in Love	More Info...	0:02
17)	If You Loved Me Truly	More Info...	0:03
18)	Montmart'	More Info...
19)	Allez-Vous, En, Go Away	More Info...	0:02
20)	Never, Never Be An Artist	More Info...	0:02
21)	It's All Right With Me	More Info...	0:02
22)	I Love Paris	More Info...	0:02
23)	Can-can	More Info...	0:02
24)	La Ronde De L'Amour (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
25)	I Left My Heart In An English Garden (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
26)	My Boy Bill (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
27)	My Little Girl (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
28)	Bang You're Dead (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

2 LPs on 1 CD: WEDDING IN PARIS/CAN-CAN.
Composer: Hans May .
Composer/Lyricist: Cole Porter.
Lyricist: Sonny Miller.
Original London Cast: Edmund Hockridge, Evelyn Laye, Anton Walbrook, Irene Hilda.
Liner Note Authors: Edmund Hockridge; Rexton S. Bunnett.
Recording information: London, England (10/26/1950-10/10/1954).
Director: Charles Hickman.
Photographers: Edmund Hockridge; Bryan Hammond; Brian Coker.
At first glance, the musicals Wedding in Paris and Can-Can seem to share one characteristic that makes them an appropriate pairing on a single CD: Paris. Actually, however, while Can-Can, with a score by Cole Porter, is set in Paris, Wedding in Paris, which features songs by composer Hans May and lyricist Sonny Miller, takes place on a liner crossing the Atlantic to France. The more important factor that the two shows have in common is that both were produced in London in 1954, Can-Can following a successful Broadway opening, while Wedding in Paris originated in the West End. The date is especially important because, 50 years later, the original London cast recordings for the two shows fell out of copyright in Europe, and Sepia Records stepped in quickly to assemble this unlicensed reissue. As Rexton S. Bunnett acknowledges in his liner notes, only half of the score of Wedding in Paris was recorded, eight tracks with a running time of less than 27 minutes. The British Can-Can had all of its principal songs put on disc, but in abbreviated form; its 13 tracks here clock in at just over 29 minutes. (The CD is filled out to 78 minutes by including medleys of the music from Wedding in Paris and a few stray singles by performers from the casts.) There are also certain musical similarities that make the two sets of recordings a good match. May, an expatriate Viennese living in London, is, not surprisingly, more interested in writing waltz music than Porter, but Miller gives him some witty lyrics in songs such as "A Man Is a Man" and "Strike Another Match" that offer some competition to Porter's characteristically clever sense of wordplay. For his part, Porter turns in some memorable melodies in Can-Can, notably "C'est Magnifique," "It's All Right with Me," and "I Love Paris." And he benefits from the casting of Irene Hilda in the main role of Pistache, who makes a better impression than Lilo did on the original Broadway cast album. Evelyn Laye also impresses in Wedding in Paris, even though she is hamstrung by the elimination of several of her key songs from the recording. This is material that has been out of print for a long time, and Sepia has done an excellent job of putting together a package that shows it off to advantage. ~ William Ruhlmann