- The Pajama Game – 1954 original Broadway cast
U.S. catalogue no.: Columbia ML 4840
Released as a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record
Also issued as a set of 4 x 45 rpm records – cat. no. Columbia A 1098
Lp issued in Australia by Coronet records – cat. no. KLL 505 and on 45 rpm Ep (Extended Play) – cat. no. KGC 403
1973 Lp reissue
Cat. no.: Columbia S 32606
Notes
Reissued as one of 10 releases under The Columbia Treasury of the American Musical Theatre banner.
1988 CD reissue
Cat. no.: Columbia CK 32606
2000 CD reissue
Cat.no.: Sony SK 89253
Notes
Includes bonus tracks from CBS Radio production, "Stage Struck," hosted by Mike Wallace, recorded 25 April 1954 in Boston, MA (during the tryout).
2008 CD reissue
Cat. no.: Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK89253
2012 CD reissue
Cat. no.: Sony Clasical 749918
Audio from the original Broadway cast recording may be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8N-aahtc65MqF28e38ISmzanx0ZPwngH
- The Pajama Game – 1955 original London cast
Cat. no.: His Masters Voice CLP 1062
Released as a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record
Vocal Gems (including "Steam Heat", "Hey There", "Small Talk" & "Hernando's Hideaway") issued on a 45 rpm Ep – cat. no.: HMV 7EG8229
1992 Australian CD reissue
Cat. no.: EMI 701 790
2006 CD reissue
Cat. no.: Sepia Records SEPIA 1072
Notes
Includes bonus tracks of recordings by Joy Nichols and Jimmy Edwards
Audio from the original London cast recording may be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lYVYD-QS27iGI01bXXlZ2O7RcLDnC0q4k
- The Pajama Game – 1957 original Australian cast
45 rpm Ep containing the songs: "The Pajama Game", "Her Is", "Hey There", "I’ll Never Be Jealous Again" & "Seven-and-a-half Cents"
Cat. no.: Prestige PEP 2010
Notes
Recorded in His Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland during the New Zealand leg of the original Australian cast tour. Musical accompaniment by the Gwendo Paul Trio.
Audio from the original Australian cast highlights recording may be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjplbvP2Wh8
- The Pajama Game – 1957 original Film Soundtrack
U.S. catalogue no.: Columbia OL 5210
Released as a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record
Also issued as a set of 4 x 45 rpm records – cat. no. Columbia A 5210
Audio from the Film Soundtrack recording may be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_msNuYZQCvww-T7YNOmaTtnDwWqYE4JWTY
1973 Lp reissue
Cat. no.: Columbia Special Products AOL 5210
1978 Lp reissue
Cat. no.: CBS 63032
Notes
Omits 3 songs from The Pajama Game soundtrack ("Hey There", "Steam Heat" and "7 1/2 Cents") and includes additional songs from the 1953 film soundtrack of Calamity Jane starring Doris Day
2001 CD reissue
Cat. no.: CBS 467610
Notes
CD reissue contains the same song selection as the 1978 Lp reissue
- The Pajama Game – 2006 Broadway revival cast
Released as a 2-CD set coupled with a studio cast recording of Thou Shalt Not, as "Harry [Connick Jr.] on Broadway, Act 1"
Cat. no.: Sony 84621
Audio from the 2006 Broadway revival cast recording may be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlC6TORCtE9wAGm-KO191ySn9xXHkk_px
Studio cast recordings
- The Pajama Game – 1954 U.S. studio cast
Cat. no.: Cadence 2055
Also cat. no.: London HAAA 2001
Released as a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record
Notes
Studio cast included Stephen Douglass (star of the 1955 Broadway production of Adler and Ross’s Damn Yankees) with Dorothy Evans, Arthur Malvin, Dossie Hollingsworth, Ray Charles, Audrey Marsh, Archie Bleyer and the Ray Charles Singers
- The Pajama Game – 1961 London studio cast
Cat. no.: World Record Club LM 15
Cat. no.: World Record Club LM 7009 (Australian issue)
Released as a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record
Notes
Highlights recording featuring Nicolette Roeg, Barry Kent, Joan Heal and the Mike Sammes Singers, plus selections from Damn Yankees on the second side of the Lp.
- The Pajama Game – 1996 London studio cast
First released in 1996 as part of The Musicals Collection series of magazines and highlights CDs issued by Orbis Publishing Ltd.
Cat. no.: TER / Orbis MUS C N64 (featuring 12 tracks only)
Subsequently released as a 2 CD set of the complete score in 1997
Cat. no.: Jay Records 1250
Reissued in 1999 with cat. no.: TER CDTER2 1232
Audio from the complete 1996 London studio cast recording may be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kBswjM69hpeoJs5dbUjerds-comKJOU-8
Pajame Game film poster
Filmography
Warner Bros. president Jack Warner had optioned the film rights to both the Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musicals The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees with the idea of teaming stage director George Abbott and film director Stanley Donen to ensure both a faithful transfer and a cinematic rendition of the original shows. In each case, Warner was willing to import the entire original cast for the film version as long as one of the leading roles was played by a bankable movie star. For The Pajama Game, the initial plan was to cast Frank Sinatra as Sid Sorokin, pairing him with Janis Paige reprising her Broadway role as Babe Williams. However when Sinatra turned down the role, Warners decided to retain John Raitt from the stage version, playing opposite Doris Day, who had commenced her film career with the studio in 1948 and had been a contract player for them for seven years achieving stardom over that period.
In her autobiography, Doris Day recounted how, as one of only four cast members who hadn't appeared in the Broadway production, it was challenging to fall into the groove of a company that had been playing the show for more than one thousand performances together. She described the experience as trying to find her place in a well-oiled machine. The other players who hadn’t appeared in the Broadway production included Barbara Nichols as Poopsie, Jack Straw as Prez and Kenneth LeRoy, who took over Peter Gennaro's dance role, as Gennaro had been drafted by Jerome Robbins to serve as assistant choreographer on West Side Story.
Despite being a faithful rendition of the stage show, the film version deleted six numbers from the Broadway production: "A New Town is a Blue Town," "Her Is," "Think of the Time I Save," "Sleep-Tite," "Jealousy Ballet" and "The World Around Us." The last of these made it as far as the film’s premiere but was deleted shortly thereafter.
A song written specifically for Doris Day, "The Man Who Invented Love" (music and lyrics by Richard Adler), was ultimately deleted in favor of the standard reprise of "Hey There." However Day's recording of "The Man Who Invented Love"can be heard on the soundtrack's CD issue, and the deleted film footage can be seen on Warner Home Video's DVD release.
(Source: IMDB)
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