Side A
Artist	Song
Threepenny Opera Original Cast Recording 1975	Overture
Threepenny Opera OCR 1975	Ballad of Mac the Knife
Raul Julia and Ellen Greene	Ballad of Immoral Earnings (3PO)
Lotte Lenya	Barbara Song (3PO)
Nina Simone	Pirate Jenny (3PO)
Marianne Faithfull	Alabama Song (Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
Lotte Lenya	Bilbao Song (Happy End)
Dagmar Krause	Surabaya Johnny (Happy End)
Marianne Faithfull	Ballad of the Soldier's Wife
Tim Weisberg	Intro From Mahagonny Songspiel
Burgess Meredith	Johnny's Song (Johnny Johnson OCR)
Willie Nelson	September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Knickerbocker Holiday*	How Can You Tell An American?
Lady in the Dark*	Saga of Jenny
Danny Kaye	Tschaikowsky (Lady in the Dark)
Rise Stevens	My Ship (Lady in the Dark OCR)
Marie Galante*	I Wait For a Ship (J'attends un navire)
Marianne Faithfull	Mon Ami, My Friend (Johnny Johnson)
Elvis Costello	Lost in the Stars (Lost in the Stars)
Greta Keller	This Is New (Lady in the Dark)
Ute Lemper	I'm a Stranger Here Myself (One Touch of Venus)
Lotte Lenya	Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)
Love Life*	Progress
Street Scene*	Ain't It Awful the Heat
Brian Sullivan	Lonely House (Street Scene OCR)
Frank Sinatra	Lost in the Stars
Django Reinhardt	September Song
*from 'Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill' OCR

Comment:

Kurt Weill (1900-50)is a contender for artist of the century, here's the most cogent case I could make for him in 90 minutes. This tape covers all his major theatrical scores, largely in chronological order, representing both his groundbreaking '20s German work with Brecht to his astounding transformation into hit Broadway composer of the '30s and '40s. Recordings derive from cast albums, vocalists and modern-day rock interpreters. (And I skipped the Doors' 'Alabama Song' and Bobby Darin's 'Mac the Knife'.) Weill's stature continues to grow, and what better way to kick off this year of his centenary celebration?

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