According to a posting on the website of PS Classics, the label that released the cast recording of the award-winning revival, "The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently asked if they could include 'Broadway Baby' on a compilation CD they were doing, of songs from musicals set in New York City. We of course said yes, but we also felt the track might be more appropriate on a compilation disc as a Hattie solo, without Solange and the Whitmans mysteriously returning at the end. So the wonderful Jayne Houdyshell went back into the studio last month and recorded a new ending, and as a gift to our customers, we thought we'd make the solo track available here."
To download "Broadway Baby," click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.
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The cast recording of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies arrived in stores on the PS Classics label, which is dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, Nov. 29, 2011.
To purchase the recording, click here. The track listing for the two-disc set follows:
Disc One:
Prologue
Overture
"Welcome to our first - and last - reunion..."
Beautiful Girls
"You came; you’re really here..."
Don’t Look at Me
"I never get to talk..."
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
Rain on the Roof
Ah, Paris!
Broadway Baby
The Road You Didn't Take
"Bargains, Buddy..."
In Buddy's Eyes
"Let's dish. Tell me everything..."
Who's That Woman?
Disc Two:
"I had a Follies number once..."
I'm Still Here
Too Many Mornings
The Right Girl
"Men are so sweet..."
One More Kiss
"According to statistics..."
Could I Leave You?
"You'll make a good wife, Phyl..."
Loveland
You're Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through
The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues
Losing My Mind
The Story of Lucy and Jessie
Live, Laugh, Love
Chaos
End of Show
The discs feature a 52-page full-color booklet with essay, synopsis, lyrics, production photos and a brief note from producer Tommy Krasker.