I Can Get It for You Wholesale (album)
| I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Original Broadway Cast Recording | ||||||||||
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| Cast recording by Barbra Streisand | ||||||||||
| Released | April 1962 | |||||||||
| Genre | Showtunes | |||||||||
| Label | Columbia | |||||||||
| Producer | Goddard Lieberson | |||||||||
| Barbra Streisand chronology | ||||||||||
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Original Broadway Cast Recording contains the songs from the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale, with music and lyrics by Harold Rome. The album contains Barbra Streisand's show-stopping solo "Miss Marmelstein", which became the most memorable song of the show.
Album information
Barbra Streisand vocals are featured in the songs "I'm Not A Well Man", "Ballard Of The Garment Trade", "Miss Marmelstein" and "What Are They Doing To Us Now?". This album marks Barbra's first professional recording and Columbia Records appearance.[1]
Goddard Lieberson, who produced the album, signed Streisand to a contract, and her first solo album The Barbra Streisand Album was released two months after I Can Get It for You Wholesale closed.
Barbra remembers in Just For The Record: "My first audition for the show was on the morning after Thanksgiving in 1961. Since the action took place in the 1930s, I showed up in a '30s fur coat that I'd bought in a thrift shop for $10. I sang three songs, including my new standby "A Sleepin' Bee." They asked me to come back and gave me "Miss Marmelstein" to learn for my second audition a few hours later."
Track listing
All songs written by Harold Rome.
- "Overture" – 1:27
- "I'm Not A Well Man" (performed by Barbra Streisand and Jack Kruschen) – 2:21
- "The Way Things Are" (performed by Elliott Gould) – 1:41
- "When Gemini Meets Capricorn" (performed by Marilyn Cooper and Elliott Gould) – 2:48
- "Momma, Momma, Momma" (performed by Elliott Gould and Lillian Roth) – 2:57
- "The Sound Of Money" (performed by Elliott Gould and Sheree North) – 4:15
- "Too Soon" (performed by Lillian Roth) – 3:05
- "The Family Way" (performed by Elliott Gould, Lillian Roth, Marilyn Cooper, Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:08
- "Who Knows?" (performed by Marilyn Cooper) – 3:41
- "Ballad Of The Garment Trade" (performed by Barbra Streisand, Elliott Gould, Marilyn Cooper, Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:25
- "Have I Told You Lately?" (performed by Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:10
- "A Gift Today" (performed by Elliott Gould, Lillian Roth, Marilyn Cooper, Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:55
- "Miss Marmelstein" (performed by Barbra Streisand) – 3:22
- "A Funny Thing Happened" (performed by Elliott Gould and Marilyn Cooper) – 2:38
- "What's In It For Me?" (performed by Harold Lang) – 1:57
- "Eat A Little Something" (performed by Elliott Gould and Lillian Roth ) – 2:10
- "What Are They Doing To Us Now?" (performed by Barbra Streisand) – 7:11
Unrecorded Tracks
The following songs from the musical show were not included in the cast recording:
- "Overture" (This unrecorded overture is a medley typical of the standard Broadway musical. The recorded track titled "Overture" is actually a brief musical accompaniment to a piece of dance and movement that opens the first scene.)
- "The Sound Of Money (Reprise)" (Harold Rome)
- "Epilogue" (Harold Rome)
Singles
| # | Title | Date |
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| 1. | "Miss Marmelstein" / "Who Knows?" | April 1962 |
The songs "Miss Marmelstein" (performed by Barbra Streisand) and "Who Knows?" (performed by Marilyn Cooper) were released to radio as a promotional single in April 1962.[2]
Chart performance
The album peaked at #125 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart.[3]
| Chart (1962) | Peak Position |
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| US Billboard Pop Albums Chart | 125 |
Personnel
Produced by Goddard Lieberson
Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome
Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Lehman Engel
Orchestrations by Sid Ramin
Original Recording Engineers: Fred Plaut and Ed Michalski
