• Annie Get Your Gun—1946 Original Broadway Cast members

U.S. Catalogue no: Decca DA 468

Released as a 78 rpm record album containing six 10” discs; the inside cover of the album included black & white photos of the original production and an enclosed booklet included liner notes, cast biographies and the lyrics.

Notes

Recorded May 26 & 28, 1946. ‘Who Do You Love, I Hope?’ was sung on Broadway by Kenny Bowers (as ‘Tommy Keeler’) and Betty Ann Nyman (as ‘Winnie Tate’). The song is performed on this recording by Decca studio singers Robert Lenn and Kathleen Carnes.

1949 Lp reissue: Decca DL 8001

Notes

Reissued as a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record

1991 CD reissue

Cat. no.: MCA MCAD-10047

2000 CD reissue

Cat. no.: Decca Broadway 012 159 243-2

Notes

Includes as ‘bonus tracks’ additional songs from the score taken from Ethel Merman’s 1973 London studio cast recording of the musical (see below)

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

  • Annie Get Your Gun (Selection)—1947 Original London Cast

Issued on two 12” 78 rpm records

Cat. No.: Columbia DX.1379 & Columbia DX.1380

Notes

Recorded highlights (in medley form) featuring the cast of the 1947 Emile Littler London Coliseum premiere production starring Dolores Grey & Bill Johnson with Irving Davies & Wendy Toye; accompanied by Lew Stone & His Orchestra.

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

EP reissue (45 rpm Extended Play record): Columbia SEG7711

1974 Lp reissue

Cat.no.: World Records SH-393

Notes

Includes vocal gems from the original London cast recordings of Oklahoma! (1947) and Carousel (1950)

1995 CD reissue

Cat. no.: Laserlight 12449

2000 CD reissue

Included on the compilation Irving Berlin In London issued by Sepia Records on SEPIA 1011

Together with Selections from Annie Get Your Gun (1947) performed by Gracie Fields; songs from Call Me Madam—1952 Original London Cast; and This Is the Army—1943 London Cast

2006 CD reissue

Cat. no.: Bayview CS003

Notes

Also includes selections recorded by the 1950 Paris cast members and the 1948 Australian cast

  • Annie Get Your Gun—1950 Film Soundtrack

10” Lp—Cat. no.: MGM E-509

Also issued as a four 45 rpm record set—Cat. no.: MGM K 50 / G1001 and a four 78 rpm record album—Cat. no.: MGM 50

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

2000 CD reissue

Cat. no.: Rhino 76669

Notes

Also includes tracks recorded by Judy Garland in 1949, before she was removed from the film. These were previously available on a number of unofficial ‘bootleg’ LP record issues, but their first official release was on the 1997 2-CD compilation Judy GarlandCollectors’ Gems from the MGM Films, cat. no.: EMI / Turner Classic Movies 72438

  • Annie Get Your Gun—1957 San Francisco & Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Cast with Mary Martin & John Raitt

Cat. no.: Capitol LCT-6150 (12” Lp record)

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube—Side 1 and Side 2

1993 CD reissue

Cat. no.: Angel ZDM 0777 7 64765 2 0

  • Annie Get Your Gun—1966 Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast Recording

12” Mono Lp – Cat. no.: RCA Victor LOC 1124

12” Stereo Lp—Cat. no.: RCA Victor LSO 1124

Reel-to-Reel stereo tape—Cat. no.: RCA Victor T03-1002

Notes

R-to-R tape contains an extra track—‘Overture (Reprise)’

Notes

Irving Berlin wrote a new song ‘An Old Fashioned Wedding’ sung by ‘Annie’ and ‘Frank’ for this revival.

1990 CD reissue

Cat. no.: RCA Victor 1124-2-RC

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

  • Annie Get Your Gun—1986 London Revival Cast Recording with Suzy Quatro

Lp—Cat. no.: First Night Cast 4

1995 CD reissue

Cat. no.: First Night CAST CD4

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

  • Annie Get Your Gun—1999 Broadway Revival Cast

Cat. no.: Angel 7243 5 56812 2 5

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

Selected studio cast recordings

Lp—Cat. no.: World Record Club LM-18 (stereo) & World Record Club LM 7017 (mono)

  • Annie Get Your Gun—1963 US Columbia studio cast with Doris Day & Robert Goulet

Lp—Cat. no.: Columbia OS-2360

2008 CD reissue

Cat. no.: DRG 19112

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

  • Ethel Merman Sings Annie Get Your Gun—1973 (London) Studio Cast

Lp—Cat. no.: London XPS-905

Reel-to-Reel tape recording in Quadraphonic sound—Cat. no.: London 17905

2004 CD reissue

Cat. No.: Vocalion CDLK 4234

  • Annie Get Your Gun—1990 London Studio Cast with Kim Criswell & Thomas Hampson

Cat. no.: EMI Classics CDC 7 54206-2

Audio from the above album may be found on YouTube.

 

Productions

  • London and Beyond

    Pages from the souvenir program for the original London production of Annie Get Your Gun, 1947. Broadway Collectibles. The London run exceeded New York’s—1304 performances at the cavernous Coliseum, with Dolores Gray as Annie, her first starring role. The 19-month US national tour provided Mary...
  • Australia

    Beth Dean as the Riding Mistress and the Ballet Ensemble in the JCW production of Annie Get Your Gun, 1950, Act I, Scene 3, Fairgrounds. National Library of Australia, Canberra. Long before the release of the MGM film, Annie hit Australia, the first modern post war American musical to be staged...

Additional Info

  • Discography

    Annie Get Your Gun—1946 Original Broadway Cast members U.S. Catalogue no: Decca DA 468 Released as a 78 rpm record album containing six 10” discs; the inside cover of the album included black & white photos of the original production and an enclosed booklet included liner notes, cast biographies...
  • Filmography

    Annie Get Your Gun—1946 Broadway production—archival colour home-movie footage of scenes from the original Broadway production starring Ethel Merman, including ‘I’m an Indian Too’, Hotel ballroom scene into ‘I’ve Got the Sun in the Morning’, ‘Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better’ with Ray Middleton and...
  • Picture References & Sources

    Picture References 1946 Original Broadway Production Museum of the City of New York, New York New York Public Library, New York 1946 Jo Mielziner’s original set designs McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas New York Public Library, New York 1947 Original London Production ovrtur.com Victoria & Albert...