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Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth [slightly revised in 1995]

Recordings

1970 Original Broadway Cast Recording

Company [OCR]

Company - Original Cast Recording
Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard
Engineered by Fred Plaut, Robert Waller, Ted Brosnan, and John Guerriere
Recorded May 3, 1970 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC
Liner notes by Charles Burr

For production information go to the Broadway Production

  • LP, 1970 [Columbia OS 3550]
  • 8-track Cartridge, 197? [Columbia 18-12-0052] [deleted 1976]
  • Cassette, 197? [Columbia 16-12-0052] [deleted 1976]
  • LP [quadraphonic, difefrent mix], 197? [Columbia SQ 30993]
  • 8-track Cartridge [quadraphonic], 197? [Columbia SAQ 30993] [deleted 1976]
  • LP, 1982 [Time-Life Records STL-AM12] [with A Little Night Music and A Funny Thing...]
  • Cassette, 1982 [Time-Life Records 4TL-AM12] [with A Little Night Music and A Funny Thing...]
  • Compact Disc, 1990 [Columbia CK 3550] [57:23 mins.}
  • Cassette reissue, 1990 [Columbia JST 3550]

Grammy Award winner for Best Original Cast Show Album

Remastered Version

Reissue Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard
Remixing and Mastering: Darcy M. Proper
Art Direction: Ken Fredette
Liner notes by Marc Kirkeby

  • Compact Disc, 1998 [Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy SK 65283] (adds a bonus track of Larry Kert's recording of "Being Alive" from the London Cast Recording) [61:59 mins.]
  • Triple Compact Disc, 2000 [Sony 60955] (as The Best of Broadway, Volume 1; includes the original cast recordings of West Side Story and Cabaret)

Selections:

Company (5:34), The Little Things We Do Together (3:09), Sorry Grateful (3:32), You Could Drive a Person Crazy (2:35), Have I Got a Girl for You (2:33), Someone is Waiting (2:54), Another Hundred People (2:45), Getting Married Today (4:10), Side by Side by Side / What Would We Do Without You (8:41), Poor Baby (3:04), Barcelona (3:19), The Ladies Who Lunch (4:30), Being Alive (4:48), Finale (1:45)

Company

[promotional record with interviews and songs from the show (not sung by the original cast)]

  • LP, 1970 [Columbia AS-6]

Selections

  • Introduction, "Company", Interview with Hal Prince (7:03)
  • Interview with Hal Prince (cont.) (2:55)
  • "Someone is Waiting", Interview with Dean Jones (6:07)
  • "Side By Side By Side", Interview with Barbara Barrie (5:45)
  • "Sorry Grateful", Interview with Elaine Stritch (5:52)
  • Interview with Elaine Stritch (cont.) (3:39)
  • Interview with Elaine Stritch (cont.) (2:25)
  • "You Could Drive a Person Crazy", Interview with Stephen Sondheim (5:20)
  • Interview with Stephen Sondheim (cont.) (4:00)
  • Interview with Stephen Sondheim (cont.), "Another Hundred People" (8:30)

1972 London Cast Recording

Company [London Cast Recording]

Company - London Cast Recording
Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard
New vocals recorded November 2, 1970
[Larry Kert replacing the vocal tracks of Dean Jones of the original cast recording, except for a new recording of "Barcelona"]

For production information go to the 1972 London Production

UK Releases

  • LP, 1972 [CBS 70108]
  • Compact Disc, 1993 [Sony West End SMK 53496]

Selections:

Company (5:48), The Little Things We Do Together (3:06), Sorry Grateful (3:32), You Could Drive a Person Crazy (2:37), Have I Got a Girl for You / Someone is Waiting (5:30), Another Hundred People (2:44), Getting Married Today (4:09), Side by Side by Side / What Would We Do Without You (8:40), Poor Baby / Tick Tock (6:56), Barcelona (3:19), The Ladies Who Lunch (4:29), Being Alive (4:47), Finale (1:35)

1995 Roundabout Theatre Cast Recording

Company [US, 1995]

Company - 1995 Broadway Cast Recording
Produced by Phil Ramone
Recorded and mixed by Frank Filipetti
Digitally recorded at the Hit Factory, NYC
Liner notes by Freddie Gershon
Lyrics included

For production information go to the 1995 Roundabout Theatre Production

  • Compact Disc, February 1996 [Broadway Angel 7243 5 55608 2 7] [59:11 mins.]

Selections:

Overture (0:46), Company (5:00), The Little Things We Do Together (2:38), Sorry Grateful (3:46), You Could Drive a Person Crazy (2:31), Company (Reprise I) (0:43), Have I Got a Girl for You (1:50), Someone is Waiting (2:54), Another Hundred People (2:38), Getting Married Today (4:03), Marry Me a Little (3:28), Bobby Baby (Finale) (0:27), Side by Side by Side / What Would We Do Without You (7:26), Poor Baby (2:59), Tick Tock (3:44), Barcelona (3:00), The Ladies Who Lunch (4:28), Company (Reprise II) (0:31), Being Alive (4:30), Bows (1:34)

1996 London Revival Cast Recording

Company [UK]

Company - 1996 London Cast Recording
Produced by Paddy Cunneen, Sam Mendes & Gareth Valentine
Recording engineer: Toby Alington
Recorded February, 1996 at Abbey Road Studios
Liner notes by Michael Ratcliffe

For production information go to the 1996 London Revival Production

US Release

  • Compact Disc, July 1996 [RCA Victor 09026-68589-2] [54:34 mins.]

UK Release

  • Compact Disc, 1996 [First Night CASTCD 57]

Selections:

Company (5:42), The Little Things We Do Together (2:41), Sorry Grateful (3:37), You Could Drive a Person Crazy (2:26), Have I Got a Girl for You (2:24), Someone is Waiting (2:51), Another Hundred People (2:49), Getting Married Today (4:12), Marry Me a Little (4:53), Side by Side by Side / What Would We Do Without You (7:25), Poor Baby (3:41), Barcelona (3:01), The Ladies Who Lunch (3:58), Being Alive (4:42)

2001 Brazilian Cast Recording

Company [Brazil]

Company - Original Brazilian Cast
Sung in Portuguese

For production information go to the 2001 Brazil Production

  • Compact Disc, 2001 [(no label shown) VSCD0001] [54:47 mins.]

Selections:

Overture - Company (0:52), Company - Robert and Company (4:39), The Little Things We Do Together - Joanne and Ensemble (2:34), Sorry Grateful - Harry, David, Larry (4:07), You Could Drive a Person Crazy - Kathy, Marta, and Suzi (2:22), Company (reprise) - Company (0:38), Have I Got a Girl for You - Husbands (1:52), Someone is Waiting - Robert (2:51), Another Hundred People - Marta (2:39), Getting Married Today - Amy, Paul, Mulher (Susan) and Company (4:30), Bobby Baby - Company (0:30), Marry Me a Little - Robert (3:06), Bobby Baby (Finale) - Company (0:27), Side by Side by Side / What Would We Do Without You - Robert and Company (7:24), Poor Baby - Wives, Harry and David (3:31), Barcelona - Robert and Suzi (2:46), The Ladies Who Lunch - Joanne (3:41), Company (reprise II) - Company (0:22), Being Alive - Robert (4:15), Bows - Orchestra (1:36)

2001 German Cast Recording

Company [German Cast Recording]

Company - Prinzregententheater Cast (German)
Musical Director/Arrangements - Roger Janotta
German Text by Michael Kunze
Recorded May 10, 2001 at the Bavaria and Weryton Studios in Munich, Germany

  • Compact Disc, 2001 [Prinzregententheater (no catalog number)] [47:32 mins.]

Cast

Robert - Felix Powroslo
Sarah - Alexandra Seefisch
Harry - Karsten Oliver Wöllm
Susan - Nicole Baumann
Peter - Jörg Neubauer
Jenny - Anna Prüstel
David - Gerd Achilles
Amy - Carolin Soyka
Paul - Alen Hodzovic
Joanne - Nicole Johannhanwahr
Larry - Andreas Ziemons
Marta - Eva-Mona Rodekirchen
Kathy - Eva-Maria Grein
April - Anina Doinet

Selections

Ouverture - Ensemble (0:55); Company - Ensemble (3:59); Und Ob Ich Ein Madchen Weiss (Have I Got A Girl For You) - Ensemble (2:26); Die Hochzeit... (Getting Married Today) - Sarah, Paul, Amy (4:37); Ich Und Ihr (Side By Side By Side) - Ensemble (6:50); Barcelona - Robert and April (2:55); Die Gnadigen Frau'n (The Ladies Who Lunch) - Joanne (4:25); Am Leben Zu Sein (Being Alive) - Robert (4:51)

Also Includes:

2006 Broadway Revival Recording

Company [2006 Broadway Revival]

Raśl Esparza - Company: A Musical Comedy
Recording Produced by Tommy Krasker
Recorded December 18-19, 2006 at Sear Sound, NYC
Associate Producer: Peter E. Jones
Engineered by Tom Lazarus
Assistant Engineers: Chris Allen, Ethan Donaldson, Josh Kramer-Burghardt
Edited by Bart Migal and mixed by Tom Lazarus at Classic Sound, NYC
Mastered by Joe Lambert at Trutone Mastering, NYC
Orchestrations by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Conducted by Lynne Shankel
Liner notes by Jeremy McCarter
Synopsis by Sean Patrick Flahaven
Lyrics included

For production information go to the 2006 Broadway Revival

  • Compact Disc, February 2007 [Nonesuch/PS Classics 106876-2] [65:56 mins.]

Selections:

Opening (2:28), Company (4:36), The Little Things We Do Together (3:51), Sorry Grateful (3:43), You Could Drive a Person Crazy (3:16), Have I Got a Girl for You (2:30), Someone is Waiting (2:46), Another Hundred People (5:54), Getting Married Today (4:04), "What did I just do..." (1:30), Marry Me a Little (3:53), Side by Side by Side (4:10), What Would We Do Without You (4:26), Poor Baby (2:54), Barcelona (3:28), The Ladies Who Lunch (4:17), "You have a good husband, Joanne..." (2:59), Being Alive (5:06)

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Last modified on Thursday, April 3, 2014
Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins