STAGE DOOR RECORDS - PAT SUZUKI - COMPLETE ALBUM SERIES / SINGLES AND RARITIES

Stage Door Records is pleased to announce the debut CD release of Broadway actress and singer Pat Suzuki's back catalogue of solo recordings. Released on April 6th 2018 across two albums, 'The Complete Album Series' (2 CD Set) and 'Singles And Rarities 1958-1967' represent Pat Suzuki's complete discography as a solo recording artist.

Pat Suzuki, best known for starring in the original Broadway production of 'Flower Drum Song' and originating the Rodgers & Hammerstein standard 'I Enjoy Being A Girl', enjoyed great success as a solo recording artist (receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Vocal Album in 1960), issuing four solo albums for RCA Records between 1958-1960. For the first time ever, all four of Pat Suzuki's solo albums 'The Many Sides Of Pat Suzuki' (1958), 'Miss Pony Tail' (1958), 'Broadway '59' (1959) and 'Looking At You' (1960) now make their debut on CD as the Deluxe 2CD set 'Pat Suzuki - The Complete Album Series'.

The retrospective collection features 50 tracks including Suzuki's haunting interpretation of 'How High The Moon' (later featured in the 1988 film 'Biloxi Blues') and her solo recording of 'I Enjoy Being A Girl' which became a Top 50 hit in the United Kingdom when issued as a single in April 1960.

The release of 'The Complete Album Series' is a joint collaboration between Pat Suzuki and Stage Door Records. Also available is the limited edition release 'Singles And Rarities' featuring all Suzuki's non album singles and unreleased tracks recorded between 1958-1967.

RELEASE DATE: APRIL 20th, 2018
CATALOGUE #: STAGE 9055
BARCODE: 5055122190554

CD cover photography © Mark Shaw /mptvimages.com

DISC ONE
THE MANY SIDES OF PAT SUZUKI (MONO)
1. From This Moment On (from 'Out Of This World')
2. Fine And Dandy
3. A Sunday Kind Of Love
4. Something's Gotta Give (from 'Daddy Long Legs')
5. Solitude
6. Poor Butterfly
7. Just One Of Those Things (from 'Jubilee')
8. I Had The Craziest Dream
9. The Song From Moulin Rouge / Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
10. Always True To You In My Fashion (from 'Kiss Me Kate')
11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
12. Lazy Afternoon (from 'The Golden Apple')
PAT SUZUKI - MISS PONY TAIL (STEREO)
13. The Song Is You (from 'Music In The Air')
14. Star Dust
15. Black Coffee
16. Anything Goes (from 'Anything Goes')
17. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face (from 'My Fair Lady')
18. Daddy
19. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (from 'Leave It To Me!')
20. As Time Goes By
21. How High The Moon
22. The Lady Is A Tramp (from 'Babes In Arms')
23. Be My Love
24. I'll Never Smile Again

DISC TWO

BROADWAY '59 (STEREO)
1. I Enjoy Being A Girl (from 'Flower Drum Song')
2. Love Look Away (from 'Flower Drum Song')
3. Sunday (from 'Flower Drum Song')
4. Two Faces In The Dark (from 'Redhead')
5. Just for Once (from 'Redhead')
6. Tonight (from 'West Side Story')
7. On The Street Where You Live (from 'My Fair Lady')
8. The Party's Over (from 'Bells Are Ringing')
9. Just In Time (from 'Bells Are Ringing')
10. Not Like Me (from 'First Impressions')
11. I Feel Sorry for the Boy (from 'First Impressions')
12. Till There Was You (from 'The Music Man')
LOOKING AT YOU (STEREO)
13. Looking At You
14. Small World (from 'Gypsy')
15. Cheek To Cheek (from 'Top Hat')
16. He's My Guy
17. My Funny Valentine (from 'Babes In Arms')
18. You Better Go Now
19. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
20. I See Your Face Before Me
21. I Didn't Know About You
22. Easy Living
23. Don't Look At Me That Way!
24. Let Me Love You
FLOWER DRUM SONG (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST ALBUM)
25. I Enjoy Being A Girl (from 'Flower Drum Song' - Bonus Track)
26. Grant Avenue (from 'Flower Drum Song' - Bonus Track)

In the autumn of 1957, Pat Suzuki signed a recording contract with the RCA subsidiary label VIK Records. During her tenure with RCA, Suzuki released four best selling studio albums (including the Grammy nominated "Broadway '59") and a handful of singles. This collection compiles all Pat Suzuki's non-album singles recorded for both VIK / RCA between 1958 - 1960 and her sole release for Capitol Records in 1961. The collection concludes with two pop singles Pat recorded for the PDA label in 1967 alongside a handful of tracks recorded for "Pat!", a mid Sixties solo album that sadly was never completed.

Tracks include "Pat Suzuki's Football Four", four highly collectable singles issued in September 1958 featuring Suzuki's interpretations of various college football anthems. Also featured is Suzuki's single version of "Love Eyes" (from the musical 'Whoop-Up'), recorded during the "Broadway '59" sessions but omitted from the final album. Moving from RCA to Capitol in 1961, Suzuki issued one single for the label featuring tracks from the then current Broadway shows 'Sail Away' and 'The Gay Life'. In the mid Sixties, Suzuki collaborated with Warren B. Meyers on a proposed new album of show songs and standards. Five tracks were recorded for the album project (titled 'Pat!') and a handful of acetate test pressings were manufactured. The five tracks recorded include a showstopping version of Stephen Sondheim's 'Everybody Says Don't' (from 'Anyone Can Whistle'), a striking interpretation of Frank Loesser's 'Never Will I Marry' (from 'Greenwillow') and a unique reinvention of the Harold Arlen standard 'When The Sun Comes Out'. Sadly the album project was never completed, however we're pleased to present all the tracks Pat recorded for PDA on this collection of 'Singles and Rarities'.

The release of 'Singles And Rarities' is a collaboration between Pat Suzuki and Stage Door Records to reissue Suzuki's complete discography as a solo recording artist. Also available is 'The Complete Album Series', a 2CD set featuring the four solo albums Pat Suzuki recorded for RCA Records between 1958-1960. 'Singles And Rarities' forms part of Stage Door's COLLECTOR'S SERIES, a line of limited edition CD products presented in the retro style of a miniature long-playing record. All Collector's Series titles are limited to 500 units.

RELEASE DATE: APRIL 20th, 2018
CATALOGUE #: STAGE 2440
BARCODE: 5055122154501

SINGLES (1958-1967)
1. The Whiffenpoof Song
2. Roar, Lion, Roar (Columbia University)
3. The Victors (University Of Michigan)
4. The Eyes Of Texas (University of Texas)
5. Bow Down To Washington (University Of Washington)
6. Love Eyes (from 'Whoop-Up')
7. The Duke Of Kent
8. Dreamsville
9. When You Want Me (from 'Sail Away')
10. Why Go Anywhere At All (from 'The Gay Life')
11. This Is How My World Is Made
12. Look What You Done
13. Make Me Invisible

PAT! (UNRELEASED ALBUM SESSIONS)
14. Everybody Says Don't (from 'Anyone Can Whistle')
15. Never Will I Marry (from 'Greenwillow')
16. I Know Why And So Do You
17. When The Sun Comes Out
18. Hard Hearted Hannah