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Gloria Swanson
In Boulevard!
Album UK 2008 on Stage Door Records label
Soundtrack (Musical)
Boulevard! is the original concept musical based on the 1950 Billy Wilder film 'Sunset Boulevard'. With music and lyrics by Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley under the direction of Gloria Swanson, this musical never made it to the stage. Swanson recreates her iconic role as the faded silent screen star Norma Desmond. Throughout the fifties Swanson and her writing team (as well as a host of singers) recorded a number of demo recordings that Swanson would play to prospective producers as well as guests at her private cocktail parties. In a cruel blow to Swanson's confidence, Paramount refused permission for the production to be staged. However this collection of demo recordings demonstrate that 'Sunset Boulevard' was first interpreted as a musical some forty years before Andrew Lloyd Webber's version took to the stage. This collection also features rare bonus tracks of Swanson's first recordings from her illustrious film career.
Musicians
 | Gloria Swanson voc, 1899-1983 US album by |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Act 1 - Disc 1 | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 2 | Maps! Maps! | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 3 | Sheldrake's Office | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 4 | The Doors are Closed | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 5 | Maps! Maps! - Reprise | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 6 | Norma Desmond's Living Room | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 7 | Those Wonderful People | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 8 | Norma Desmond's Living Room | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 9 | There's an Angle Here | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 10 | What's The Answer | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 11 | Norma Desmond's Living Room | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 12 | Norma Desmond's Main Hall | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 13 | Talk! Talk! Talk! | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 14 | I'm A Native | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 15 | I'm A Native - Reprise | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 16 | Stay Close | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 17 | Hand it to the Glands | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 18 | New Year's Eve: Norma's Home | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 19 | Hollywood Boulevard | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 20 | Off With The Old | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 21 | Stay Close, You Must Have Love, Off with the Old | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 22 | Norma's Bedroom | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 23 | What's the Answer? | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 24 | Act 2 - Disc 2 | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 25 | Supermarket On Sunset Boulevard | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 26 | Super, Super | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 27 | Take A Crack At The Zodiac - | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 28 | The Paramount Lot | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 29 | For Real | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 30 | Take Five | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 31 | Lamont'S Office | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 32 | Those Wonderful People (Reprise) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 33 | Betty'S Office | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 34 | Stay Close / There's An Angle Here (Reprise) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 35 | Norma Desmond's House | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 36 | Untitled Love Story | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 37 | Norma Desmond's House | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 38 | Dawn Break On Sunset Boulevard | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 39 | Finale | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 40 | Bonus Tracks: (All Performed By Gloria Swanson) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 41 | Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere) From The Trespasser (1929) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 42 | Serenade From The Trespasser (1929) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 43 | If You Haven't Got Love From Indiscreet (1931) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 44 | Come To Me From Indiscreet (1931) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 45 | Ich Liebe Dich, My Dear From Perfect Understanding (1933) | Gloria Swanson | ||
| 46 | I Love You So Much That I Hate You From Perfect Understanding (1933) | Gloria Swanson |
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