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Original Soundtrack

posted 18 years ago by tms1983
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Am I the only one who thinks the best performances ever of these songs are those in the film? As such, I really hope that someone eventually releases the original film soundtrack on CD. There was a soundtrack LP released in 1953 that has long since gone out of print, and it surfaced on CD in the UK a few years back (now also unavailable).

A restored and expanded CALL ME MADAM soundtrack CD would be a good project for the people at Varese-Sarabande, as they have done some truly outstanding work. Their soundtrack CD of THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS, another 20th Century-Fox Ethel Merman vehicle released only a year after MADAM, is fabulous.

Everyone interested should take the time to write to Varese-Sarabande and/or 20th Century-Fox and ask them to bring this gem to CD. Lesser musical soundtracks have appeared on CD for years. It's time to have this one on CD too!

"Snozberries? Who ever heard of a snozberry?"

[–] justoldbill 18 years ago

There is a soundtrack CD release on the Hallmark label, available through specialty shops like Footlight Records(on-line at www.footlight.com). A good buy at $10.95, but the sound leaves something to be desired. Nothing's really been done to it- it sounds like a clean copy of the old Decca LP master transferred to disc, but what a disc! Give it a try.

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[–] heyteegs 14 years ago

I just bought the soundtrack. It is as justoldbill says but I still am listening to it a lot. Too bad it doesn't have Miss Sally Adams though. Love those telephone girls. +1 on an expanded version.

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