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1. Oh, What A Century It's Been - Chorus 3:55
2. I Knew That You Would Be My Love - Vanessa Lee, Peter Graves 2:23
3. Mr. Hopper's Chanty - Graham Payn, Dennis Bowen, Tom Gill 2:23
4. Sweet Day - Vanessa Lee 3:28
5. Quartette - Chorus 2:22
6. Crème De La Crème - Chorus 2:17
7. Light Is The Heart - Mary Ellis 3:10
8. Why Is It The Woman Who Pays - Chorus 4:44
9. London At Night - Chorus 2:49
10. Aria - Vanessa Lee 4:35
11. May I Have The Pleasure - Graham Payn, Irene Browne 2:02
12. All My Life Ago - Mary Ellis 2:40
13. Faraway Land - Graham Payn, Patricia Cree 4:05
14. Something On A Tray - Irene Browne 2:41
15. Clear Bright Morning - Vanessa Lee 2:08
16. Reprise: London At Night - Chorus 2:06
BONUS TRACKS
17. Matelot - Graham Payn 3:18
18. Sigh No More - Graham Payn 3:11
19. Dear Madame Salvador / My Horse Has Cast A Shoe - Mary Martin And Graham Payn 4:30
20. Bright Was The Day - Mary Martin And Graham Payn 4:47
21. Fumfumbolo - Graham Payn 4:30
22. In A Boat On A Lake With My Darling (Live Recording) - Graham Payn 3:43
23. Finder, Please Return - Vanessa Lee 3:08
24. On Such A Night As This - Vanessa Lee 3:07
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Title:
After
the
Ball
Artist:
Original
London
Cast
-
Mary
Ellis,
Vanessa
Lee,
Graham
Payn
etc
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1043
Barcode:
5055122110439
Release
Date:
1
February
2005
Based
on
Oscar
Wilde's
Lady
Windermere's
Fan;
with
score
by
The
Master
Noel
Coward
and
headed
by
a
star-studded
cast
-
Mary
Ellis,
Vanessa
Lee,
Peter
Graves,
Graham
Payn,
Irene
Browne,
a
who's-who
of
the
then
London
stage,
it
seemed
extraordinary
that
After
the
Ball
only
managed
188
performances.
Perhaps
the
combination
of
Wilde
and
Coward
did
not
work
but
the
score
is
top
quality
and
Coward
supplied
a
charming
set
of
lyrics.
This
would
be
the
last
major
stage
appearance
for
Mary
Ellis,
the
American
born
star
who
had
reigned
the
West
End
stage
between
the
two
world
wars
achieving
great
success
in
Jerome
Kern's
Music
in
the
Air
and
two
shows
by
Ivor
Novello
-
The
Dancing
Years
and
Glamorous
Night.
For
bonus
tracks
we
have
included
performances
from
three
other
Coward
productions
-
Graham
Payn
singing
"Matelot"
and
"Sigh
No
More"
from
the
revue
Sigh
No
More
and
selections
from
Pacific
1860
performed
by
the
stars
Mary
Martin
and
Graham
Payn.
We
have
also
included
a
"live"
recording
introduced
by
Coward
of
Payn
singing
"In
A
Boat
On
A
Lake
With
My
Darling"
from
Ace
of
Clubs.
Vanessa
Lee
was
discovered
by
Ivor
Novello
who
starred
her
in
his
King's
Rhapsody
and
made
her
a
star
over
night.
She
recorded
Novello's
"Finder,
Please
Return"
and
"On
Such
A
Night
As
This"
from
his
final
production
Gay's
the
Word
and
these
two
songs
complete
our
bonus
track
selection.
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"...
it
is
good
to
have
this
at
last
on
CD.
The
generous
fill-up
tracks
include
six
more
Coward
numbers
sung
by
Graham
Payn,
and
a
couple
of
Novello
done
by
Vanessa
Lee.
..well-presented,
with
photographs
and
copies
of
the
original
artwork
or
programme."
Patrick
O'Connor,
Gramophone,
July
2005
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