Search - Julie Andrews :: The Souvenir Album

Great collection of Julie's 1960s Columbia recordings

Byron Kolln | the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood | 08/30/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Julie Andrews shines on this lovely CD (which is sadly now out-of-print); where she gets to explore a whole set of numbers which all stretch and display her voice in entirely different ways. There's some bawdy, fun British music-hall ditties where she gets to really cut loose ("Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder?", "Don't Go in the Lion's Cage Tonight" and "Everybody's Doin' It Now").



From the original London cast album of MY FAIR LADY are Julie's three big numbers "I Could Have Danced All Night", "Without You" and "Just You Wait"; those tracks instantly conjure back Miss Andrews in her trademark, Tony Award-nominated performance as Eliza Doolittle. Andrews also sings such delicious musical theatre standards as "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (KISMET), "This is New" (LADY IN THE DARK), and "Alexander's Ragtime Band".



Although these tracks can be found on several other Julie Andrews CD releases, this whole album is a real delight, and highly-recommended from this reviewer. [COLUMBIA 471122 2]"