Jones & Schmidt: Hidden Treasures

 This album is a retrospective that is a must-have for all lovers of musical theater. Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt first won fame as the creators of The Fantasticks- the longest-running musical in the history of the world, with more than 21,000 performances given in New York over a period of 58 years. But the Jones & Schmidt musicals also include Broadway classics such as "I Do! I Do!," "110 in the Shade," and "Celebration." Selections from these and 12 other shows are included in this deluxe release, which features many previously unreleased "demos" by the songwriters themselves. Jones & Schmidt worked closely with Producer Bill Rudman for over two years to ensure that this album would best represent their legacy. "The purpose of theater is always to reveal us to ourselves. To help us perceive the 'poetry' beneath the prose and the minutiae of our lives. To make us exalt. To make us feel. And not least of all, to make us laugh." (Tom Jones)

Track List

1-1        Prologue: Try To Remember
1-2        Freshman Song/Registration
1-3        Anyone Will Do
1-4        At
1-5        Mr. Off-Broadway
1-6        The Race Of The Lexington Avenue Express
1-7        One And All
1-8        The Holy Man And The New Yorker
1-9        You Wonder How These Things Begin
1-10        A Perfect Time To Be In Love
1-11        Plant A Radish
1-12        I Have Acted Like A Fool
1-13        I Like The City Of New York/Everyone Looks Lonely/I Know Loneliness Quite Well/Where Has The Time Gone?
1-14        Sketches
1-15        Just Fine
1-16        Pretty Is
1-17        A Texas Romance
1-18        Man And Wife
1-19        Guess We May As Well Stay Married Now
1-20        The Genuine Eccentric And His Wife
1-21        Thousands Of Flowers
1-22        Celebration
1-23        Under The Tree
1-24        Opening Sequence From Colette: The Bouilloux Girls/Femme Du Monde/Earthly Paradise
1-25        Wand'in Child
2-1        Thank You For Your Love
2-2        Within This Empty Space
2-3        Name: Cockain
2-4        Love His Face
2-5        Postcards
2-6        Middle Of The Road
2-7        Wonderful Way To Die
2-8        Theme From The Bone Room
2-9        Menage A Trois
2-10        Joy (Work Season)
2-11        Ooh-La-La
2-12        You Could Hurt Me
2-13        The Room Is Filled With You
2-14        Medley From Colette Love Is Not A Sentiment Worthy Of Respect/The Music Hall/My Autumn Love For You/Growing Older/Earthly Paradise
2-15        Our Town
2-16        The World is Very Wide
2-17        There Is A River/Heavenly Music
2-18        I Only Want Someone To Love Me
2-19        Broadway Sam
2-20        Maybe
2-21        Learning Who You Are
2-22        Here Ma I
2-23        Epilogue: Try To Remember