I Can Get It for You Wholesale (album)

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I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Original Broadway Cast Recording
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Cast recording by
various artists
ReleasedApril 1962
Genre Showtunes
Label Columbia
Producer Goddard Lieberson
Singles from I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Original Broadway Cast Recording
  1. "Miss Marmelstein / Who Knows?"
    Released: April 1962

I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Original Broadway Cast Recording contains the songs from the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale , with music and lyrics by Harold Rome. The album contains Barbra Streisand's solo "Miss Marmelstein", which is the best-known song from the musical.

Contents

Background

Barbra Streisand's vocals are featured in the songs "I'm Not A Well Man", "Ballard Of The Garment Trade", "Miss Marmelstein" and "What Are They Doing To Us Now?". This album marks her first professional recording appearance. [1] Goddard Lieberson, who produced the album, signed Streisand to a contract, and her first solo album The Barbra Streisand Album was released two months after I Can Get It for You Wholesale closed.

Track listing

All songs written by Harold Rome.

  1. "Overture" – 1:27
  2. "I'm Not A Well Man" (performed by Barbra Streisand and Jack Kruschen) – 2:21
  3. "The Way Things Are" (performed by Elliott Gould) – 1:41
  4. "When Gemini Meets Capricorn" (performed by Marilyn Cooper and Elliott Gould) – 2:48
  5. "Momma, Momma, Momma" (performed by Elliott Gould and Lillian Roth) – 2:57
  6. "The Sound Of Money" (performed by Elliott Gould and Sheree North) – 4:15
  7. "Too Soon" (performed by Lillian Roth) – 3:05
  8. "The Family Way" (performed by Elliott Gould, Lillian Roth, Marilyn Cooper, Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:08
  9. "Who Knows?" (performed by Marilyn Cooper) – 3:41
  10. "Ballad Of The Garment Trade" (performed by Barbra Streisand, Elliott Gould, Marilyn Cooper, Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:25
  11. "Have I Told You Lately?" (performed by Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:10
  12. "A Gift Today" (performed by Elliott Gould, Lillian Roth, Marilyn Cooper, Ken LeRoy and Bambi Linn) – 3:55
  13. "Miss Marmelstein" (performed by Barbra Streisand) – 3:22
  14. "A Funny Thing Happened" (performed by Elliott Gould and Marilyn Cooper) – 2:38
  15. "What's In It For Me?" (performed by Harold Lang) – 1:57
  16. "Eat A Little Something" (performed by Elliott Gould and Lillian Roth ) – 2:10
  17. "What Are They Doing To Us Now?" (performed by Barbra Streisand) – 7:11

Unrecorded tracks

The following songs from the musical show were not included in the cast recording:

Singles

#TitleDate
1."Miss Marmelstein" / "Who Knows?"April 1962

The songs "Miss Marmelstein" (performed by Barbra Streisand) and "Who Knows?" (performed by Marilyn Cooper) were released to radio as a promotional single in April 1962.

Chart performance

The album peaked at #125 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart. [2] [3]

Chart (1962)Peak
Position
US Billboard Pop Albums Chart125

Personnel

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