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| Part 1. | ||
| A1 | Introduction / SummertimeFeaturing – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Russ Garcia And His Orchestra* |
1:25 |
| A2 | Narration | 1:24 |
| A3 | SummertimeFeaturing – Betty Roché |
3:48 |
| A4 | Narration | 0:12 |
| A5 | A Woman Is A Sometime ThingFeaturing – Frank Rosolino |
2:39 |
| A6 | Narration / Here Come De Honey Man...Featuring – Joe Derise |
1:20 |
| A7 | Narration | 0:24 |
| A8 | Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys... | 0:43 |
| A9 | Narration | 0:15 |
| A10 | No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain't Soft On No Woman... | 1:33 |
| A11 | Narration (Scene: Crap Game And Murder)Featuring – Russell Garcia And His Orchestra |
4:31 |
| B1 | Narration | 0:51 |
| B2 | Gone, Gone, GoneFeaturing – Chorus* |
2:20 |
| B3 | Overflow, Overflow | 2:08 |
| B4 | Narration | 0:28 |
| B5 | I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out... | 1:18 |
| B6 | Narration | 0:11 |
| B7 | My Man's Gone Now | 3:49 |
| B8 | Narration | 0:35 |
| B9 | Oh The Train Is At The Station...Featuring – Chorus* |
2:43 |
| C1 | Narration | 0:37 |
| C2 | Oh I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks...Featuring – Frank Rosolino |
2:17 |
| C3 | Narration | 0:34 |
| C4 | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'Featuring – The Pat Moran Quartet |
3:13 |
| C5 | Mornin', Lawyer. Looking For Somebody?...Featuring – George Kirby, The Pat Moran Quartet |
4:23 |
| C6 | Buzzard Song | 2:43 |
| C7 | Narration | 0:28 |
| C8 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 4:57 |
| C9 | Oh, I Can't Sit Down (Picnic Music)Featuring – Betty Roché, / Don Fagerquist Group* |
1:55 |
| C10 | Porgy, I Hates To Go... | 1:00 |
| C11 | I Got Plenty O Nuttin' (Reprise) | 0:37 |
| D1 | It Ain't Necessarily So (Instrumental)Featuring – Betty Roché, Russell Garcia |
1:52 |
| D2 | Narration | 0:34 |
| D3 | It Ain't Necessarily SoFeaturing – George Kirby |
4:28 |
| D4 | Narration | 0:53 |
| D5 | What You Want Wid Bess?...Featuring – Johnny Hartman |
2:12 |
| D6 | Narration | 0:33 |
| D7 | Oh I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks... (Reprise)Featuring – Frank Rosolino |
1:27 |
| D8 | Narration | 0:30 |
| D9 | Oh, Doctor Jesus...Featuring – Sallie Blair |
2:02 |
| D10 | Here Come De Honey Man... / Oh Dey's So Fresh And Fine... / I'm Talkin' About Devil Crabs..Featuring – Bob Dorough, Joe Derise, Loulie Jean Norman |
3:31 |
| Part 2. | ||
| E1 | Narration | 0:38 |
| E2 | I Loves You, Porgy | 3:17 |
| E3 | Narration (Scene: Storm)Featuring – Chorus*, Russell Garcia And His Orchestra |
3:04 |
| E4 | Summertime (Reprise)Featuring – Betty Roché |
1:22 |
| E5 | Narration | 0:11 |
| E6 | Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' At De Do'...Featuring – Chorus* |
1:03 |
| E7 | Narration | 1:20 |
| E8 | If God Want To Kill Me...Featuring – Johnny Hartman |
2:05 |
| E9 | Narration | 0:06 |
| E10 | A Red-Headed Woman...Featuring – Chorus*, Johnny Hartman |
1:48 |
| E11 | Narration | 0:59 |
| E12 | Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise)Featuring – Chorus* |
0:38 |
| F1 | Narration | 0:55 |
| F2 | Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted...Featuring – The Pat Moran Quartet |
1:36 |
| F3 | Narration | 0:10 |
| F4 | Summertime (Reprise)Featuring – Betty Roché |
1:12 |
| F5 | NarrationFeaturing – Chorus* |
1:50 |
| F6 | Oh, Lawd, What I Goin' Do?... | 1:21 |
| F7 | NarrationFeaturing – Chorus* |
0:09 |
| F8 | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New YorkFeaturing – George Kirby |
1:28 |
| F9 | George KirbyFeaturing – Russell Garcia And His Orchestra |
1:18 |
| F10 | NarrationFeaturing – Chorus* |
0:24 |
| F11 | How Are You Dis Mornin'?...Featuring – Chorus* |
1:41 |
| F12 | NarrationFeaturing – Chorus* |
0:39 |
| F13 | Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My BessFeaturing – Sallie Blair |
2:19 |
| F14 | Oh Lawd, I'm On My WayFeaturing – Chorus* |
1:57 |
Credits
- Conductor [Bethlehem Orchestra] – Russ Garcia*
- Music By – George Gershwin
- Narrator – Al Jazzbo Collins
- Orchestra – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, The Bethlehem Orchestra
- Performer – The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Pat Moran Quartet
- Text By – Dorothy Heyward, Du Bose Heyward*, Ira Gershwin
- Vocals [Bess] – Frances Faye
- Vocals [Clara] – Betty Roché
- Vocals [Crown] – Johnny Hartman
- Vocals [Jake] – Frank Rosolino
- Vocals [Porgy] – Mel Tormé
- Vocals [Serena] – Sallie Blair
- Vocals [Sportin' Life] – George Kirby
Notes
THREE 12" Inch, Vinyl Records BOX SET1975 US Pressing on BETHLEHEM Records 3BP-1
Sides in conventional order, A-B, C-D, E-F.
Includes four page insert
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (stamped, Side 1): 3BP - 1A
- Matrix / Runout (stamped, Side 2): 3BP - 1B
- Matrix / Runout (stamped, Side 3): 3BP - 1C
- Matrix / Runout (stamped, Side 4): 3BP - 1D
- Matrix / Runout (stamped, Side 5): 3BP - 1E
- Matrix / Runout (stamped, Side 6): 3BP - 1F
- Matrix / Runout (etched, all sides): 1T
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXLP 1 | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (Box + 3xLP, Album, Mono, Sam) | Bethlehem Records | EXLP 1 | US | 1956 |
| D2K-37965 | Mel Tormé And Frances Faye With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra And Russ Garcia And His Orchestra* | Mel Tormé And Frances Faye With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra And Russ Garcia And His Orchestra* - The Complete George Gershwin Porgy And Bess (2xCD, Album, Mono, RE, RM) | Bethlehem Records, Shout! Factory | D2K-37965 | US | 2005 |
| EXLP 1 | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (Box + 3xLP) | Bethlehem Records | EXLP 1 | US | Unknown |
| COCY-80059-60 | Mel Tormé And Frances Faye With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra And Russ Garcia And His Orchestra* | Mel Tormé And Frances Faye With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra And Russ Garcia And His Orchestra* - The Complete George Gershwin Porgy And Bess (2xCD, Album, Mono, RE, RM, Pap) | Bethlehem Records | COCY-80059-60 | Japan | 1996 |
| R2 75828 | Mel Tormé And Frances Faye With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra And Russ Garcia And His Orchestra* | Mel Tormé And Frances Faye With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra And Russ Garcia And His Orchestra* - The Complete George Gershwin Porgy And Bess (2xCD, Album, Mono, RE, RM) | Avenue Jazz | R2 75828 | US | 1999 |

