DR MICHAEL S - I have located my copy of the OBC of ILLYA DARLING and here are the tracks:
Side One:
Bouzouki Nights - Orchestra and Chorus
Piraeus, My Love - Illya (Melina Mercouri) and Men
Golden Land - Homer (Orson Bean) and Ensemble (dialogue Yorga)
Illya Darling - Yorga (Titos Vandis) and Ensemble
Medea Tango - Illya (Melina Mercouri) and Men dialogue - Homer (Orson Bean) and Capitagno (Rudy Bond)
I'll Never Lay Down Anymore - Despo
Never On Sunday - Illya (Melina Mercouri) and Ensemble
Side 2
Overture (Entract) - Orchestra
Love, Love, Love Illya (Melina Mecouri)
I Think She Needs Me - Homer (Orson Bean)
Dear Mr. Schubert - Illya (Melina Mercouri)
Heaven Hellp the Sailors on a Night LIke This - Sailors and Ladies
After Love - Tonio (Nikas Kourkoulos)
Yorgo's Dance (Zebekiko) - Orchestra
Ya CHara - Yorga, Despo, Tonio, Illya and Entire Company
Lyrics by Joe Darion Music by Manos Hadjidakis
Musical Direction Karen Gustafson
Orchestrations by Ralph Burns
Dance Music Arranged by Roger Adams
Production Stage Manager - Don Doherty
For United Artists Records Inc:
Executive Producer - Michael Stewart
A & R Director - Henry Jerome
Musical Director - LeRoy Holmes
Engineer - Frank Laico
United Artists Records gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Mitch Miller in the recording of this album. Mike Stewart.
No real liner notes, just quotes from the raves for Melina......
Boy oh Boy are these songs not in show order.
But I am confused and maybe Bruce can explain
I Think She Needs Me is listed on the recording. Is this a different song than the Sondheim contribution? Is it actually on the recording because sometimes they printed the covers before the recording of the songs.
Here is the record order and the actually show order: (Numbers in bold are the show order)
Side One:
Bouzouki Nights - Orchestra and Chorus
(2)Piraeus, My Love - Illya (Melina Mercouri) and Men
(4)Golden Land - Homer (Orson Bean) and Ensemble (dialogue Yorga)
(5)Illya Darling - Yorga (Titos Vandis) and Ensemble
(12)!Medea Tango - Illya (Melina Mercouri) and Men dialogue - Homer (Orson Bean) and Capitagno (Rudy Bond)
(11)I'll Never Lay Down Anymore - Despo
(8 )Never On Sunday - Illya (Melina Mercouri) and Ensemble
(15)!Side 2
Overture (Entract) - Orchestra
Love, Love, Love Illya (Melina Mecouri)
(6) Dropped later
I Think She Needs Me - Homer (Orson Bean)
(7) Sondheim lyrics?
Dear Mr. Schubert - Illya (Melina Mercouri)
(13)Heaven Hellp the Sailors on a Night LIke This - Sailors and Ladies
(16)After Love - Tonio (Nikas Kourkoulos)
(9) Dropped later
Yorgo's Dance (Zebekiko) - Orchestra
(3)!Ya CHara - Yorga, Despo, Tonio, Illya and Entire Company
(17)2, 4, 5, 12, 11, 8, 15, 6, 7, 13, 16, 9, 3, 17
I understand why Never On A Sunday was used for the end of side one, as it was a hit song and it made a good end to the side even though it is not in proper show order