Tracklist

1-1	Summertime (Instrumental)	1:31
1-2	Narration 1	1:25
1-3	Summertime (Clara)	3:50
1-4	Narration 2	0:12
1-5	A Woman Is A Sometime Thing (Jake)	2:41
1-6	Here Come De Honeyman (Honeyman)	1:21
1-7	Narration 3	0:24
1-8	Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys (Porgy)	0:44
1-9	Narration 4	0:10
1-10	Porgy Ain't No Sof'On No Woman (Porgy)	1:35
1-11	Turmoil	4:35
1-12	Narration 5	0:52
1-13	Gone, Gone, Gone (Chorus)	2:22
1-14	Overflow (Porgy+Chorus)	2:10
1-15	Narration 6	0:29
1-16	I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out (Porgy)	1:19
1-17	Narration 7	0:11
1-18	My Man's Gone (Serena)	3:51
1-19	Narration 8	0:36
1-20	The Train Is At The Station (Chorus)	2:46
1-21	Narration 9	0:38
1-22	It Takes A Long Pull To Get There (Jake)	2:18
1-23	Narration 10	0:34
1-24	I'Ve Got Plenty Of Nuthin' (Porgy)	3:15
1-25	The Divorce Scene	4:14
1-26	The Buzzard Song (Porgy)	2:44
1-27	Narration 11	0:29
1-28	Bess, You Is My Woman (Porgy+Bess)	4:59
1-29	Picnic Parade	1:56
1-30	I Hates To Go An' Leave You All Alone (Bess+Porgy)	1:10
1-31	I'Ve Got Plenty Of Nuthin' (Porgy)	0:38
2-1	Kittiwah Picnic (Instrumental)	1:54
2-2	Narration 12	0:34
2-3	It Ain't Necessarily So (Sportin' Life)	4:30
2-4	Narration 13	0:54
2-5	Why Do You Want Bess (Bess+Crown)	2:13
2-6	Narration 14	0:34
2-7	It Takes A Long Pull To Get There (Jake)	1:28
2-8	Narration 15	0:31
2-9	Doctor Jesus (Serena)	2:03
2-10	Honeyman-Sreawberry Woman-Crabman	3:33
2-11	Narration 16	0:40
2-12	I Want To Stay Here (I Love You, Porgy) (Bess+Porgy)	3:17
2-13	Stome	2:30
2-14	Summertime (Clara)	1:22
2-15	Narration 17	0:11
2-16	Somebody's Knockin' (Chorus)	1:04
2-17	Narration 18	1:21
2-18	If God Want To Kill Me (Crown)	2:06
2-19	Narration 19	0:07
2-20	A Red Headed Woman (Crown)	1:49
2-21	Narration 20	1:00
2-22	Doctor Jesus (Chorus)	0:39
2-23	Narration 21	0:59
2-24	Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted (Chorus)	1:36
2-25	Narration 22	0:13
2-26	Summertime (Clara)	1:10
2-27	Crown's Death	1:54
2-28	Lawd, Lawd (Porgy+Bess+Sportin' Life)	1:19
2-29	Narration 23	0:09
2-30	There's A Boat That's A Leavin' (Sportin' Life)	1:29
2-31	Narration 24	1:19
2-32	Narration 25	0:25
2-33	Good Mornin' (Chorus)	1:42
2-34	Narration 26	0:39
2-35	Oh, Where's My Bess (Porgy)	2:21
2-36	Lawd, I'm On My Way (Porgy)	1:58

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope
• Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney
• Bass – Jimmy Gannon*, Jimmy Wood*, Max Bennett
• Bassoon – Erroll Buddle
• Cello – Eleanor Slatkin
• Clarinet – Bill Holman, Dick Healey
• Conductor [Bethlehem Orchestra] – Russ Garcia*
• Drums – Alvin Stoller, Irv Kluger, Nick Stabulas, Sam Woodyard, Stan Levey
• Engineer – Frank Abbey
• Engineer [Chief Engineer] – Val Valentin
• Flute – Dick Healey, Herbie Mann, Sam Most
• French Horn – John Cave, Vince DeRosa*
• Guitar – Sal Salvador
• Music By – George Gershwin
• Narrator – Al Jazzbo Collins
• Orchestra – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Bethlehem Orchestra, The Pat Moran Quartet, The Stan Levey Group
• Performer – Berry Joyce, Bev Kelly, Ernest Newton*, James Joyce, John Doling, John Whited, Pat Moran , Ralph Carmichael, Sam Pfnerm, Toni Stevens
• Photography By – Dave Pell
• Piano – Bryce Rhode*, Claude Williamson, Duke Ellington, Ralph Sharon
• Producer – Red Clyde
• Script By – Al Moritz
• Tape [Tape Editor] – Joe Polito
• Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman, Errol Buddle, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves
• Text By – Dorothy Heyward, Du Bose Heyward*, Ira Gershwin
• Timpani – Alvin Stoller, Irv Kluger
• Trombone – Bob Enevoldsen, Britt Woodman, Frank Rosolino, Herbie Harper*, Joe Howard, John Saunders, Lloyd Ulyate, Quentin Jackson, Tommy Pederson
• Trumpet – Buddy Childers, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Don Fagerquist, Frank Beach, Howard McGhee, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn, Ray Nance, Uan Rasey, Willie Cook
• Tuba – Albert Pollan
• Vibraphone, Chimes – Alvin Stoller, Irv Kluger, Jack Brokensha
• Viola – Alvin Dinkin, Paul Robyn
• Violin – Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci, Irma Neumann, Israel Baker, Marshall Sosson, Marvin Limonick, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure
• Vocals [Bess] – Frances Faye
• Vocals [Clara] – Betty Roché
• Vocals [Crab Man] – Bob Dorough
• Vocals [Crown] – Johnny Hartman
• Vocals [Honey Man] – Joe Derise
• Vocals [Jake] – Frank Rosolino
• Vocals [Porgy] – Mel Tormé
• Vocals [Serena] – Sallie Blair
• Vocals [Sportin' Life] – George Kirby
• Vocals [Strawberry Woman] – Loulie Jean Norman

Notes

Original LP realised in 1956 Bethlehem Records ‎– EXLP 1

Mastersonic 20-bit Processing Master Transfer

℗ 1986.3 Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
発売元: 日本コロムビア株式会社
Made in Japan
¥3,800

Released in mini-LP cardboard gatefold sleeve with OBI & booklet in Japanese and English.
Discs are not splitted to tracks.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988001347286

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
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
3BP-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, RE + 3xLP, Album)	Bethlehem Records	3BP-1	US	1975
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

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