Newly released Doris Day radio Shows!!!

[doris-day-fan]

Hi, folks...

A dear friend just sent me this link to the release of "Doris Day - Love to be with You" For now, it seems it is only available in the UK - hopefully, it will come to the States ones of these DAYS!!!!

Go to this link to see all the details:

www.zonerecordsltd.com

Available 10 March 2007

DORIS DAY
LOVE TO BE WITH YOU


“Doris Day – Love to be with You” is Zone Records first volume of “The Doris Day Show” featuring 4 consecutive editions of her one and only radio series, which now for the first time in over 50 years, can be heard again.

The guests on this release include Gordon MacRae , Donald O'Connor, Ray Bolger, Frank Loesser, Mary Wickes and Liberace .

This 2CD full colour picture disc set contains an 8 page booklet, with liner notes, show dates and full track information and is illustrated with many rare photos of Doris from the period, some with stars featured on the show.

To preserve the integrity of these shows, and also that they are heard as originally broadcast, nothing has been edited out, therefore giving today's listener the same experience to that of it's original audience.

As a special pre-release offer to Doris Day fans, Zone Records are now accepting orders for “Doris Day – Love to be with You” Vol.1 , at the introductory UK price of £9.99. All pre-release priority orders will be despatched by 10 March 2007 . This release will not be available through any other outlet before May 2007.


The prices (inclusive of postage, packing and PayPal fee) are: UK £11.99, Europe £12.99, Rest of the world £13.99. Non PayPal users should deduct £1 from prices given.

Click here to print an order form

Orders can be sent to
Zone Records Ltd,
P O Box 203,
Cobham,
Surrey
KT11 2UG,
England.


Hopefully, soon, it will come to the USA!!!

Mary Anne

[helen1985]

Thanks for the info, I have one of the "radio programmes on my iPod, but its the one with kirk douglas. Ill have to order this one!!

[John M]

Thanks Mary Anne! I'll be purchasing! I've never gotten around to collecting the radio shows, but I'm going to start now.

[webmaster]

There are some Doris Day Radio Recordings from Howard Green in the member's section, including the duet with Kirk Douglas.

See (go to member's section): Topic: Rare Doris Day Radio Recordings




The shows mentioned must be a must for fans though - I notice it says: "All pre-release priority orders will be despatched by 10 March 2007 . This release will not be available through any other outlet before May 2007."

So I shall definately be ordering them! Actually, I didn't know Doris had a radio show!

PS - Mary Anne, you say, "Hopefully, soon, it will come to the USA!!!"
You don't need to wait you can order online and have it shipped to the USA for a small extra charge.

http://www.zonerecordsltd.com/Dorris%20Day.htm

[howard]

Just placed my order ... looking forward to these rare shows!

[helen1985]

I love her voice on the radio shows, so powerful and sweet at the same time. She really shined on the radio.. even though she didnt enjoy it! I understand what she means about the scripts for bob hopes show, they really werent that great, but they managed to pull it off in their delivery!
Doris really can do anything!!!

[Jas1]

As I have said before, Doris sounds magnificent on radio - some of her best stuff was done for radio.

[webmaster]

This is a great CD - or double CD to be more accurate - a real collector's item!

As I'm listening to it, I'm thinking "Who's the brains behind this?
(I've since discovered that one of the directors of Zone Records is a real Doris fan and he has been working on this project for years. Finally it's come to fruition and they are hoping that sales will be good enough to enable them to issue all of the shows in due course. So that's another good reason for buying it!)

As I write she is introducing Liberace, and calls him 'Lee', he calls her 'Dodo' and earlier there was a whole thing about her being called Clara Bixby.

There is a very strong sense that they are all reading from scripts - but that is because they are! It gives you a sense of these not yet world-famous performers doing their nine-to-five.

Being also a big fan of Gordon MacRae, I listened to his spot, it was great to hear the interaction between them. Now I'm listening to her and Donald O'Connor, Doris is saying "So, you've just finished "Singing in the Rain?"I still haven't seen it yet but I hear you are great in it!" and he says "And you're still working on "April in Paris" (So what year was that?)
Donald says "I'm doing "Call Me Madam" next. Doris says "I'd really like us to make a picture together! It ends, after a duet between them, with Doris "Singing in the Rain" - she sounds exactly the same live as on her recordings.

As the first part ends, the announcer says, Doris Day appears by courtesy of Warner Bros and can soon be seen in "The Winning Team. Donald O'Connor can be seen in the MGM film "Singing in the Rain".

You can spend a couple of hours happily listening to this double album - for a preview of some of the material, see my item on YouTube - you can just listen to it rather than watch if you want.

Listen to a sample on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5WpHcMBXmg


http://www.zonerecordsltd.com/Dorris%20Day.htm

[howard]

Great video, Bryan ... zone records should give you a percentage!

[webmaster]

Thanks Howard!

They are a new small company and I imagine this project carries an element of risk so we should support it.

You'll see I've made another post in case it gets lost in this topic.

[LuckyDay]

I found this little gem on Amazon and I've been listening to it on my Ipod. It's a treasure and I especially recommend it to our pal, Ray. Because we like him. No, Mary Wicks does not sing. It's really cute to hear people calling Doris DoDo back in 1952.

Wish we had all ready perfected time travel though. I'd go back there and ask Mary Wicks how she would feel about trading her apron for a nun's habit. And I think I'd like to find a young Marty Melcher in the booth right in the middle of one of Doris' songs, tap him on the shoulder and say, "Mr Melcher, people will be listening to Doris singing that song just as she is now in 50 years. What do you think of that?"

Then the men would come and take me away.

[Johnny]

Just received my copy of Doris Day - Love To Be With You, The Doris Day Show - Volume 2.

The shows dates are: May 9 -1952, May 16 - 1952, May 23 - 1952 and June 1 - 1952. It is a 2008 compilation from Zone Records Ltd. In Surrey England.

I am quite excited to hear this recoding.

I want to sincerely thank Lucky Day, Howard, Bryan, Helen and everyone who shared information on Doris' radio shows. Does anyone know much about volume 1?

I will post my listening experience soon.

[Peter Flapper]

Hi Johnny,

Strangly enough they started with the third show... But below are the details of the first two shows too.
1952 – 03 – 28 The Doris Day Show (CBS) ®
From: Hollywood, California
Stars: Doris Day
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Guests: Danny Thomas, Grace Kahn
1. It’s Magic - Doris Day#
2. Who, Who, Who? - Doris Day#
3. A Guy Is A Guy - Doris Day#
4. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else - Doris Day#
5. Oops - Doris Day#
6. Shanghai (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) - Doris Day#
7. Making Whoopee - Doris Day & Danny Thomas#
8. Ain't We Got Fun? - Doris Day & Danny Thomas#
9. Love To Be With You - Doris Day#

1952 – 04 – 04 The Doris Day Show (CBS) ®
From: Hollywood, California
Stars: Doris Day
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Guests: Jack Kirkwood, Jack Smith
1. It’s Magic - Doris Day#
2. A Guy Is A Guy - Doris Day#
3. Please Mr. Sun - Doris Day#
4. Enjoy Yourself, It’s Later Than You Think - Doris Day#
5. Baby Doll - Doris Day#
6. Love Ya, Love Ya, Honey - Doris Day & Jack Smith#
7. I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles - Doris Day & Jack Smith#
8. On Moonlight Bay - Doris Day#
9. Love To Be With You - Doris Day#

1952 – 04 – 11 The Doris Day Show (CBS) ®
From: Hollywood, California
Stars: Doris Day
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Guests: Ray Bolger, Frank Loesser, Marias & Miranda
1. It’s Magic - Doris Day#
2. Just One Of Those Things#
3. Around The Corner - Doris Day, Marais, Miranda & Frank Loesser#
4. My Darling, My Darling - Doris Day & Frank Loesser#
5. If I Were A Bell - Doris Day#
6. Once In Love With Amy - Ray Bolger
7. Singin’ In The Rain - Doris Day#
8. Love To Be With You - Doris Day#

1952 – 04 – 18 The Doris Day Show (CBS) ®
From: Hollywood, California
Stars: Doris Day
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Guests: Ray Bolger, Mary Wickes
1. It’s Magic - Doris Day#
2. Shanghai(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) - Doris Day#
3. I’ve Got A Feeling You’re Fooling - Doris Day#
4. Tell Me (Why Nights Are Lonely) - Doris Day#
5. I’m In The Mood For Love - Doris Day#
6. I'm Glad I'm Not A Rubber Ball - Ray Bolger
7. With A Song In My Heart - Doris Day#
8. Love To Be With You - Doris Day#

1952 – 04 – 25 The Doris Day Show (CBS) ®
From: Hollywood, California
Stars: Doris Day
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Guests: Gordon MacRae, Marais & Miranda
1. It’s Magic - Doris Day#
2. Oops - Doris Day#
3. A Guy Is A Guy - Doris Day#
4. Johnny Hochaby - Marais & Miranda
5. 900 Miles From My Home - Gordon MacRae
6. Ma Says, Pa Says - Doris Day, Marais, Miranda & Gordon MacRae#
7. Tea For Two - Doris Day & Gordon MacRae#
8. Love To Be With You - Doris Day#

1952 – 05 – 02 The Doris Day Show (CBS) ®
From: Hollywood, California
Stars: Doris Day
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Guests: Donald O’Connor, Liberace
Doris sings:
1. It’s Magic - Doris Day#
2. Nobody’s Sweetheart - Doris Day#
3. Canadian Capers (Cuttin’ Capers) - Doris Day#
4. Mama Yo Quiero - Liberace
5. Please Mr. Sun - Doris Day#
6. Merrilly Song - Doris Day & Donald O’Connor#
7. Singin’ In The Rain - Doris Day#
8. Love To Be With You - Doris Day#

The quality is good for it's age and it's a delight to hear Doris chat with her guests and sing with them. Hope there will be more to listen too in the future.

Peter