Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gray, Dobie
2. Ferry, Bryan
3. Don, Berna
4. Baracks, Barbara
5. Rota, Nino, 1911-1979.
6. Page, Billy
7. Mamas and the Papas (Musical group), performer
8. Chipmunks (Musical group), performer

Found in

1. More Fire! Productions records, 1980-2006.

Description

1. 1 audio disc (20:52) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This is a demo recording of the "soundtrack" (audio tracks) used for Robin Epstein's 1983 play "The Godmother", part of More Fire! Productions. An unidentified narrator/reporter talks about the unbalanced killer of the Godmother: Robin Epstein, a lesbian waitress/usher/Elvis impersonator, and her motivations to join the "in crowd" to meet women. Five excerpted versions of Billy Page's "The in-crowd" are featured in this recording.

Uniform title

1. Godmother. Selections

Alternative title

1. Godmother.
2. More Fire! Productions records.

Subject

1. Demo recordings
2. Motion picture music > Excerpts
3. Sounds
4. Rock music
5. Incidental music

Genre/Form

1. Demo recordings.

Contents

1. Track 1. [Excerpt] The Godfather love theme / N. Rota (0:01-0:40) -- Flash: Godmother was killed today ... (0:45-1:19) -- First recollection (Berna Don, Robin's schoolmate) (1:20-1:36) -- Second recollection (Barbara Baracks, Robin's lover) (1:38-2:30) -- Report no. 2 (2:33-2:50) -- How to get a girl ... (2:53-3:52) -- Roseanne at the Mom Cafe (3:53-4:15) -- Cafe sound effects (4:16-4:30) -- [Excerpt] The in-crowd / B. Page (Dobie Gray, vocals) (4:31-5:46) -- What did Robin do wrong? (5:47-7:10) -- The in-crowd / B. Page (The Mamas and the Papas, vocals) (7:11-10:02) [audio erratic] -- Sound effects (traffic, whistle, cars, police siren) (10:03-11:15) -- Why did Robin join a political group? (11:16-12:33) -- [Excerpt] The in-crowd / B. Page (Bryan Ferry, vocals) (12:34-12:57) -- Robin made it into the MOM crowd (13:00-15:10) -- [Excerpt] The in-crowd / B. Page (Unidentified 1980's instrumental) (15:11-15:33) -- Sound effects (Bird songs) (15:34-16:36) -- The in-crowd / B. Page (The Chipmunks, vocals) (16:37-17:30) -- The Godfather love theme (reprise, full version) / N. Rota (17:33-20:48).

Call number

1. *LDC 52655

Source (note)

1. Robin Epstein;

Linking entry (note)

1. Separated from the More Fire! Productions records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2008-003; for videocassettes and DVD transfers ("Junk love" (NCOV 176) and "Art failures" (NCOV 3734)), see the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Author

1. Epstein, Robin (Playwright)

Title

1. Soundtrack for "The Godmother", 1983.

Production

1. 1983.

Playing time

1. 002052

Type of content

1. performed music

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc

Performer

1. Unidentified narrator ; Berna Don and Barbara Baracks, recorded actors ; with unidentified actors (Roseanne?) ; Dobie Gray, The Mamas and the Papas, Bryan Ferry and The Chipmunks, performers ; unidentified orchestra ("The Godfather Love Theme") ; sound effects.

Event

1. Demo recording New York, N. Y. 1983.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio cassette : analog, mono) in *LTC-A 998.

Linking entry

1. Separated from the More Fire! Productions records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2008-003; for videocassettes and DVD transfers ("Junk love" (NCOV 176) and "Art failures" (NCOV 3734)), see the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Local note

1. Preservation file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltca998_f01_pm.WAV].
2. Additional information of the play comes from Robin Epstein's website (http://www.robinepstein.com/The_Godmother.html).

Source

1. Gift; Robin Epstein; *T-Mss 2008-003; 2008.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Gray, Dobie, performer.
2. Ferry, Bryan, performer.
3. Don, Berna, actor.
4. Baracks, Barbara, actor.
5. Contains work: Rota, Nino, 1911-1979. Godfather. Love theme.
6. Contains work: Page, Billy. In-crowd. Selections.
7. Mamas and the Papas (Musical group), performer.
8. Chipmunks (Musical group), performer.
9. Epstein, Robin, (Playwright), donor.

Added title

1. More Fire! Productions records.

Found in:

1. More Fire! Productions records, 1980-2006.

Research call number

1. *LDC 52655
2. *LTC-A 998