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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Rhino / Wea
Salesrank: 96784
Released: February 27, 1996 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Harvey Girls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Track Listing:
1. Main Title - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
2. In The Valley (Where The Evening Sun Goes Down) - Judy Garland
3. Wait And See - Virginia Reece
4. On The Atchison, Topeka, And The Santa Fe - Judy Garland/Cyd Charisse/...
5. Training Montage (The Train Must Be Fed) - Edward Earle/Selena Royle/...
6. Oh, You Kid - Virginia Reece
7. Judy Gets The Meat - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
8. Honky Tonk - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
9. Wait And See (Reprise #1) - Kenny Baker
10. It's A Great Big World - Judy Garland
11. The Wild, Wild West - Virginia O'Brien
12. Judy Goes To The Valley - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
13. My Intuition (Outtake) - Judy Garland/John Hodiak
14. Wait And See (Reprise #2) - Kenny Baker/Marion Doenges
15. Judy's Fight - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
16. Ray Bolger Dance (On The Atchison, Topeka, And...) - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
17. Swing Your Partner Round And Round - Judy Garland/Marjorie Main/M-G-M Studio Orchestra
18. March Of The Doagies (Outtake) - Judy Garland
19. In The Valley (Where The Evening Sun Goes Down) - Kenny Baker/Judy Garland
20. The Fire/Morning After - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
21. Coda/New End Title - M-G-M Studio Orchestra & Chorus
22. In The Valley (Where The Evening Sun Goes Down) - Judy Garland/Kay Thompson
23. March Of The Doagies (Reprise/Outtake) - Judy Garland
24. Hayride (Outtake) - Ray Bolger/Judy Garland
25. End Title (Alternate Version) - M-G-M Studio Orchestra & Chorus
The Harvey Girls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reviews:
One of Judy's Best! 
2006-07-10 - The Harvey Girls is one Judy Garland's most underrated motion pictures. This complete selection of the musical numbers is great. After having listened to the deleted numbers, one wonders what the criteria is for whether a number stays or goes. Especially for the number, "In the Valley (where the evenin' sun goes down)" in particular. This score, which is one of my favorites seems to have had a more prominent role in the movie until the editorial process. That however is one of the beauties of these soundtrack releases that has all the numbers. In my opinion this is some of Judy's best work.
Generally pretty good! 
2002-09-25 - Made during the heyday of both MGM and Judy Garland, this is a prime example of Garland at her best. Though the movie is not really very popular today, it is a staple of the Garland library and is really a gem. Same goes for the soundtrack. Highly recommended.
Memories of M-G-M
2002-06-15 - This rare soundtrack recording from Rhino Records is an enjoyable archival listen for anyone interested in the American musical film. While not exactly a frontline classic, "The Harvey Girls" is a quintessential example of the MGM musical tradition. Several fine songs were deleted from the film, and these are included here. All of them, especially "March of the Doagies", leaves one wondering why they were dropped. It's true, you have to be a fan of this kind of stuff to get any pleasure out of it, but though from a dated genre, these songs and performances still hold interest. Garland was at her professional, if not personal, prime here, and her renditions of "Atchison Topeka..." and "It's a Great Big World" are superb. The arrangements are all "bells-and-whistles" in the MGM grand tradition (sophistication and understatement were not their forte) but that's what makes this CD a hoot. The sound quality, of course, is necessarily limited by the source material. The primitive recording techniques of 1945 mean that clarity and sonic beauty are compromised in a way modern recording would never allow. Still, the remastering has remedied some of the aging flaws, and this is about as good as "The Harvey Girls" will ever sound to the modern listener. A curio for sure, but just right for a certain audience.
Outtake Heaven
1999-08-27 - This is an absolutely fabulous soundtrack. It presents all the music recorded for the film...much of it went unused. It is unfortunate, because the missing material conveys that what was a great movie as released could have been exceptional. So put on the cd, close your eyes, and form your own mental pictures. It will be most satisfying.
