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Number list
1.Overture,
2.Life Begins (at Exactly 8:40 or Thereabouts)
3.Spring Fever
4.You're a Builder-Upper
5.My Paramount-Publix-Roxy Rose
6.Shoein' the Mare
7.Quartet Erotica
8.Fun to Be Fooled
9.Prologue to C'est la Vie
10.C'est la Vie
11.What Can You Say In a love song (That Hasn't Been Said Before?)
12.Let's Take a Walk Around the Block
13.Things
14.All the Elks and Masons
15.It Was Long Ago
16.A Weekend Cruise
17.I'm Not Myself
18.I Couldn't Hold My Man
19.Life Begins at City Hall
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Review(Product Description)
PS Classics continues its forgotten musical series with a lost show by three giants of the American musical theatre: Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, and Yip Harburg. life BEGINS AT 8:40 featuring Arlen's ebullient melodies, Gershwin and Harburg's smart and playful lyrics, and captivating performances by an all-star cast including Bert Lahr and Ray Bolger was one of the most lavish revues of the 1930s. But it wasn't until 75 years later that the score would be heard again, in a concert presented in March 2010 at the library of Congress. That performance featuring a full 24-piece orchestra conducted by Aaron Gandy and a cast of broadway and recording veterans including Kate Baldwin, Philip Chaffin, Christopher Fitzgerald, Montego Glover, Rebecca Luker, Brad Oscar, Faith Prince, Graham Rowat and Jessica stone has been stunningly preserved in this new studio cast album. Arlen, Gershwin and Harburg's witty and effervescent score (set to the original orchestrations by Hans Spialek, robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker, faithfully restored by Larry Moore) is brought vividly to life in PS Classics' world premiere recording.
Customer review 
A Banquet of Delights! (2010-09-06)
To spare you what would be little more than gushing, I'll simply state that I can't stop listening to this recording -- it is a complete and total delight from beginning to end!
Gorgeous tunes, witty lyrics, fine performances -- it's all there! This is a worthy addition to any collection of musical theatre recordings.
Fantastic Musical Theatre Discovery (2010-09-01)
I love this recording!! If I ever need a lift, I just put on this cd and let my cares get swept away. I hope this cd will lead to a broadway production with the fantastic Faith Prince. Anyone who likes musical theatre recordings should immediately purchase this cd.
Life begins at 8.40 - OBC recording on cd 
(2010-07-23)
an excellent revival of a brilliant musical comedy by the great Harold Arlen- the original score remains intact, and catches the musical period of the 30's- without the usual attempt to "update" it- thankfully !!! More please ..!
A wonderful old revue (2010-07-08)
"Life Begins at 8:40"--even the title is a sophisticated joke--is the real deal--a smart, funny, melodic 1934 revue by Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg that is lots of fun to listen to. None of the songs became standards, really, unlike the shows/revues that the Gershwin brothers wrote for, so if you're looking for classic songs look elsewhere, but in "Life Begins at 8:40" you can hear the seeds of what Arlen and Harburg would become: the composer and lyricist who, between them, would write such shows and movies as "Wizard of Oz," "Finian's Rainbow,""A Star is Born," "St. Louis Woman," and "House of Flowers."
The opening number sets the tone--"At exactly 8:40 or thereabouts..." From the first line you know you gotta pay attention to the words. There are several numbers here that will make you sit up and listen closely, and some real surprises, too. In "Things," Brad oscar does a good Bert Lahr impersonation (Lahr sang this in the original), and you see the beginnings of the song that Arlen and Harburg wrote for Lahr in "Wizard of Oz," "If I Were king of the Forest." "Quartet Erotica" could have been written by Tom Lehrer 30 years later; the liner notes don't indicate whether the joke at the end was original or added for this recording, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were original. "C'est La Vie" is a clever precursor of some of the risque craziness in the "New Faces" revues of the '50s. This is sung by three people becoming a menage a trois: "Me for you and you, And you and you for me" and "Duets are made by the bourgeoisie, oh, But only God can make a trio." Pure Harburg, pure joy.
The cast is impeccable, and could not be improved upon: Kate Baldwin and Rebecca Luker have two of the best voices on broadway today; Montego Glover just won a Tony for "Memphis." Christopher Fitzgerald, Faith prince and Brad oscar are comic broadway royalty.
The whole thing is a joy.
If Life Begins at 8:40, then please let time stop!! (2010-07-03)
As with the previous reviewers, I too find my choices in the musical theatre filled with "jukebox" musicals and productions which would rather be thought of as "tourist attractions" rather than something which commits itself to true theatrical significance.
"Life Begins at 8:40" follows in the great tradition of the tremendous studio recordings as "Girl Crazy", "Lady Be Good", "Fifty Million Frenchmen" and the list goes on and on. This wonderful Arlen/ Gershwin-Harburg musical will have you transported with the overture! Rather than go through each of the numbers ( you will discover that some tracks will receive multiple playings!), it is this cast which brings you back for more! Rebecca Luker, Christopher Fitzgerald, Brad Oscar,Faith Prince, Kate Baldwin and Jessica stone are at the top of their game. Many thanks to Tommy Krasker of PS Classics for delivering another living record of a time in our theatre which I doubt we shall see the likes of again.