Released worldwide 21st
September 2009 on
digital-download is
Elaine's new live album
which was recorded during
her sell out
40th Anniversary
2009 UK tour, entitled 'Elaine
Paige Live – Celebrating a
Life on Stage'.
The album captures
the magic of this thrilling
live performer as never
before.
From her beginnings in the
musical 'Hair', Elaine Paige
takes the listener on a
journey through her
illustrious career from the
West End to Broadway with
many amusing and
enlightening anecdotes and
first time recordings from
Elaine. These include Lennon
& McCartney’s 'Yesterday'
(her audition song for Evita,)
'Shoot the Breeze' (written
by Bette Midler & Dustin
Hoffman) and 'By The Sea'
from Stephen Sondheim’s
'Sweeney Todd' in which
Elaine played Mrs Lovett in
the New York City Opera
production.
Also included are two bonus
tracks - 'The Things You Are You
To Me' a track originally
recorded with
Irish-Norwegian super group
Secret Garden and
'Small Packages', a song
especially written for
Elaine for this 40th
Anniversary tour by Stiles & Drewe (Mary Poppins,
Honk!).
The latter will be an
exclusive bonus track
for the
iTunes
release only.
This album features the
first lady of musical
theatre’s greatest hits
captured live: 'Don’t Cry
For Me Argentina', 'As If We
Never Said Goodbye', 'I Know
Him So Well', 'I Don’t Know
How To Love Him', 'With One
Look' and of course Elaine’s
own signature 'Memory' along
with a selection of songs
from her critically
acclaimed West End
production of 'Piaf'.