Robin Field

Original Songs

From the introduction:

Do what you love, love what you do.
Don’t sit and wait for your dream to come true.
Give it your all, all you can give,
And sing your own song as long as you live.

This is Robin Field, and that’s part of a song I wrote near the end of my career, and this is a series of programs I’ve wanted to put together for a long time. It’s a retrospective of all the songs I’ve written for over sixty years, in approximately chronological order, from childhood on up. Sometimes I wrote the music, sometimes the lyrics, usually both. And I’ll give a little background to each one.

Disc 1

  1. Introduction / The Musical Tramp of Bardee 4:40
  2. Surfboy 7:22
  3. The Prophet / Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs 12:12
  4. Alice in Wonderland 1:24
  5. I May Give Up 10:21
  6. Squirt Song / Silent Movie Theme 2:07
  7. Tom Sawyer 23:58

Disc 2

  1. The Bakers of Beverwyck 17:39
  2. Parodies 4:13
  3. Celebration U.S.A. / Johnson & Johnson: “The Better Way” 10:33
  4. Johnson & Johnson: “Sof-Wik Lap Pad” 10:58
  5. Ideal Toys: “The Winner’s Circle” 10:15
  6. Marty / The New Mickey Mouse Club 9:55
  7. Devro Sausage Casings 9:02

Disc 3

  1. The Bronze Ring 11:52
  2. The Crystal Palace 11:27
  3. East of the Sun and West of the Moon 16:25
  4. Through the Orange Tree 13:01
  5. Little Red Riding Hood 15:15

Disc 4

  1. Sleeping Beauty 15:22
  2. Babes in Arms 4:12
  3. Johnson & Johnson: “McBurney’s People” 3:06
  4. Tradeshow Week 5:50
  5. Underwood: “Let’s Give ’em the Devil” 9:05
  6. FedEx: “Drop By” 1:12
  7. Blossoms of Big Bear 27:50

Disc 5

  1. Three Questions (a.k.a. Reason in Rhyme), Part 1 28:53
  2. Three Questions (a.k.a. Reason in Rhyme), Part 2 27:21
  3. Dear Mister President 4:32
  4. Anthem 12:51

Disc 6

  1. The Bronze Ring (revised), Part 1 15:34
  2. The Bronze Ring (revised), Part 2 14:23
  3. The Crystal Palace (revised), Part 1 22:38
  4. The Crystal Palace (revised), Part 2 23:06

Disc 7

  1. The Singing Mountains, Part 1 21:18
  2. The Singing Mountains, Part 2 21:41
  3. Personal Songs 13:10
  4. Big Bear Songs 11:10

Disc 8

  1. Personal Songs 12:50
  2. Special Material 17:15
  3. Five Shows a Day, Act 1 16:33
  4. Five Shows a Day, Act 2 23:23

Disc 9

  1. Daugherty & Field 11:48
  2. Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits 24:09
  3. Broadway: A Hundred Years Ago – 1887 18:00
  4. Teamwork 8:00
  5. Tributes 3:41

Disc 10

  1. Broadway: A Hundred Years Ago – 1888 12:37
  2. From Bach to Rock 10:00
  3. Broadway: A Hundred Years Ago – 1889 6:14
  4. Two Guys and a Piano 4:39
  5. Broadway: A Hundred Years Ago – 1890 9:25
  6. Daugherty & Field Off-Broadway 9:25
  7. Broadway: A Hundred Years Ago – 1891 7:09
  8. Tribute Songs 11:53

Disc 11

  1. Broadway: A Hundred Years Ago – 1892 14:15
  2. Catered Divorces & Other Courses 34:43
  3. Special Material 8:40
  4. Broadway: A Hundred Years Ago – 1893 17:16

Disc 12

  1. The Wisest Man in the World 9:50
  2. Black & White 16:12
  3. Special Material 5:49
  4. Personal Song / The Mother Goose Mystery 7:35
  5. Tom Sawyer (revised), Part 1 28:41
  6. Tom Sawyer (revised), Part 2 4:07

Disc 13

  1. Tom Sawyer (revised), Part 3 17:23
  2. Tom Sawyer (revised), Part 4 15:35
  3. Tom Sawyer (revised), Part 5 22:19
  4. Cinderella 22:16

Disc 14

  1. A Musical-Comedy Life / Personal Songs 11:16
  2. Cyrano 20:43
  3. Alice in Wonderland 20:01
  4. Through the Looking-Glass 21:06

Disc 15

  1. My Book House / Little Golden Books 11:03
  2. The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales / Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings 4:40
  3. Bearly Broadway 13:46
  4. Personal Song 2:23

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