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Grease

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Polydor B0001011-02


25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Disc One
Grease Remastered
[RSO RS-2-4202 (US), May 1978]
[RSO RSD 2001 (UK), June 1978]


1. Grease (3:24)
Frankie Valli
Written by Barry Gibb
Produced by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson
© 1978 Crompton Songs, LLC. All rights on behalf of Crompton Songs, LLC administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

2. Summer Nights (3:35)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

3. Hopelessly Devoted To You (3:04)
Olivia Newton-John
Written by John Farrar
Produced by John Farrar
© 1978 Stigwood Music, Inc., John Farrar Music, Inc., and Ensign Music Corp. All rights for the US and Canada controlled by Unichappel Music, Inc. Rights elsewhere throughout the world administered by Ensign Music Corp.

4. You're The One That I Want
(2:48)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Written by John Farrar
Produced by John Farrar
© 1978 Stigwood Music, Inc., John Farrar Music, Inc., and Ensign Music Corp. All rights for the US and Canada controlled by Unichappel Music, Inc. Rights elsewhere throughout the world administered by Ensign Music Corp.

5. Sandy (2:31)
John Travolta
Written by Louis St. Louis and Scott Simon
Produced by John Farrar
© 1978 Ensign Music Corp. All rights for the US and Canada controlled by Unichappel Music, Inc. Rights elsewhere throughout the world administered by Ensign Music Corp.

6. Beauty School Drop-Out (3:59)
Frankie Avalon
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

7. Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee (1:40)
Stockard Channing
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

8. Greased Lightnin' (3:13)
John Travolta
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

9. It's Raining On Prom Night
(2:51)
Cindy Bullens
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1971, 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 1999, 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

10. Alone At The Drive-In Movie (2:24)
Instrumental
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by John Farrar

11. Blue Moon (2:20)
Sha-Na-Na
Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1934, Renewed 1962 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc., Rights assigned to EMI Catalogue Partnership. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP). International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

12. Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay (2:03)
Sha-Na-Na
Written By D. White
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1957 (Renewed) Arc Music Corp. (BMI)  and Golden Egg Music Inc. (BMI) International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

13. Those Magic Changes
(2:18)
Sha-Na-Na
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1971, 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 1999, 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

14. Hound Dog (1:24)
Sha-Na-Na
Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1957 Gladys Music. All rights to the U.S.A. on behalf of Gladys Music administered by Chrysalis Music and Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., (ASCAP) Copyright renewed. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

15. Born To Hand Jive (4:37)
Sha-Na-Na
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1971, 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 1999, 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

16. Tears On My Pillow (2:02)
Sha-Na-Na
Written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1968 Vanderbilt Music Corp., Bonnie Music, N.Y., N.Y. and Gladys Music administered by Chrysalis Music and Cherry Lane Publishing Co., (ASCAP) Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.

17. Mooning (2:15)
Louis St. Louis & Cindy Bullens
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1971, 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 1999, 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

18. Freddy My Love (2:47)
Cindy Bullens
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1971 Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs. © Renewed 1999 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

19. Rock 'N' Roll Party Queen (2:11)
Louis St. Louis
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

20. There Are Worse Things I Could Do
(2:22)
Stockard Channing
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

21. Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise) (1:28)
Olivia Newton-John
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by John Farrar
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

22. We Go Together (3:00)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John & Cast
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Interpolating:
Witch Doctor
Written by Ross Bagdasarian and

Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp, Bomp
Written by Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann


Produced by Louis St. Louis
© 1972 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. © Renewed 2000 Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey. All Rights administered by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.


23. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (1:23) (Instrumental)
Written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webber
Produced by Louis St. Louis

24. Grease (Reprise) (3:25)
Frankie Valli
Written by Barry Gibb
Produced by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson
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Disc Two
Grease Bonus Disc

1. Grease - Instrumental Version (3:23)
Gary Brown, Saxophone
Written by Barry Gibb
Produced by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson
Issued as the B-Side of Grease single RSO RSS97 (1978)

2. Summer Nights - Sing-A-Long Version
(3:34)
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis

3. Hopelessly Devoted To You - Sing-A-Long Version (3:03)
Written by John Farrar
Produced by John Farrar

4. You're The One That I Want - Sing-A-Long Version (2:32)
Written by John Farrar
Produced by John Farrar

5. Sandy - Sing-A-Long Version (2:30)
Written by Louis St. Louis and Scott Simon
Produced by John Farrar

6. Greased Lightnin' - Single Version (3:20)
John Travolta
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
Issued as single RSO RS909 (1978)

7. Rydell Fight Song - Previously Unreleased Instrumental (0:20)
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

8. Greased Up And Ready To Go - Previously Unreleased Instrumental (4:49)
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

9. Grease MegaMix (4:48)
a) You're The One That I Want
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Written by John Farrar
Produced by John Farrar
b) Greased Lightnin'
- John Travolta
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
c) Summer Nights
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
Mixed by Harding & Curnow for PWI., 1990.
Issued as CD Single Polydor (UK) 314 567 077-2 (1998)

10. Grease Dream Mix
(3:45)
a) Grease - Frankie Valli
Written by Barry Gibb
Produced by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson
b) Sandy - John Travolta
Written by Louis St. Louis and Scott Simon
Produced by John Farrar
c) Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John
Written by John Farrar
Produced by John Farrar
Mixed by Harding & Curnow for PWI., 1991.
Issued as CD Single Polydor (UK) 314 567 073-2 (1998)


11. Summer Nights - Martian Remix (3:37)
- Olivia Newton-John
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Produced by Louis St. Louis
Mixed by Martian at First British Independent Studios, London, 1998
Additional Bass: Joe Henson

Issued as CD Single Polydor (UK) 314 567 075-2 (1998)

12. You're The One That I Want - Martian Remix (3:25) - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Written by John Farrar
Produced by John Farrar
Mixed by Martian at First British Independent Studios, London, 1998
Additional Bass: Joe Henson

Issued as CD Single Polydor (UK) 314 567 077-2 (1998)


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Paramount Pictures Presents
A Robert Stigwood / Allan Carr Production

Dances and Musical Sequences Staged and Choreographed by Patricia Birch

Musical Supervisor: Bill Oakes

Associate Producer: Neil A. Machlis

Based On The Broadway Stage By Kenneth Waissman and Maxine Fox In Association With Anthony D’Amato

Film Editor: John F. Burnett, A.C.E.

Production Designer: Philip Jefferies

Director of Photography: Bill Butler, A.S.C.

Based On The Original Musical By: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Screenplay by: Bronte Woodard

Adaptation by: Allan Carr

Directed by: Randal Kleiser

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Cast:

John Travolta – Danny
Olivia Newton-John – Sandy
Stockard Channing – Rizzo
Jeff Conaway – Kenickie
Barry Pearl – Doody
Michael Tucci – Sonny
Kelly Ward – Putzie
Didi Conn – Frenchie
Jamie Donnelly – Jan
Dinah Manoff – Marty
Eve Arden – Principal McGee
Frankie Avalon – Teen Angel
Joan Blondell – Vi
Edd Byrnes – Vince Fontaine
Sid Caesar – Coach Calhoun
Alice Ghostley – Mrs. Murdock
Dody Goodman – Blanche
Sha-Na-Na – Johnny Casino and The Gamblers
Susan Buckner - Patty Simcox
Lorenzo Lamas – Tom Chisum
Fannie Flagg – Nurse Wilkins
Dick Patterson – Mr. Rudie
Eddie Deezen – Eugene
Darrell Zwerling- Mr. Lynch
Ellen Travolta – Waitress
Annette Charles – Cha-Cha
Dennis C. Stewart – Leo

Musicians:

Drums:
Ollie Brown, Carlos Vega, Cubby O’Brien, Ron Zeigler

Bass:
Mike Porcaro, William David Hungate, Max Bennett, David Allen Ryan, Wm. J. Bodine, Dean Cortez, Harold Cowart

Guitar:
John Farrar, Tim May (“Born To Hand Jive”), Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Dan Sawyer, Bob Rose, Dennis Budimir, Thomas Tedesco, Cliff Morris, Joey Murcia, Peter Frampton (“Grease”)

Keyboards:
Louis St. Louis, Greg Mathieson, Mike Land, Lincoln Majorca, Thomas Garvin, Bhen Lanzarone, George Bitzer

Saxophone:
Ray Pizzi (“We Go Together” and “Greased Lightnin’”), Ernie Watts (“There Are Worse Things I Could Do” and “Alone At A Drive-In Movie”), Jerome Richardson, John Kelson, Jr.

Trumpet:
Albert Aarons, Robert Bryant

Trombone:
Lloyd Ulgate

Percussion:
Eddie “Bongo” Brown, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman, Antoine Dearborn

Harp:
Dorothy Remsen, Gayle Levant

Concertmaster: James Getzoff
Contractor: Carl Fortina
Copyist: Bob Borenstein

Background Vocals:
Curt Becher, Paulette K. Brown, Beau Charles, Carol Chase, Kerry Chater, Loren Farber, John Farrar, Vanetta Fields, Gerald Garrett, Jim Gilstrap, Mitch Gordon, Jim Haas, patty Henderson, Ron Hicklin, Diana Lee, John Lehman, Maxayn Lewis, Melissa MacKay, Myrna Matthews, Marti McCall, Gene Merlin, Gene Morford, Lisa Roberts, Sally Stevens, Zedrick Turnbough, Jackie Ward, M. Ann White, Jerry Whitman

All selections except “Grease” arranged by John Farrar, Michael Gibson, Louis St. Louis

Strings on “Summer Nights” arranged by Bhen Lanzarone.

Horns and strings on “Greased Lightnin’” and “Born To Hand Jive” arranged by Michael Melvoin

“Grease” arranged by Barry Gibb and Albhy Galuten


Recorded at:
Filmways / Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood
United Western Studios, Hollywood
Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood

Engineered by:
David J. Holman
Jay Lewis
Eirik Wangberg
Michael Carnevale
Karl Richardson (“Grease”)

All selections except “Grease” mixed and re-mixed by David J. Holman at Filmways / Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood

“Grease” mixed by Karl Richardson at Criteria Studios, Miami

Selections produced by Louis St. Louis, John Farrar, Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson

Special Thanks to June Edgerton (Music Editor, Paramount Pictures Corp.)

Thank you:

Terry Stark
Linda Tossman
Jack Tossman
Barbara Lewis
The Heider Staff

Album supervision and compilation – Bill Oakes

John Travolta appears courtesy of Midland International Records
Olivia Newton-John appears courtesy of MCA Records
Peter Frampton appears courtesy of De-Lite Records


Art Direction: Glenn Ross
Album Design: Tim Bryant/George Corsillo – Gribbitt
Photography: Alan Pappe / Lee Gross, Inc.
Background Photos: Ron Slenzak


Copyright © MCMLXXVIII by Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Grease, RSO RS-2-4202 (US), was released May, 1976.
Grease, RSO RSD 2001 (UK), was released July, 1976.


25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition


Compilation Produced by Bill Levenson

Mastered by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios East, Edison, New Jersey

Additional mixes engineered by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios East, Edison, New Jersey

Art Direction: Vartan

Design: Meire Murakani

Photography Courtesy of Polydor Records Archives

Production Coordinator: Margaret Goldfarb

Special Thanks to:

Bruce Resnikoff, Richie Gallo, Andy McKaie, Mike Ragogna, Harry Weinger, Glen Senatar, Chris Butler, Cliff Van Koppenhagen, Patte Medina, Rhonda Malmlund, Kelly Martinez, Jenny Shapiro, Charlie Katz, Sujata Murthy, Todd Nakamine, Ashley Culp, Elliot Kendall, Jim Dobbe, Robin Kriby, Ramon Galbert, Ken Patrick, Mike Rosenberg, Steve Heidt, Cameron Smith, Rickie Goodman, Michael Kachko, Jerry Stine, Jeff Fura, Pat Lawrence, Diana Smart, Rhonda Shields, Bob Mercer, Jeff Moskow, Adam Starr, Stacy Darrow, Wendy Lubow, JoAnn Frederick and D’andria James at UME.

David Joseph, George McManus and James Radios at Polydor Ltd. (UK).

Jeff Glixman, Lily Salinas, Jessica Ruiz and Yolanda Giraud at the Universal Tape Library.

Mark Hartley and Anita Hellig of The Fitzgerald Hartley Co.
Paula Hayes and Sarah Todd of JTP Films, Inc.


Very Special Thanks to Olivia Newton-John and John
Travolta




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