Compact disc. Musical comedy based on the book by Lynn Root. Album originally released in 1980 ; soundtrack of the 1943 film, this sound recording also contains outtakes, extended versions and extended underscore cues. Program notes by Marilee Bradford, synopsis, and producers' notes inserted in booklet in container. All music recorded in Culver City, Calif., 1942. The M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll ; additional performers and cast: Eddie Rochester Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Kenneth Spencer, and the Hall Johnson Choir ; with additional performers.