A3: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF/TO LIFE culled from MGM SE 4472 HAPPINESS - ON BROADWAY TODAY.
B1: EXODUS/HAVA NAGILAH medley culled from MGM SE 4298 CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS THE ALL TIME INTERNATIONAL HITS.
B2: THOSE WERE THE DAYS is a "live" recording culled from a concert held by Connie Francis in Romania. It was first issued commercially in Britain on POLYDOR 2391 302 CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS JEWISH FAVOURITES.
B4: ELI ELI, released for the first time on this album, was originally recorded on July 23rd, 1960 during the recording sessions responsible for the original Jewish collection. Following the decision not to include the recording on JEWISH FAVORITES, it went "missing" for more than 20 years. The backing track was "re-discovered" in 1982, to which Connie added a new vocal in the summer of that year. The original vocal remains "lost".
Album compiled by Connie Francis and Pat Niglio under the direction of George Scheck for GGC Productions.
This album was simultaneously released on cassette (see CTB-1-5411) and assigned Polydor International catalog number of 2354 175. It should be noted that the consecutive following international number of 2354 176 was assigned to MGM MGB-1-5410 which precedes this entry.
This is the second compilation of Jewish selections to be marketed in the USA and features 6 of the original 12 contained on MGM E/SE 3869 CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS JEWISH FAVORITES.