Ellen Foley discography:
MISCELLANEOUS SOLO RELEASES
This discography discuss Ellen Foley songs donated to charity albums, songs only available on musical or original motion soundtracks, and other solo performances not included on her own albums. I have also included Jim Steinman's Pandora's Box project in this section.
Quick links: Invisible Children | Jamie deRoy | Shelter | Pandora's Box | Children Of The World | Hair
![[Njagala ennyimba - Songs for the Invisible Children CD]](images1/invisible_children.jpg) |
including Ellen Foley: "Madness" Songs: Brokenhearted Serenade (Chris Barron from Spin Doctors) / Black Dress, White Dress (Jerzy Jung) / Summer's Gone (Phil Bensen) / 2 Feet Tall (Alaina Alexander) / Something to Cry About (Lettuce Olive) / Where You Belong (Samantha Lu) / Rewind (Rotation) / Am I the Only One (Justina) / A Night Without Moon and Stars (Revolution #9) / Madness (Ellen Foley) / Indiana Jones (Keith Monacchio) / Angelchasing (Tina Vero) / Symphony in Blue (Larry Kirwan) / I'm Glad to be Here (Eric Alexandrakis) / Nu Dag (Aaron Dugan's Theory of Everything) Indigo Planet Records partnered with 'Invisible Children' for this awareness project. Ellen donated "Madness" to the CD, a song written by Paul Foglino (and previously available from iTunes only). |
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![[Jamie deRoy & friends CD]](images1/jamiederoy.jpg) |
including Ellen Foley: "Further & Further Away" Songs: Make Your Own Party (Marcy Heisler/Zina Goldrich) / The Child in Me Again (Kathie Lee Gifford) / Jenny Rebecca (Stephen Bogardus) / My Old Family Quilt (Karen Mason) / One of a Kind (Eric Michael Gillett) / Your Dog (Babbie Green) / A Place Called Home (Liz Callaway) / The House on Maple Hill (Jamie DeRoy) / Make a Rainbow (Deborah Tranelli) / Charlie, The Frog (Eric Hansen) / Little Boy Blue (Heather MacRae) / Further & Further Away (Ellen Foley) / The Kid Inside (Craig Carnelia) / Never Never Land (The Accidentals/Jamie DeRoy) / Sailin' On (Laurie Beechman) From the press release: 'Jamie deRoy, host of the popular television series Jamie deRoy and Friends, gathers today's best cabaret singers and young songwriters for an album devoted to songs that take you back to your childhood. Included are some of the top names on Broadway'. |
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![[Shelter - Original Cast Recording CD]](images1/shelter.jpg) |
featuring Ellen Foley, Willy Falk, Romain Fruge and Ellen Sowney Songs: Tune Up / The Last Days of Isaac / A Transparent Crystal Moment / My Most Important Moments Go By / Love, You Came to Me / My Most Important Moments / Woman on the Run / Changing / Welcome to a New World / Woke Up Today / It's Hard to Care / Mary Margaret's House in the Country / Sleep My Baby / I Bring Him Sea Shells / She's My Girl / Like a River / Too Many Women in my Life / Goodbye Plastic Flowers / Sleep My Baby / Goin' Home with My Children This CD has selections from the off-Broadway "The Last Sweet Days" musical from 1997 at St. Peter's Church, which comprised sections of two separate musicals by lyricist Gretchen Cryer and composer Nancy Ford. The first act came from their 1970 Off-Broadway hit "The Last Sweet Days Of Isaac", act two came from their Broadway musical, "Shelter". |
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![[Pandora's Box CD]](images1/pandoras1.jpg) |
Ellen Foley was one of four vocalists in this group Songs: The Invocation / Original Sin (The Natives Are Restless Tonight) / Twentieth Century Fox / Safe Sex / Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) / Requiem Metal / I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm Lately / It's All Coming Back To Me Now / The Opening Of The Box / The Want Ad / My Little Red Book / It Just Won't Quit / Pray Lewd / The Future Ain't What It Used To Be Pandora's Box were a studio group consisting of Steinman and four lead singers: Ellen Foley, Elaine Caswell, Deliria Wilde and Gina Taylor, although Laura Theodore and Holly Sherwood also contribute lead vocals to some songs. Ellen is lead vocalist on "The Invocation", "Twentieth Century Fox", "The Want Ad" and "My Little Red Book", shares lead with the other girls on "Original Sin" (The Natives Are Restless Tonight)" and sings backup on most of the other songs. |
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Jim Steinman wrote the majority of songs and produced their only album, "Original Sin". He had wanted to work with Ellen again for some time, and he also found the other three girls via Ellen. Elaine Caswell worked with Ellen on "Nightout" and Joe Jackson's "Body And Soul", and Gina Taylor played alongside Ellen in the 1986 musical "Beehive". Steinman discussed the new album in November 1989: "Well, I don't sing on it. It's four girl vocalists with me on keyboards. I wanted to do a Shangri-La's type of record, and I wanted to work with Ellen Foley (who was on Bat Out Of Hell and recently appeared in the hit film Fatal Attraction) again. I'm planning a new Meat Loaf album - twelve years later he has his voice back - so I wanted to do a female record first." He also planned for the group to do live performances: "Rather than having them just standing there singing backup, one leaves the stage and then the other comes out and sings. At the end all four should be like different aspects of the same person. It's a concept I've always wanted to try; the four of them making up one person, like the four faces of Pandora." But sadly it wasn't to be. The album flopped in England and it wasn't even released in USA. Three singles from the album were released in the UK, available in three formats (CD-single, 7" and 12" vinyl). The CD-singles have the same songs as the 12" singles and are not listed. The album was re-issued in 2006 with a bonus DVD containing promo videos. |
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![[Pandora's Box - It's All Coming Back - UK]](images1/pandoras2.jpg) |
![[Pandora's Box - Good Girls Go To Heaven - UK]](images1/pandoras3.jpg) |
![[Pandora's Box - Safe Sex - UK]](images1/pandoras4.jpg) |
![[Pandora's Box - Pandora's House: Room By Room - UK promo]](images1/pandoras5.jpg) |
(A) UK |
(B) UK |
(C) UK |
(D) UK promo |
| Media | Catalogue # | Year | Country | Comments |
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| 2LP | Virgin V 2605 | 1989 | UK | also available on CD | CD +
DVD |
Virgin CDVX 2605 | 2006 | UK | includes bonus DVD with "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" and "Good Girls Go To Heaven"
promo videos, plus Jim Steinman interviews |
| 7" | Virgin VS 1216 | 1989 | UK | It's All Coming Back To Me Now / I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm / Requiem Metal | PS (A) |
| 12" | Virgin VST 1216 | 1989 | UK | It's All Coming Back / Prey Lewd / I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm / Requiem Metal | PS (A) |
| 7" | Virgin VS 1227 | 1990 | UK | Good Girls Go To Heaven / Requiem Metal / Pray Lewd | with PS (ref B) |
| 12" | Virgin VST 1227 | 1990 | UK | Good Girls Go To Heaven / Requiem Metal / Pandora's House: Room By Room | PS (ref B) |
| 7" | Virgin VS 1275 | 1990 | UK | Safe Sex / I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm Lately / Requiem Metal | with PS (ref C) |
| 12" | Virgin VST 1275 | 1990 | UK | Safe Sex / Pray Lewd / I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm / Requiem Metal | with PS (ref C) |
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Virgin PBCD 1 | 1989 | UK | Pandora's House: Room By Room (this is a 16 minute medley with excerpts from all songs on the album). | PROMO ONLY RELEASE with PS (ref D) |
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PROMO VIDEOS:
![[Shelter - Original Cast Recording CD]](images1/children_world.jpg) |
including Ellen Foley and Jimmy Hall: "The Time Is Now" Ellen Foley and Jimmy Hall recorded "The Time Is Now" for the Cleveland International charity album "Children Of The World - The Time Is Now" (it was also available as a single). The album supported the non-profit Northern Ohio Children's Performing Music Foundation. "The Time Is Now" was originally an anti-Vietnam protest song released in 1969 by the band Everybody's Children. The writer Kenny Young's most famous song is "Under the Boardwalk", recorded by The Drifters in 1964. Jimmy Hall was lead vocalist and saxophonist with Wet Willie during the 70s, and he had just released his first solo album, "Touch You" when this track was recorded. In the 80s and 90s he worked with Jeff Beck, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocalist for Jeff Beck's 1985 "Flash" album. |
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![[Various Artists - Hair]](images1/hair.jpg) |
including Ellen Foley: "Black Boys" Songs: Aquarius / Sodomy / Donna-Hashish / Colored Spade / Manchester / Abie Baby-Fourscore / I'm Black-Ain't Got No / Air / I Got Life / Frank Mills / Hair / L.B.J. / Electric Blues-Old Fashioned Melody / Hare Krishna / Where Do I Go? / Black Boys / White Boys / Walking in Space / Easy to Be Hard / 3-5-0-0 / Good Morning Starshine / What a Piece of Work Is Man / Somebody to Love / Don't Push It Down / Flesh Failures-Let the Sunshine In Hair is a 1979 film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same title. Ellen Foley performed the song "Black Boys" in the Hair movie with Laurie Beechman and Debi Dye. She had previously played the lead role of Sheila in the 1977 Broadway revival of Hair. |
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