an original cast recording released as a six-disc 78 rpm set by columbia records was the label's first recording of a broadway musical. the label used the album to introduce its new lp format in june 1948. in 1988, the album was released on cd, and in 2000, a second cd version appeared that was remastered from the original acetates and restored some material originally recorded but cut from the show, including three bonus tracks in which harburg discusses the writing of and sings "how are things in glocca morra?" and "when i'm not near the girl i love," as well as singing "don't pass me by," a song cut from the show.