Holiday * gift * guide.

Those with a show-tune frame of mind when gift-giving (and wish list--making) can look to a number of reissues and compilations that include previously unreleased treasures. In other words, if you think you have the soundtrack to MGM's Betty Hutton--starring 1950 film of Irving Berlin's cowgirl musical ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, the joint Turner Classic Movies--Rhino movie music label says you don't. The label's new complete score release includes left-out songs, reprises, an outtake, and all the recordings Judy Garland made in the title role before she was replaced by Hutton. Also out from Turner/Rhino is the first stereophonic release of MGM's 1955 HIT THE DECK, which restores two deleted numbers.

Columbia Broadway Masterworks has gotten into the CD-with-extras spirit by releasing the original cast recordings of FINIAN'S RAINBOW, with bonus tracks including "Don't Pass Me By"; THE PAJAMA GAME, which has a 1954 Mike Wallace radio interview with cocomposer Jerry Ross; KISMET, also featuring excerpts from Wallace cast-and-composer interviews; and BYE BYE BIRDIE, which includes Charles Strouse telling the story behind "Put on a Happy Face"--plus a 1962 studio-only recording of SHOW BOAT, featuring John Raitt and supplemented by numerous cuts, including a 1928 "Can't Help Lovin' dat Man" by the original Queenie (Tess Gardella).

A new musical theater-dedicated label, Fynsworth Alley, has been launched with THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM ALBUM, an engaging collection of new recordings by Liz Callaway, Brent Barrett, Dorothy Loudon, and others, featuring favorites and rarely covered gems. There's a bonus track on discs bought on the label's Web site--the never-before-recorded "I Must Be Dreaming," written when the composer was 19. Between that and Dame Edna braying "Losing My Mind," this is a must for collectors.