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Description / My Opinion
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CD Now - Ordered 09.01.2000 - Shipped 09.08.2000 - Received 09.28.2000 The booklet contains a 2 pages text by Theodore S. Chapin (President and Executive Director, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization), a 2 pages text by Frank Rich (from the Febuary 26, 1971 Harvard Crimson) and a one page text by Stephen Sondheim himself explaining what are the changes in that version of the show. It contains no pictures but lots of small or medium B&W drawings (possibly representing what happened in the show and actually, some are described as representing some particular performers) and the booklet back cover holds a big color drawing of the same kind, as do the jewel box internal side and back cover. Orchestra Conductor: Jonathan Tunick, Director Robert Johanson. First of all, the sound quality of this recording is very good. It also has as advantages its completeness and the fact that the lyrics are included in the booklet. As I don't have much recordings of Follies, I can't really compare this recording with others, even if the one I already have, the Original Broadway Cast, contains some very good material (vocal/actor performances) but lacks what this recording provides and which makes it essential for those who don't know what Follies is. Of the two recordings I have, I'd recommend to get this one first to be able of fully appreciate the OBC afterwards. TODO: complete the opinion
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Musical Numbers
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| CD 1 - 50:52 | | 1 | 6:13 | Prologue / Overture | Orchestra |
| 2 | 3:51 | Beautiful Girls | Roscoe, Company |
| 3 | 2:15 | Don't Look At Me | Sally, Ben |
| 4 | 6:01 | Waiting For The Girls Upstairs | Buddy, Ben, Phyllis, Sally, Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally |
| 5 | 0:42 | Rain On The Roof | Emily, Theodore |
| 6 | 2:08 | Ah, Paris! | Solange |
| 7 | 3:09 | Broadway Baby | Hattie |
| 8 | 2:58 | The Road You Didn't Take | Ben |
| 9 | 3:31 | Bolero D'Amore | Orchestra |
| 10 | 3:10 | In Buddy's Eyes | Sally |
| 11 | 6:43 | Who's That Woman? | Stella, The Weismann Girls |
| 12 | 5:11 | I'm Still Here | Carlotta |
| 13 | 4:58 | Too Many Mornings | Ben, Sally |
| CD 2 - 69:05 | | 1 | 5:48 | The Right Girl | Buddy |
| 2 | 2:28 | One More Kiss | Heidi, Young Heidi |
| 3 | 3:21 | Could I Leave You? | Phyllis |
| 4 | 3:23 | Loveland | The Company |
| 5 | 4:48 | You're Gonna Love Tomorrow | Mr. Benjamin Stone (Young Ben), Miss Phyllis Rogers (Young Phyllis) |
| | | Love Will See Us Through | Mr. Buddy Plummer (Young Buddy), Miss Sally Durant (Young Sally) |
| 6 | 4:27 | The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues | Mr. Buddy Plummer with Margie, Sally |
| 7 | 4:20 | Losing My Mind | Mrs. Sally Durant Plummer |
| 8 | 4:50 | Ah, But Underneath | Mrs. Phyllis Rogers Stone with The Gentlemen of The Ensemble |
| 9 | 4:48 | Live, Laugh, Love | Mr. Benjamin Stone, The Company |
| 10 | 1:45 | Finale | Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally, The Company |
| 11 | 3:51 | Bring On The Girls | Roscoe, Young Roscoe |
| 12 | 3:00 | Can That Boy Fox-Trot! | Carlotta |
| 13 | 2:58 | Pleasant Little Kingdom | Ben, Sally |
| 14 | 4:23 | All Things Bright And Beautiful | Ben, Sally |
| 15 | 2:55 | That Old Piano Roll | Buddy |
| 16 | 2:18 | Who Could Be Blue? / Little White House | Mr. Benjamin Stone, Miss Phyllis Rogers |
| 17 | 5:13 | Uptown / Downtown | Mrs. Phyllis Rogers Stone, The Ladies and Gentlemen of The Ensemble |
| 18 | 4:27 | The Story Of Lucy And Jessie | Mrs. Phyllis Rogers Stone, The Ladies and Gentlemen of The Ensemble |
The Cast
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| | Dimitri Weismann | Eddie Bracken | | | Sally Durant Plummer | Donna McKechnie | | | Young Sally ("Sally") | Danette Holden | | | Phyllis Rogers Stone | Dee Hoty | | | Young Phyllis | Meredith Patterson | | | Carlotta Campion | Ann Miller | | | Young Carlotta | Jillana Urbina | | | Hattie Walker | Kaye Ballard | | | Young Hattie | Krista Lepore | | | Stella Deems | Phyllis Newman | | | Young Stella ("Margie") | Pamela Jordan | | | Solange La Fitte | Liliane Montevecchi | | | Young Solange | Jean Marie | | | Heidi Schiller | Carol Skarimbas | | | Young Heidi | Ingrid Ladendorf | | | Emily Whitman | Natalie Mosco | | | Young Emily | Pascale Faye | | | Christine Donovan | Ann Cunningham | | | Young Christine | Temple Kane | | | Sandra Crane | Laura Kenyon | | | Young Sandra | Julie Connors | | | Dee Dee West | Billie Thrash | | | Young Dee Dee | Karen Lifshey | | | Benjamin Stone | Laurence Guittard | | | Young Ben | Michael Gruber | | | Buddy Plummer | Tony Roberts | | | Young Buddy | Billy Hartung | | | Roscoe | Vahan Khanzadian | | | Young Roscoe | Peter Davenport | | | Theodore | Donald Saddler | | | Young Theodore | Arte Phillips | | | Ladies and Gentlemen of The Ensemble | Julie Conners | | | | Peter Davenport | | | | David Eggers | | | | Shawn Emamjomeh | | | | Pascale Faye | | | | Pamela Jordan | | | | Temple Kane | | | | Ingrid Ladenedorf | | | | Krista Lepore | | | | Karen Lifshey | | | | Jean Marie | | | | Arte Phillips | | | | Erick Pinnick | | | | Joseph Sark | | | | Jeff Siebert | | | | Robert Stoeckle | | | | Jillana Urbina |
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