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Description / My Opinion
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Amazon.com - Ordered 07.01.1999 - Shipped 07.08.1999 - Received 07/19/1999 The Music Man opened December 19, 1957 at the Majestic Theatre, and ran for 1375 performances. This album was originally recorded on December 29, 1957 and was released on January 20, 1958. The booklet contains 2 big and 2 medium B&W pictures of the performers, and 2 medium pictures or drawings (I don't really know, one really seems to be a picture and the other really seems to be a drawing). There are about 8 pages of text by Marc Kirkeby, including a commented synopsis. This is a pretty cast recording, but I'm not really fond of it. I do not dislike it, but it's this old sounding voices that usually make such recordings bother me rather fast. I've got nothing to criticize, in its old fashioned musical style, this one is even good, and there are lots of good melodies (Marian The Librarian that reminds me Leading Men Don't Dance and Goodnight My Someone for example). A fine piece in my collection. It's not one of those I'll listen at the most, but I'll dig into it when I have some free time available.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 5:29 | Overture | Orchestra |
| | | Rock Island | Vern Reed, Salesmen |
| 2 | 1:59 | Iowa Stubborn | Ensemble |
| 3 | 3:48 | Ya Got Trouble | Robert Preston, Ensemble |
| 4 | 1:56 | Piano Lesson | Barbara Cook, Pert Kelton |
| 5 | 2:46 | Goodnight My Someone | Barbara Cook |
| 6 | 3:01 | Seventy-Six Trombones | Robert Preston, Ensemble |
| 7 | 1:40 | Sincere | The Buffalo Bills |
| 8 | 1:41 | The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl For Me | Robert Preston |
| 9 | 1:57 | Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little | Adnia Rice, Peggy Mondo, Elaine Swann, Helen Raymond, Martha Flynn, Robert Preston |
| 10 | 2:44 | Goodnight Ladies / Marian The Librarian | Robert Preston, The Buffalo Bills |
| 11 | 3:02 | My White Knight | Barbara Cook |
| 12 | 2:13 | Wells Fargo Wagon | Eddie Hodges, Ensemble |
| 13 | 1:25 | It's You | The Buffalo Bills |
| 14 | 2:11 | Shipoopi | Iggie Wolfington, Ensemble |
| 15 | 4:17 | Linda Rose / Will I Ever Tell You? | The Buffalo Bills, Barbara Cook |
| 16 | 1:25 | Gary, Indiana | Eddie Hodges |
| 17 | 2:46 | Till There Was You | Barbara Cook, Robert Preston |
| 18 | 2:17 | Finale | Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Ensemble |
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The Cast
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| | Travelling Salesmen | Russel Goodwin | | | | Hal Norman | | | | Robert Howard | | | | James Gannon | | | | Robert Lenn | | | | Vernon Lusby | | | | Robert Evans | | | Charlie Cowell | Paul Reed | | | Conductor | Carl Nicholas | | | Harold Hill | Robert Preston | | | Mayor Shinn | David Burns | | | Ewart Dunlop | Al Shea | | | Oliver Hix | Wayne Ward | | | Jacey Squires | Vern Reedbills | | | Olin Britt | Bill Spangenberg | | | Marcellus Washburn | Iggie Wolfington | | | Tommy Djilas | Danny Carroll | | | Marian Paroo | Barbara Cook | | | Mrs. Paroo | Pert Kelton | | | Amaryllis | Marilyn Siegel | | | Winthrop Paroo | Eddie Hodges | | | Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn | Helen Raymond | | | Zaneeta Shinn | Dusty Worrall | | | Gracie Shinn | Barbara Travis | | | Alma Hix | Adnia Rice | | | Maud Dunlop | Elaine Swann | | | Ethel Toffelmier | Peggy Mondo | | | Mrs. Squires | Martha Flynn | | | Constable Locke | Carl Nicholas |
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