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Angel11.17.1997ZDM 7 64663 2 3
1CD46:39No Lyrics
[TRACKS][CAST]

The Music Man
Musical by Meredith Willson
1957 Original Broadway Cast

Description / My Opinion
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.

Musical Numbers
15:29OvertureOrchestra
Rock IslandVern Reed, Salesmen
21:59Iowa StubbornEnsemble
33:48Ya Got TroubleRobert Preston, Ensemble
41:56Piano LessonBarbara Cook, Pert Kelton
52:46Goodnight My SomeoneBarbara Cook
63:01Seventy-Six TrombonesRobert Preston, Ensemble
71:40SincereThe Buffalo Bills
81:41The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl For MeRobert Preston
91:57Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-LittleAdnia Rice, Peggy Mondo, Elaine Swann, Helen Raymond, Martha Flynn, Robert Preston
102:44Goodnight Ladies / Marian The LibrarianRobert Preston, The Buffalo Bills
113:02My White KnightBarbara Cook
122:13Wells Fargo WagonEddie Hodges, Ensemble
131:25It's YouThe Buffalo Bills
142:11ShipoopiIggie Wolfington, Ensemble
154:17Linda Rose / Will I Ever Tell You?The Buffalo Bills, Barbara Cook
161:25Gary, IndianaEddie Hodges
172:46Till There Was YouBarbara Cook, Robert Preston
182:17FinaleRobert Preston, Barbara Cook, Ensemble
The Cast
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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