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| | The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast) [Angel Reissue] | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Angel Records | | Release Date : | | 1992-11-17 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $10.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Overture/Rock Island - Paul Reed, Vern Reed
2. Iowa Stubborn
3. Ya Got Trouble - Robert Preston
4. Piano Lesson - Barbara Cook, Pert Kelton
5. Good Night My Someone - Barbara Cook
6. Seventy Six Trombones - Robert Preston
7. Sincere - Buffalo Bills
8. Sadder-But-Wiser Girl for Me - Robert Preston
9. Pick-A-Little, Take-A-Little/Goodnight Ladies - Martha Flynn, Peggy Mondo, Robert Preston, Helen Raymond, Adnia Rice, Elaine Swann
10. Goodnight Ladies/Marian the Librarian - Buffalo Bills, Robert Preston
11. My White Knight - Barbara Cook
12. Wells Fargo Wagon - Adam Hodges, Eddie Hodges
13. It's You - Buffalo Bills
14. Shipoopi - Iggie Wolfington & Ensemble
15. Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You? - Buffalo Bills, Barbara Cook
16. Gary, Indiana - Eddie Hodges
17. Till There Was You - Barbara Cook, Robert Preston
18. Finale - Barbara Cook, Robert Preston
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Classic Music Man
Submitted on: 2009-10-15 |
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| Of all the broadway musicals, Music Man is my favorite. It captures middle America. Its tunes are melodic, spunky, inventive, and sweet. This CD is a solid rendition of the show!. |
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 Barbara Cook steals the show!
Submitted on: 2009-03-26 |
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| Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" has been revised and performed all over the world. While it's a good musical overall, I am not crazy about it myself. I didn't care for Pert Kelton's voice which I felt was like nails on a chalkboard at times. One of the main reasons to listen to this compact disc is for Barbara Cook's singing capabilities as old maid librarian Marian. Pert Kelton plays her mother. Marian thinks she's better than most of the people in her small Iowa town because she reads French literature but manages to fall in love with the music salesman. Apart from Barbara Cook, I didn't care about the rest of the story. I felt the songs were typical of the musical genre and sometimes annoying but I do feel that it's worth seeing once if not at all. |
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Great show, incomparable performances
Submitted on: 2009-01-09 |
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| One of the most charming and most tuneful of all Broadway shows. I saw the original Broadway production in 1958 -- Robert Preston's performance was brilliant and is preserved as fresh as new on the cast recording, which is so much more enjoyable than the overproduced soundtrack recording. This is the show that kick-started Barbara Cook's career, a couple of years after she starred in Bernstein's Candide (which was panned by the critics and had only a brief run) singing "Glitter and Be Gay". Hers was, and still is, one of the great voices of Broadway, and if you agree, check her out on the original cast album of "She Loves Me". |
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A must for Broadway fans
Submitted on: 2008-04-17 |
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I suppose that everyone who is interested in Broadway musicals is familiar with "The Music Man," from seeing it on Broadway, to the movie version, to touring companies, to the unfortunate recent television adaptation, and even to local theater groups.
And, I suppose that most of them listen to the music repeatedly, as I do.
Meredith Willson has written a wonderful variety of music: the rowsing "Seventy-Six Trombones," which became the musical trademark of the show; the hilarious "Pick-a-Little;" the romantic "My White Knight;" and what about the combination of "Trombones" with "Goodnight, My Someone."
The original cast is superb. This is a role which suits Robert Preston's voice and demeanor to a tee. Barbara Cook, of course, is the best, and it really shows here. Add in the supporting cast and the Buffalo Bills, and you have as near perfection as a musical will ever reach.
As I said, a must for Broadway fans. |
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Music Man 1957 Original Broadway Cast
Submitted on: 2008-01-22 |
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I cannot rate this product because I gave it as a gift.
I haven't heard the CD.
All I can say is that my friend was thrilled to get it for Christmas.
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