| Description |
1 audio disc (61 min.) : digital, stereo, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010100 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo mono |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. |
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Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
John Raitt (Gaylord Ravenal) ; Barbara Cook (Magnolia) ; William Warfield (Joe) ; Anita Darian (Julie) ; Fay DeWitt (Ellie) ; Louise Parker (Queenie) ; Jack Dabdoub (Cap'n Andy) ; The Merrill Staton Choir ; unidentified orchestra ; Franz Allers, conductor (tracks 1-14) ; Tess Gardella, vocals (track 15) ; Helen Morgan, vocals ; Brunswick Orchestra ; Victor Young, conductor (track 16) ; Paul Robeson, vocals ; Columbia Concert Orchestra ; Emanuel Balaban, conductor (track 17) ; Jan Clayton, vocals (track 18). |
| Credits |
Produced for records by James Foglesong and Thomas Z. Shepard. |
| Event |
Tracks 1-14 recorded 1961 December 14 and 17-18 Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City. |
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Track 15 recorded 1928. |
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Track 16 recorded 1932. |
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Track 17 recorded 1947. |
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Track 18, from the original cast recording of the 1946 Broadway revival Recorded 1946. |
| Note |
The majority of this album previously released in 1962 (1st-14th tracks) and recorded in stereo; bonus tracks previously released and recorded in mono. |
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Digitally remastered. |
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Reproduction of original program notes by Stanley Green and additional program notes by Didier C. Deutsch (11 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Overture (4:57) -- Cotton blossom (3:03) -- Where's the mate for me? (2:03) -- Make believe (3:07) -- Ol' man river (3:34) -- Can't help lovin' dat man (3:52) -- Life upon the wicked stage (2:52) -- You are love (4:35) -- Finale Act I (3:32) -- Opening Act II : sports of gay Chicago (1:47) -- Why do I love you? (2:34) -- Bill (5:11) -- After the ball (3:00) -- Finale Act II (2:19) -- Can't help lovin' dat man (3:02) -- Bill (3:57) -- I still suits me (2:32) -- Nobody else but me (3:58). |
| Subject |
Musicals.
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Musicals. |
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Musicals -- Excerpts.
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Musicals -- Excerpts. |
| Genre/Form |
Compact discs.
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Excerpts.
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Musicals.
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Original cast recordings.
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Musicals.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Excerpts.
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Original cast recordings.
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| Subject |
Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.
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Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975, lyricist.
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Raitt, John, 1917-2005, singer.
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Cook, Barbara, singer.
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Warfield, William, singer.
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Darian, Anita, singer.
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DeWitt, Fay, 1935- singer.
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Parker, Louise (Contralto), singer.
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Dabdoub, Jack, singer.
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Allers, Franz, conductor.
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Gardella, Tess, 1897-1950, singer.
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Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941, singer.
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Young, Victor, 1900-1956, conductor.
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Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, singer.
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Balaban, Emanuel, 1895-1973, conductor.
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Clayton, Jan, singer.
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Green, Stanley, writer of added commentary.
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Deutsch, Didier C., 1937- writer of added commentary.
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Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968.
Show boat.
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Container of (work): Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
Show boat.
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Merrill Staton Choir, singer.
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Brunswick Concert Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Columbia Concert Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
074646187722 |
| Music No. |
SK 61877 Columbia Broadway Masterworks |
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61877-2 Columbia Broadway Masterworks |
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