| Description |
1 audio disc (53 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005300 |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Musical. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Note |
"Based on an adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus in the version by Robert Fitzgerald and incorporating passages from both Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Antigone in the versions by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald"--Insert. |
| Performer |
Clarence Fountain and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama (Bobby Butler, Sam Butler, J.T. Clinkscales, Rev. Olice Thomas, Joe Watson), J.J. Farley and the Original Soul Stirrers, the J.D. Steele Singers (Fred Steele, J.D. Steele, Jearlyn Steele-Battle, Jevetta Steele), the Institutional Radio Choir (Carl Williams, Jr., director ; J.D. Steele, guest choir director for The Gospel at Colonus; choir personnel listed on insert), vocals ; with Martin Jacox, J.D. Steele, Morgan Freeman, Isabell Monk, Little Village (Chris Royal, trumpet ; Marc Johnson, trombone ; Bob Malach, alto saxophone ; John Hagen, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone ; Sam Butler, guitar, vocals ; Lincoln Schleifer, bass ; Bob Telson, piano, synthesizer ; Butch Heyward, organ ; Leroy Clouden, drums), supporting monologue soloists ; and including Willie Rogers, Sam Butler, Jr., Jevetta Steele, Jackie Banks, Jearlyn Steel-Battle, Carolyn Johnson-White, supporting vocal soloists ; Ben Odom, backup vocals ; Hugh McCracken, harmonica, slide guitar ; Zev Katz, bass. |
| Event |
Tracks 1-8 and 11-13 Recorded live as part of the American Music Theater Festival 1985 September 19 Annenberg Center, Philadelphia. |
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Tracks 9-10 Recorded Summer 1984 Clinton and Soundworks Studios. |
| Original Version |
Tracks 9-10 Previously released: Warner Bros. Records 25182[-1]. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Synopsis, complete list of personnel, and lyrics (10 unnumbered pages) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Live where you can (4:40) -- Fair Colonus (1:44) -- Stop do not go on (4:19) -- Who is this man (:40) -- How shall I see you through my tears (4:35) -- A voice foretold (6:26) -- Never drive you away (4:10) -- Numberless are the world's wonders (4:42) -- Lift me up (like a dove) (3:55) -- Sunlight of no light (2:43) -- Eternal sleep (3:32) -- Lift him up (7:34) -- Now let the weeping cease (3:22). |
| Summary |
"The Gospel at Colonus reconceives Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus as parable-like sermons on the ways of fate and particularly on a happy death. It is set in a Black Pentecostal church."--Program notes. |
| Subject |
Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama.
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Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) |
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Gospel music. |
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Musicals. |
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Musicals.
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Gospel music.
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| Genre/Form |
Musicals.
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Gospel music.
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Live sound recordings.
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Original cast recordings.
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Gospel music.
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Drama.
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Live sound recordings.
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Original cast recordings.
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| Added Author |
Breuer, Lee, librettest.
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Fountain, Clarence, singer.
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Farley, J. J., singer.
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Freeman, Morgan, performer.
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Monk, Isabell, performer.
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Jacox, Martin, performer.
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Butler, Sam (Vocalist), instrumentalist, singer.
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Steele, Jevetta, singer.
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Steele, Jearlyn, singer.
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McCracken, Hugh, instrumentalist.
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Katz, Zev (Bassist), instrumentalist.
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Steele, J. D., singer, conductor, performer.
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Williams, Carl, Jr., conductor.
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Malach, Bob, instrumentalist.
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Schleifer, Lincoln, instrumentalist.
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Heyward, I. A., instrumentalist.
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Clouden, Leroy, instrumentalist.
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Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Sophocles.
Oedipus at Colonus.
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Container of (work): Telson, Bob.
Gospel at Colonus.
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Blind Boys of Alabama, singer.
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Soul Stirrers (Musical group), singer.
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J.D. Steele Singers, singer.
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Institutional Radio Choir, singer.
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Little Village (Musical group), instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Gospel at Colonus
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| Standard No. |
075597919127 |
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7559791912 |
| Music No. |
9 79191-2 Elektra Nonesuch |
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25182-1 Warner Bros. Records |
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