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Title

Show boat [sound recording] : world premiere cast recording / music by Jerome Kern ; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Author

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.

Publication

[Canada] : Livent Music/Quality Music, p1994.

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Additional Authors

• Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
• Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968.
• Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981
• Brohn, William D.
• Krane, David, 1953-
• Morse, Robert, 1931-2022
• Stritch, Elaine
• Luker, Rebecca
• Jacoby, Mark
• McKee, Lonette
• Blum, Joel
• Stanley, Dorothy
• Boston, Gretha
• LaBrecque, Doug
• Bell, Michel
• Huard, Jeffrey

Description

1 sound disc (1 hr., 12 min., 53 sec.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Show boat

Alternative Title

Show boat

Subject

• Musicals

Note

• Based on the novel "Show boat" by Edna Ferber.
• Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and William David Brohn; dance music arr. by David Krane.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes, synopsis, and lyrics ([38] p. : ill., principally col.) inserted in container.

Performer (note)

• Robert Morse (Cap'n Andy) ; Elaine Stritch (Parthy) ; Rebecca Luker (Magnolia) ; Mark Jacoby (Gaylord Ravenal) ; Lonette McKee (Julie) ; Joel Blum (Frank) ; Dorothy Stanley (Ellie) ; Gretha Boston (Queenie) ; Doug LaBrecque (Steve) ; Michel Bell (Joe) ; supporting cast and musicians ; Jeffrey Huard, conductor.

Event (note)

• Recorded Jan. 24, 1994, through Mar. 6, 1994, at Manta Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto.

Contents

• Act 1. Overture (2:47) -- Cotton blossom/Cap'n Andy's ballyhoo (3:19) -- Make believe (4:21) -- Ol' man river (5:47) -- Can't help lovin' dat man (4:32) -- 'Till good luck comes my way (1:21) -- Mis'ry's comin' aroun' (4:12) -- I have the room above her (3:58) -- Life upon the wicked stage (2:55) -- Queenie's ballyhoo (1:25) -- You are love (3:38) -- Act one finale: The wedding celebration (1:50).
• Act 2. Entr'acte (1:44) -- Why do I love you?/Montage I: The sports of gay Chicago (5:59) -- Alma redemptoris mater (2:31) -- Bill / lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, rev. by Oscar Hammerstein II (4:05) -- Can't help lovin' dat man (reprise) (1:55) -- Goodbye, my lady love / music and lyrics by Joseph E. Howard (2:18) -- After the ball / music and lyrics by Charles K. Harris (2:37) -- Montage II: Ol' man river (5:14) -- Kim's charleston (4:07) -- Act two finale.

Call Number

*LDC 17649 (F)

LCCN

063961025727

OCLC

31403425

Author

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.

Title

Show boat [sound recording] : world premiere cast recording / music by Jerome Kern ; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Imprint

[Canada] : Livent Music/Quality Music, p1994.

Cast

Robert Morse (Cap'n Andy) ; Elaine Stritch (Parthy) ; Rebecca Luker (Magnolia) ; Mark Jacoby (Gaylord Ravenal) ; Lonette McKee (Julie) ; Joel Blum (Frank) ; Dorothy Stanley (Ellie) ; Gretha Boston (Queenie) ; Doug LaBrecque (Steve) ; Michel Bell (Joe) ; supporting cast and musicians ; Jeffrey Huard, conductor.

Event

Recorded Jan. 24, 1994, through Mar. 6, 1994, at Manta Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto.

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Added Author

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.

Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Show boat.

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981, arranger of music.

Brohn, William D., arranger of music.

Krane, David, 1953- arranger of music.

Morse, Robert, 1931-2022, singer.

Stritch, Elaine, singer.

Luker, Rebecca, singer.

Jacoby, Mark, singer.

McKee, Lonette, singer.

Blum, Joel, singer.

Stanley, Dorothy, singer.

Boston, Gretha, singer.

LaBrecque, Doug, singer.

Bell, Michel, singer.

Huard, Jeffrey, conductor.

Other Standard Identifier

063961025727

Publisher No.

Livent Music/Quality Music RSPD 257

Research Call Number

*LDC 17649 (F) Program notes and lyrics on file.