Mr Wonderful [Import] [Original recording remastered]
Track Listings
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1. Stop Messin' Round
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2. Coming Home
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3. Rollin' Man
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4. Dust My Broom
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5. Love That Burns
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6. Doctor Brown
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7. Need Your Love Tonight
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8. If You Be My Baby
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9. Evenin' Boogie
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10. Lazy Poker Blues
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11. I've Lost My Baby
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12. Trying So Hard To Forget
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Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese limited edition pressing of their 1968 album. This remastered version comes housed in a minature LP sleeve. CBS. 2005.
Mr Wonderful, Music, Fleetwood Mac, Rock, Rock/Pop
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Mr. Wonderful
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Blue Horizon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000306074
Release Date: 2004-10-12 |
Tracks:
- Stop Messin' Around (Take 4)
- I've Lost My Baby
- Rollin' Man
- Dust My Broom
- Love That Burns
- Doctor Brown
- Need Your Love Tonight
- If You Be My Baby
- Evenin' Boogie
- Lazy Poker Blues
- Coming Home
- Trying So Hard To Forget
- Stop Messin' Around (Takes 1,2 & 3)
- Stop Messin' Around (Take 5)
- I held My baby Last Night
- Mystery Boogie
Customer Reviews:
Rockin' the blues.......2006-09-20
Many people felt dissappointed by "Mr. Wonderful" after the sublime first album. But in interviews Peter Green has stated the purpose of the album was to recreate the sound of a south side chicago blues club.Raw and rough, the album does just that. Some fantastic guitar(surprised?), and some great off-color lyrics too.The horns are sloppy and perfect for the songs done on this album. What would "love that burns" be without the subtle horns riffing away in the background? The same can be said for the rocking "stop messing 'round".And it's easy to see why BB KIng himself thought so much of Peter Green. His economical playing is spot on. I still get chills listening to this. Jeremy Spencer does his Elmore James thing to perfection and you just want to get up and dance to this. And a beautiful acoustic "trying so hard to forget" lets you down easy at the end.Not subtle, but it wasn't supposed to be.
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- NOT JUST FOR SAMMY DAVIS, JR. FANS . . .
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Mr. Wonderful (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
Original Cast Recording
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000008IPQ
Release Date: 1991-07-02 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- 1617 Broadway
- Without You I'm Nothing
- Jacques D'iraque
- Ethel, Baby
Customer Reviews:
NOT JUST FOR SAMMY DAVIS, JR. FANS . . ........2004-07-02
"The 1956 MR. WONDERFUL was conceived by composer Jule Styne and designed to show off Davis' many talents . . ." according to the liner notes by Max O. Preeo. And that ain't necessarily bad. I purchased the CD mostly to fill a gap in my collection, and I wasn't expecting anything more than a Vegas-type showcase for the star. But I was pleasantly surprised. A typical show-biz story of a talented kid making it big, it starts off with a snappy opening ("1617 Broadway") that rivals "Christopher Street" from WONDERFUL TOWN and "Fugue for Tinhorns" from GUYS AND DOLLS, segues into "Without You I'm Nothing" with Jack Carter (surprisingly good) and Pat Marshall (winner of the 1946 Theatre World Award. She's REALLY good!), then to a set piece for Sammy & the Will Mastin Trio, "Jacques D'Iraque." My toes were tapping furiously for six minutes.
Alright, the ballads, with the exception of "Mr. Wonderful" are pretty pedestrian and the duet between Ms. Marshall and Olga James - "Talk to Him" - advocates violence when talking and cooking and sex won't land your man, but the show also has "Too Close for Comfort" and a rousing version of "Sing You Sinners" by Mr. Davis, and other delights.
An excellent document of Davis' first Broadway role, not to mention the only recorded broadway performances of Jack Carter and Pat Marshall. (The golden-voiced Olga James can be seen and heard as Cindy Lou in Otto Preminger's movie version of CARMEN JONES - soundtrack out of print). Plus it's Chita Rivera's first show to get recorded.
The sound quality is rather "tinny," but perhaps DECCA will remaster and reissue this entertaining show album.
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- GREAT SONGS FROM "ANTIQUE"
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It's a Wonderful World
Mr. Children
Manufacturer: Toys Factory
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000640Q6
Release Date: 2002-05-10 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Dear Wonderful World
- One Two Three
- Kiss
- Youthful Days
- Bird Cage
- LOVE
- UFO
- Drawing
- Its A Wonderful World
Album Description
2002 album for Japanese rock act. 15 tracks including, 'Overture', 'Dear Wonderful World', 'One Two Three', 'Youthful Days', 'Bird Cage', 'UFO' & 'Drawing'. The disc is packaged in a digi-book with color booklet featuring photographs and the Japanese lyrics.
Customer Reviews:
GREAT SONGS FROM "ANTIQUE".......2003-01-10
If u love this TV series "Antique", this album is a must. The CD contains songs from the soundtrack. Also include 3 recent singles (Youthful day, Kimi ga suki, and Yasashii Uta. ). The soundtrack was well composed and really add to the story.
The album has 15 songs, all great Japanese pop. That's why they are still one of the best after so many years. We love it even though we don't understand japanese.
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Fleetwood Mac/Mr Wonderful
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000HWXTEK
Release Date: 2007-09-29 |
Album Description
Two hit CDs in one package! Rock legends Fleetwood Mac have been through many changes in the 30 years since their debut album originally released in 1968 and it's follow-up, Mr. Wonderful, released the same year. For Mac fans, young and old, these original Blues albums, featuring the masterful guitar work of Peter Green, remain benchmarks in the history of British Blues. Both albums feature the same remastering and bonus tracks as the US expanded editions. Sony/BMG.
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- GET OUT OF A BAD MOOD!!!!!!!
- Pure Energy
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Songs from the Silver Screen
Judy Kaye , Jason Graae , Gene de Paul , Rupert Holmes , Harry Warren , Jerome Kern , Hoagy Carmichael , Sammy Fain , Andre Previn , Irving Berlin , Friedrich Hollander , Richard A. Whiting , Steve Orich , and Leslie Bricusse
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000060E7
Release Date: 1998-02-24 |
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- Seven Brides For Seven Brothers: Wonderful, Wonderful
- A Star Is Born: Everything
- Springtime In The Rockies: (I Had The) Craziest Dream
- Broadway Rhythm: Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet
- High, Wide & Handsome: Two Folks Who Live On The Hill/Two Sleepy People
- That Night In Rio: Carmen Miranda Medley
- Calamity Jane: Secret Love
- It's Always Fair Weather: Thanks A Lot But No Thanks
- Hello, Frisco, Hello: You'll Never Know
- Easter Parade: Shakin' The Blues Away
- The Blue Angel: Falling In Love Again
- Bright Eyes: On The Good Ship, Lollipop
- Ginger & Fred Medley: I Won't Dance/Cheek To Cheek/Never Gonna Dance...
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips: You And I
Customer Reviews:
GET OUT OF A BAD MOOD!!!!!!!.......2006-01-17
THIS CD PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE EVERYTIME I HEAR IT! JUDY KAYE IS A MOST UNDERUTILIZED TALENT ON THE BROADWAY SCENE, AND THIS CD PROVES IT. CLICK THIS RECORDING INTO YOUR CART THIS INSTANT!
Pure Energy.......2000-09-17
What an incredible recording! What energy, what a fantastic voice! The songs, many of which are rarely recorded, are presented in a wonderful upbeat and stylish mood. It's almost impossible not to love this CD. Her tributes to the greats of the silver screen are very witty and yet not overly campy. Judy manages to almost one up Carmen Miranda, with her Carmen Tribute. I must say I never really liked the song "Thanks alot, but no thanks" until I heard Judy's version. This CD will leave you exhausted but with lots of happy memories. It will also leave you wishing that Judy Kaye recorded more often!!
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Mr. Wonderful
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0001ZXLU0
Release Date: 2004-07-19 |
Tracks:
- Stop Messin' Round
- I've Lost My Baby
- Rollin' Man
- Dust My Broom
- Love That Burns
- Doctor Brown
- Need Your Love Tonight
- If You Be My Baby
- Evenin' Boogie
- Lazy Poker Blues
- Coming Home
- Trying So Hard to Forget
- Stop Messin' Round [Takes 1, 2 & 3]
- Stop Messin' Round [Take 5]
- I Held My Baby Last Night [*]
- Mystery Boogie [*]
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The Musicality of Berlin
Irving Berlin
Manufacturer: Jay Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000640LX
Release Date: 2002-05-07 |
Tracks:
- Play a Simple Melody (Watch Your Step) - Jason Carr and Paul Bateman
- Mr. Monotony (Jerome Robbins' Broadway) - Kim Criswell
- Moonshine Lullaby (Annie Get Your Gun) - Judy Kaye
- Cheek to Cheek (Top Hat) - Janice Day and Michael Law
- Heat Wave (As Thousands Cheer) - Issy Van Randwyck
- Shaking the Blues Away (Ziegfield Follies of 1927) - Elisabeth Welch
- They Say It's Wonderful (Annie Get Your Gun) - Thomas Allen and Valerie Masterson
- There's Something to Dance About (Call Me Madam) - Kim Criswell and company
- Easter Parade Fantasy (Easter Parade) - Richard Balcombe
- When I Lost You - Elisabeth Welch
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (Friars' Frolic of 1911) - Kenneth Nelson
- God Bless America - Shezwae Powell and chorus
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Mr. Wonderful
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000025RR3
Release Date: 1999-04-06 |
Tracks:
- Stop Messin' Round
- I've Lost My Baby
- Rollin' Man
- Dust My Broom
- Love That Burns
- Doctor Brown
- Need Your Love Tonight
- If You Be My Baby
- Evenin' Boogie
- Lazy Poker Blues
- Coming Home
- Trying So Hard to Forget
Album Description
1994 reissue on Sony of 1968 album by the band, featuring Peter Green. 12 tracks, including 'Stop Messin' Round', 'Dust My Broom' and 'Doctor Brown'. The album was originallyreleased on Columbia.
Average customer rating:
- A bargain collection of showtunes
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Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits
Manufacturer: Golden Greats
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00005USEJ
Release Date: 2002-02-26 |
Tracks:
- Ouverture - Orchestra
- Something Wonderfull - Dorothy Sarnoff
- Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Ethel Merman
- Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Colette Lyons
- So in Love - Patricia Morison
- You'll Never Walk Alone - Jan Clayton, Christine Johnson
- Bill - Carol Bruce
- Hello, Young Lovers - Gertrude Lawrence
- Bloody Mary - Male Chorus
- I Can't Say No - Celeste Holm
- This Was a Real Nice Clambake - Jan Clayton,
- Oklahoma! - Alfred Drake
- Sue Me - Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene
- Woman Is a Sometime Thing - Edward Matthews
- Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza,
- I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Todd Duncan, Todd Duncan
- Guys and Dolls - Douglas Deane, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver
- It Ain't Necessarily So - Lawrence Tibbett
- Make Believe - Jan Clayton
- Wonderful Guy - Mary Martin
- They Say It's Wonderful - Ethel Merman
- When the Children Are Asleep - Jean Darling, Eric Mattson
- More I Cannot Wish You - Pat Rooney, Sr., Pat Rooney, Sr.
- Puzzlement - Yul Brynner
- I Got Lost in His Arms - Ethel Merman
Tracks:
- Overture...Summertime - Anne Brown
- Why Can't You Behave? - Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Carol Bruce
- There's No Business Like Show Business - Chorus
- If I Were a Bell - Isabel Bigley
- People Will Say That We're in Love - Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts
- Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Anne Brown
- Luck Be a Lady Tonight - Robert Alda
- Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? - Gertrude Lawrence
- Girl That I Marry - Ray Middleton
- Nobody Else But Me - Jan Clayton
- Carousel Waltz - Orchestra
- Dites-Moi - Barbara Luna
- Ol' Man River - Kenneth Spencer
- Summertime
- Many a New Day - Joan Roberts
- Blow High, Blow Low - Murvyn Vye
- It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - Edward Matthews
- You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Billy Tabbert
- We Open in Venice - Alfred Drake
- I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Mary Martin
- Who Do You Love, I Hope? - Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn
- I've Never Been in Love Before - Robert Alda
- Tom, Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
- I Whistle a Happy Tune - Gertrude Lawrence
Tracks:
- New York, New York - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray
- Almost Like Being in Love - Marion Bell, Dave Brooks, David Brooks
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Vivienne Segal
- Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum - June Hawkins
- How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Ella Logan
- Old Devil Moon - Ella Logan
- South American Way - Carmen Miranda
- September Song - Walter Huston
- This Is the Army, Mister Jones - Irving Berlin
- Takin' a Chance on Love - Ethel Waters
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
- Anything Goes - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
- You're the Top - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
- I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
- Night and Day - Fred Astaire
- I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
- Someone to Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
- Fascinatin' Rhythm - Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire
- Strike Up the Band - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
- Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor
- Heatwave - Ethel Waters
- Easter Parade - Clifton Webb
- She Didn't Say Yes - Peggy Wood
- I've Told Every Little Star - Mary Ellis
- Johnny One Note - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray
Album Description
Import exclusive, budget price compilation featuring Broadway classics like 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Summertime', & There's No Business Like Show Business', performed by Ethel Merman, Gertrude Lawrence, Celeste Holm, & many more. 75 tracks in all. Standard double jewel case. Disky. 2001.
Album Details
3 CD set
Customer Reviews:
A bargain collection of showtunes.......2005-08-19
This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.
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- A Collection of the Original Oz Stage Productions
- Ain't it a Shame!
- Why the 1903 "Wizard" was forgotten
- A long overdue revisit to a classic American musical
- Long-Forgotten Broadway Hit Gets First Rate Revival
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The Wizard of Oz - Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Broadway Musical
Manufacturer: Original Cast Record
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00009MPYQ |
Tracks:
- Wizard of OzSelection (Arthur Pryor's Band)
- The Bullfrog and the Coon (Ada Jones)
- Pocahontas (Edward M. Favor)
- Daisy Donohue (Harry Tally)
- Down on the Brandywine (Collins & Harlan)
- Come Take a Skate with Me Sung (Collins & Harlan)
- I Love You All the Time (Harry Macdonough)
- The Moon Has His Eyes on You (Ada Jones)
- When You Love, Love, Love (Thomas E. Whitbred)
- When We Get Whats a-Comin to Us
- Mister Dooley Sung (Edward M. Favor)
- Julie Dooley (J. W. Myers)
- Meet Me Down at the Corner (Jones & Spencer)
- Budweisers a Friend of Mine (Billy Murray)
- Theres a Lot of Things You Never Learn at School (Bob Roberts)
- Under a Panama (Billy Murray)
- Good Bye Fedora (Collins & Harlan)
- Sitting Bull (Collins & Harlan)
- I Love Only One Girl in this Wide Wide World (Harry Macdonough)
- Sammy (Harry Macdonough)
- The Tale of a Stroll (Morgan & Stanley)
- Cant You See Im Lonely? (Ada Jones)
- Are You Sincere? (Byron G. Harlan)
- Hurrah for Baffins Bay (Collins & Harlan)
- Football (Dan W. Quinn)
- Id Like to Go Halves in That (Burt Shepard)
- Rejoice!The Wizard is No Longer King
- The Traveler and the Pie
- Must You? (Dan W. Quinn)
- Thats Where She Sits All Day (Dan W. Quinn)
- The Sweetest Girl in Dixie (Henry Burr)
- Scarecrow Laugh (Fred Stone)
Tracks:
- Sammy Mira (Music Box Disc)
- Must You? (Mira Music Box Disc)
- Opening Prayer
- Phantom Patrol
- Just a Simple Girl from the Prairie
- Poppy Song
- Love is Love
- When We Get What's A-Comin' to Us
- The Traveler and the Pie
- When You Love, Love, Love
- Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King
- Phantom Patrol (Aeolian Piano Roll)
- My Little Maid of Oz Aeolian Piano Roll
- The Tik-Tok Man of OzSelection (Rythmodik Piano Roll)
- The Tik-Tok Man of OzSelection (Piano Roll)
- Ask the Flowers to Tell You (Macdonough & Dunlap)
- My Beautiful Dream Girl (John Barnes Wells)
- My Pretty Little Piece of Dresden China (Bessie Wynn)
- Gay Paree (Montgomery & Stone)
- Travel Travel Little Star (Montgomery & Stone)
- A Scotch Moriah (Montgomery & Stone)
- Hurrah for Baffins Bay (Dan W. Quinn)
- Daisy Donohue (Trombone Solo by Arthur Pryor)
- Mr. DooleyMedley (Xylophone Solo J. Frank Hopkins)
- Down on the BrandywineMedley (Edison Military Band)
- The Bullfrog and the CoonMedley (Six Brown Brothers)
- Ill Take You Back to Italy (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)
- Father Goose Songs (Sallie Osbourne)
Album Description
The Wizard of Oz a musical with book and lyrics by L. Frank Baum and music by Paul Tietjens premiered on June 16, 1902, at the Grand Opera House in Chicago. It was an instant hit and made stars of David Montgomery (the Tin Woodman) and Fred Stone (the Scarecrow). On January 21, 1903 the show opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York. It ran for nine months and set out on the road with a second company right on its heels. The show toured, came back to New York, toured, and returned to New York again many times until finally disbanding around 1911. Stock and amateur companies continued to present it into the 1930s when it was overshadowed by the classic MGM film starring Judy Garland.
The show was legendary for its success and its impact on American culture. It was the Cats or Les Mis of the early 1900s--but the show has been swallowed by history. What made audiences of the early 1900s devour the show and return for more again and again? In this unprecedented 2-CD set—featuring over 145 minutes of vintage recordings and 64 pages of lyrics, photos, notes and synopsis—you can discover how The Wizard of Oz entertained the American public for the first two decades of the 20th century. And like the audiences of nearly a hundred years ago, you can hum along to "Budweiser," "Sammy," and "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay"—everyone's favorite songs from The Wizard of Oz! Also included in this comprehensive collection are recordings from later Oz musicals, The Woggle-Bug and The Tik-Tok Man of Oz written by Oz creator L. Frank Baum, as well as vintage non-Oz recordings by original "Wizard of Oz stars" Montgomery & Stone and Bessie Wynn
Customer Reviews:
A Collection of the Original Oz Stage Productions.......2006-12-07
This Double-Disk Collection contains music from the original and varied Oz Stage Productions: "the Wizard of Oz", "the Woggle-Bug" (based on 'Marvelous Land of Oz) and "the Tik-Tok Man of Oz" (based on 'Ozma of Oz'). There are plenty of "Wizard" songs and music, but there isn't a lot of "Woggle-Bug" and/or "Tik-Tok Man".
I often wondered how different the 1st & Original Production of 'Oz Wizard' was different to the book, and thanks to Mark Evan Schwartz's book "Oz: Before the Rainbow" I found out for myself (WORTH A READ!!). Later I got this CD to go along with the book's stage telling (more or less) and I listened in interest to the songs which, I read, were entirely different to the future Musicals of Oz. The songs are good, but not all of them are actually completely restored to perfection, so the singing may/will sound somewhat muffled. Also, due to the time it was made (for some reason), the songs don't actually fit into the story (even the stage's rewritten story) and sound distant/unrelated. But there are songs that sound similar to the original story ("Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King"). CD 2's Track 3 has music played during Silent Oz Film "His Majesty, Scarecrow" on the MGM 3-Disk DVD.
The best thing about this CD Collection is the two booklets packaged along with the disks: the first (entitled "The Records") has writing on "What the Wizard Was" with a synopsis of the stage production story and "About the Recordings", a listing of all the songs on CD 1 (which are helpful for "Selection" Tracks not specifically named on the back) and notes on the songs like their origins and background. Booklet 2 (entitled "The Lyrics") has the words to the songs (in case you can't make out the words/want to sing-along). BOTH CDs include b&w photos of the actors, performance (few of which can be seen in "Oz: Before the Rainbow" book) and even reprints of a few illustrations made for the stage. The pictures are the best part of this purchase.
The Entirely Different Songs may not fit with the story, original or rewritten, but there's nothing really wrong with the music when one enjoys to what they're listening to.
I know that there is also another 'Oz on Stage' CD Collection called "Before the Rainbow" . . . hmmm, I wonder if I should get that too?
Ain't it a Shame!.......2006-05-20
I think that this is a wonderful album of HISTORICAL value. Not too many people know this, but "the wizard of oz" was made into a smash hit in 1903, but because all the history was BARELY in obscurity, hungry tiger press wanted to educate the blockheads in the world about this remarkable piece of history. that being said, david maxine collected all of the old material, such as Piano rolls (my especial favorite of all of them is "the poppy song", i LOVE the bass notes: "nnn-ded-deh mmmm-ded-deh"), and music boxes, and cylinders, and records!
however, it is quite a shame that that CRAPPY movie with judy garland pushed this lovely musical into obscurity. i would have liked to see it in my day, but it was already lost in darkness, but thanks to the highly DIGNIFIED people in the world, this cd is available!! BUY IT!!!! I *ORDER* YOU!!! YOU CANNOT BE DIGNIFIED WITHOUT THIS REPLACING YOUR "RAP" GARBAGE WITH THIS JEWEL!!!!
Why the 1903 "Wizard" was forgotten.......2004-03-20
This truly remarkable 2-disc collection of old cylinders, discs, music boxes and piano rolls explains why the 1903 musical version of "The Wizard of Oz" did not survive the early thirties. It wasn't because it was before its time or even of its time, but simply because it was way behind the times. Its producers resisted composer's Paul Tietjens' attempts to write plot-driven numbers. His contribution survives only in the incidental music preserved on piano rolls (and the most interesting element on this collection) linking very disparate and even incongruous vaudeville acts by various authors and performers that graced the stage during the musical's multi-decade run. In other words, Baum was telling a story and the songs were telling another... As fascinating as they are for historical reasons, those numbers are commonplace, mostly uninspired flash-in-the-tin-pan ditties, with timid syncopation and a stong reliance on musical clichés. There is not a single standard among them and not even a decent lyric where "fine" doesn't rhyme with "mine" and "love you" doesn't rhyme with "I do"- or even "I know you know I know you do", as happens more than once. As an assemblage of shtick pieces and ephemeral sentimental or nonsensical ditties, this collection cannot be topped and it represents a monumental effort. Without it and its very generous and informative liner notes, I would not have the same appreciation for the absolute genius of Victor Herbert's operettas ("Babes in Toyland" came out the same year) where the more memorable songs are plot-driven and introduced and linked by the most luscious, inventive and varied incidental music ever heard outside an opera house. This sort of unified concept would culminate in Jerome Kern's "Show Boat" and it remains a truth today that the integration of plot and music - reminiscent of opera - is the true secret of successful and perennial musicals, whatever the current idiom. This collection also makes one appreciate the complete originality of the Hollywood film for actually going back to Baum's books, entrusting the songs, lyrics and music to Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Herbert Stothart and scrapping the musical's colourful but checkered history (except for casting ex-vaudevillians as the main characters, of course!). Highly recommended for its nostalgia value, its irreplaceable rarities and a better understanding of the history of American popular music.
A long overdue revisit to a classic American musical.......2003-09-30
Although it was one of the most financially successful stage musicals of the early 1900's, very little information is presently available on the 1903 production of THE WIZARD OF OZ. In what was obviously a labor of love, David Maxine has done much to correct this oversight by releasing a 2-CD set with over 145 minutes worth of extremely rare recordings of music from this and other OZ-themed musicals dating back to before World War I. Recorded materials include vintage acoustical disc and cylinder phonograph records, piano rolls, and music box discs, many of which go back almost a century. In addition, he has included two booklets worth of historical background information on the 1903 WIZARD OF OZ production, its stars, the individual musical numbers, and lyrics for the songs included on the CDs. (Lavishly illustrated with rare old black and white photos and artwork, these booklets, and the information they contain, are themselves worth the price of the set!) Several bonus CD tracks are included that offer rare recordings by Montgomery & Stone (the original Tin Woodsman and Scarecrow) and Bessie Wynn, who was also in the 1903 cast. Not just for dedicated Oz fans, this set is a "must have" for anyone interested in the history of American musical theater and American popular culture of the early 1900's.
Long-Forgotten Broadway Hit Gets First Rate Revival.......2003-09-17
One hundred and three years ago, author L. Frank Baum published the best-selling children's book of the 20th century, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Although the book was adapted several times as plays, silent motion pictures, animated cartoons, and radio shows in the next few decades, it is the 1939 MGM film that most people think of as THE WIZARD OF OZ. The success and popularity of that film completely eclipsed the memories of previous incarnations and even the book itself in popular culture. However, prior to the film's release, there was a successful stage version which premiered on Broadway in 1903 and delighted audiences for many years, making stars of Fred Stone and David Montgomery, the original Scarecrow and Tinman. As with the MGM film, chilren who saw THE WIZARD OF OZ on stage carried fond memories of the production into adulthood. Ray Bolger was so impressed with the Fred Stone's Scarecrow, that he remembered it vividly as an adult and based his own protrayal of the character in the movie on Mr. Stone's stage version.
Unfortunately, time and Judy Garland have pushed the once popular Broadway Smash into history. It has been all but forgotten...until now.
As the show moved from theater to theater and casts changed, so did the songs. Many of these were recorded on the primative equipment of the day: Wax cylinders, 78-RPM records, piano rolls, and music Boxes, and surprisingly many of these still exist. Now, thanks to those hard-working gents at HUNGRY TIGER PRESS, you can own these historic recordings on this awesome 2-CD set. THE WIZARD OF OZ: Vintage Recordings From The 1903 Broadway Musical contains over 145 minutes of terrific early 20th century music. You won't find "Over the Rainbow" or "Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead!" here. Instead, this WIZARD OF OZ contains tracks like "Budweiser's a Friend of Mine", "Sammy", "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay", and "Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King", each one a portal over the rainbow to the Broadway stage of a century ago.
Obviously the play was quite different in plot from the movie--Dorothy travelled to Oz with her cow Imogene instead of Toto, for starters--, but the songs represent the style of popular music of 100 years ago and are collected here in a beautiful compilation. The set contains two booklets of liner notes which contain credits, lyrics, a written history of the production, and are extensively illustrated with photos and illustrations. Although the sound quality of the source material is not always up to today's standards, the songs are presented in the best versions possible, and the music is highly enjoyable. With 60 tracks and the wealth of information contained here, both written and photographic, this 2-CD set is good value for the money. A must-have for all collectors of WIZARD OF OZ memorabilia, an insightful look at popular music and Broadway history from a century ago, a glimpse into ethnic and racial stereotypes that were accepted at the time, and a curiosity for fans of the 1939 film, this set is big on appeal. Kudos to the Hungry Tiger Press for rescuing this treasure trove of musical history from obscurity!
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