Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Review: AN ORIGINAL ,NOT TO BE COMPARED
Hit: 5 Stars
with the current revival of this sondhiem/ furth show, i thought it would be great for me to review the original as it will be compared with the new revival. this version of company outranks all others. being a cast recording collector i have every english language album of this show.while i can pick specific things in all the cast recordings that i love, this one is by far my favorite. this is my very favorite sondhiem show.not as traditional as gypsy and not as complexed as pacific overtures, company's source material hits home and is told in a way very revolutionary for it's time and has not been replicated since then.the performances as amazing , even if the actors are not as in tune as we hope the actors seem so true to the characters that it doesent matter. every thing from the 1970's orchastrations to the wonderful characters make a perfect fit.this cast recording produces deifinitive versions fo some of sondhiem's best hits.elaine stritch in "the ladies who lunch", pamela myers in "another hundred people" and beth howland in "not getting married" make that list.the addition of the laerry kert version of "being alive" gives you only a taste of what the london recording sounds like.if you can find a copy it's worth a listen,although it is the same recording with replaced vocals be larry kert.Free Music Review: Fabulous! Great reissue of the best OBCR ever!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is a gem, and the new remastered sound is near sweet perfection. Charles Kimbrough, Babara Barrie, and Elaine Stritch are all hilarious on the "Little Things" track, and the Amy on this album (name escapes me, so sorry, but she was on the sit-com ALICE) does a very good, neurotic rendition of "Getting Married Today." The highlight of the album, IMHO, is "Another Hundred People," as sung by Pamela Myers. She gives the best rendition out of all three recorded versions of the show, and the remastered song now allows us to hear the "Bobby-Baby" quotes that the trumpets make during the last round of the song, which begins "and they meet at parties . . . " A close second to the best track is Elaine Stritch's "The Ladies Who Lunch." She is great, and her take on this song is a Broadway legend. And also, listen to Dean Jone's on "Being Alive." You can really hear (and feel) this man suffering! Bravo to him! And if you want to hear it sung well, you can always listen to Larry Kert sing it on the bonus track. A well put-together album and reissue. Enjoy the feast of Sondheim music and lyrics!Free Music Review: One Of The Best
Hit: 5 Stars
I loved Stephen Sondheim's works and have listened to many of his recordings, until one day I decided to by a CD called "Company." I figured, how bad could it be? Well, it was far from bad, in fact, it was one of the best peace of musical theatre there is. First of all the cast if fantastic. The song, "The Ladies who Lunch" witch is sung by Elaine Stritch, is truly brilliant written and even more brilliantly sung. Elaine Stritch is really a gift from the Broadway gods! Then there is a song that has memorized me, "Getting Married Today," which is sung by Beth Howland. This song just blows you away. "The Ladies who Lunch" and "Getting Married Today" is worth getting this CD alone. Yet that is not it, "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" sung by Donna McKechnie and "Another Hundred People" sung by Pamela Myers is also great. And then there is the song, "Company" and "Being Alive" which is sung by Dean Jones, and for an extra bonus track is sung by Larry Kert. If there is one CD that will sell you to Songheim it is COMPANY!Free Music Review: Exceptional Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Company, a marvelous play which was the first in a series of ground-breaking plays by Sondheim and Prince, gives us a marvelous look at married life and single life through the eyes of Robert, a bachelor who is being thrown a surprise party by his married friends. Sometimes funny (Side By Side By Side, Getting Married Today), sometimes thought-provoking (Another Hundred People), tear-jerking (Someone is Waiting, Being Alive, Sorry-Grateful) and even scary (The Ladies Who Lunch), this album leaves you breathless. Although it doesn't contain the lyrics, it does have a special bonus track with Larry Kert as Robert, which, although easier to listen do because it has some of the briliant, but not completely neccesary dialogue on the Dean Jones version, sounds a bit like a very good karaoke overdub of Being Alive. With exceptional performances (specifically on Another Hundred People, The Ladies Who Lunch, and Being Alive) by the entire cast, a brilliant score by Stephen Sondheim, and wonderful orchestrations, Sondheim's genius comes through in this spectacular recording.Free Music Review: Brilliant!
Hit: 5 Stars
"Company" was the first Sondheim-Prince collaboration, setting the pace for "Follies", "Pacific Overtures" and "Sweeney Todd", which were forthcoming. This is a brilliant score with melidious songs, urbane and witty lyrics and fascinating rhythms. Sondheim is at the top of his game, as is the cast. Dean Jones as Bobby is wonderful in all his numbers, mainly "Being Alive", Donna McKechnie, Pamela Myers and Susan Browning are great in the tounge twister of a song called "You Can Drive A Person Crazy", Myers also scores in the classic, "Another Hundred People." But the real star of the show is Elaine Stritch. She is in her ultimate role. "The Little Things You Do Together" is great, but her "Ladies Who Lunch" is incomperable.
This is a highly recomended recording of my second-favorite score by Sondheim ("Follies" being my favorite). Oh yeah, and did I mention the orchestrations? The brillaint harpsicord\electric piano called a roxicord, the strings, the percussion, the brass. This is brilliant!