Frank Loesser - Guys & Dolls: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1950 Original Broadway Cast)
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Artist: Frank LoesserEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-06-27
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
- Runyonland Music/Fugue for Tinhorns/Follow the Fold - Isabel Bigley, Douglas Deane, Stubby Kaye, Mission Group, Johnny Silver
- Oldest Established - Stubby Kaye, Sam Levene, John Silver, John Silver
- I'll Know - Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley
- Bushel and a Peck - Vivian Blaine
- Adelaide's Lament - Vivian Blaine
- Guys and Dolls - Sammy Kaye, Johnny Silver
- If I Were a Bell - Isabel Bigley
- My Time of the Day - Robert Alda
- I've Never Been in Love Before - Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley
- Take Back Your Mink - Vivian Blaine
- More I Cannot Wish You - Pat Rooney, Sr.
- Luck Be a Lady - Robert Alda
- Sue Me - Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene
- (Sit Down) You're Rocking the Boat
- Marry the Man Today - Isabel Bigley, Vivian Blaine
- Reprise: Guys and Dolls - Isabel Bigley, Vivian Blaine
- I'll Know [*] - Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
- If I Were a Bell [*] - Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
- Woman in Love [*] - Marlon Brando
- Luck Be a Lady - Marlon Brando, , The Guys
Free Music Notes for Guys & Dolls: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1950 Original Broadway Cast)
Free Music Review: The original Guys and Dolls: still the best
Hit: 5 Stars
This brilliant score has passed the test of time; it sounds even better today than it did when it was recorded in 1950. Nearly 60 years old, it sparkles with humor, intelligence, and glorious melodies. The original cast recording has never been matched. Robert Alda sings superbly as Sky Masterson, and is matched in lovely duets with Isabel Bigley as Sarah Brown. Vivian Blaine's performance as Adelaide is definitive, and even Sam Levene (who really cannot sing at all) is amazingly effective in his one extended number ("Sue Me"). The underappreciated Stubby Kaye makes a huge contribution to many of the numbers. But the real stars are the lyrics and music by the amazing Frank Loesser. If this is not the greatest musical comedy score of all time, I don't know what is. Accept no substitutes; the original cast recording is the only one to get. (Loesser hated the movie version, in which Frank Sinatra's crooning was completely at odds with the rough-and-tumble character of Nathan Detroit. And while Marlon Brando's singing as Sky Masterson is creditable, he doesn't hold a candle to the brilliant Robert Alda.) Musicals don't get any better.
Guys & Dolls: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1950 Original Broadway Cast) Poster
The original 1950 production of this classic played the mythical Damon Runyon world of New York City gamblers a lot straighter than the 1992 Broadway revival did. In fact, 1950 reviewers called this the "South Pacific of crapshooters." Alas, Guys and Dolls plays a lot better as a cartoon-like "fable" in the 1990s--which is why the revival is probably the definitive recording while this one is more a historical artifact. Still, it's a gas to hear Robert Alda (Alan's dad!) and Sam Levene originate the roles of Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit, while both Vivian Blaine and Stubby Kaye (who actually gets most of the showstoppers) would repeat their roles in the otherwise dreadful 1955 Brando/Sinatra film version. And the Frank Loesser music is always great. --Bill HoldshipBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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