Show Boat (1962 Studio Cast Recording)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-05-30
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Overture
- Cotton Blossom
- Where's The Mate For Me?
- Make Believe
- Ol' Man River
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
- Life Upon The Wicked Stage
- You Are Love
- Finale Act I
- Opening Act II: Sports Of Gay Chicago
- Why Do I Love You?
- Bill
- After The Ball
- Finale Act II
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Mono) - Tess Gardella
- Bill (Mono) - Helen Morgan
- I Still Suits Me (Mono) - Paul Robeson
- Nobody Else But Me (Mono) - Jan Clayton/Chorus
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Free Music Review: The Best Recording of the Bunch
Hit: 5 Stars
There are several recordings of this landmark musical, and in my view, this is the best overall.
I've heard the soundtrack from the 1951 movie, which is pretty good. That recording, however, whitewashes some of the lyrics and is not as good in quality as this 1962 recording (which still edits some lyrics). There is also a 1988 recording which seems to be well liked, but I don't like the tempos, and the quality of the performers seems to be lower, especially with respect to "Ol' Man River." It is a thorough recording, though (3 CDs, w/ more dialogue)
My favorite recording of "Ol' Man River" happens to be on the Lincoln Center cast, but the rest of that recording is a hack-job. There is also the 1993 Toronto cast version with Michel Bell and Robert Morse, but I haven't heard it yet.
Which brings me back to this version. The recording quality is great, William Warfield does a good job, and the performances are very strong overall for all the hits-"Make Believe," "Bill," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," and "Ol' Man River." I'm glad I bought it.
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While there's not much dispute that Show Boat marked the dawn of the modern musical theater, its 1927 vintage means it's never had an original cast recording to consider definitive, although there have been various revival, studio, and film casts, as well as John McGlinn's outstanding three-disc reconstruction and compilations of early recordings. This 1962 studio cast stars John Raitt as Ravenal, Barbara Cook as Magnolia, William Warfield as Joe, and Anita Darian as Julie. It's a good cast--Cook and Warfield subsequently appeared in the 1966 revival--but it just seems a bit polite and safe compared to the darker, totally immersing experience of McGlinn's set. Still, if you're simply looking for a single well-sung, reasonably priced disc of the many Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II favorites, this may well fill the bill.The 2000 reissue includes original and new liner notes and four interesting bonus tracks: the original Queenie, Tess Gardella, singing "Can't Help Loving Dat Man"; the original Julie, Helen Morgan, singing "Bill"; Paul Robeson singing "I Still Suits Me," written for the 1936 film; and Jan Clayton's "Nobody Else but Me," from the 1946 revival. --David Horiuchi
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