Show Boat (1962 Studio Cast Recording)
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Composer: Jerome KernComposer: Oscar Hammerstein II
Performer: The Merrill Staton Choir
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-05-30
Music Label: Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy
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
- Bill
- I Still Suits Me
- Nobody Else But Me
Free Music Notes for Show Boat (1962 Studio Cast Recording)
Free Music Review: That old man reviewer keeps moving along
Hit: 5 Stars
"Ol' Man River" is the song that belongs on the best of broadways albums and it's why I originally chose this CD. I'd seen the movie and liked it when I was a kid, but seeing how long ago that was I can't say I remember the plot beyond what I can make out from the soundtrack.
I knew it was an older play, but then I saw that there were a number of bonus tracks that came from previous versions of the play:
15: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Tess Gardella/Recorded in 1928 [Mono])
16: Bill (Helen Morgan/Recorded in 1932 [Mono])
17: I Still Suits Me (Paul Robeson/Recoded in 1947 [Mono])
18: Nobody Else But Me (Jan Clayton, Chros/Recorded in 1946 [Mono])
So then I checked wikipedia and found the first show boat was in 1927, which means the bonus track from 1928 might have been the original cast, since it ended in 1929.
Wikipedia says: "The show's dominant themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love." Lots of interesting stuff mentioned on wikipedia, like they point out how there were no broadway awards when it premiered in 1927 and apparently the years that the Mississippi show boat were in operation was 1880-1927. So it's interesting that the show starts when the boat ends. It was the first racially integrated musical and lots of other important milestones. I have to admit the plot I read was more interesting than I remembered.
One of my favorite lines is in "Life upon the Wicked Stage": "I got virtues that ain't been tested, no one is even interested".
From the liner notes:
renowned Broadway historian Miles Kreuger said that "the history of the American Musical Theater, quite simply, is divided into two eras - everything before Show Boat, and everything after Show Boat".
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