Redhead / La Pelirroja (Selections From) / O.C.R.: Redhead / La Pelirroja (Selections From) (Original Cast Recording)
Redhead / La Pelirroja (Selections From) / O.C.R.: Redhead / La Pelirroja (Selections From) (Original Cast Recording)
Format: CD
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Artist: Redhead / La Pelirroja (Selections From) / O.C.R.
Label: Stage Door Import
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5055122154600
Genre: Musical Soundtrack
The release is part of our limited edition 'Collector's Series' and is limited to 500 units. All tracks make their debut on CD including the Mexican Cast Recording of 'La Pelirroja' (featuring a young Placido Domingo). Albert Hague and Dorothy Fields' musical 'Redhead' was the surprise hit Broadway show of 1959, winning 'Best Musical' at that year's Tony Awards. As well as earning 'Best Musical', the show also won awards for it's choreography, costume design and for it's leading performers Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley and Leonard Stone. Set in the early 1900s, 'Redhead' is, moreover, something of a theatrical rarity - a musical whodunnit. It tells the story of Essie Whimple, a rather plain young lady who makes wax images in a museum run by her two aunts. Her tableau of a recent murder offends the murdered girl's brother, Tom Baxter. But Tom and Essie are soon attracted to each other; he helps her get a dancing role at the Odeon Music Hall and, aided by a chase reminiscent of the Keystone Kops, they eventually solve the murder. In May 1959, the RCA Camden label issued a studio cast recording of the 'Redhead' score. Recorded in London, the album featured Rita Williams, Bryan Johnson and Fred Lucas with the Mike Sammes Singers and Hill Bowen Orchestra. The recording (presented as highlights) effectively captured the magic and immediacy of Hague and Fields' score. In their 4* review, Billboard praised the release for the "top flight musical comedy warbling stints of Rita Williams and Bryan Johnson". One year after 'Redhead' opened on Broadway, a Spanish language adaptation by Luis de Llano and Martha Fisher opened in Mexico City. 'La Pelirroja', starring Virma Gonzalez, Armando Calvo and featuring Placido Domingo opened on February 11th 1960 at Teatro de los Insurgentes. The production was subsequently preserved on record by RCA Victor Mexico. Stage Door are pleased to debut on CD both the RCA Camden 'Selections from Redhead' album and the complete Mexican cast recording of 'La Pelirroja'. The release is complemented by a handful of 'pop' covers of the 'Redhead' song score, performed by Art Lund, Toni Arden and Tommy Leonetti. The release forms part of Stage Door's COLLECTOR'S SERIES, a line of limited edition CD products presented in the retro style of a miniature long-playing record. All Collector's Series titles are limited to 500 units
Tracks:
1.1 Overture - Hill Bowen Orchestra
1.2 The Right Finger on My Left Hand - Rita Williams
1.3 Just for Once - Rita Williams, Bryan Johnson, Fred Lucas
1.4 I Feel Merely Marvelous - Rita Williams
1.5 The Uncle Sam Rag - the Mike Sammes Singers
1.6 Look Who's in Love - Rita Williams, Bryan Johnson
1.7 My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me - Bryan Johnson
1.8 I'm Back in Circulation - Bryan Johnson
1.9 We Loves Ya, Jimey - the Mike Sammes Singers
1.10 Pick-Pocket Tango - Hill Bowen Orchestra
1.11 I'll Try - Rita Williams, Bryan Johnson
1.12 Obertura - Orquesta de la Unión Filarmonica Mexicana
1.13 El Museo de Las Hermanas Sanson - Chorus
1.14 De los Dedos de Mi - Virma González
1.15 Una Vez - Virma González, Armando Calvo, Nono Arsu
1.16 Chispas - Virma González
1.17 Tio Sam Rag - Nono Arsu, Chorus
1.18 El Paco Pecas de Jerez - Virma González
1.19 No Es Bastante Mujer Para Mi - Armando Calvo, Nono Arsu
1.20 Portarse - Virma González, Conchita, Maria Gentil Arcos
1.21 ¿Quien Dijo Amor? - Virma González, Armando Calvo
1.22 Es Bastante Mujer Para Mi - Armando Calvo, Chrous
1.23 La Vision de Lisa - Orquesta de la Unión Filarmonica Mexicana
1.24 Dos Caras en la Obscuridad - Plácido Domingo, Chorus
1.25 Amarla Fue Un Error - Armando Calvo
1.26 Ahi Viene Jaime El Bonachon - Ada Carrasco, Cristina Morell, Clientes Del Dragón Verde
1.27 Tango Del Bolseador - Orquesta de la Unión Filarmonica Mexicana
1.28 Finale - Company
1.29 My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me (Bonus Track) - Art Lund
1.30 Two Faces in the Dark (Bonus Track) - Tommy Leonetti
1.31 Just for Once (Bonus Track) - Toni Arden
