The Music Man [Original Broadway Cast]

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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
The original Broadway cast of Meredith Willson's most successful musical was headed by Robert Preston, who played the part of Harold Hill, a con man who breezes into an Iowa town and tries to sell the inhabitants on nonexistent boys band equipment. Willson concentrates on percussive effects and rapid-fire spiels for Preston, though the musical standout is Barbara Cook as Marian the Librarian. Highlights of this perennial hit show include "Seventy-Six Trombones" and "Till There Was You."
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
The original Broadway cast of Meredith Willson's most successful musical was headed by Robert Preston, who played the part of Harold Hill, a con man who breezes into an Iowa town and tries to sell the inhabitants on nonexistent boys band equipment. Willson concentrates on percussive effects and rapid-fire spiels for Preston, though the musical standout is Barbara Cook as Marian the Librarian. Highlights of this perennial hit show include "Seventy-Six Trombones" and "Till There Was You."
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/25/1990
  • Label: Capitol
  • UPC: 077774663328
  • Catalog Number: 46633
  • Sales rank: 76,527

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Overture/Rock Island (5:32)
  2. 2 Iowa Stubborn (2:01)
  3. 3 Ya Got Trouble (3:50)
  4. 4 Piano Lesson - Pert Kelton (1:59)
  5. 5 Good Night My Someone - Barbara Cook (2:47)
  6. 6 Seventy Six Trombones (3:03)
  7. 7 Sincere (1:41)
  8. 8 The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl for Me (1:43)
  9. 9 Pick-A-Little, Take-A-Little/Goodnight Ladies (1:58)
  10. 10 Goodnight Ladies/Marian the Librarian (2:45)
  11. 11 My White Knight - Barbara Cook (3:03)
  12. 12 Wells Fargo Wagon (2:15)
  13. 13 It's You (1:27)
  14. 14 Shipoopi (2:14)
  15. 15 Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You? - Buffalo Bills (4:17)
  16. 16 Gary, Indiana (1:28)
  17. 17 Till There Was You - Robert Preston (2:47)
  18. 18 Finale (2:17)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Barbara Cook Vocals, Track Performer
Flynn Track Performer
Herbert Greene Conductor, Musical Direction
Robert Preston Vocals, Track Performer
Eddie Hodges Vocals, Track Performer
Rice Track Performer
Mondo Track Performer
Pert Kelton Vocals, Track Performer
Paul Reed Vocals
Wayne Ward Vocals
Adam Hodges Track Performer
Adnia Rice Vocals, Track Performer
Al Shea Vocals
Bill Spangenberg Vocals
Buffalo Bills Group, Track Performer
Iggie Wolfington & Ensemble Track Performer
Martha Flynn Vocals
Helen Raymond Vocals
Elaine Swann Vocals
Peggy Mondo Vocals
Vern Reed Track Performer
Iggie Wolfington Vocals
The Orchestra Track Performer
Technical Credits
David Burns Contributor
Herbert Greene Vocal Arrangements, Musical Director
Carl Nicholas Contributor
Bob Norberg Remastering
Don Walker Orchestration
Danny Carroll Contributor
Robert Howard Contributor
Marc Kirkeby Liner Notes
Dusty Worrall Contributor
Marilyn Siegel Contributor
Barbara Travis Contributor
James Gannon Contributor
Robert Lenn Contributor
Don Walker Orchestration
Hal Norman Contributor
Richard Jones Producer
Robert Evans Contributor
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The American Musical At It's Best!

    With a fast-talking con man, beautiful librarian (with a mother who has a brogue)and the best quartet in America in 1957, this is a recipe for magic. Robert Preston is peerless in his first musical, and absolutely dominates the recording with his superb acting/singing numbers. Barbara Cook has always had the most "I want to listen to you sing the phone book" voice on Broadway. The icing on the cake though is The Buffalo Bills barbershop quartet. Meridith Willson in interviews was quoted that The Music Man's most important part(s) is the quartet. That is why he cast them first, and he simply got the number one barbershop quartet in the country. If you only could choose one musical cd to purchase, this should be the one. Simply outstanding.

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