Jamaica original Broadway cast recording
- Title
- Jamaica [sound recording] : original Broadway cast recording / [music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg ; book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy].
- Published by
- New York, NY : RCA Victor, [1995?]
- Author
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*LDC 31077 [Notes] | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound. | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*LDC 31077 [CD] | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
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- Description
- 1 sound disc (55 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Original cast recordings.
- Contents
- Overture (3:47) -- Savannah (1:41) -- Savannah's wedding day (3:55) -- Pretty to walk with (2:51) -- Push de button (3:34) -- Incompatibility (2:52) -- Little biscuit (3:01) -- Cocoanut sweet (2:27) -- Pity the sunset (2:14) -- Yankee dollar (2:27) -- What good does it do (2:23) -- Monkey in the mango tree (3:08) -- Take it slow, Joe (2:36) -- Ain't it de truth (4:03) -- Leave de atom alone (3:32) -- For every fish (2:00) -- I don't think I'll end it all today (3:15) -- Napoleon (3:55) -- Savannah (finale) (1:08).
- Call number
- *LDC 31077
- Note
- Originally released in 1958; the 1st work previously unreleased.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Steven Suskin (14 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded Aug. 27 (8th work) and Nov. 4, 1957 (remainder), in Webster Hall, New York City.
- Author
- Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986. Composer
- Title
- Jamaica [sound recording] : original Broadway cast recording / [music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg ; book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy].
- Imprint
- New York, NY : RCA Victor, [1995?]
- Playing time
- 005522
- Performer
- Ricardo Montalbán (Koli) ; Adelaide Hall (Grandma Obeah) ; Augustine Rios (Quico) ; Lena Horne (Savannah) ; Josephine Premice (Ginger) ; Ossie Davis (Cicero) ; with additional singers and an orchestra ; Neal Hefti (8th work) and Lehman Engel, conductor.
- Event
- Recorded Aug. 27 (8th work) and Nov. 4, 1957 (remainder), in Webster Hall, New York City.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981, lyricist.
- Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981, librettist.
- Saidy, Fred, librettist.
- Montalbán, Ricardo, singer.
- Hall, Adelaide, singer.
- Rios, Augie, singer.
- Horne, Lena, singer.
- Premice, Josephine, singer.
- Davis, Ossie, singer.
- Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, conductor.
- Hefti, Neal, conductor.
- Other standard identifier
- 090266804122
- Publisher no.
- 09026-68041-2 RCA Victor
- Research call number
- *LDC 31077 Notes on file.