CD MAME - UK Studio Cast 1969

Musik: Jerry Herman
Text: Jerry Herman

Darsteller: Beryl Reid, Joan Turner, Keith Knight, Fred Lucas, Patricia Whitmore, Charles Young

Labelinformation:
Stage Door are pleased to present the debut CD release of the 'Mame' 1969 London Studio Cast Recording. Jerry Herman's musical 'Mame', based on the 1955 Patrick Dennis novel 'Auntie Mame', is quite rightly considered one of the most iconic pieces of musical theatre produced in the 1960s. Featuring a plethora of hit songs including 'It's Today', 'Open a New Window', 'If He Walked into My Life', 'We Need a Little Christmas', 'Bosom Buddies' and the title song, the 'Mame' score affirms Herman's place within the pantheon of great theatre composers. Opening on Broadway in May 1966, and running a total of 1504 performances, the production featured a trail blazing Tony Award winning performance by Angela Lansbury in the title role. 'Mame' transferred with much fanfare to London's West End in 1969 with Ginger Rogers playing the exuberant and larger than life Mame Dennis. 'Mame' opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on February 20th 1969 and ran 448 performances. Although a segment of Rogers' performance with the London Cast was performed and preserved during that year's Royal Variety Performance, an Original London Cast Album of Bernard Delfont and Harold Fielding's production never came to fruition. Ahead of the show's London opening, the Major Minor label recorded a studio cast album of the 'Mame' score at Abbey Road Studios. Produced by Norman Newell and recorded on January 5th 1969, the studio cast album starred award winning actress Beryl Reid as Mame. At the time of recording, Reid was riding high on the success of the recently released film adaptation of 'The Killing of Sister George'. Reid was no stranger to Jerry Herman having sung the role of Dolly Levi on a 1965 studio cast recording of 'Hello, Dolly!' for MFP. Comedienne and singer Joan Turner was cast as Vera Charles. Throughout the 1950s, Joan Turner was one of Britain's most popular and highest paid entertainers with her unique brand of comedy interpolated with opera. A classically trained soprano, Turner's impressive vocal range is used to great effect on the 'Mame' recording. The Major Minor 'Mame' studio cast was rounded out with established session singers including Pat Whitmore, Charles Young and Fred Lucas, all of whom were familiar names associated with the many London Studio Cast Albums of the era. Released as part of Major Minor's "Budget Series", the album was well distributed and proved popular with listeners, particularly in the absence of an Original London Cast Album. The album was subsequently issued in the US on the MUSICO label in 1970. Stage Door now present the CD debut of Major Minor's 'Mame' London Studio Cast Album, digitally remastered from stereo tape. Included as "Bonus Tracks" are Joan Turner's rare 1954 sides of 'The Homecoming Waltz' and 'The Shadow Waltz' (from the BBC TV serial 'The Teckman Biography') recorded for the Philips label with Wally Stott and his Orchestra.


Songliste:

• 1. Overture
  
• 2. It's Today
  
• 3. Open a New Window
  
• 4. The Man in the Moon
  
• 5. My Best Girl
  
• 6. We Need a Little Christmas
  
• 7. Mame
  
• 8. Bosom Buddies
  
• 9. Gooch's Song
  
• 10. That's How Young I Feel
  
• 11. If He Walked into My Life
  
• 12. Finale
  
• 13. The Homecoming Waltz - Joan Turner (Bonus)
  
• 14. The Shadow Waltz - Joan Turner (Bonus)