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| re: CORRECTION: Regarding frequency of HERE'S LOVE productions in Chicago area | |
| Posted by: Alcindoro 03:18 am EST 01/05/19 | |
| In reply to: re: CORRECTION: Regarding frequency of HERE'S LOVE productions in Chicago area - BroadwayTonyJ 11:36 am EST 01/04/19 | |
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| I have long nurtured a burning desire to hear "The Plastic Alligator". Well, maybe not exactly burning. Or a desire. But I've just always been curious. I was hoping when the CD came out they would have found the tapes. But, alas, no. I've also always wanted to hear "A Sense of Love and Honor" from ANYA. It's not on the LP or CD, but my copy of the LP has it listed, and there's even a timing for it. It's based on Rachmaninov's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". You know, that beautiful melody once enamored of figure skaters everywhere. Also known by Philistines everywhere as "Love Theme from SOMEWHERE IN TIME". I'm serious. |
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| re: CORRECTION: Regarding frequency of HERE'S LOVE productions in Chicago area | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:00 am EST 01/08/19 | |
| In reply to: re: CORRECTION: Regarding frequency of HERE'S LOVE productions in Chicago area - Alcindoro 03:18 am EST 01/05/19 | |
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| There's a good chance that "The Plastic Alligator" was not recorded. In those days, it was common for the jacket and gatefold, if there was one, with everything, including the song list, to be prepared and ready for LPs to put inside before the recording was even made. This is why several cast recordings of the period list songs that were not recorded. I'm not sure but it may be that all the recordings on which this happened were Columbias. Re Anya: This is a different case. I would think that the two songs listed were recorded. For starters, there are those timings. And it was recorded early, possibly before previews began. If you scroll down to the Trivia & History notes on the linked page, you'll see some info on this. |
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| re: CORRECTION: Regarding frequency of HERE'S LOVE productions in Chicago area | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 02:15 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 02:14 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
| In reply to: re: CORRECTION: Regarding frequency of HERE'S LOVE productions in Chicago area - Alcindoro 03:18 am EST 01/05/19 | |
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| I was 15 years old when I purchased the Here's Love LP in '63. I too was curious about "The Plastic Alligator" and "Nothing in Common". The '92 Sony Broadway CD release has the same numbers as the LP, although the liner notes refer to "Plastic Alligator" as a song of advice Shellhammer sings to his sales clerks to help them get shoppers to buy an over-stocked Christmas toy. You can find a performance of the song on YouTube from a high school production. I just watched it -- it's actually very well done, even delightful. The number is a combination of recitative and singing -- the melody is very similar to that of "That Man Over There". When I saw Here's Love some years ago, the number (performed, of course, by mature adult actors portraying sophisticated Manhattanites) came across as being pretty stupid. I think it works a lot better when you having enthusiastic high schoolers doing it. I've noticed that as early as '98 Columbia Broadway Masterworks began re-issuing much expanded releases of classic Broadway musicals on CD. Recordings of L'il Abner, House of Flowers, Anyone Can Whistle, Gypsy, South Pacific, Finian's Rainbow, Sound of Music, Cabaret, West Side Story, On the Town, Annie, A Chorus Line, and many others were re-released with material that was not on earlier CDs. To my knowledge Here's Love has never received an expanded release. Regarding Anya, Walter Willison states in the CD liner notes that the original LP jacket was printed before the show began performances and contained a number of errors (like listing songs that apparently were either cut or reworked). The song you mention is not listed on IBDB. In addition, Kritzerland's reputation for issuing never before released material on its CDs of Broadway musicals and movie soundtracks is pretty much unmatched in the industry. Most likely if it's not on the Anya CD, it doesn't exist |
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