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| re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 06:36 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:34 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - Michael_Portantiere 01:02 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
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| My mom bought me the OBC LP in '56 at Goldblatt's in Chicago. I played it so often that by '64 it had considerable wear (diamond needles and turntables back then were not the greatest) and needed to be replaced. I had not heard good things about the '59 OLC LP, even though it was in stereo. I received the soundtrack LP for Christmas in '64, but wasn't crazy about it. We drove all over Chicagoland trying to find the '56 original without any luck. I actually contacted the Columbia Record Club, offered to become a member if I could get the original recording, but was told only the London LP was available. I ended up buying the London version at our local Polk Bros. store. Ironically, my girlfriend at the time did have the '56 LP, having gotten it pre-'59. However, she dumped me for this big guy on the basketball team my senior year, so I learned to appreciate the London. Decades later I was able to purchase the '56 recording on cassette. Today I have CDs of the '56 original, the '59 London, the '93 Jay Records, the '01 London, the '18 Broadway, and Benanti's CD of selections. The '56 is easily my favorite; however, I do enjoy the '18 revival, and Benanti's vocals (especially "I Could Have Danced All Night") are thrilling. |
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| re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:13 pm EDT 04/02/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - BroadwayTonyJ 06:34 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
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| "My mom bought me the OBC LP in '56 at Goldblatt's in Chicago. I played it so often that by '64 it had considerable wear (diamond needles and turntables back then were not the greatest) and needed to be replaced. I had not heard good things about the '59 OLC LP, even though it was in stereo. I received the soundtrack LP for Christmas in '64, but wasn't crazy about it. We drove all over Chicagoland trying to find the '56 original without any luck. I actually contacted the Columbia Record Club, offered to become a member if I could get the original recording, but was told only the London LP was available. I ended up buying the London version at our local Polk Bros. store. Ironically, my girlfriend at the time did have the '56 LP, having gotten it pre-'59. However, she dumped me for this big guy on the basketball team my senior year, so I learned to appreciate the London." Great story :-) I distinctly remember at one point buying the London cast album on cassette, when I was maybe about 13 years old -- except I THOUGHT I was buying the Broadway cast album, because the background of the cassette sleeve with the logo, the Hirschfeld, the credits and the song titles was white, NOT gold. In fact, I didn't realize it was the London album until I started playing it and thought, "Hmm, that sounds like a different recording of the overture....." I think this was a deliberate attempt to mislead on Columbia's part, which was unlike them. |
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| re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) | |
| Posted by: larry13 08:34 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - BroadwayTonyJ 06:34 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
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| I enjoyed reading of your history with MFL recordings and especially your attempts to get back the OBC. Not that you need another but may I suggest the '76 revival with Christine Andreas; it is quite good and probably can be obtained cheaply. | |
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| re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:14 pm EDT 04/02/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - larry13 08:34 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
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| "I enjoyed reading of your history with MFL recordings and especially your attempts to get back the OBC. Not that you need another but may I suggest the '76 revival with Christine Andreas; it is quite good and probably can be obtained cheaply." I just re-listened to the whole thing yesterday for the first time in a long while, and yes, there is a lot to love on it :-) |
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| re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 08:46 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - larry13 08:34 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
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| Oh my God, how could I forget the '76 recording with Andreas' divine vocals and George Rose's almost definitive portrayal of Doolittle? Let's just blame it on covid-19, (which I did contract in January). Of course, I do have the '76 revival CD. I would l rank it in my favorites list as 3rd after the original and Benanti's CD. | |
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