DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army: The Very Best Episodes Volume 1 Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 9/Jan/2006 ] Dad's Army fan Phill Jupitus selects four of his favourite episodes from the evergreen radio series, starring Arthur Lowe, John le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. As with other volumes in the Very Best Episodes range, Jupitus has also written an... |
DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army: The Very Best Episodes Volume 2 Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] A second volume featuring four of the very best episodes from the evergreen radio series, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. Diehard Dads Army fan Phill Jupitus has chosen four of his favourite episodes of the sitcom that... |
DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army: The Very Best Episodes Volume 3 Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2007 ] Diehard Dads Army fan Phill Jupitus has chosen four of his favourite episodes of the sitcom that captured the heart of the nation. In addition, he has written an introductory sleeve note explaining just what makes these four episodes great. As he... |
LOST IN THE STARS
Lost in the Stars Original 1949 Cast [ Decca America / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] |
Original Broadway Cast
A Chorus Line [ Masterworks Broadway / CD - released 2/Dec/2008 ] |
Original Broadway Cast
Guys and Dolls (Original Broadway Cast with Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine & Ray Bolger) (Rec 1950) / Where's Charley? (Excerpts) [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] Every time you breeze through Frank Loesser's terrific score, the first thought that comes to your mind is how good it is.The tunes bounce, the lyrics snap, the performances have just the right edge. |
Original Broadway Cast
Tootsie [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek |
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Wicked Original Broadway Cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 26/Oct/2008 ] This immediately popular musical has received rave reviews... "blends folk, pop and musical-theater influences with grace and vitality." "Judgment doesn't really begin on a new musical-theater piece until the cast album comes out. The stock of... |
ROGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
The King And I (recorded 1951 & 1954) Original Broadway Cast / Original London Cast (Yul Brynner, Valerie Hobson, Robert Merrill, Gertrude Lawrence, Herbert Lom & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] This disc also features selections from an RCA 'cover' recording made with popular vocalists of the period, released before the show opened on Broadway and features an Overture that was put together expressly for the purpose. |
FRANK LOESSER
Where's Charley? / Hans Christian Andersen Original Broadway Cast 1958 [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
Original Broadway Cast [Fair Lady] / Original London Cast [Oliver!]
Hit Musical Double: My Fair Lady / Oliver! [ ALTO / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Casts include Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Georgia Brown Ron Moody, Danny Sewell, and, Hope Jackman |
Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton
The Hamilton Mixtape [ Warner Music / CD - released 9/Dec/2016 ] Executive produced by The Roots' Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tarik "Black Thought" Trotter, "THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE" sees songs from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical covered and remixed by a remarkable cast of contemporary artists. Superstars... |
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Rocky [ Universal Music / CD - released 30/May/2014 ] The new Broadway musical ROCKY has an original score by the Tony Award-winning team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Once On This Island), who are the album's producers; additionally the score incorporates the iconic songs "Eye Of The... |
WRIGHT / FORREST
Kismet [plus excerpts from various other Kismet recordings] Original Broadway cast with Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Baubles, bangles and B-movies...That's the best way to describe the crazy cast of characters - onstage and off - which led to the ultimate creation of the 1953 Broadway musical known as Kismet. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (original cast & 1960 film soundtrack) Original Broadway Cast, with Larry Kert, Chita Rivera & Carol Lawrence / Film Soundtrack , with Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon & Rita Moreno [ Not Now / 2 CD - released 19/May/2018 ] West Side Story is one of the greatest musicals of all time, effectively blending Broadway with a symphonic grandeur (courtesy of Leonard Bernstein, who put music to Stephen Sondheim's lyrics), accents from jazz and Latin music, and a rarely heard... |
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast Recording (with 'On the Waterfront') Original Broadway Cast with Mickey Calin, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper & Carol Lawrence [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "The 1957 sound came right at the beginning of the stereo era and obviously wanted to show off the possibilities the format offered, and is amazingly good for that time, both in terms of definition and impact." David's Review Corner, September 2009 |
Various Artists / Original Cast Recording
Miss Saigon [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2007 ] This double disc set is the original 1989 London cast featuring Claire Moore, Simon Bowman, Keith Burns, Peter Polycarpou, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Jonathan Pryce, Alain Boublil, etc. |
Original Cast Recording
Motown the Musical [ CD - released 14/Jun/2013 ] Co-produced by multi-GRAMMY Award winner Frank Filipetti and TONY Award nominee Ethan Popp, the original Broadway cast recording of "Motown The Musical" features a supremely talented cast performing exciting new versions of Motown classics. |
Original Cast Recording
School of Rock - The Musical [ Warner / CD - released 21/Dec/2016 ] |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Webber: Starlight Express Original Cast Recording [ Polydor / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1984 ] Starlight Express is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope of impressing... |