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I'm Just Wild About "Eubie!": Kritzerland Brings Rare Broadway Cast Album to CD

February 23, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Eubie OBCNext month, a new musical begins previews on Broadway with the unlikely title of Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921, and All That Followed.  The show chronicles the backstage drama behind the musical Shuffle Along as it broke new ground for African-Americans both on and offstage.  The composer was Eubie Blake (1887-1983), whose infectious jazz and ragtime melodies would captivate listeners throughout the whole of the 20th century and make him a popular guest with the likes of Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin.  In September 1978, a revue opened at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre celebrating Blake's legacy.  Eubie! ran for 439 performances and featured Blake standards including "(I'm Just) Wild About Harry," "Memories of You," and "Charleston Rag."  Now, its Warner Bros. Records cast recording is coming to CD for the very first time courtesy of Kritzerland.

Eubie! was conceived and directed by Julianne Boyd, with choreography by Billy Wilson and Henry LeTang.  Gregory Hines and his brother Maurice Hines were featured in the ensemble also including Alaina Reed (227, Sesame Street), Lynnie Godfrey, and Terry Burrell.  Though overshadowed that season by another musical revue based around the songbook of a legendary African-American composer - Ain't Misbehavin', with its Fats Waller score - Eubie! netted three Tony Award nominations:  Gregory Hines for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Billy Wilson and Henry LeTang for Best Choreography, and Blake and his lyricists for Best Original Score (despite the fact that the songs were vintage, not original)!

The original cast recording captures the dynamic performers as well as the superb arrangements by Danny Holgate and the band under the baton of Vicki Carter.  Kritzerland's reissue has been remastered from the original master tapes housed in the Warner Bros. vaults, and is limited to 1,000 units.  It's scheduled to ship by the second week of April, but pre-orders directly from the label usually arrive an average of four weeks early.  You can pre-order this first-time CD release at the links below!

Original Broadway Cast Recording, Eubie! (Warner Bros. HS-3267, 1979 - reissued Kritzerland, 2016)

  1. Charleston Rag/Shuffle Along
  2. In Honeysuckle Time
  3. I'm Just Wild About Harry
  4. Daddy
  5. I'm a Great Big Baby
  6. My Handyman Ain't Handy No More
  7. Low Down Blues Gregory Hines
  8. Gee, I Wish I Had Someone to Rock Me in the Cradle of Love/
  9. Low Down Blues & Cradle of Love Duet
  10. Dixie Moon
  11. Weary/Roll Jordan
  12. Memories of You
  13. If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, You've Never Been Vamped at All
  14. You Got to Git the Gittin' While the Gittin's Good
  15. I'm Craving for That Kind of Love
  16. Goodnight Angeline
  17. Finale

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Eubie Blake, Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Jeff says

    February 23, 2016 at 11:12 am

    Sweet - a must-purchase!

    My "Memories of You" (from the original piano rolls) via Biograph is in constant rotation at my place!

    I can never get enough of Eubie...Charleston Rag (composed in 1899 when he was approx 12 years old!), in his own words, "These people call it 'boogie' - we called it the walking bass"

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  2. Steephen says

    July 30, 2016 at 1:21 pm

    how about more broadway cd's. Minnie's Boys Donnybrook Hot Spot Lovely Ladies Kind Gentlemen
    Look to the Lillies Drat the Cat etc etc etc. This 70 year old timer sat through dozens of flops in the 50's 60's and 70's.
    Would be great to hear them again. So what if they were flops

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