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Ya Got Trouble: Stage Door Celebrates "The Music Man" With Rare Albums on CD, Reissues "Drake's Dream"

February 9, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Stage Door Records is kicking off 2017 with two generous helpings of rare show music: a two-fer celebrating the legacy of Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway classic The Music Man, and the original London cast recording of Drake's Dream, starring Manfred Mann's Paul Jones!

In 1957, composer-bandleader Meredith Willson crafted one of the most enduring Broadway musicals of all time when he wrote book, music and lyrics for the nostalgic The Music Man.  To mark the sixtieth anniversary of this Tony Award-winning classic which originally starred Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, Stage Door has paired two albums: 1959's audio documentary ...And Then I Wrote The Music Man and the 1958 The Music from Meredith Willson's The Music Man, conducted by Willson himself.  Both were originally issued on Capitol Records, home to the show's original cast album.

...And Then I Wrote The Music Man features Willson, at the piano, joined by his wife Rini as they tell and comment on the musical's story and perform its songs in an intimate setting.  Following the release of the album in 1959, the Willsons toured the United States to bring this album to life for appreciative live audiences who just couldn't get enough of Professor Harold Hill, Marian the Librarian, and the trouble in River City.  Stage Door is reissuing the original stereo album on one CD paired with Willson's 16-song instrumental album of his score.  Two bonus tracks have also been appended: a 1962 promotional interview with Shirley Jones, who portrayed Marian Paroo in Warner Bros.' big-screen adaptation, and Jones' performance of "Being in Love" (which replaced "My White Knight" in the film).

The Meredith Willson two-fer is a limited edition of 500 copies in Stage Door's Collector's Series, and is packaged in a mini-LP sleeve with a liner notes/credits insert.  It's available now directly from the label, and on February 24 from Amazon.

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Drake's Dream is available now.  The musical by librettist Simon Brett and composer-lyricists Lynne and Richard Riley chronicled the famous voyage of the 16th century English sea captain and navigator Sir Francis Drake.  His dream, of course, was to circumnavigate the world, and in fact, he not only led the second-ever circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition (between 1577 and 1580) but was the first to complete the voyage as a captain while leading the expedition for the entire circumnavigation.  His life wasn't without its controversies, however, as Drake had partaken in slave trading and piracy.   The rock-inflected musical premiered at Worthing's Connaught Theatre on October 26, 1977 under the direction of Nicolas Young, and then transferred to London's Shaftesbury Theatre for a limited season opening on December 7, 1977.  Onetime Manfred Mann lead vocalist Paul Jones had the lead role of Sir Francis Drake, and his co-stars included David Burt as Thomas Doughty, Earl Jordan as The King of Ternate, Caro Gurney as Queen Elizabeth I, and Janet Shaw as Mary Drake.

The production received mixed reviews, and was subsequently revised by Ken Hill when it transferred to the Westminster Theatre in February 1978.  Its original cast recording was made prior to the West End opening at the Shaftesbury, and it has been remastered from the original tapes for this Stage Door Records CD premiere.  You can sample a track now at Stage Door's website!  Both titles can be ordered below from Amazon.com!

Meredith Willson, ...And Then I Wrote The Music Man /The Music from Meredith Willson's The Music Man (Stage Door Records 2380, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

  1. Rock Island
  2. Ya Got Trouble
  3. Piano Lesson
  4. Goodnight My Someone
  5. Seventy-Six Trombones
  6. Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little/Goodnight, Ladies
  7. My White Knight
  8. Marian the Librarian
  9. The Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me
  10. Shipoopi
  11. Lida Rose
  12. Will I Ever Tell You
  13. Till There Was You
  14. Iowa Stubborn
  15. Goodnight My Someone
  16. Gary, Indiana
  17. Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little
  18. Sincere
  19. Shipoopi
  20. Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You
  21. Seventy-Six Trombones
  22. Till There Was You
  23. Marian the Librarian
  24. It's You
  25. Wells Fargo Wagon
  26. Piano Lesson
  27. The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl for Me
  28. My White Knight
  29. Shirley Jones Interview (1962) (Bonus Track)
  30. Being in Love - Shirley Jones (Bonus Track)

Tracks 1-13 from ...And Then I Wrote The Music Man, Capitol ST 1320, 1959
Tracks 14-28 from The Music from Meredith Willson's The Music Man, Capitol T-991, 1958

Original London Cast Recording, Drake's Dream (President Records PTLS 1068, 1979 - reissued Stage Door Records 9048, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

  1. At The Court Of Queen Elizabeth
  2. I've Always Had A Dream
  3. Let's Get Going
  4. Take A Little Time
  5. When The Winds Command Us Away
  6. She Plays A Dangerous Game
  7. Between Today And Tomorrow
  8. Sedition
  9. Waiting Isn't Easy
  10. Gold
  11. Nova Albion
  12. God Of The Waters
  13. Spice Of Life
  14. Oh Lord Protect Us
  15. Fa La La
  16. Sailing Around
  17. Finale

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Lynne and Richard Riley, Meredith Willson, Paul Jones

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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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