Various Artists
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Craft Recordings celebrates 60 years of The Sound of Music with CD and vinyl reissues of the original Broadway cast recording starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, and originally released on Columbia Records. Produced by Goddard Lieberson and featuring Robert Russell Bennett's grand orchestrations, it's been newly remastered for Craft's reissue from the original three-track master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. The LP version will be pressed on four sides of vinyl for optimum sound quality at RTI and housed in a replica of the original LP's lavish gatefold jacket (the first such gatefold printed by Columbia). [Note this edition was previously available in a limited run from Craft's sister imprint Analog Spark; the releases are identical other than the label artwork.] The album will also be available digitally, including at 192/24 high resolution.