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Oliver! (1963 Original Broadway Cast)
Lionel Bart, Clive Revill, ...

RCA Victor Broadway, 1990

Oliver! (Deluxe Edition) (1963 Original Broadway Cast)

+ OLIVER
+ Memories
+ Still sounds great after all these years
+ Unusual subject material; wonderful musical!
  
  











  



  
The Pirates of Penzance
Dennis Masuzzo, Michael Tomasulo, ...

Elektra / Wea, 1998

Outstanding Recording of an Outstanding Score

+ A real stage show
+ Pirates of Penzance
+ Excellent Soundtrack
+ Delightful G & S
  
  











  



  
Oklahoma! Selections from the Theatre Guild Musical Play
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, ...

Decca Broadway, 2000

Oklahoma revisited

+ Original Cast Album of Oklahoma!
+ Sacred to the American Musical Theatre
+ A ground breaker
  
  











  



  
Pippin (A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album)
Stephen Schwartz

Decca Broadway, 2000

Pippin

+ The Liner Notes Were Worth the Purchase
+ Excellent Soundtrack w/Great Bonus Tracks
+ Amazing
  
  











  



  
Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Original Broadway Cast)
Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, ...

RCA Victor Broadway, 1989

Great recording!

+ Wonderful after all these years
+ Fiddler as Good in '09 as in '64
+ Fiddler on the Roof - 1964 Original Bway Cast
  
  











  



  
1776 (1969 Original Broadway Cast)
Sherman Edwards, Ken Howard, ...

Sony, 1992

Loved it ever since high school

+ I want my missing 25 seconds or so!
+ A surprise hit
+ CD 1776
  
  











  



  
Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Original Broadway Cast)
Irving Berlin, Ethel Merman, ...

Decca U.S., 2000

Review of Annie Get Your Gun (1946): It's Fun!!

+ Ethel's the Best
+ Fabulous recording

This CD recaptures all the fun of the original Broadway show. The songs are as articulate, funny, and charming as they must have been in 1946. It is indeed amazing and wonderful how the technology can preserve and re-vitalize past artistic contributions for future generations to enjoy.
  
  











  



  
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1982 Original Broadway Cast)
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, David Friedman, ...

Capitol, 1991

Wonderful soundtrack

+ Joseph and his Amazing Tecnicolour Dreamcoat
+ Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (original cast)

This is a great soundtrack and should be in the hall of fame for the Broadway
  
  











  



  
Barnum (1980 Original Broadway Cast)
Cy Coleman, Glenn Close, ...

Sony, 2002

Can't get it out of my head

+ Great product
+ Uplifitng - a true joy

I saw this production with Jim Dale and Glenn Close when I was 14 years old at the St James Theater in NY, with my drama club. It was my first BIG show ever, and to this day rates in the top 5 productions I have seen. Enjoyed so much that even as a young teen I bought (and still own) the album, ...
  
  











  



  
Into the Woods (1987 Original Broadway Cast)
Stephen Sondheim, Bernadette Peters, ...

RCA, 2007

Great Service/Great Buying Experience

+ Sometimes overlooked
+ The best!

Buying the CD Into the Woods was a seamless transaction. The mdse arrived in a day or two and I am completely happy with the followup after the purchase by the vendor. I would certainly go back to this vendor again to buy CDs and DVDs. Howard Fireman
  
  











  



  
The Fantasticks (Original 1960 Off-Off Broadway Cast)
Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones, ...

Decca Broadway, 2000

Treat Yourself to a Musical classic

+ Great Music From a Great Musical
+ Try to Remember
+ The Fantasticks is
+ Superb transaction
  
  











  



  
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961 Original Broadway Cast)
Frank Loesser, Robert Morse, ...

RCA Victor Broadway, 1990

This irresistible New York original

+ gender and class roles in business
+ The Best Recording
+ Enjoyable!
  
  











  



  
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962 Original Broadway Cast)
Stephen Sondheim

Angel Records, 1993

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

+ fine show tunes from a classic Stephen Sondheim comedy
+ Superb production of Sondheim masterpiece
+ still hilarious
+ Even with flaws, the best of the crop
  
  











  



  
Saturday Night (2000 Off-Broadway Revival Cast)
Stephen Sondheim

Nonesuch, 2000

Sondheim being conventional . . . ?

+ Sondheim's "baby picture"
+ A Simple Pleasure

This show is clearly not Sondheim at his brilliant best, and yet it is a measure of the composer that even so, this musical is highly enjoyable. First pitched in the 1950's, it was finally premired in Britain at the Bridewell theatre (for which there is also a cast recording available). Two years ...
  
  











  



  
She Loves Me (1963 Original Broadway Cast)
Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, ...

Decca Broadway, 1990

Perfect Musical!

+ A greatly underappreciated musical
+ I Love It
+ Great... with reservations.
  
  











  



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