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| Very Good Eddie: A Musical Comedy (1975 Broadway Revival Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Schuyler Greene
Creators: Jerome Kern, Gunter Kehr, Heribert Munchner, Joerg Faerber, Gunther Holler, Christiane Jaccottet, Marga Scheurich-henschel, Mainz Chamber Orchestra, Southwest Studio Orchestra, Very Good Eddie Orchestra, Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra (heilbronn), Dubravka Tomsic, Georg Egger, Charles Repole, Cynthia Wells, David Christmas, Hal Shane, Nicholas Wyman, Spring Fairbank
Label: Drg
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 45450
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 021471610024
EAN: 0021471610024
ASIN: B000000PG0
Release Date: April 10, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture - Orchestra | | • | We're On Our Way - Company | | • | Some Sort Of Somebody - Miss Wells & Mr. Christmas | | • | Thirteen Collar - Mr, Repole | | • | Bungalow In Quogue - Miss Seidel, Miss Fairbank | | • | Isn't It Great To Be Married - Mr. Repole & Mr Wyman | | • | Good Night Boat - Company | | • | Left All Alone Again Blues - Miss Seidel | | • | Hot Dog! - Company | | • | If You're a Friend Of Mine - Miss Seidel, Mr. Repole | | • | Wedding Bells Are Calling Me - Company | | • | Honeymoon Inn - Miss Wells & Company | | • | I've Got To Dance - Mr. Shane (Vocal & Banjo) & Company | | • | Moon Of Love - Miss Hudson & Company | | • | Old Boy Neutral - Miss Wells & Mr. Christmas | | • | Babes In The Wood - Miss Seidel & Mr. Repole | | • | Katy-Did - Miss Hudson | | • | Nodding Roses - Miss Wells & Mr. Christmas | | • | Finale - Company |
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| Customer Reviews:
VERY GOOD, INDEED June 19, 2008
If you like those old musicals direct heirs of the austrian operettas, you'll love this. Obviously enough, it will sound old-fashioned to many modern ears, but we have to put this in a historical context. These tunes are the ones which gave birth to many others that came thereafter. It's a naive, candid kind of music, but rich in tuneful melodies and charming lyrics. In two simple words: LOVELY & NOSTALGIC.
 A GEM FROM THE PRINCESS THEATRE . . . September 6, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I agree with Mr. Behrens that this recording is a "must" for anyone serious about the American musical theatre, but I found the whole thing a trifle boring. (I would have given it 3 stars, but I was worried about turning people off.) The performances are splendid, and the original orchestrations for 10 pieces are a delight to hear. Upon hearing the overture, you might think you're listening to a superb digital restoration of an early 1900's recording. It's a gas.
Mr. Behrens states that the score contains neither a hit nor a miss and is an "improvement on the bubbleheaded competition," but the operettas of Sigmund Romberg, Rudolph Friml, Victor Herbert, et.al, were overflowing with far better songs than Jerome Kern would write for this or any other Princess Theatre Show. Many of the lyrics for "Eddie" are pretty inane, typical for the time, however. Kern wrote a much better score two years later for "Leave It to Jane" (1917), lyrics provided by long time collaborator P.G. Wodehouse. (A wonderful recording of the 1958 revival of "Jane" is available on AEI Records.) With Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II, Jerome Kern wrote "Show Boat" in 1927, giving us the first truly great American musical. He also contributed some of Hollywood's most memorable songs, including "A Fine Romance," "The Way You Look Tonight," and "The Last Time I Saw Paris."
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A musical as it used to be October 24, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
My fellow reviewer from Monterey Mass. hit the nail on the head. Though not as good as some of the "Princess Theater" shows to come ("Oh, Boy," "Oh, Lady, Lady," and the rest--this musical is quite an improvement on the bubbleheaded competition it had not only in its own time but long after it. It is also a relief from the "musical play" that replaced the musical comedy. Not a single hit song and not a single poor one in the whole show that was a pioneer of the great "integrated" shows to come, not the least of which would be Kern's own "Show Boat." This is a must for every serious collection of Broadway shows.
Wonderful version of a charming show September 8, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a 1915 show but it has more snap and charm than the current long melodramas that masquerade as entertainment
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