Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews With Stanley Holloway Book And Lyrics By Alan Jay Lerner Music By Frederick Loewe – My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
| Label: | Sony Classical – SK 89997, Columbia – SK 89997, Columbia Broadway Masterworks – SK 89997, Legacy – SK 89997 |
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| Format: | CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Musical |
Tracklist
| Act I | |||
| 1 | Orchestra*– | Overture | 2:59 |
| 2 | Rex Harrison, Robert Coote– | Why Can't The English? | 2:39 |
| 3 | Julie Andrews, Ensemble*– | Wouldn't It Be Loverly? | 3:56 |
| 4 | Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan, David Thomas (15), Ensemble*– | With A Little Bit Of Luck | 4:07 |
| 5 | Rex Harrison– | I'm An Ordinary Man | 4:39 |
| 6 | Julie Andrews– | Just You Wait | 2:41 |
| 7 | Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Robert Coote, Ensemble*– | The Rain In Spain | 2:39 |
| 8 | Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans, Maids*– | I Could Have Danced All Night | 3:29 |
| 9 | Ensemble*– | Ascot Gavotte | 3:14 |
| 10 | John Michael King– | On The Street Where You Live | 2:57 |
| Act II | |||
| 11 | Robert Coote, Rex Harrison, Philippa Bevans, Ensemble*– | You Did It | 4:21 |
| 12 | Julie Andrews, John Michael King– | Show Me | 2:11 |
| 13 | Stanley Holloway, Ensemble*– | Get Me To The Church On Time | 2:42 |
| 14 | Rex Harrison– | A Hymn To Him | 3:29 |
| 15 | Julie Andrews– | Without You | 2:01 |
| 16 | Rex Harrison– | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face | 5:15 |
| Bonus Tracks | |||
| 17 | Goddard Lieberson, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Alan Jay Lerner, Franz Allers– | A Post-Recording Conversation | 4:11 |
| 18 | Alan Jay Lerner And Frederick Loewe– | Playback | 5:03 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio
- Distributed By – Sony Music
Credits
- Adapted By [Text Adapted From Pygmalion] – Bernard Shaw*
- Arranged By [Dance Music Arrangements] – Trude Rittman
- Arranged By [Musical Arrangements] – Phil Lang*, Robert Russell Bennett
- Art Direction – Ken Fredette
- Choreography [Choreography And Musical Numbers By] – Hanya Holm
- Costume Designer [Costumes Designed By] – Cecil Beaton
- Design [Package Design] – Fredette/Sparagano
- Engineer [Recording] – Edward T. Graham*, Fred Plaut
- Ensemble [Singing] – Colleen O'Connor, David Thomas (15), Glenn Kezer, Gloria Van Dorpe, Gordon Ewing, Herb Surface, James Morris (6), Lola Fisher, Maribel Hammer, Melisande Congdon, Muriel Shaw, Patti Spangler, Paul Brown (13), Reid Shelton, Rosemary Gaines, William Krach
- Featuring [Presents] – Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison
- Featuring [With] – Michael King*, Philippa Bevans, Robert Coote, Rod McLennan, Stanley Holloway
- Lighting – Feder (2)
- Liner Notes – Dick Scanlan
- Lyrics By, Adapted By [Book By] – Alan Jay Lerner
- Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – Darcy M. Proper*
- Music By – Frederick Loewe
- Music Director [Musical Director] – Franz Allers
- Orchestrated By [Orchestrations] – Robert Russell Bennett
- Other [Production Staged By] – Moss Hart
- Performer [Cast, A Bystander, Zoltan Karpathy] – Christopher Hewett
- Performer [Cast, Alfred P. Doolittle] – Stanley Holloway
- Performer [Cast, Another Bystander, Jamie, Ambassador] – Rod McLennan
- Performer [Cast, Buskers] – Carl Jeffrey, Imelda De Martin, Joe Rocco
- Performer [Cast, Chauffeur, Constable] – Barton Mumaw
- Performer [Cast, Colonel Pickering] – Robert Coote
- Performer [Cast, Eliza Doolittle] – Julie Andrews
- Performer [Cast, First Cockney, Butler] – Reid Shelton
- Performer [Cast, Flower Girl] – Cathy Conklin
- Performer [Cast, Flunkey, Bartender] – Paul Brown (13)
- Performer [Cast, Footmen] – Gordon Ewing, William Krach
- Performer [Cast, Fourth Cockney] – Herb Surface
- Performer [Cast, Freddy Eynsford- Hill] – John Michael King
- Performer [Cast, Henry Higgins] – Rex Harrison
- Performer [Cast, Hoxton Man, Bartender] – David Thomas (15)
- Performer [Cast, Mrs. Eynsford- Hill] – Viola Roache
- Performer [Cast, Mrs. Higgins' Maid] – Judith Williams (2)
- Performer [Cast, Mrs. Higgins] – Cathleen Nesbitt
- Performer [Cast, Mrs. Hopkins, Lady Boxington] – Olive Reeves-Smith
- Performer [Cast, Mrs. Pearce] – Philippa Bevans
- Performer [Cast, Queen Of Transylvania] – Maribel Hammer
- Performer [Cast, Second Cockney] – Glenn Kezer
- Performer [Cast, Selsey Man, Harry, Lord Boxington] – Gordon Dilworth
- Performer [Cast, Servants] – Colleen O'Connor, Glenn Kezer, Gloria Van Dorpe, Muriel Shaw, Rosemary Gaines
- Performer [Cast, Third Cockney] – James Morris (6)
- Presenter [Presents] – Herman Levin
- Producer [Produced For Records By] – Goddard Lieberson
- Product Manager [Packaging Manager] – Joshua Jancourtz
- Reissue Producer [Cd Producer] – Darcy M. Proper*, Didier C. Deutsch
- Research [Tape Research] – Stacey Boyle
- Supervised By [Project Director] – Joy Gilbert Monfried
Notes
My Fair Lady opened March 15, 1956 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and closed on September 29th, 1962 after 2,717 performances. This release was recorded on March 25, 1956 at the Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City. The Original Broadway Cast album OL 5090 (XLP 37804/05) was first released on April 2nd, 1956. Track 17 was recorded on March 25th, 1956 & first released in 1994, Track 18 was recorded in 1961 and was previously unreleased.
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Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 696998999725
Other Versions (5 of 115)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Fair Lady (LP, Album, Mono) | Columbia Masterworks | OL 5090 | US | 1956 | |||
Recently Edited | My Fair Lady (LP, Album, Mono) | Columbia Masterworks | OL 5090 | Canada | 1956 | ||
| My Fair Lady (4×7", 45 RPM, EP, Mono, Bridgeport Pressing, Box Set, ) | Columbia Masterworks | A-5090 | US | 1956 | |||
Recently Edited | My Fair Lady (LP, Album, Mono) | Columbia Masterworks | LPCB 32120 | Brazil | 1956 | ||
| My Fair Lady (LP) | Coronet (2) | KLLS 1620 | Australia | 1956 |
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