Item Detail
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Lynch, Richard Chigley
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Broadway on record : a directory of New York cast recordings and musical shows, 1931-1986
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Book
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Discographies ; no. 28
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New York, N.Y.
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1987
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Greenwood Press
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x, 347 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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0313255237; 9780313255236
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Musicals--Discography.
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Sound Recordings; Musicals; Broadway; New York
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ML 156.4 .O46 L9 1987
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Lynch, Richard Chigley. Broadway on Record: A Directory of New York Cast Recordings of Musical Shows, 1931-1986. Discographies, ed. Michael Gray. No. 28. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1987.
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A discography of commercially-available Broadway and Off-Broadway original cast albums.
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Coverage is 459 commercially-available original cast albums from both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, beginning with 1931's The Band Wagon and concluding with 1986's Me and My Girl. Approximately 6,000 song titles are listed. Revival productions are included, but excludes studio cast recordings, operas, children's shows, radio broadcasts, archival recreations, one-person shows, folk revues, and recording plays.
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The resource is divided into five sections, beginning with an introduction. The discography is arranged alphabetically by show title. Entries note the show's opening date with the name of the theatre, the original record label and number, format of release, composer, lyricist, conductor credits, and source material for the book. Multiple recordings of same show are arranged chronologically. Cast members are listed alphabetically. Songs are listed in order they are performed and designate the performer. It is followed by a chronology of productions. It concludes with two indexes. The performer index is alphabetical by name and includes the album titles upon which performed. The technical index is alphabetically integrated by composers, lyricists, and musical directors.
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It is now conspicuously outdated by virtue of predating the Mega-Musical and the most significant developments of the 1980's British Invasion.
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Rettig, James. Wilson Library Bulletin 62 (March 1988): 96.
Miller, James. Fanfare 12 (November-December 1988): 425-26.
ARSC Journal 19 (1987): 112.
Central Opera Service Bulletin 29 (1989): 64. -
BYU Mus Ref
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