Busker Alley (2006 York Theatre Company Cast Recording) [Cast Recording]

Jim Dale | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B000X418IG
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,675 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening

2. Blow Us a Kiss

3. Hula Love Song

4. Never Trust a Lady

5. When Do I Get Mine

6. Strays

7. Mates

8. What To Do With 'Er?

9. He Has a Way

10. Medley: Busker Medley: Moonlight In Brighton/Crazy Happy Tears/A Million Miles From You

11. He Has a Way/She Has a Way

12. Busker Alley

13. When Do I Get Mine? Reprise

14. How Long Have I Loved Libby?

15. Baby Me

16. How Long Have I Loved Libby? Reprise

17. Medley: Ordinary Couple/I'm On the Inside

18. Tin Whistle Tune

19. Mates

20. Medley: The 'New Show' Audition: All Around the Town/Beautiful Girls

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sherman Boys 'Have A Way'!, November 24, 2007

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Millerific (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Busker Alley (2006 York Theatre Company Cast Recording) (Audio CD)

Hurray for everybody who made this production and subsequent recording happen. I'm delighted to have The Sherman Brothers' marvelous score (legitimately) recorded. Previously, we only had poorer quality bootlegs to listen to, but now we have an in-studio recording. I was expecting this to be a live recording of the one-night-only concert event and was very pleasantly surprised to find that it's a studio recording. Jim Dale is always wonderful, and he's certainly much better suited to play Charlie the Busker than his predecessor was.

It's interesting to hear the show and score restored to what must have been closer to the original vision (before it became a big star vehicle). It feels more balanced now and I feel like I hate the character of Libby less than I did before.

Reuniting (sort of) Jim Dale and Glen Close was a brilliant bit of casting on Tony Walton's part. The entire cast is topnotch and deserving of kudos. I do miss the fuller orchestrations, but this is a minor quibble. (And nobody sings "Strays" as well as Richard Sherman does.)

Thanks to everybody who brought this show out of the shadows. Five stars. Hats off to you! Let's hope for a full scale Broadway version starring Jim Dale soon!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charm on plastic, January 16, 2008

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Richard LeComte "richlec" (Tuscaloosa, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Busker Alley (2006 York Theatre Company Cast Recording) (Audio CD)

I'm glad that the York Theatre Company resurrected this show from its ill-fated out-of-town tryout. The score, though not as memorable as the Sherman Brothers' "Mary Poppins," certainly is as good a period piece as their 1970s Andrews Sisters tribute "Over Here." The lyrics are sharp, and the music, as my kids point out, is "catchy." But more to the point is the wonderful vocal performance of Jim Dale, who brings a great deal of intelligence, grace and not a little bitterness to the role of Charlie Baxter. I'd love to see him do it in person. Barnum (1980 Original Broadway Cast)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait!, February 15, 2008

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Lawrence Spinelli - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Busker Alley (2006 York Theatre Company Cast Recording) (Audio CD)

This show--which was almost lost when Tommy Tune broke his leg--has found a new life with this wonderful recording. Jim Dale is as perfect for this role as Tommy Tune was miscast. Enjoy this wonderful and touching recording until you can see the show itself when it makes its long overdue Broadway debut in 2008.