Cinderella (Original London Cast) [Cast Recording]

Richard Rodgers (Composer), Tommy Steele (Composer), Tommy Steele (Performer), Bruce Trent (Performer), Robin Palmer (Performer), Ted Durante (Performer), Kenneth Williams (Performer), James Edwards (Performer), Enid Lowe (Performer), Betty Marsden (Performer), Goddfrey James (Performer), Marion Leslie (Performer), Tom Merrifield (Performer), Prudence Rodney (Performer), Graham Squire (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Tommy Steele, Bruce Trent, Robin Palmer, Ted Durante, Kenneth Williams, et al.
• Composer: Richard Rodgers, Tommy Steele
• Audio CD (January 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Bayview
• ASIN: B00006JNGW
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,813 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. In My Own Little Corner

3. A Very Special Day, song (from "Me and Juliet")

4. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?

5. The Prince Is Giving A Ball

6. Marriage Type Love, song (from "Me and Juliet")

7. Stepsisters' Lament

8. Your Majesties, A List Of Bare Necessities

9. When You're Driving Through The Moonlight / A Lovely Night

10. A Lovely Night (Reprise)

11. Impossible

12. Beneath the Southern Cross

13. Ten Minutes Ago

14. You And Me (for the British stage production of Rodger's "Cinderella")

15. Finale

16. A Lovely Night, song (from "Cinderella") [*]

17. Marriage Type Love, song (from "Me and Juliet") [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cinderella and Me and Juliet, August 11, 2006

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DodgyUSA (Jamaica Plain, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cinderella (Original London Cast) (Audio CD)

Interesting recording.
Tommy Steele's character of Buttons was created for the show and some songs from R&H Me and Juliet were added.

No Other Love makes a nice additional piece for the Prince. And it is quite fitting.

A welcome addition to the Cinderella musical collection.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a real collectors piece, October 27, 2003

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cinderella (Original London Cast) (Audio CD)

CINDERELLA, the charming musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, was brought to the London stage in 1958, starring Tommy Steele.

Because the British public had never seen the live televised version (in 1957 with Julie Andrews), the musical was re-conceived as a pantomime, with several new numbers added to the score. Glamorous singing sensation Yana played the title role, with Tommy Steele in the role of her faithful best friend Buttons.

Talented singer Bruce Trent played the Prince, with theatre veteran Betty Marsden as the Fairy Godmother. As with all pantomime, the Stepsisters were played in drag by Ted Durante and Kenneth Williams (from the CARRY ON films). Jimmy Edwards and Enid Lowe played the King and Queen.

The numbers run in a different order on this cast album, and the remastering job is quite patchy. Yana sings a winsome "In My Own Little Corner", before joining Bruce Trent for the charming love duet "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?".

New numbers written especially for the talents of versatile Tommy Steele include "A Very Special Day", "Marriage-Type Love" and "You and Me", in a duet with Jimmy Edwards. Bruce Trent does well by the new number "No Other Love".

Bayview Records has to be commended for reissuing this sparkling cast album; the original Decca LP has long been a sought-after collector's item. Added as bonus tracks are cover versions of "A Lovely Night" and "Marriage-Type Love", performed by Tommy Steele.

5.0 out of 5 stars london cinderella, August 21, 2010

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linda montano - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cinderella (Original London Cast) (Audio CD)

great add on for my show,it always takes 2 or 3 versions to get what I need.