St. Louis Woman (1946 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording, Original recording remastered]

Harold Arlen (Composer), Johnny Mercer (Composer), Pearl Bailey (Performer), June Hawkins (Performer), Ruby Hill (Performer), Harold Nicholas (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000008L2J
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Out-of-Print but worth a hunt!, March 8, 2004

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Mark Andrew Lawrence "Theatre Reviewer" (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: St. Louis Woman (1946 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

Capitol Records made their first original cast album of this 1946 show by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. The album was issued as a set of five 10-inch 78 RPM records and in the early 1950s was briefly released as a 10-inch Lp. In the late 1960s Capitol re-released it on a 12-inch record in "fake" stereo. None of these editions stayed in the catalogue long.

Neither did Broadway Angel's CD edition which came out in 1992.

The show had only a short run, and has never been revived. (The original orchestrations were lost. A 1998 Encore reconstruction yielded a fuller recording available from Decca.)

This CD comes with a great set of notes including a detailed synopsis. Best of all it preserves the wonderful orginal cast: Pearl Bailey, Ruby Hill and Harold Nicholas. Several songs from this show became standards: "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home" and "It's a Woman's Prerogative."

Search high and low for a copy of this one!

UPDATE: AUGUST 2006...this has been reissued by DRG!