Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (1985 Original Cast Members) [Cast Recording]

James Quinn (Composer, Performer), Don Stitt (Performer), Eileen Blackman (Performer), Louis DiCrescenzo (Performer), Max Showalter (Performer), Patti Hoffman (Performer), Russ Thacker (Performer), Susan Fletcher (Performer), Alaric Jans (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: James Quinn, Don Stitt, Eileen Blackman, Louis DiCrescenzo, Max Showalter, et al.
• Composer: James Quinn
• Audio CD (March 23, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Original Cast Record
• ASIN: B000004CPJ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,077 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Prologue / Get Ready, Eddie

3. The Greatest Gift

4. Little Fat Girls

5. It's the Nuns-

6. Cookie Cutters

7. Queen of the May

8. Patron Saints

9. Private Parts

10. How Far Is Too Far?

11. Patent Leather Shoes Ballet

12. Entr'Acte

13. Doo-Waa, Doo-Wee

14. I Must Be In Love

15. Friends, The Best Of

16. The Greatest Gift (Reprise)

17. Mad Bomber / We're Saving Ourselves For Marriage

18. Late Bloomer & Prom Montage

19. Friends, The Best Of (Reprise)

20. Thank God

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Response to A Music Fan, November 1, 2004

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David L. Tate "Down Stage Center" (Starkville, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (1985 Original Cast Members) (Audio CD)

Hi... Samuel French, Inc. holds performance rights for this show. Break a leg!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly beautiful music and quite touching, January 7, 2000

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MyTwoCents "mytwocents" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (1985 Original Cast Members) (Audio CD)

I just got this CD and I'm absolutely dazzled by it! The overture is one of the BEST overtures I've ever heard! The song FRiends, The Best of is one of the most gorgeous pieces of music I have ever heard. How Far is Too Far is also beautiful. Little Fat Girls is heartbreakingly beautiful. WHoever orchestrated those songs is a GENUIS!BUY IT!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adorable! Essential to any Broadway enthusiast's collection, November 17, 1999

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N. Wood "The Punkin's Mom" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This show is really cute. Most people say that anyone who went to Catholic school will love it, but I'm not even Catholic and I still understood the humor. I am glad that my friends were in a production of this musical, so that I was introduced to it. The story follows a group of children, mainly Eddie and Becky, through Catholic school, starting with their first day of school and continuing through high school and beyond graduation. This recording is done well. At first it was disturbing that adults play their characters from age 5 at the beginning to adulthood at the end of the play. Once one accepts that, the recording is very enjoyable. The voices sound great, with the exception of a few spots in group numbers. The show's run on Broadway was extremely brief, which is something that I never understood. The story and the music are strong, there is really no reason that the show shouldn't have done well. C'est la vie. Anyone would enjoy this CD. There are ballads, uptempos, and there are several different musical styles explored between the songs. Anyone who enjoys musical theatre soundtracks would like this one.