Prime Time Musicals (Studio Cast Re-recordings) [Cast Recording]

Kitty Carlisle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00000152F
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking [From Aladdin]

2. One Hand Tied Behind My Back [From No Man Can Tame Me]

3. One Starry Moment [From Jack and the Beanstalk]

4. It Doesn't Matter Anymore [From on the Flip Side]

5. Strangers [From Androcles and the Lion]

6. Man Wanted [From Copacabana]

7. One Day at a Time [From High Tor]

8. Too Happy Dancing [From Hansel and Gretel]

9. Ride on a Rainbow [From Ruggles of Red Gap]

10. You're So Right for Me [From Satins and Spurs]

11. Listen to Your Heart [From Pinocchio]

12. Happy Heart [From Junior Miss]

13. I Worry/If You Never Try [From the Canterville Ghost]

14. Who Needs to Dream? [From Copacabana]

15. Getting Married/Love and Marriage [From I'm Getting Married/our Town]

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars underappreciated music gets recognition, April 15, 2000

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Thomas Payne (Lebanon, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prime Time Musicals (Studio Cast Re-recordings) (Audio CD)

The best reason to own this CD is that you will not find many of these songs anywhere else. Some have been recorded on an album for the first time here. Others are only available on very rare LPs.

The difficulty in enjoying an album like this is that songs from musicals are often very contextual--if you haven't seen the show it's hard to relate. Because this is a collection of unrelated cuts and not an entire show, some of the songs seem orphaned. The best tracks are those songs with more or less universal themes--songs not dependent on a storyline to give them depth. A couple examples of this type are "Listen To Your Heart," "One Day At A Time" and "Who Needs To Dream."

The performances are hit and miss--a few lack any conviction ("Man Wanted" is a sassy tune but this rendition is flat). Other songs are simply beautiful ("It Doesn't Matter Anymore," "You're So Right For Me").

Hurray for producer Bruce Kimmel for collecting and gathering these little gems.