The Robber Bridegroom (1976 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

Robert Waldman (Artist), Alfred Uhry (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 27, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Original Cast Record
• ASIN: B00000GBYU
• Also Available in: Textbook Binding
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,996 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > Indie Music > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #59 in Music > Indie Music > Soundtracks > General

Track Listings

1. Once Upon the Natchez - Barry Bostwick

2. Suddenly The Day Looks Sunny ... Two Heads

3. Steal With Style

4. Rosamund's Dream

5. The Pricklepear Bloom

6. Nothin' Up

7. Deeper In The Woods

8. Riches

9. Little Piece of Sugar Cane

10. Love Stolen

11. Poor Tied Up Darlin'

12. Mean As A Snake

13. Goodbye Salome

14. Sleepy Man

15. Where Oh Where Is My Baby Darlin'? ... Pass Her Along ... Wedding Cerem

16. Company's Comin' [bonus track] [*]

17. That's The Way The People Blend [bonus track] [*]

18. Gallop To Your Treasure Thy Wife [bonus track] [*]

19. Grab Your Mate And Skedaddle All [bonus track] [*]

20. You Got You a Suckling Pig [bonus track] [*]

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an "unsung" musical hero, May 26, 1999

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M. L. Bergman (Alexandria, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Robber Bridegroom (1976 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

The Robber Bridegroom is one of a group of little known but wonderfully performable musicals. This recording, which features Barry Bostwick as the romantic hero of this bluegrass fantasy, gives you a little of the freewheeling flavor of the show. Written by the team that went on to give us Driving Miss Daisy, the story is based on a novella by Southern writer Eudora Welty. The bluegrass score is the foundation for this strange, funny, romantic love story, and the characters include a gentleman-by-day bandit-by-night hero, a wicked stepmother right out of a fairy tale, and a pair of bumbling villians, one of whom is a talking severed head! The songs are singable- listen to the lullaby Sleepy Man or the haunting Deeper in the Woods- the plot, hilarious. If you're a music theatre person, give this a try.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Robber Bride Groom - Soundtrack Review -, November 26, 1999

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Claire R. (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Robber Bridegroom (1976 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

The Robber Bride Groom is a wonderful production that has been one of the best kept secrets of Broadway. It's music is so lively and "foot stompin'" on CD that it makes you want to get up and square dance when you listen to it. Certainly you do not have to love country music to love these extraordinary musical pieces. "There's Nothin' Up", "Rosamund's Dream", and "Deeper In The Woods" are some of the most beautiful songs that you will ever hear. And "The Prickle Pear Bloom", "Two Heads", "Love Stolen", and "Goodbye Salome" are hilariously funny and entertaining. I would highly recommend this soundtrack to anyone!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Authentic & Spirited, March 19, 2009

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David Cady (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Robber Bridegroom (1976 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

Replacing my collection of Broadway LPs is a daunting, and expensive task. I've had to be selective, of course, and have usually used my inner juke box as a guide. If there are songs that I just can't get out of my head, I usually buy the CD. "Goodbye Salome" (fun and infectious) and "Sleepy Man" (a gorgeous ballad) are two such songs. But they're just a sampling of this super strong, melodious, unjustly forgotten Broadway score. Another reviewer called it "redneck" music, and perhaps it is to some degree, but that's completely in keeping with the subject matter. For me there's more musical complexity to this than just Flatt & Scruggs hillbilly fiddle scratching. Robert Waldman has composed a real score, one with terrific variety, some haunting melodies -- and the lyrics (by Tony, Pulitzer and Academy Award winner, Alfred Uhry) are simple, yet clever and elegant. The cast is uniformly great, with Barbara Lang's vivid Salome a standout.

My one issue (hence the three stars) is with the audio transfer, which is abysmal. The recording sounds as if it were made in the bottom of a barrel (particularly on an iPod), which has seriously hampered my enjoyment of it. But no-one else has complained about this, so maybe it's just my copy. Hopefully there will be a remastered version out soon; you might want to wait and see.