"Selections from the Theatre Guild musical play, Oklahoma!, featuring members of the original New York production"--Container. Based on: Green grow the lilacs / Lynn Riggs. Starring Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Howard da Silva, Celeste Holm, Lee Dixon; supporting cast; orchestra and chorus; Jay Blackton, conductor. Vol. 1 [i.e. tracks 1-6, 8-9, 11, and 13-15] recorded Oct. 20 and 25, 1943; originally released as Decca album DA 359, Dec. 2, 1943; v. 2 [tracks 7, 10, and 12] recorded May 24, 1944; originally released as Decca album DA 383, Jan. 3, 1945. Compact disc. Program notes by Max Preeo and liner notes from the original LP release (10 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
(alternate take/complete version; previously unreleased reissue bonus track). Poor Jud is daid The surrey with the fringe on top -- Kansas City -- I cain't say no -- Many a new day -- It's a scandal! It's a outrage! (Betty Garde, Ralph Riggs, and chorus) -- People will say we're in love -- Poor Jud is daid -- Lonely room -- Out of my dreams -- The farmer and the cowman (Betty Garde, Ralph Riggs, and chorus) -- All er nuthin' -- Oklahoma -- Finale -- Poor Jud is daid (alternate take/complete version; previously unreleased reissue bonus track).
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