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| Material Type: | Music |
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| Document Type: | Sound Recording |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin; George S Kaufman; Tommy Krasker; Brent Barrett; Don Chastain; Rebecca Luker; Jason Graae; Beth Fowler; Charles Goff; Juliet Lambert; Jeff Lyons; Dale Sandish; James Rocco; John Mauceri |
| OCLC Number: | 25179460 |
| Notes: | Elektra Nonesuch: 79273-2 (on container: 9 79273-2). Musical. Music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; book by George S. Kaufman ; restoration of 1927 version by Tommy Krasker. "This initial release features the complete 1927 show, as well as several selections from the 1930 version"--Booklet p. 20. Compact discs. Program notes, synopsis and lyrics (111 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Credits: | "Restored by Tommy Krasker" |
| Performer(s): | Brent Barrett ; Don Chastain ; Rebecca Luker ; Jason Graae ; Beth Fowler ; Charles Goff ; Juliet Lambert ; Jeff Lyons ; Dale Sandish ; James Rocco ; unnamed chorus and orchestra ; John Mauceri, conductor. |
| Production notes: | Recorded Dec. 13-20, 1990 at BMG Studio A, New York City. |
| Description: | 2 sound discs (112 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other Titles: | George and Ira Gershwin's Strike up the band (1927) Appendix, Strike up the band (1930) Strike up the band |
Details - 'George & Ira Gershwin: Strike Up the Band'
| Genre / Style: | Keyboard Music; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | Modern, Musical Theater, 1900-1999, 1920-1929, United States of America, Keyboard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Release Date: | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Details - 'George & Ira Gershwin: Strike Up the Band'
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| Release Date: | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genre / Style: | Rock; Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Release Date: | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Details - 'George & Ira Gershwin: Strike Up the Band'
| Genre / Style: | Soundtrack; Show Tunes, American Popular Song, Cast Recordings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | Classical, Vocal, Show Tunes, United States of America, Standards, Traditional Pop, Tin Pan Alley Pop, American Popular Song, Cast Recordings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Release Date: | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George & Ira Gershwin: Strike Up the Band
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George & Ira Gershwin: Strike Up the Band
The musical Strike Up the Band had two different versions. With songs by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman, it had an unsuccessful tryout in Philadelphia in 1927 and closed without moving to Broadway. Then, it was heavily revised, both in terms of the Gershwins' music and with Morrie Ryskind brought in to refashion the script as a vehicle for the comedians Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough, and finally opened on Broadway on January 14, 1930, for a successful run of 191 performances. Theater historians, however, have tended to agree with some of the Philadelphia critics that the 1927 version was preferable, if ahead of its time, as a satiric examination of government corruption and capitalism. (In its initial plot, an American cheese company gets the U.S. government to declare war on Switzerland in a bid to increase sales.) Neither version was recorded for an original cast album, since that practice was uncommon at the time. Here, Tommy Krasker, working with the Gershwin estate, has assembled a restored version of the 1927 production for a 1990 studio cast recording, adding excerpts from the 1930 version as an appendix (the last seven tracks on disc two). The result is an appealing work that combines some well-known Gershwin songs ("The Man I Love," "Strike Up the Band," "I've Got a Crush on You") with some effective lesser-known pieces and some of Kaufman's funny dialogue, all performed by a talented cast led by Brent Barrett and Rebecca Luker. Along with the 1987 concert cast recording of the Gershwin shows Let ‘Em Eat Cake and Of Thee I Sing, later political satires in the same vein, this album brings one of the songwriters' best stage works into the recorded medium after decades of neglect. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi Read more...
Meat Town
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George & Ira Gershwin: Strike Up the Band
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