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Guys & Dolls (Audio Cassette) [Import]


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The original 1950 production of this classic played the mythical Damon Runyon world of New York City gamblers a lot straighter than the 1992 Broadway revival did. In fact, 1950 reviewers called this the "South Pacific of crapshooters." Alas, Guys and Dolls plays a lot better as a cartoon-like "fable" in the 1990s--which is why the revival is probably the definitive recording while this one is more a historical artifact. Still, it's a gas to hear Robert Alda (Alan's dad!) and Sam Levene originate the roles of Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit, while both Vivian Blaine and Stubby Kaye (who actually gets most of the showstoppers) would repeat their roles in the otherwise dreadful 1955 Brando/Sinatra film version. And the Frank Loesser music is always great. --Bill Holdship

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Guys & Dolls , Decca has remastered, repackaged and reissued the 1950 original cast album-with four bonus tracks (songs from the 1955 film soundtrack) that have never been on CD before! Luck Be a Lady; I've Never Been in Love Before; A Bushel and a Peck irresistible stuff.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Decca original cast album sounding better than ever! May 24 2004
By Mark Andrew Lawrence
Format:Audio CD
Winner of the 1951 Tony Award for Best Musical, GUYS AND DOLLS is considered by many to be a near perfect musical comedy. The book is genuinely funny and yet we really do care about the characters.

Decca's original cast album was taped just a few weeks after the show had opened to rave reviews. The voices are full of character: Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley make an ideal Sky and Sarah. Vivian Blaine forever owns the role of Adelaide (and she got to preserve her performance in the 1955 film.) Sam Levene is NOT a singer (the cast even asked him NOT to sing in the chorus numbers) and his appearances on the recording are limited. Still, GUYS AND DOLLS would not work with opera singers. The flat Decca sound does not exactly make the vocals sound warmer, but in remastering the original tapes, we can at least hear everything clearly and especially some of the orchestral textures lost in the previous releases. And no one can beat Stubby Kaye's "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" Like Blaine, he got to repeat his role in the film but neither of them appear on the soundtrack album.

No complete soudntrack album was made of the 1955 film because of Frank Sinatra's contract with Capitol Records. Decca put out a 4-song EP with Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons singing their numbers from the film and that mini-album is included here as bonus tracks.

The 1992 Broadway revival was a spirited production with a great cast (Peter Gallagher, Nathan Lane and Faith Prince) and a recording that captures all the fun. It's more complete, and has better sound. What it lacks are Stubby Kare and Vivian Blaine.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing beats the original Oct 29 2002
By L Suzan T
Format:Audio CD
Stereo it's not, but it's the real thing. Listening to the Original Broadway production brought back all the joy I had when I first heard all those memorable tunes. The CD has cuts from the movie version, but they pale in comparison with the performance and voices of Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine and Sam Lavene. No one could reproduce the humor and power of Vivian's "Adelaid's Lament" or "Take Back Your Mink", or Stubby Kaye's "Guys and Dolls". All was as I remembered; a thoroughly enjoyable classic.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Dull and Annoying Recording. Jan 5 2002
By Bob Smith
Format:Audio CD
With the singers in Guys and Dolls, you'd expect a splashy hit recording, but with this recording...everything seems to go wrong, and although the actors try...it gets them nowhere, and becomes one of the most unemjoyable recordings of all time. The movie was excellent, and so was the revival, but this just didn't click. Other then 1 or 2 semi-catchy tunes, it's basically a bad rehash of what used to be.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Wasted my money
DON'T BUY THIS VERSION OF GUYS AND DOLLS. I regret buying this one hundred percent. The actors' singing voices are JUST unpleasant and does not make you want to sing a long, while... Read more
Published on Mar 28 2004 by Christina
1.0 out of 5 stars I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS CD!!!
My high school did this for a school production. I bought this CD to see how it sounded. The budding actors and actresses of my school literally blew these singers away like atomic... Read more
Published on Mar 26 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Musical
This musical, ia one of the best I've ever seen, and what makes it so good? The music. This soundtrack is one that you just have to buy. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2001
3.0 out of 5 stars great except for adelaide
ok I am simply going to write my honest opinion. Most of it is really good, and I simply love the plot seeing that I have performed in the musical Guys and Dolls it's... Read more
Published on Dec 31 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars Desert Island Disc
This Broadway version of Guys and Dolls sparkles. What makes it special is the singing of Stubby Kaye and Vivian Blaine, who were also in the film version. Read more
Published on Dec 11 2000 by Peter Prainito
5.0 out of 5 stars A remastered CD of a Broadway masterpiece with some bonuses
Not all that many musicals can brag that more than half the songs have become standards. And in these days of the "one tune show" (if that many), it is the revivals of... Read more
Published on Jun 27 2000 by F. Behrens
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