The Ultimate Show Boat, 1928 - 1947 (Original, Revival and Studio Cast Anthology) [Cast Recording]

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For hardcore fans of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, the double-CD The Ultimate Showboat will be a ride down memory lane you won't soon forget. Musical reissues rarely get a comprehensive treatment like this collection taken from rare cast recordings, revivals, radio productions, and pop-vocal records (all dating between 1928 and 1947). Obviously, the sound quality on many of the earlier recordings isn't the best, but where else can we hear legendary vocalists such as Paul Robeson, Allan Jones, and Bing Crosby all singing timeless tunes from one of America's great musicals? Rarities abound: the soft voice of Helen Morgan is captured in a rare radio transcription from 1938 singing "Bill," "Show Boat: Scenario" is a composition commissioned from Kern by Artur Roszinksi for the Cleveland Orchestra, and numerous tracks from the 1946 Broadway revival are included. Probably not the first Show Boat you should pick up, but it's a must-have for completists. --Jason Verlinde

The Ultimate Show Boat, 1928 - 1947 (Original, Revival and Studio Cast Anthology), Music, Various Artists - Soundtracks, Paul Whiteman, Nathaniel Shilkret, Victor Young, Clifford Greenwood, Victor Arden, Lou Bring, Louis Silvers, Artur Rodzinski, Edwin McArthur, Tess Gardella, Bing Crosby, Paul Robeson, Jules Bledsoe, Lambert Murphy, Al Jolson, Elisabeth Welch, Todd Duncan, Jan Clayton, Kenneth Spencer, Irene Dunne, Helen Morgan, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Music Theater, Musical Collections, Musical Theater, Nostalgia, Pop, Show Tunes, Showtunes / B'way, Soundtrack, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal

The Ultimate Show Boat, 1928 - 1947 (Original, Revival and Studio Cast Anthology)
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Jolson is the king of Ol' Man River

The Ultimate Show Boat, 1928 - 1947 (Original, Revival and Studio Cast Anthology)
Various Artists - Soundtracks , Paul Whiteman , Nathaniel Shilkret , Victor Young , Clifford Greenwood , Victor Arden , Lou Bring , Louis Silvers , Artur Rodzinski , Edwin McArthur , Tess Gardella , Bing Crosby , Paul Robeson , Jules Bledsoe , Lambert Murphy , Al Jolson , Elisabeth Welch , Todd Duncan , Jan Clayton , Kenneth Spencer , Irene Dunne , and Helen Morgan
Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00001ZWD2
Release Date: 1999-10-19

Ol' Man River - Bing Crosby
Make Believe - Bing Crosby
Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
Selection: Why Do I Love You?/Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man/You Are Love/Make Believe - Olive Kline/Lambert Murphy
Ol' Man River - Al Jolson
Bill - Helen Morgan
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Helen Morgan
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Tess Gardella
Ol' Man River - Jules Bledsoe
After The Ball - Henry Burr
Hello, Ma Baby/Goodbye My Lady Love - Joseph E. Howard
Overture - Brunswick Concert Orchestra/Victor Young
Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
Bill - Helen Morgan
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Helen Morgan
You Are Love - James Melton
Make-Believe - James Melton
Why Do I Love You? - Countess Olga Albani/Frank Munn
Finale - 'Show Boat' Chorus
Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
Ah Still Suits Me - Paul Robeson/Elisabeth Welch
Bill - Helen Morgan

Tracks:

Make Believe - Allan Jones
Why Do I Love You? - Allan Jones
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Irene Dunne/Charles Winninger
Show Boat: Scenario - Cleveland Orchestra/Artur Rodzinski
Ol' Man River - Todd Duncan
Overture - 'Show Boat' Orchestra/Edwin McArthur
Cotton Blossom - 'Show Boat' Chorus
Only Make Believe - Charles Fredericks/Jan Clayton
Ol' Man River - Kenneth Spencer
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Carol Bruce/Helen Dowdy/Kenneth Spencer
Life Upon The Wicked Stage - Colette Lyons
You Are Love - Charles Fredericks/Jan Clayton
Why Do I Love You? - Charles Fredericks/Jan Clayton
Bill - Carol Bruce
Nobody Else But Me - Jan Clayton
Ah Still Suits Me - Paul Robeson
Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson

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For hardcore fans of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, the double-CD The Ultimate Showboat will be a ride down memory lane you won't soon forget. Musical reissues rarely get a comprehensive treatment like this collection taken from rare cast recordings, revivals, radio productions, and pop-vocal records (all dating between 1928 and 1947). Obviously, the sound quality on many of the earlier recordings isn't the best, but where else can we hear legendary vocalists such as Paul Robeson, Allan Jones, and Bing Crosby all singing timeless tunes from one of America's great musicals? Rarities abound: the soft voice of Helen Morgan is captured in a rare radio transcription from 1938 singing "Bill," "Show Boat: Scenario" is a composition commissioned from Kern by Artur Roszinksi for the Cleveland Orchestra, and numerous tracks from the 1946 Broadway revival are included. Probably not the first Show Boat you should pick up, but it's a must-have for completists. --Jason Verlinde

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Jolson is the king of Ol' Man River.......2005-08-19

This collection includes various renditions of "Ol' Man River" (Spencer, Crosby, Roberson) with Kenneth Spencer displaying the deepest bass, but, as usual, the smooth singing Al Jolson reigns supreme on his version. Another fabulous track is Colette Lyons singing "Life Upon the Wicked Stage". Lyons chills me with her rolling tongue.

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