Goodnight, Angel

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Kathie Lee's new CD, "Goodnight,Angel" is a unique collection of original lullabies, carefully and lovingly designed for mothers and children to listen to together as the child falls asleep. The album begins with beautiful lullabies about sleep and love and comfort, and then, as the child gets sleepier, moves into an almost hypnotic group of songs designed to suggest to the child that the world is a safe place where his or her dreams can come true. And as the child falls asleep, the later songs quietly and sensitively deal with a mother's feelings for her child. Original lyrics were written by Kathie Lee with her particular sensibility for children and mothers, and the music, which is continuous and moves gracefully from one song to the next, was written by David Friedman.

Goodnight, Angel, Music, Kathie Lee Gifford, Childrens, Pop
The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast) [Angel Reissue]
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Music Man
  • One of This Country's Finest Musicals Beautifully Re-Mastered
  • We need a new remaster, nonetheless
  • Accept no substitutes!
  • Preston and Cook are the best ever
 The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast) [Angel Reissue]

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Similar Items:
  1. My Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast)
  2. South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast)
  3. Camelot (1960 Original Broadway Cast)
  4. West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
  5. Guys & Dolls: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1950 Original Broadway Cast)

ASIN: B000002SNL
Release Date: 1992-11-17

Tracks:

  1. Act I. Overture/Rock Island - Vern Reed
  2. Act I. Iowa Stubborn - Ensamble
  3. Act I. Ya Got Trouble - Robert Preston/Ensemble
  4. Act I. Piano Lesson - Barbara Cook/Pert Kelton
  5. Act I. Goodnight My Someone - Barbara Cook
  6. Act I. Seventy-Six Trombones - Robert Preston
  7. Act I. Sincere - Buffalo Bills
  8. Act I. The Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me - Robert Preston
  9. Act I. Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little - Asnia Rice, Peggy Mondo, Elain Swann, Helen Raymond, Martha Flynn, Robert Preston
  10. Act I. Goodnight Ladies/Marian The Librarian - Robert Preston, Buffalo Bills
  11. Act I. My White Knight - Barbara Cook
  12. Act I. Wells Fargo Wagon - Eddie Hodges, Ensemble
  13. Act II. It's You - Buffalo Bills
  14. Act II. Shipoopi - Iggie Wolfington, Ensemble
  15. Act II. Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You? - Buffalo Bills, Barbara Cook
  16. Act II. Gary, Indiana - Eddie Hodges
  17. Act II. Till There Was You - Barbara Cook, Robert Preston
  18. Act II. Finale - Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Ensemble

Amazon.com

Although Robert Preston and Barbara Cook put in stellar performances, it's the music that's the star of this hugely successful document of the 1958 Broadway smash. Written entirely by Meredith Willson, it drew from memories of his childhood in a small Midwestern town. Preston plays a traveling salesman/con artist, while Cook is the dull spinster "Marian the Librarian," whose love for Preston's character makes her come alive. "Seventy-Six Trombones" has become a marching band standard, while "Ya Got Trouble" (featuring dizzying fast-talk from Preston) and "'Til There Was You" (with a gorgeous vocal from Cook) remain well known even among those who have never seen the show. The latter was also a favorite of the Beatles, who covered it on their first album. --Dawn Eden

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Music Man.......2007-02-09

The original cast recording brings back the memory of the live production I saw which will always be superior, in my opinion, to the movie version. However, the movie was one of the better "reproductions" of this genre.

5 out of 5 stars One of This Country's Finest Musicals Beautifully Re-Mastered.......2006-11-23

THE MUSIC MAN opened on Broadway on December 19, 1957 to rave reviews from the critics, adulations from the captivated audiences, and the beginning of a long run. This wondrous musical is an 'opera' of sorts in that the piece is not a series of songs connected by the usual musical comedy spoken dialogue. Meredith Willson wrote the music and lyrics in such a way that there is not an extraneous note or word that doesn't contribute to the totality of the work.

Despite the multiple reincarnations of this brilliant show both on film and recording, none of them compares to this original cast. Imagine Barbara Cook (lithe, and new) as Marian the Librarian: Cook still reigns as one of our finest voices on the stage and cabaret rooms today. Robert Preston is not only rich in personality he also delivers the immensely complex patter songs with deft authority. And the Buffalo Bills add the multiple barbershop quartet numbers with authentic sound and professionalism.

This musical holds all of the joys and imaginations and longings that we all hold so dear in our memories of how things used to be - and it is so terrific to return to that stage of ecstasy again. This is a must own CD. Grady Harp, November 06

5 out of 5 stars We need a new remaster, nonetheless.......2006-10-22

A very interesting photo on the liner booklet's back cover demonstrates the one real flaw in this otherwise classic recording: it shows Robert Preston at the album sessions singing at two mikes, a fat Neumann with a Capitol flag and a skinny one, probably an AKG. This can only mean Capitol recorded this in simultaneous mono and stereo takes. With all that knob twiddling the balance had to go off, a problem not entirely corrected by the reissue engineer Bob Norberg, whose remasterings of Ol' Blue's Capitol mono output have earned scorn from some Sinatraphiles for their slight fake echo and stereo effects. (He remastered just about every album in the Broadway Angel series; the monos all appear to have the echo and stereo.) I guess we should be happy to have this in any form at all given how the other majors turned it down. Capitol was late and indifferent to the cast album trade, and it only had three hits before making its monumental closing botch of "Follies." However the label approached it it's still a great and exciting score perfectly performed. Who could have imagined a hit musical with a barbershop quartet? And if only all women could sing like Barbara Cook! Who says you can have too much of a good thing?

With the show's fiftieth anniversary coming up (!) now would be a good time for a remaster. (I know, I know, I'm tired of paying repeatedly for the same product too, but this deserves it.) It should include a second disc with the 1959 Capitol documentary LP "And Then I Wrote 'The Music Man'", where Meredith Willson and his wife Rini detail the eight years of trials and rewrites behind the show. Nor would it hurt to have bonuses like Willson's original take on "Till There Was You" (called "Till I Met You," which Fran Warren evidently first sang on "The Big Show") or a few licensed pop balladeers of the day -- and maybe examples like the 70s jingle for the late lamented Oldsmobile ("Oh ho the new Oldsmobile is a -- comin' down the line...."). It must also include Willson's contentious JFK physical fitness tune "Chicken Fat", recorded about the time "The Music Man" was filmed and available only on oddball Web music sites, where Preston yells and grunts himself into an athletic -- passion. (I keep thinking Allan Sherman recorded a full version of his notorious parody "76 Sol Cohens", but I guess he didn't.) The whole thing should end with a live public-radio performance from 1980 or 1981 where Willson led the superb Detroit Concert Band in "76 Trombones" and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" -- an apt and brilliant finish.

No, I have not forgotten the Beatles, but I fear neither have their lawyers.

4 out of 5 stars Accept no substitutes!.......2006-08-22

This the best version of "The Music Man" available, especially if you're looking for the Broadway cast. The performances here are all terrific, the recording and mastering are great, and the liner notes are informative and thorough. "The Music Man" is available in several other versions and forms, including other releases of the same original cast recording, but without the good mastering or liner notes found here. My wife and I, hoping to listen to this great show with our kids, first purchased other versions that were easier to find (e.g., on iTunes) and those were major disappointments. Buy this CD (Broadway Classics from Angel) and accept no substitutes.

5 out of 5 stars Preston and Cook are the best ever.......2006-07-15

Yes, the film is a delight, and Shirley Jones is certainly good as Marian. But the original cast album of this wonderful musical remains the best version ever, mostly thanks to Barbara Cook, whose voice was and remains a miracle of rare device to listen to.

For years I thought I was the only person who was in love with her voice, wearing out vinyl LPs of this musical with replaying. Then, in the early 80s I saw Cook in a one woman show in London, and discovered I was part of a fanatical following! The other reviews here on Amazon confirm the truth: there is only one truly great Marian, Madam Librarian.

Watch the movie, which is a terrific adaptation of the stage show, go to professional and amateur revivals of the musical, but buy this recording of the score for repeated listening. There is nothing better.
Six
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    		Six

    Manufacturer: Signum UK
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    King's SingersKing's Singers | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    A CappellaA Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0007OP1IA
    Release Date: 2005-03-01

    Tracks:

    1. Down to the River to Pray
    2. Blackbird
    3. Wishing Tree
    4. Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)
    5. Blue Skies
    6. After the Goldrush
    Goodnight My Angel Lullabies for Life
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Goodnight My Angel Lullabies for Life
      Women's Chorus Of Dallas
      Manufacturer: W.C. of Dallas
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B00005YDDL
      Release Date: 1999-07-27

      Tracks:

      1. Dream on Little Angel
      2. I'll Be Here With You
      3. Sleep Kentucky Babe
      4. Cradle Song
      5. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
      6. Rock Me to Sleep
      7. Close Your Eyes
      8. Look to the Rainbow (The Rainbow Collection)
      9. Twilight Song
      10. Erin's Song
      11. Wood River
      12. You'll Never Walk Alone
      13. Prayer
      14. Lord Bless You and Keep You
      Goodnight, Angel
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Baby Xanax
      • Puts my boy to sleep every night!
      • Soothing and Sweet
      		 Goodnight, Angel
      Kathie Lee Gifford
      Manufacturer: On the Lamb
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      Vocal JazzVocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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      1. Party Animals
      2. Dreamship: Lullabies for Little Ones
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      ASIN: B00005KC8D
      Release Date: 2001-06-05

      Tracks:

      1. Goodbye,Goodnight
      2. My Child
      3. Goodnight, Angel
      4. A Different Light
      5. Goodnight Little Knight
      6. Rockabye Lullaby
      7. Baby Bird
      8. Hey Little Dreamboat
      9. If You Can Imagine
      10. Angel Baby Mine
      11. I Wish I Could Keep You This Way
      12. Every Day I Like You More
      13. Goodbye, Goodnight

      Album Description

      Kathie Lee's new CD, "Goodnight,Angel" is a unique collection of original lullabies, carefully and lovingly designed for mothers and children to listen to together as the child falls asleep. The album begins with beautiful lullabies about sleep and love and comfort, and then, as the child gets sleepier, moves into an almost hypnotic group of songs designed to suggest to the child that the world is a safe place where his or her dreams can come true. And as the child falls asleep, the later songs quietly and sensitively deal with a mother's feelings for her child. Original lyrics were written by Kathie Lee with her particular sensibility for children and mothers, and the music, which is continuous and moves gracefully from one song to the next, was written by David Friedman.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Baby Xanax.......2006-01-20

      If you think that you are too hip to buy anything by Kathie Lee, think again; this CD is brilliant. It is well thought out musically and extremely soothing. Just like her older sister that used to listen to every night, my 22 month old is usually asleep by the 3rd song.

      5 out of 5 stars Puts my boy to sleep every night!.......2002-10-23

      The music is soothing and sweet. Wonderful arrangements by Christopher Marlowe and lyrics/melodies by David Friedman and Kathie Lee! My son loves the music, as do I!

      4 out of 5 stars Soothing and Sweet.......2001-12-27

      I bought this album when my daughter was born, as my son and I enjoyed Kathie Lee's lullabye album "Dreamship" every night at bedtime for two years (it is terrific but, unfortunately, is no longer available). Kathie Lee's voice is very sweet and pure and in my opinion, just right for lullabyes. The music on this album is very soothing and just perfect for rocking your baby to sleep. I'm not crazy about "Goodnight Little Knight"--it's faster beat and pace seem out of place with the other songs, which are calming and relaxing. If you're looking for a good CD to wind down a little one at night, you won't be disappointed in this one. The lyrics will tug at your heartstrings as a parent.
      Music from Mid-19th Century America
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Music from Mid-19th Century America

        Manufacturer: New World Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        DivertimentosDivertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B0000030D3
        Release Date: 1992-12-08

        Tracks:

        1. Arizona Quickstep
        2. Bond's Serenade
        3. No One To Love
        4. Blondinette Polka
        5. Mabel Waltz
        6. Helene Schottisch
        7. American Hymn
        8. Red Stocking Quickstep
        9. Mockingbird Quickstep
        10. 'Memories Of Home' Waltz
        11. Schottische
        12. The Moon Is Above Us
        13. Brin D'Amour Polka
        14. Goodnight My Angel
        15. Fireman's Polka
        Goodnight Angel
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Goodnight Angel
          Artie Shaw
          Manufacturer: Collectables
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
          Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
          Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
          Contemporary Big BandContemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
          ASIN: B00009N1W6
          Release Date: 2003-11-25

          Tracks:

          1. Goodnight Angel
          2. It Ain't Right
          3. Japanese Sandman
          4. Sugar Foot Stomp
          5. Nightmare
          6. I Surrender, Dear
          7. Take Another Guess
          8. There's Something in the Air
          9. That Skeleton in the Closet
          10. Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody

          Album Description

          Budget price collection from Collectables featuring top selling hits including 'Goodnight Angel', 'The Japanese Sandman' and 'A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody'. 2003.
          Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)
            Billy Joel
            Manufacturer: Sony
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
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            GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B00000DE3J
            Release Date: 1994-03-15
            Herztöne (Love Songs)
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              		Herztöne (Love Songs)

              Manufacturer: Oehms
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B0009K2U4K
              Release Date: 2005-08-02
              No Wings (But Still an Angel)/Goodnight, Sweet
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                		No Wings (But Still an Angel)/Goodnight, Sweet
                Paul Barnes
                Manufacturer: The Orchard
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
                RockRock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
                ASIN: B00020HDS0
                Release Date: 2004-04-20

                Tracks:

                1. No Wings (but Still an Angel)
                2. Goodnight, Sweet Angel

                Album Description

                No Wings (but Still an Angel) is a gentle ballad with sparse accompaniment while Goodnight, Sweet Angel is a full out rocker about an entirely different type of angel.

                Music:

                1. Goofy Greats: Best of Friends [Import]
                2. Greatest Story Never Told
                3. Growing Minds With Music: Softly We Sing
                4. Holiday Piggyback Songs
                5. I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag! [Import]
                6. Indian Elephant Tea
                7. Jambo
                8. Jazz-a-Bye Lullabye Classics
                9. Jazz for Kids: Everybody's Boppin'
                10. LollipopRock!

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