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3. Al-Ari

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Average customer rating: JILL EICHENBERRY ASTOUNDS IN THIS VERY MUSICAL BROADWAY DISASTER . . . . Melodies for a change - Thank God!

Onward Victoria (1981 Original Cast Members) Book Charlotte Anker & Irene Rosenberg Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000004CPM Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. In New York the Only Sin Is Being Timid - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry
3. Magnetic Healing - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry, Lenny Wolpe
4. Taste of Forever - Jill Eikenberry
5. I Depend on You - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry
6. Onward Victoria - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry
7. Changes - Jill Eikenberry
8. Woman Like Beth - Michael Zaslow
9. Unescorted Women - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry, Lenny Wolpe
10. Love and Joy - Jill Eikenberry, Michael Zaslow
11. Everyday I Do a Little Something for the Lord
12. You Cannot Drown the Dream - Jill Eikenberry, Laura Waterbury
13. Respectable - Beth Austin
14. Another Life - Jill Eikenberry
15. Read It in the Weekly - Jill Eikenberry
16. Valentine for Beecher
17. Beecher's Defense - Jill Eikenberry
18. Finale - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Zaslow

Customer Reviews:

JILL EICHENBERRY ASTOUNDS IN THIS VERY MUSICAL BROADWAY DISASTER . . . . .......2006-12-26

". . . appealing and gutsy . . . " (William Raidy, Newark Star-Ledger) ". . . An engaging musical . . . a musical with a message and a welcome surprise . . . " (Jeffrey Lyons, CBS Radio) ". . . the show casts a pall over the audience." (Frank Rich, New York Times) ". . . a lifeless score and humorless book . . . " (John Kendrick, [...]) "Considered by some to be one of the ten worst Broadway plays. " (Victoria Woodhull website)

After three weeks of previews, ONWARD VICTORIA opened (and closed) at the Martin Beck Theatre on December 14, 1980. Eight months later, members of the original cast gathered at RCA Studios in New York to record the show. I, for one, am extremely grateful that they did and am indebted to Original Cast Records for its remastered 1994 CD release. Usually in agreement with John Kendrick, I do not find the score "lifeless." Rather, I find it refreshing and inventive; an "old-fashioned" Broadway score in the very best sense of the term.

Economic reality has extracted a heavy toll from the Broadway musical, primarily in the number of singers and dancers employed and the size and quality of the orchestra. String sections have been replaced by synthesizers; a crack dance corps and a separate big-voiced chorus have given way to 16 or fewer singer/dancers who do neither as well as they did in the good old days; the overture has all but disappeared; excellence has been replaced by ordinary. Not the case with ONWARD VICTORIA.

Just give a listen to the excellent vocal writing and choral work in the opening number "In New York The Only Sin Is Being Timid" (listed as "The Age of Brass" on opening night), Victoria's campaign song "Onward Victoria" (or, "Victoria's Banner"), "You Cannot Drown the Dream," and the hymn-parody "A Valentine for Beecher;" and the stand-up-and-cheer second act finale. Incidentally, are those Bach-trumpets I hear in "Valentine?" Maybe the book was humorless, but catch the references to incest as per Sophocles in "Something for the Lord," artfully sung by Jim Jansen, and this line - and others - from "Beecher's Defense": "Plymouth Church should be proud to have a preacher so endowed." Not all the lyrics are as inspired as these ("Love and Joy" is a case in point), but even Oscar Hammerstein, II, penned a few clinkers. How about this gem from SOUND OF MUSIC: "You need someone older and wiser telling you what to do-ooh. I am 17 going on 18. I'll take care of you."

The cast is uniformly excellent, but Jill Eikenberry is a revelation! Known primarily as "Ann Kelsey" on TVs "LA Law" (153 episodes, 1986-1994), she reveals herself as a fine singer-actress in the role of Victoria Woodhull, a feminist who, decades before women won the right to vote, was the Equal Rights Party candidate for President, running against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant. In addition to her campaign-style numbers, Ms. Eikenberry gives us two lovely, character-building ballads, "I've Had a Taste of Forever" & "Another Life." Beth Austin, as Woodhull's sister Tennie Clafin, joins Victoria in "Magnetic Healing" & "I Depend on You" and gets her chance to shine in the big, brassy, show-stopping "Respectable." Lenny Wolpe (Feldzieg in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE), as restaurateur Charlie Delmonico, has a great time with "Unescorted Women;" Jim Jansen (Post Office prosecutor Anthony Comstock) gleefully reveals "Every Day I Do a Little Something for the Lord;" Michael Zaslow (Henry Ward Beecher, charismatic preacher of Brooklyn's Plymouth Church) explains away his wife's infidelity with "A Woman Like Beth" and joins Victoria in "Love and Joy," the only number that, in my opinion, doesn't succeed.

A "lifeless score?" I think not. Rather, a delightful score that transcends its appallingly bad book. (See also WHOOP-UP, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, et. al.) Without a complete rewrite of the book, it's doubtful that ONWARD VICTORIA will ever again find its way onto the stage, so let's be grateful that this fine recording, with members of the original Broadway cast, is here for us to enjoy.

Highly recommended.

Melodies for a change - Thank God!.......2002-12-13

I thoroughly enjoyed ONWARD VICTORIA'S lush score. I am unable, even after 2 weeks, to get Mr. Herrmann's melodies out of my head. It is unfortunate that the theatrical environment of today only encourages the big, garish, pop scores of the talent-less British wave of writers. I hope Mr. Herrmann keeps on doing what he is doing - Thank you Keith Herrmann!

Average customer rating: Sounds of the Aftermath by the Imprints

Sounds of the Aftermath Imprints Manufacturer: 8-Ball Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A1IO2A Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

1. Collision
2. Utah Zen
3. Somebody, Somewhere
4. Tried and True
5. Blister Rays
6. Long List of No's
7. Windows
8. Reckless
9. Chemical Ambition
10. Words
11. Different This Time

Customer Reviews:

Sounds of the Aftermath by the Imprints.......2005-08-08

Sounds of the Aftermath is a rare gem, glimmering w/lyrics and rhythms which haunt, groove, and inspire. Utah Zen and Blister Rays are instant classics, taking you on a musical journey to far away places, yet somehow drifting back "home" again. And, I just can't seem to shake the soulful meanderings of Rob Stroup's voice in Windows Painted Blue. All of the tracks on this CD showcase the superb songwriting of Stroup, Robley, and Huggins along w/the well honed musicianship of the entire band.

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Record of Changes SamulNori Manufacturer: Creative Music Prod. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Korea | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000008KE5 Release Date: 1993-01-04

Tracks:

1. Kut
2. P'u Sal
3. Al-Ari

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Nothing Changes Abramis Brama Manufacturer: Record Haven ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002B9I0U Release Date: 2002-11-11

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Such A Pretty Face: A New Musical (1996 New York Cast) Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000004CRR Release Date: 1996-12-02

Tracks:

1. Brand New Start
2. Fairy Tales
3. Fairy Tales (Reprise)
4. Tell Me What I'm Doing Wrong
5. Such A Pretty Face
6. Born To Be A Bitch
7. Letters
8. Brand New Start (Reprise)
9. Queens Of The Jingle
10. Will I Ever Learn?
11. True Relief
12. I Knew It The Minute We Met
13. I Knew It The Minute We Met (Reprise)
14. Till The Fat Lady Sings
15. I Wonder
16. Food Abuse
17. Good Neighbors
18. Making Changes
19. Perfect Marriage
20. Every Child Is Special
21. Everyone Is Special
22. Overture

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Time Changes Everything Manufacturer: Omm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJPIQ Release Date: 2005-02-15

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Everything Changes Manufacturer: Brian Lavelle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGY08 Release Date: 2004-07-13

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Nothing Changes Abramis Brama Manufacturer: Record Haven ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006JM7U Release Date: 2002-08-26

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1. Resposta Ao Tempo [Import]
2. Riocarioca [Import]
3. Roots of Juju, 1928
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5. Sevillanas [Import]
6. Song Boca [Import]
7. Terra d'Agua
8. The Afro-Brazilian Project
9. The Dulcimer Collection
10. Two For Brazil

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Villa Lobos: The Little Train of the Caipira; Antill: Corroboree; Ginastera: Estancia; Panambi

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