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Kiss Me, Kate

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
by: Original Broadway Cast

Release Date October 25, 1990
I'm not a Broadway musical lover in general, but this recording is TERRIFIC! I've compared it to more contemporary versions, most notably the 1953 movie version with Ann Miller, and it remains the gold standard. Hysterically funny lyrics, great tunes, wonderful, operatic-style delivery in many cases. This version ...the original ... is so much bawdier (and yet classier) than any more modern one. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen!

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Kiss Me, Kate

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
by: Original Broadway Cast

Release Date July 01, 1991
I'm not a Broadway musical lover in general, but this recording is TERRIFIC! I've compared it to more contemporary versions, most notably the 1953 movie version with Ann Miller, and it remains the gold standard. Hysterically funny lyrics, great tunes, wonderful, operatic-style delivery in many cases. This version ...the original ... is so much bawdier (and yet classier) than any more modern one. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen!

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The Best of Broadway, Vol. 3: South Pacific/A Chorus Line/Kiss Me Kate (Original Broadway Casts)

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
by: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Cole Porter

Release Date January 18, 2000
This boxed set is everything I was hoping for... ...great broadway shows, original cast recordings, and a great savings. Kiss Me Kate was recorded 51 years ago but the quality is great. Chorus Line and South Pacific are the same way. This is a great find!

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Golden Greats (broadway Hits)

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
by: Various

Release Date January 08, 2002
This boxed set is everything I was hoping for... ...great broadway shows, original cast recordings, and a great savings. Kiss Me Kate was recorded 51 years ago but the quality is great. Chorus Line and South Pacific are the same way. This is a great find!

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Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
from: Golden Greats

Release Date February 26, 2002
This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.

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Kiss Me, Kate (1959 Recording With Original Cast)

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
from: Angel Records

Release Date March 16, 1993
There isn't much to recommend this recording over the 1949 OBC, except that this recording is in stereo and the OBC was mono. In 1959, the original Broadway stars of KISS ME KATE were reunited, to record a studio album of the score in the new stereo format. While time did little to diminish the amazing vocal prowess of Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang, the overall recording is so similar to the OBC that it's almost frightening.

As my fellow reviewer Mark Andrew Lawrence has noted, Pembroke Davenport returned to fill the position of musical director, and the same snips and trims are evident from the original album.

Considering this was Patricia Morison's third KATE album (following the original ... Read More:

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Kiss Me, Kate

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
by: 1959 Capitol Studio Cast

Release Date April 16, 1995
There isn't much to recommend this recording over the 1949 OBC, except that this recording is in stereo and the OBC was mono. In 1959, the original Broadway stars of KISS ME KATE were reunited, to record a studio album of the score in the new stereo format. While time did little to diminish the amazing vocal prowess of Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang, the overall recording is so similar to the OBC that it's almost frightening.

As my fellow reviewer Mark Andrew Lawrence has noted, Pembroke Davenport returned to fill the position of musical director, and the same snips and trims are evident from the original album.

Considering this was Patricia Morison's third KATE album (following the original ... Read More:

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Kiss Me, Kate

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
by: 1959 Capitol Studio Cast

Release Date August 10, 1990
There isn't much to recommend this recording over the 1949 OBC, except that this recording is in stereo and the OBC was mono. In 1959, the original Broadway stars of KISS ME KATE were reunited, to record a studio album of the score in the new stereo format. While time did little to diminish the amazing vocal prowess of Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang, the overall recording is so similar to the OBC that it's almost frightening.

As my fellow reviewer Mark Andrew Lawrence has noted, Pembroke Davenport returned to fill the position of musical director, and the same snips and trims are evident from the original album.

Considering this was Patricia Morison's third KATE album (following the original ... Read More:

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Great Broadway Shows

Search: Tom- Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
from: Avid Records UK

Release Date June 21, 2005
I purchased this set originally for New Faces of 1952. Being a fan of most musicals of that era I was not disappointed. I found the original cast recordings to be excellent and a perfect introduction to Broadway Shows.

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Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits

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from: Disky Golden Greats

Release Date February 26, 2002
This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.