Kwamina > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Kwamina (3)
Music: Richard Adler (89)
Lyrics: Richard Adler (89)
Book: Robert Alan Aurthur (3)

Recording Details

Date: November 18, 1961
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Producer: Dick Jones (28), Andy Wiswell (66)
Liner Notes: Robert Alan Aurthur (3)
Director: Robert Lewis (7)
Choreography: Agnes de Mille (23)
Music Director: Colin Romoff (9)
Orchestrations: Irwin Kostal (85), Sid Ramin (71)
Dance Music: John Morris (29)
Performer: Issa Arnal (2), Joseph Attles (3), Ethel Ayler (3), Terry Carter (2), Scott Gibson (2), Robert Guillaume (21), Victoria Harrison, Lillian Hayman (6), Lee Hooper (4), Sally Ann Howes (28), Mary Louise (10), Rosalie Maxwell, Brock Peters (14), Helen Phillips, Michael Quashie, Charles Queenan, Mal Scott, Charles Tipton
Notes: Recorded after the show closed
Shortcode: [r3016]

Releases (4)

Format: CD
Label: Angel 64891
Released: 1993-07-20
Barcode: ZDM0777764891
Audio: Stereo
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Mastering: Bob Norberg (18)
Liner Notes: David Foil (43)
# Tracks: 14
Lists: 140 collectors / 5 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl2662]

1.	Cocoa Bean Song -- Robert Guillaume, Scott Gibson, Gordon Watkins, Company
2.	Welcome Home -- Scott Gibson, Mal Scott, Lee Hooper, Mike Quashie, Company
3.	The Sun Is Beginning to Crow -- Company
4.	Did You Hear That? -- Sally Ann Howes, Terry Carter
5.	You're As English As -- Sally Ann Howes
6.	Seven Sheep, Four Red Shirts, a Bottle of Gin -- Joseph Attles, Scott Gibson, Charles Queenan, George Tipton, Company
7.	Nothing More to Look Forward to -- Robert Guillaume, Ethel Ayer
8.	What's Wrong with Me? -- Sally Ann Howes
9.	Something Big -- Company
10.	Ordinary People -- Sally Ann Howes, Terry Carter
11.	A Man Can Have No Choice -- Brock Peters
12.	What Happened to Me -- Sally Ann Howes
13.	One Wife -- Lillian Hayman, Rosalie Maxwell, Isa Arnel, Victor Harrison, Lee Hooper, Mary Louise, Helen Phillips
14.	Another Time, Another Place -- Sally Ann Howes

Format: 2-CD
Label: Stage Door STAGE 9069
Released: 2020-01-31
Barcode: 5055122190691
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Also Contains: Makin' Whoopee! / Seems Like Long, Long Ago / What's Wrong with Me? / One Boy - 1961 Joanie Sommers
The Original Jazz Score of Kwamina - 1961 The Billy Taylor Orchestra
Selections from Kwamina - 1961 Studio Cast
Sincerely Yours... - 1963 Robert Goulet
Notes: Part of Stage Door's 'Deluxe Edition' series. Limited to 500 copies.
# Tracks: 43
Lists: 33 collectors / 4 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl65344]

DISC ONE
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING (Stereo)
1. THE COCOA BEAN SONG - Company
2. WELCOME HOME - Company
3. THE SUN IS BEGINNING TO CROW - Company
4. DID YOU HEAR THAT? - Sally Ann Howes, Terry Carter
5. YOU'RE AS ENGLISH AS - Sally Ann Howes
6. SEVEN SHEEP, FOUR RED SHIRTS, AND A BOTTLE OF GIN - Company
7. NOTHING MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO - Robert Guillaume, Ethel Ayler
8. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? - Sally Ann Howes
9. SOMETHING BIG - Company
10. ORDINARY PEOPLE - Sally Ann Howes, Terry Carter
11. A MAN CAN HAVE NO CHOICE - Brock Peters
12. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TONIGHT? - Sally Ann Howes
13. ONE WIFE - Lillian Hayman, Rosalie Maxwell, Issa Arnal, Victoria Harrison, Lee Hooper
14. ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE - Sally Ann Howes
BONUS TRACKS
15. DID YOU HEAR THAT? (Alternate Take) - Sally Ann Howes, Terry Carter
16. YOU'RE AS ENGLISH AS (Alternate Take) - Sally Ann Howes
17. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? (Alternate Take) - Sally Ann Howes
18. ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE ('Stars For Defense' Version) - Sally Ann Howes
DISC TWO
SELECTIONS FROM 'KWAMINA' - STUDIO CAST RECORDING
1. SOMETHING BIG
2. ORDINARY PEOPLE
3. NOTHING MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO
4. THE SUN IS BEGINNING TO CROW
5. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
6. I'M SEEING RAINBOWS
7. HAPPY IS THE CRICKET
8. THE COCOA BEAN SONG
9. ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
COVER RECORDINGS
10. SOMETHING BIG - Hollyridge Strings and Chorus
11. ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE - Jerry Vale
12. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? - Joanie Sommers
13. NOTHING MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO - The Kingston Trio
14. ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE - Al Martino
15. ORDINARY PEOPLE - Gordon MacRae
16. ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE - Robert Goulet
THE ORIGINAL JAZZ SCORE OF 'KWAMINA' (Stereo)
17. SOMETHING BIG - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
18. I'M SEEING RAINBOWS - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
19. ORDINARY PEOPLE - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
20. THE COCOA BEAN SONG - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
21. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
22. NOTHING MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
23. ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
24. HAPPY IS THE CRICKET - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra
25. THE SUN IS BEGINNING TO CROW - The Billy Taylor Jazz Orchestra