South Pacific > Original London Cast

Show Details

Show: South Pacific (102)
Music: Richard Rodgers (1285)
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (902)
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Joshua Logan (20)

Recording Details

Date: 1951
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: UK / England / London
Theatre/Venue: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Director: Joshua Logan (20)
Conductor: Reginald Burston (11)
Performer: Wilbur Evans (13), Peter Grant (13), John Levitt, Patricia Lowi, Mary Martin (179), Muriel Smith (21)
Shortcode: [r2942]

Releases

Format: 7-78
Label: EMI DB2963
Released: 1951
Also Contains: South Pacific - 1951 Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra
Notes: At the time or this original release EMI/Columbia in the U.K. had ties with the American Columbia label. Rather than re-record Mary Martin's solo numbers (and the male chorus numbers) EMI simply recycled the Broadway recordings for this set. (See * next to the song title in the list below)

By the mid-1950s the association between EMI and American Columbia was disolved, so subsequent issues have had an incomplete song program.
Lists: 3 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode: [rl11458]

1. Overrture. (This 2-sided medley is both the Overture and Entr'acte.)
2. Dites Moi
3. A Cockeyed Optimist (*)
4. Twin Soliloquies
5. Some Enchanted Evening
6. Bloody Mary *
7. There is Nothing Like a Dame *
8. Bali Ha'i
9. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair *
10.A WOnderful Guy*
11.Younger Than Springtime
12.Happy Talk
13.Honey Bun *
14.Carefully Taught
15.This Nearly Was Mine
16.Finale