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Release Date: 17 July 2026
Label: Number One Essentials
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563187049
Genres: Soundtracks Musical
Description
The complete 1956 Broadway Cast Recording of the classic Lerner & Loewe musical My Fair Lady - limited edition pressing on 180g vinyl.
The perennial Broadway musical My Fair Lady was based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. This release presents the complete recording by the original Broadway cast, taped in 1956.
The recording showcases Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews in the lead roles - Harrison would also star in the 1964 film, in which Audrey Hepburn replaced Julie Andrews. This Original Cast Recording went on to become the bestselling album in the United States in 1957 where it spent 15 weeks in the Billboard chart.
Recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, March 24, 1956.
Tracklisting
Oliver Nelson
Nina Simone
Bill Evans Trio
Muddy Waters
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Joao Gilberto
Charles Mingus
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews
Anne Sofie von Otter; Salon Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin; Adam Benzwi
Irene Theorin; Jennifer Holloway; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner; Nikolai Schukoff; Iain Paterson; Bergen
Maria Bayo, Renalto Palumbo
Weiss/Nomos-Quartet
Various
Various
Various
