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South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

1. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. Overture
2. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. Dites-moi
3. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. A Cockeyed Optimist
4. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. Twin Soliloquies
5. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. Some Enchanted Evening
6. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. Bloody Mary
7. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. There Is Nothin' Like a Dame
8. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. Bali Ha'i
9. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. I'm Gonna Wash that Man right outa My Hair
10. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. A Wonderful Guy
11. South Pacific, musical: Act 1. Younger than Springtime
12. South Pacific, musical: Act 2. Happy Talk
13. South Pacific, musical: Act 2. Honey Bun
14. South Pacific, musical: Act 2. You've Got to be Carefully Taught
15. South Pacific, musical: Act 2. This Nearly Was Mine
16. South Pacific, musical: Act 2. Finale. Dites-moi (reprise)
17. South Pacific, musical: Loneliness of Evening
18. South Pacific, musical: My Girl Back Home
19. South Pacific, musical: Bali Ha'i
20. South Pacific, musical: Symphonic Scenario for Concert Orchestra
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 749919
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Music composed by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Principal cast includes Mary Martin (Ensign Nellie Forbush); Ezio Pinza (Emile De Becque); Juanita Hall (Bloody Mary).
Principally recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, New York on April 18 & 19, 1949. Includes liner notes by Marc Kirkeby and Theodore S. Chapin.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Reissue producer: Didier C. Deutsch.
Recorded at Columbia Records, 30th Street Studio, New York, New York on April 18 & 19, 1949. Includes liner notes by Marc Kirkeby.
While the 1958 movie version of SOUTH PACIFIC would spawn one of the all-time biggest-selling soundtracks, the original 1949 Broadway version's significance should not be understated. The Rogers & Hammerstein play was an international sensation, introduced opera star Ezio Pinza to a newer, wider audience, and provided the sexy spectacle of Mary Martin in the shower singing the classic "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair." Indeed, Pinza's original version of "Some Enchanted Evening" remains the standard's definitive version, an almost surreal pairing of classical phrasing and pop majesty.