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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: RCA Victor Broadway
Salesrank: 50486
Released: October 25, 1990 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Oliver! (1963 Original Broadway Cast) Track Listing:
1. Overture/Food Glorious Food - The Boys
2. Oliver! - The Boys, Wiloughby Goddard, Hope Jackman, Bruce Prochnik
3. I Shall Scream - Wiloughby Goddard, Hope Jackman
4. Boy for Sale; Where Is Love? - Wiloughby Goddard, Bruce Prochnik
5. Consider Yourself - Crowd, Michael Goodman, Bruce Prochnik
6. You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two - Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill
7. It's a Fine Life - Georgia Brown, Alice Playten
8. I'd Do Anything - Georgia Brown, Michael Goodman, Alice Playten, Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill
9. Be Back Soon - The Boys, Michael Goodman, Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill
10. Oom-Pah-Pah - Georgia Brown
11. My Name - Danny Sewell
12. As Long as He Needs Me - Georgia Brown
13. Who Will Buy? - Bruce Prochnik, Chorus
14. Reviewing the Situation - Clive Revill
15. As Long as He Needs Me (Reprise) - Georgia Brown
16. Reviewing the Situation (Reprise) - Clive Revill
17. Finale
Editorial Review:
Lionel Bart's wonderful musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic was the first London stage musical to be transplanted to Broadway with the same kind of sensation it received in Britain-- something that is now common in these post-Cats/Les Miserables times. Although no one from this British cast ever became enormously famous (future Monkee Davy Jones was in the second Broadway cast)--and Sir Carol Reed's film version receives all the critical accolades--this remains the better recording, featuring all the songs cut from the film, while excluding the film's musical interludes that simply seem annoying without the visuals. Just compare Bruce Brochnik to the film's Mark Lester in the title role. Or Clive Revill to Ron Moody's Fagin. Or any of the principals, for that matter--and the differences are remarkable. --Bill Holdship
Oliver! (1963 Original Broadway Cast) Reviews:
Oliver! (Deluxe Edition) (1963 Original Broadway Cast) 
2009-11-07 - This is what I have been looking for. It replaces my original LP that was damaged by a flood. I like it very much better because of its format to CD.
OLIVER
2009-03-16 - I AM A MOVIE MUSICAL NUT AND REALIZED ONE DAY I WAS HUMMING A TUNE FROM "OLIVER" AND DID NOT HAVE THE DVD. IT BROUGHT BACK GOOD MEMORIES SINCE I LOVED THE MOVIE. THERE ARE SOME GREAT SONGS ON THE DVD.
Memories
2009-01-17 - I wore out the vinyl on this album when I had it as a child. I can sing along with every word, know every nuance. I loved the big numbers, Consider Yourself, Oom Pa Pa, etc. And now as I listen as an adult, I am enjoying rest of the pieces.
I can't (and honestly, don't want) to separate the quality of the music from the childhood enjoyment, so for me it is 5 stars.
The additional material is fun, and since the original has worn a permanent groove in my brain, it's interesting to hear different takes on the material.
Still sounds great after all these years 
2008-07-07 - I saw this play on Broadway when it opened. I still know the lyrics!
Unusual subject material; wonderful musical!
2008-06-27 - "Oliver!" is not a musical to be analyzed song-by-song or voice-by-voice. It is a musical to be enjoyed as a whole. While a couple of the songs did enjoy some popular success, there is really no stand-out among them; and none of the voices is out of the ordinary.
However, every song either propels the plot or reveals character traits. And every voice portrays the person it represents.
So--Sit back, close your eyes, relax, visualize the version of "Oliver!" you have seen (either the movie or on stage), and relive your theater experience. You will not be sorry.
