Kiss Me Kate (1968) Vinyl LP • Armstrong, Soundtrack, Cole Porter, Robert Goulet

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing, slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); one seam partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; heavier wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Overture ("Kiss Me, Kate" Orchestra )
2. Another Op'nin', Another Snow ("Kiss Me Kate" Entire Company )
3. Why Can't You Behave (Jessica Walter )
4. Wunderbar (Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence )
5. So In Love (Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence )
6. We Open In Venice (Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Jessica Walter, Michael Callan, and "Kiss Me, Kate" Chorus )
7. I Hate Men (Carol Lawrence )
8. I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua (Robert Goulet )
9. Tom, Dick Or Harry (Jessica Walter, Michael Callan, Tony Hendra, and Nic Ullett )
10. Were Thine That Special Face (Robert Goulet )
11. Too Darn Hot (Michael Callan and "Kiss Me, Kate" Chorus )
12. So Kiss Me, Kate (Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, and "Kiss Me, Kate" Chorus )
13. Where Is The Life That Late I Led? (Robert Goulet )
14. Always True To You In My Fashion (Jessica Walter )
15. So In Love (Reprise) (Robert Goulet )
16. Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Jules Munshin and Marty Ingles )
17. I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple (Carol Lawrence )
18. Finale ("Kiss Me Kate" Entire Company )

About The Record:

Kiss Me Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. This television production was presented by Armstrong Circle Theatre and broadcast on ABC. Lavishly cast with some of the day's brightest show business stars, Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence and Jessica Walter, this record is a delightful reminder of Cole Porter's finest score. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi. Kiss Me, Kate was Porter's response to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! and other integrated musicals; it was the first show he wrote in which the music and lyrics were firmly connected to the script. The musical premiered in 1948 and proved to be Porter's only show to run for more than 1,000 performances on Broadway. In 1949, it won the first Tony Award for Best Musical. There have been at least four television productions, the third in 1968 with then husband-and-wife team Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence.