Oklahoma! Original NY Production (1943) Vinyl LP • Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Vinyl plays with some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing, discoloration (front/back). Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine has no-text and moderate wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Splits from corners on both edges, bottom is longer. Opening is mostly crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Oklahoma Overture ("Oklahoma!" Orchestra )
2. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning (Alfred Drake )
3. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Alfred Drake )
4. Kansas City (Lee Dixon )
5. I Cain't Say No (Celeste Holm )
6. Many A New Day (Joan Roberts )
7. People Will Say We're In Love (Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts )
8. Pore Jud Is Daid (Alfred Drake and Howard Da Silva )
9. Out Of My Dreams (Joan Roberts )
10. All Er Nothin' (Celeste Holm and Lee Dixon )
11. Oklahoma (Alfred Drake )
12. Finale (Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts )

About The Record:

Oklahoma! Original NY Production is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box office hit and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Oscar-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma! in 1944.