Kiss Me Kate (MGM) (1965) Vinyl LP • Cole Porter Soundtrack

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, darker discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back); sticker near top-left and tiny surface abrasions on front; slight discoloration on back. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is almost completely split. Some shelf-wear along top-edge and corners; bottom-edge is almost completely split. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Too Darn Hot (Ann Miller )
2. So In Love (Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel )
3. We Open In Venice (Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, and Tommy Rall )
4. Why Can't You Behave (Ann Miller )
5. Were Thine That Special Face (Howard Keel )
6. Tom, Dick Or Harry (Ann Miller, Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, and Bob Fosse )
7. Wunderbar (Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel )
8. Always True To You In My Fashion (Ann Miller and Tommy Rall )
9. I Hate Men (Kathryn Grayson )
10. I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua (Howard Keel and "Kiss Me Kate" Motion Picture Cast, Chorus )
11. From This Moment On (Tommy Rall, Ann Miller, Bobby Van, and Bob Fosse )
12. Where Is The Life That Late I Led? (Howard Keel )
13. Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore )
14. Kiss Me Kate (Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, and "Kiss Me Kate" Motion Picture Cast, Chorus )

About The Record:

Kiss Me Kate (MGM) is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway musical version of Shakespeare's play. Already on poor terms, the pair skirmishes from the start. Their relationship eventually breaks into an all-out emotional war mid-performance that threatens the production's success. The only thing keeping the show together are threats from a pair of gangsters who have come to collect a gambling debt. Dorothy Kingsley's screenplay, which was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award, was adapted from the musical's book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The songs were by Cole Porter, with musical underscoring by Saul Chaplin and André Previn, who were nominated for an Oscar. Hermes Pan choreographed most of the dance routines. The movie was filmed in 3-D, using the most advanced technology then available. Devotees of the stereoscopic 3-D medium usually cite this film as one of the best examples of a Hollywood release in polarized 3D.