West Side Story (1961) Vinyl LP • Soundtrack, Natalie Wood, Stephen Sondheim

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Condition Details:

Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Non gate-fold cover looks good; moderate scuffing, a few surface impressions and discoloration spots (front/back). Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is mostly readable with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along bottom-edge; heavier wear along top edge. Some corner wear. Opening is crisp with signs of use and divots. MONO pressing with gray 2-eye label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Prologue ("West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, Orchestra )
2. Jet Song (Russ Tamblyn and "West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, The Jets )
3. Something's Coming (Richard Beymer )
4. Dance At The Gym ("West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, Orchestra )
5. Maria (Richard Beymer )
6. America (Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, "West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, The Sharks, and "West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, Girls )
7. Tonight (Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood )
8. Gee, Officer Krupke! (Russ Tamblyn and "West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, The Jets )
9. I Feel Pretty (Natalie Wood, Yvonne Wilder, Suzie Kaye, and Joanne Miya )
10. One Hand, One Heart (Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood )
11. Quintet (Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, "West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, The Jets, and "West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, The Sharks )
12. The Rumble ("West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, Orchestra )
13. Cool (Tucker Smith and "West Side Story" Original Motion Picture Cast, The Jets )
14. A Boy Like That / I Have A Love (Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno )
15. Somewhere (Finale) (Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood )

About The Record:

The soundtrack of the West Side Story film is deservedly one of the most popular soundtrack recordings of all time, and one of the relatively few to have attained long-term popularity beyond a specialized soundtrack/theatrical musical audience. It's widespread impact could be attributed to a few factors: the wide range of compositional and orchestral styles, from cool swing jazz and shades of Latin pop to classical; the universality of the story-line, pitting underdog lovers against the world; and an assortment of songs that goes well beyond the sentimental love odes that are the staples of musicals (though it has some of those, too), including some downright tough posturing and sardonic social commentary.