Maureen McGovern - Of Thee I Sing / Let 'Em Eat Cake (1987) Vinyl LP • Gershwin

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Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Double LP. Gate-fold cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is original (poly-lined paper). Spine is easy-to-read with very mild-wear. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Hole-punch in top-left.)

Tracks:

1. Of Thee I Sing
2. Overture
3. Act I
4. Wintergreen For President
5. Who Is The Luck Girl To Be?
6. The Dimple On My Knee
7. Because, Because
8. Never Was There A Girl So Far
9. Some Girls Can Bake A Pie
10. Love Is Sweeping The Country
11. Of Thee I Sing
12. Finale Act I
13. A Kiss For Cinderella
14. Some Girls Can Bake A Pie
15. Of Thee I Sing
16. Act II
17. Hello, Good Morning
18. Who Cares?
19. The Illegitimate Daughter
20. Because Because
21. Who Cares?
22. The Senator From Minnesota
23. The Senate
24. Jilted
25. I'm About To Be A Mother
26. Posterity Is Just Around The Corner
27. Trumpeter Blow Your Golden Horn
28. Finale Ultimo
29. Of Thee I Sing
30. Let 'Em Eat Cake
31. Overture
32. Act I
33. Tweedledee For President
34. Union Square
35. Shirts By The Millions
36. Comes The Revolution
37. Mine
38. Climb Up The Social Ladder
39. The Union League
40. On And On And On
41. Finale Act I
42. Introduction
43. I've Brushed My Teeth
44. The General's Gone To A Party
45. Mothers Of The Nation
46. Let 'Em Eat Cake
47. Act II
48. Blue, Blue, Blue
49. Who's The Greatest?
50. The League Of Nations
51. No Comprenez, No Capish, No Versteh!
52. When Nations Get Together
53. Why Speak Of Money?
54. Up And At 'Em
55. That's What He Did
56. I Know A Foul Ball
57. Throttle Throttlebottom
58. It Isn't What You Did
59. Mine
60. First Lady And First Gent
61. Hanging Throttlebottom In The Morning
62. Fashion Show
63. Finale Ultimo

About The Record:

Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform. When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux, the beautiful pageant winner selected for him, he gets into political hot water. The original Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened in 1931 and ran for 441 performances, gaining critical and box office success. It has been revived twice on Broadway and in concert stagings in the U.S. and in London. In 1932, Of Thee I Sing was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Let 'Em Eat Cake is a Broadway musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. It is the sequel to the Pulitzer prize-winning Of Thee I Sing and had the same producer, writers, and stars. However, the tone of Let 'Em Eat Cake was much darker and the issues more complex: President Wintergreen is defeated for reelection, and he and his former Vice President, Alexander Throttlebottom, form an incipient Fascist movement to take over the government.