Oklahoma! (1955) Vinyl LP • Import • Soundtrack, Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones

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Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots on back. Inner-sleeve is original (Capitol ads). Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. 1962 pressing with black label with color spectrum around edge. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
3. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
4. Kansas City
5. I Cain't Say No
6. Many A New Day
7. People Will Say We're In Love
8. Poor Jud Is Dead
9. Out Of My Dreams
10. The Farmer And The Cowman
11. All Er Nothin'
12. Oklahoma

About The Record:

Oklahoma! 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.