Research Catalog

Title

Li\u0027l Abner : original Broadway cast recording / [book by Norman Panama & Melvin Frank ; based on the characters created by Al Capp ; lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Gene De Paul].

Author

De Paul, Gene.

Publication

New York, NY : Columbia Broadway Masterworks, [2002], ℗2002.

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Additional Authors

• Panama, Norman
• Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988
• Capp, Al, 1909-1979.
• Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
• Adams, Edie, 1927-2008
• Palmer, Peter, 1931-
• St. John, Howard, 1905-1974
• Kaye, Stubby
• Rae, Charlotte, 1926-2018
• Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982

Description

1 audio disc (72 min.) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

• Musicals
• Li'l Abner (Fictitious character) > Drama

Note

• Originally released as Columbia OL 5150 in 1956; includes some previously unreleased material.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Ken Mandelbaum and Didier C. Deutsch (11 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

• Produced by Goddard Lieberson. Recording engineers: Frad Plaut, Edward T. Graham. Reissue producers: Didier E. Deutsch, Darcy M. Proper.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York, Nov. 18, 1956.

Contents

Overture (5:09) -- It\u0027s a typical day (4:38) -- If I had my druthers (3:34) -- Jubilation T. Cornpone (4:53) -- Rag offen the bush (4:01) -- Namely you (3:00) -- Unnecessary town (2:43) -- What\u0027s good for General Bullmoose (0:26) -- Country\u0027s in the very best of hands (5:15) -- Sadie Hawkins Day ballet (7:23) -- Oh, happy day (3:33) -- I\u0027m past my prime (2:44) -- Love in a home (3:14) -- Progress is the root of all evil (3:03) -- Put \u0027em back (1:44) -- Matrimonial stomp (3:59) -- There\u0027s enough for us (1:14) -- Way to a man\u0027s heart (2:56) -- It\u0027s a nuisance having you around (2:52) -- Overture (5:09).

LCCN

696998770027

OCLC

• ocm49930161
• 49930161
• SCSB-5513731

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries