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Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre

1963 series of albums by various artists


Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre is a series of four 12" long playing vinyl albums recorded in Los Angeles in 1963. The four albums were sold through mail order as a box set in 1963, then released separately to retail in 1964.[1] They were conceived and produced by Frank Sinatra. Morris Stoloff was the musical director and the A&R Director was Sonny Burke.

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The four discs feature the scores of four popular Broadway musicals of the time – namely Finian's Rainbow (1947), Kiss Me, Kate (1948), South Pacific (1949), and Guys and Dolls (1950) – as performed by various Reprise artists.

The "Guys and Dolls" album[2] was issued on CD in 1992 when the musical itself was enjoying a revival. All the albums were re-released in a box set on September 26, 2000.

Track listing

Disc One - Finian's Rainbow
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All lyrics are written by Yip Harburg; all music is composed by Burton Lane

Disc Two - Kiss Me, Kate
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All tracks are written by Cole Porter

Disc three - South Pacific
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All lyrics are written by Oscar Hammerstein II; all music is composed by Richard Rodgers

Disc four - Guys and Dolls
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All tracks are written by Frank Loesser

Personnel


References

  1. "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

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