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Maggie
May
(Bart) (RNBW021)
Original London Cast
recording with Rachel Roberts, Kenneth Haigh, Barry Humphries, Andrew
Keir, Michael Forrest, Billy Boyle, Diana Quiseekay, Paul Farrell, John
Junkin, Fred Evans. First time on CD. The complete score in correct show
running order. Long regarded as Bart’s best work, MAGGIE MAY boasts
a musically interesting and diverse score; bittersweet ballads, robust
chorus numbers, and even some rock ‘n’ roll making it one of
the great British show scores of the sixties.
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“Bart’s
most ambitious work… a gritty, original, haunting score.”
Ken Mandelbaum, broadway.com
“…Bart’s
most complex work… Maggie may is an overstuffed bag of mostly goodies…
Anong the highlights are a couple of gentle lullaby-like ballads, ‘The
Land Of Promises’ and ‘I Love A Man’, as well as the tuneful
duet for prostitutes ‘I Told You So’.”
Steven Suskin, Playbill Online
“…
the score has terrific character, epitomized in the often gritty lyrics
delivered in the vernacular and accent of Liverpool.”
Jim Murphy, The Age
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Tracks:
To hear a song sample, click on any song title below that is followed
by 
1. Overture/The
Ballad Of The ‘Liver’ Bird – Barry Humphries
2. Lullaby/I Love A Man – Margaret Howe/Rachel Roberts
3. Casey – Rachel Roberts
4. Shine You Swine – Fred Evans
5. Day Don’t Do Dat T’Day – Billy Boyle/Company
6. I Told You So – Rachel Roberts/Diana Quiseekay
7. Right Of Way – Male Chorus
8. Stroll On – Kenneth Haigh
9. Away From Home – Andrew
Keir
10. Maggie, Maggie May –
Kenneth Haigh/Company
11. The Land Of Promises – Rachel Roberts
12. Leave Her, Johnnie, Leave Her/The Land Of Promises (Reprise)
– Michael Forrest/Rachel Roberts/Company
13. Carryin’ On – The Nocturns (David Wilcox/David Foley/David
Elias/Frances Sloan/Keith Draper)/Company
14. Shine You Swine (Reprise) – Fred Evans
15. There’s Only One Union – Billy Boyle/Fred Evans/Geoffrey
Hughes/John Junkin/Diana Quiseekay/Rachel Roberts
16. It’s Yourself – Rachel Roberts
17. The World’s A Lovely Place – Andrew Keir/Rachel Roberts
18. It’s Me – Kenneth Haigh
19. We Don’t All Wear D’Same Size Boots – Male Chorus
20. It’s Yourself (Reprise) – Rachel Roberts/Kenneth
Haigh
21. Finale/The Ballad Of The ‘Liver’ Bird – Rachel
Roberts/Kenneth Haigh/Barry Humphries/Company
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Musical Director: Marcus Dods
Orchestrations: Ray Jones
Produced for record by Ray Horricks
CD reissue produced by Peter Pinne
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