Lil Abner Original Musical Comedy 1956 | Vintage Vinyl Record | OL 5150

Description: Lil Abner Original Musical Comedy 1956 | Vintage Vinyl Record | OL 5150 | VG+Record cleaned and tested. Plays through without skipping and with little to no surface noiseCardboard sleeve in good condition given its age. Some record wear and overall wear. Seams are mostly intact except for an inch on the top seam at the openingFree media mail shipping. Priority mail available for an additional feeFast shipping - I ship same day or next business dayShipped with care in a cardboard mailer with a protective vinyl sleeve over the recordAbout the album Li'l Abner is a 1956 musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies, but it is also a pointed satire on other topics, ranging from American politics and incompetence in the United States federal government to propriety and gender roles.After several other writers and composers considered musicalizing the comic strip, Al Capp finally made a deal in 1955 with the eventual creators for a musical to be financed by Paramount Pictures, which wanted to follow the stage version with a film musical. The Broadway production opened on November 15, 1956, and ran for a moderately successful 693 performances. The score and Michael Kidd's choreography received critical praise, but some critics felt that the book's adaptation lost the spirit of the comic strip. Kidd and Edie Adams, as Daisy Mae, won Tony Awards, while newcomer Peter Palmer, in the title role, won a Theatre World Award. Paramount released a film version with the same title in 1959, with most of the Broadway cast reprising their roles. Track Listing: Orchestra*–OvertureEnsemble*–A Typical DayPeter Palmer (2), Marc Breaux, Ralph Linn, Jack Matthew, Robert McClure, George Reeder–If I Had My DruthersStubby Kaye, Ensemble*–Jubilation T. CornponeEnsemble*–Rag Offen The BushEdith Adams*, Peter Palmer (2)–Namely YouEdith Adams*, Peter Palmer (2), Ensemble*–Unnecessary TownPeter Palmer (2), Stubby Kaye–The Country's In The Very Best Of HandsStanley Simmonds, George Reeder, Ralph Linn, Marc Breaux–Oh, Happy DayEdith Adams*, Stubby Kaye–I'm Past My PrimePeter Palmer (2), Edith Adams*–Love In A HomeHoward St. John–Progress Is The Root Of All EvilCarmen Alvarez, Pat Creighton, Lillian D'Honau, Bonnie Evans (3), Hope Holiday, Deedee Wood–Put 'Em BackStubby Kaye, Ensemble*–The Matrimonial Stomp

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