Gantry the Musical LP

Marc

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Nov 27, 2003, 3:13:32 PM11/27/03

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Hi,

My dad recently purchased a demo recording LP of "Gantry" the musical
based on Elmer Gantry - it stars Rita Moreno and Robert Shaw. I know
that the musical itself opened and closed in one day in 1970. I was
unable to find any info on this record in any of the price guides.
Anyone know anything else about the record? Potential value?

thanks

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Nov 28, 2003, 7:14:53 AM11/28/03

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> Anyone know anything else about the record? Potential value?

I have no idea of the value... but I imagine a few people, like me for
example, are a bit envious of your dad! I think that the record company had
already printed an album cover before canceling the recording session of the
OBC. What is the demo's cover like?

Mila

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buzz hauser

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Nov 28, 2003, 9:52:59 AM11/28/03

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ucl...@yahoo.com (Marc) wrote in message

> My dad recently purchased a demo recording LP of "Gantry" the musical

> based on Elmer Gantry - I was unable to find any info on this record in any

> of the price guides. Anyone know anything else about the record? Potential
> value?

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Demo recordings were/are done prior to a show going into production in
order to advertise the score for potential investors. They are not
produced with the intention of public sale so, therefore, you won't
find a listing for it in any record guide price book. They do have
value within the musical theatre collectors market, however. Your
best bet would be to give a call or e-mail to Footlight Records in New
York City. I believe their website is www.footlight.com. They'd be
able to tell you what its potential value is.

Buzz
****

NOR EAST13

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Dec 3, 2003, 1:49:35 PM12/3/03

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Anybody know who wrote the score for this?

Blueskyfox

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> Anybody know who wrote the score for this?

Music by Stanley Lebowsky, lyrics by Fred Tobias.

Dan (the Man)

Noel Katz

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Dec 3, 2003, 4:30:38 PM12/3/03

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There's another musical of Gantry that was done in La Jolla with music by Mel
Marvin and lyrics by Bob Satuloff, but, as that was 12 years ago, I doubt it
would have been recorded on LP (if it was recorded at all).

http://www.weddingmusical.com

NOR EAST13

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Dec 3, 2003, 5:09:38 PM12/3/03

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thanks for the info
Stanley was a friend...he conducted THE ACT on which I played here on the left
coast..I wish I had known about his Gantry...

buzz hauser

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Dec 4, 2003, 10:56:09 AM12/4/03

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****
I saw GANTRY in previews. I think I paid something like $ 5.00 and
sat in the center orchestra. The playbill cover is a publicity photo
of Robert Shaw, no logo or Rita Moreno in sight. I have vague
memories of sorta enjoying it, and remember liking two numbers in
particular: "Someone I've Already Found" and "He's Never Too Busy".
There was a comic number for 4 men called "Foresight" which I remember
stopping the show. I also remember being dissapointed that the
Shirley Jones-'Lulu Bates' character was eliminated to one brief scene
and no song for Lulu. It was the one and only time I was in the
Adelphi-54th Street-George Abbott Theatre and I wish I had paid better
attention at the time, in my teen years. If I had been aware that
this was the place where ON THE TOWN, among others, had their NYC
premieres, I would have taken a much closer and better look.

Buzz
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Dec 4, 2003, 1:46:07 PM12/4/03

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> Adelphi-54th Street-George Abbott Theatre

Nicholas Van Hoogstraten's "Lost Broadway Theatres" is available through
Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-4271331-2167335

and is definitely worth having. If I recall, it has photos and information
about this "lost" theatre

Mila

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