i just found this record in the trash! thought it might be special, original London Cast with Keith Mitchell & Joan Diener.
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Found in a plastic sleeve, the vinyl looks like it may have never been played, the LP cover is a fold out 2 record set, the graphics look great ( no real signs of wear ).

I have never had any interest in old vinyl, do not even own a record player. have no idea why I even picked it up ( was reading about the play a few weeks ago just sheer randomness !)

Inside the jacket it looks like it has an autograph "Dale Wosserton"? Anyone famous? maybe th records first owner who knows?

Wow, like finding a $1000 bill on the sidewalk ! Was with a whole stack of other old records...now i have some researching to do LOL!
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Disappointing!

I've been reserving my precious time to watch this movie for a long, long time.
Today, I decided to do it. I lost the most important time of my life to watching it.
I don't believe how this filme is here. poor photography. Actors, except Rip Torn as Alan James, performed awfully.
I do not recommed this film
1158266
I have a VHS to DVD copy I made long ago that looks exactly like what they did with this movie.

Do not get your hopes up! (has bootleg written all over it)
722300
I'm just outraged by the poor quality of this dvd... i'm in ccs venezuela i just bought it a few days ago for a birthday gift and I FEEL ASHAMED OF THE GIFT!!!

C'mon!!! One of the best voices of the planet with such a lame dvd production??? No angles... no subtitles... no extra data... NO EXTRA NOTHING! and worse of all DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 !!! YES! 2 CHANNELS ONLY!!! And to think i bought the original because i didn't want to give a simple copy in a pendrive or dvd! I saw the file downloaded and inmediatly thought i've got to but the original on becase it's got to be much better in audio and video... WELL, SOUR PRISE!!! It's just NOT!!!

IT'S SUCKS OK... I'm sorry Emma, but i'm quite selective in buying original dvds and this is just NOT WORTH NOT EVEN 10 DOLLARS! Cmon!! 2012 and gonna edit a dvd in 2 channels? And the video effects... what the HELL was that? Who produced this? i've got concerts in laserdisc from the 90's with better production! DOLBY DIGITAL AC3 FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!

CONCLUSION: DO NOT BUY THIS. TOTALLY DECEIVED... BETTER PUT 20 BUCKS ON A TRASH CAN WITHOUT CONSUMING PLASTICS THE PRINTING AND ALL THE STUFF..............................
1423835
Never was a classic show so trashed as with this follow up piece of you know what!
I had hoped to forget it ever existed.... too late.
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The cast sounds amazing. Want to hear Jon Vickers do this, however,ALL 5 of these reviews are for other recordings!  What about this 1968 San Francisco preformance?  Anybody buy it?  Any reviews of it?  Does someone at Amazon need some coffee to place these  reviews in their proper places?  What gives, huh?
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For those of you who already own this great recording and are hoping for a polished re-release I have bad news.
These recordings have not been re-mastered at all nor have any new queue points been added.  Il Tabarro still only has one, only, at the very beginning and Angelica and Schicci both have only two each.
It's a shame that Sony chose to re-issue these recordings, unlike EMI and Decca which both re-mastered their old sets, without any kind of improvement over the originals. If you haven't heard these, because they have been out of circulation for a while, please, with my blessing, the casts and the conducting are nearly perfect. Worth it for any fan of Marilyn Horne especially. Her Zia Principessa is, to me, the best ever recorded. But it's ridiculous that Sony put this set out without even adding the traditional queue points...again. It's not like they don't know better. A real shame and a waste of money.
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your service was great BUT this movie is awful awful awful who thought it was a great idea to put this classic horrror movie on bluray and recorded it from the orginal 35 mm film no touching up no digtal refindments just a 4x3 screen of defective 1968 grainny picture than whats the point????
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I don't believe that this is an official release. There are audio/videos of performances like this available for free all over the internet. This seller most likely downloaded this "rare" performance from a peer sharing website, burned it to CD/DVD, and wants to sell it to you for big money. Ch-ching!!!

Before you buy this ask yourself, "Have I ever heard of this release before? Are the artists getting paid a dime for this?
Is this a BOOTLEG RECORDING?
44963
MADACY strikes again! The company that brought you some of the worst transfers of silent movies on to VHS and DVD now brings you re-recordings of 60's hits that simply do not sound right. For one thing, everyone is older and it shows in their voices. Don't let the low price tempt you. This stinks.
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To put it mildly: This is a real dissapointment! Why? Because of the terrible quality of the vinyl. I mean: How COULD you do this to such a classic prog jewel? And the cover just underlines it with it's simple, punky reproduction (which at least would've been ok if the vinyl/sound was good).

Conclusion: This is like:
 1) beeing cut with knives in the ears, and
 2) then have salt added to the mess.
 3) Such things hurt.

P.S. Good thing I stumbled across the original vinyl on ebay (mint vinyl, mint textured cover, WWA 002 super de luxe). Yes it was expensive, but hell, was it worth it! Sounds like seventh heaven; even my hands smile when they play with the cover... Lucky me!

They sure don't make them like they used to...
2019839
I was really looking forward to watching this movie. It has my favorite actors and I LOVE to watch old movies with dance scenes. But when the movie came I put it in my TV and it didn't work. It said it could not read the disc. I tried it in a my computer too. Same thing. Soooo...I sent it back and bought the same item, thinking the disc I had bought had just been defective. Well, same story over again. Then you have to go through the hassel of returning it and getting a refund. Trust me, this movie is a definate no-no.
910257
The artists vocals in the movie version sound weak, horrific and scratchy compared to the Original London Cast Recording. It's a shame that the talent in the new movie version just can't sing. I'm a fan of this show and purchased the 2004 CD. Side by side with the London version, if I could return the 2004 version, I would. It's a travesty that the vocals are so poor on the movie version. If you want a CD to treasure, buy one of the original London Cast Recordings and avoid the movie soundtrack completely.
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Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra) is a two-bit night club singer, womanizer, and cad.  He lands in a San Francisco saloon and starts romancing a wealthy older woman (Rita Hayworth) and sweet chorus girl (Kim Novak).

When I saw this movie in 1957 I fell head over heels for Frank and the sophisticated night club scene, but now Frank's Joey seems like a heartless sleaze, the clubs are cheap, and the movie is hopelessly dated.  It was made at the height of Frank's ring-a-ding-ding movie popularity, though, and he still charms despite playing a mean-spirited and selfish loser who is outweighed by both of his co-stars.  Poor Rita looks drab and tired, a far cry from her earlier glory days.  Kim is lovely (without those thick eyebrows from "Vertigo"), but her singing voice is a disaster and she isn't much of a dancer.  A beatnik-style dance featuring both ladies is just embarrassing.

On the plus side, the songs are terrific.  The show is filled with memorable Rodgers and Hart tunes such as "The Lady is a Tramp," "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," "I Could Write a Book," "There's a Small Hotel," and "My Funny Valentine."

The movie is glossy and pretty with lavish gowns and furs and picturesque San Francisco as a location, but is definitely a product of its time.  What was once ultra-cool and sophisticated now seems tawdry and pathetic.  Good songs, though.
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What a great idea, a blu ray box set of all Rodgers and Hammerstein's' musicals, restored on blu ray. Hmmmm, well most things have been said, but to issue a version of such a wonderful classic as The King & I in such dreadful quality is nothing short of scandalous...shame on you 20th Century Fox. Is this how you treat your wonderful catalogue of classic film musicals. I would hope that you have the presence of mind to re-restore at least The king & I and free of charge, replace it for all customers who have loyally bought this box set........
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Give me a break!  Did we need another "King & I" recording? NO! The 1977 revival cast recording is superb, as is the 1956 soundtrack from the film, at least the gold cd version released with the 40th anniverseray laser disk edition.  Alfred Newman's arrangements are indeed spectacular and are obviously preserved for eternity on the soundtrack, so why do we need this rediculous imitation?  If one is going to go to the trouble to make a new, complete studio recording of a classic score, do it from the composer's original score, not the movie version! It is indeed a shame that Julie Andrews never played the role of Anna.  It was a perfect role for her.  Ironically while the acclaimed revival was playing a few years back with Donna Murphy, Julie was plodding through the travesty that destroyed her voice; the stage version of "Victor Victoria." Go figure!
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I love vinyl for the full, rich sound it produces. So much better than CD's or digital.

When I pulled this record from the sleeve I noticed right away that the pinhole was poorly punched and debris was left behind. It still played, though, so far so good.

Then the music started. Tinny and sounds like it was recorded from down the hall! What a shame. I've read reviews since that say this was intentional to produce a "retro" sound. What a terrible decision. The music stands alone and doesn't need gimmicks to produce false nostalgia.

Now we're left with a sub-par recording of a great talent who is gone forever. No going back now. :(