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Damn Yankees: 1994 Original Broadway Cast Recording | 
| Artist: Jerry Ross
Creators: Richard Adler, Damn Yankees Pit Orchestra, Bebe Neuwirth, Dennis Kelly, Dick Latessa, Gregory Jbara, Jarrod Emick, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Linda Stephens, Scott Wise, Susan Mansur, Terrence Currier, Vicki Lewis, Victor Garber
Label: Decca Broadway
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 14467
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 522396
UPC: 731452239624
EAN: 0073145223962
ASIN: B000001E4U
Release Date: May 17, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture | | • | Six Months Out of Every Year | | • | Scene: The Boyd's Living Room | | • | Scene: The Boyd's Front Porch | | • | Goodbye, Old Girl | | • | Blooper Ballet | | • | Scene: The Ball Field | | • | Heart | | • | Scene: The Locker Room | | • | Joe at Bat | | • | Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. | | • | Shoeless Joe (Reprise) | | • | Scene: The Press Conference | | • | Scene: Applegate's Apartment | | • | Little Brains, a Little Talent | | • | Scene: The Boyd's Kitchen | | • | Man Doesn't Know | | • | Scene: The Locker Room #2 | | • | Whatever Lola Wants | | • | Scene: Act I Finale | | • | Who's Got the Pain? | | • | Scene: The Locker Room | | • | Game | | • | Scene: The Boyd's House | | • | Near to You | | • | Those Were the Good Old Days | | • | Trail | | • | Scene: Limbo | | • | Two Lost Souls | | • | Scene: The Bottom of the Ninth | | • | Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
A different approach to cast recordings August 15, 2004
Mark Andrew Lawrence (Toronto)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
THIS disc of the 1994 Broadway revival offers a more thorough recording with a fine cast led by Victor Garber, Bebe Neuwirth and Jarrod Emick.
It is a very different recording. For starters, the revival featured a somewhat re-written script and new orchestrations. The show as it played in 1955 just would not work in 1994. Some of the changes are improvements: The new Overture, the revised opening number, the scenes that better establish the releationship between Joe and Meg, and the entire Trial montage. Other changes, however, seemed needless and arbitrary: Why was "Two Lost Souls" given to Applegate and Lola?? Applegat had no sould to lose. And a crucial plot change has Young Joe hit a homer at teh climatic moment (in the original Applegate changes Joe back to his middle-aged status during a play, yet it is Old Joe who catches a pop fly and wins the game for the Senators.)Still, even with the changes, the revival was well recieved and had a successful run on broadway and an even more successful tour starring Jerry Lewis.
This recording is also different from the previous albums which just showcased the songs. CD technology allows record producers much more latitude and Thomas Shepard has laid this disc out like a radio tab version of the show with much dialogue, some of it heavily rewritten and abridged. The illusuion is that you are hearing not just the score, but the whole show. It is a style of production he used before in THE SECRET GARDEN and one that has enormous possibilities. Of course not everyone wants to hear all the dialogue, but the songs have been tracked to make it fairly easy to isolate them.
Although the performances on the 1955 original cast disc can't be beat, and I miss the curtain call reprise of "Heart" that closed the original Lp. But this is an interesting and worthwhile alternative and easily has the best sound of all three YANKEES albums.
 I love this! A very talented cast, and a worthwile album September 10, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have this recording and I've listened to it so many times I could sing and act out the whole show. The cast of the revival is wonderful, they really did well with their characters. The quality of the sound on this newer recording is better than the original recordings, but if you're a huge fan of the original damn yankees you might want to get the other cd first. I love how the new recording has all of the songs and a lot of the dialogue, too. You can listen to the entire story, or just the music if you want. Either way, this version of damn yankees is witty and very entertaining!
Forget the Yankees, Let this CD keep playing! November 15, 2000
Matthew Miga (Ferndale, MI USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
From the first notes of the overture to the stunning finale words of "A Man Doesn't Know" this CD keeps packing the punch! The cast shines in the new orchestrations of the songs. This is a revival at it's best! Victor Garber is devilishly delightful and Bebe Neuwirth can tempt anyone as Lola. This cast shows what the musicals of the 50s were like; outstanding casts working together to bring a story to life for two hours. Plus, everyone on this cast can belt out those well known tunes. Ms. Neuwirth really worked hard on her Lola and her characterizations really show up on this recording. If you're looking for the best recording of Damn Yankees, this is it! I don't think anyone can beat this cast out! The emotions, fun, and excitement of live Broadway shows really shines in this exemplary cast recording! Everyone should get this CD!
Damn Fun July 17, 2000
Jon Adler (New York, NY United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sure, it's not the original, but it is a lot of fun. There is a lot more material on this CD, though (the advantage of digital, hooray), and it's well sung. And it's great to get to hear the dialogue and reprises. Victor Garber and Bebe Neuwirth are great fun (his version of "The Good Old Days" is fantastic, and you know that whatever THIS Lola wants, she'll get!), along with the whole cast. If you don't already have a CD of the show, you might want to look at the original first, but if you are already a fan of Shoeless Joe, you'll love this recording.
very nearly my all-time favorite CD December 30, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If it weren't for Chicago, this would be my all-time favorite musical. Damn that revival. :P The cast is amazing. (As a huge Bebe Neuwirth fan, I'm biased, but still. ;) The story is so cute, and the songs are priceless. I swear, they'll be stuck in your head, each one, at random, and it'll drive you nuts. But in the best way possible. :) A total classic, and a wonderful revival.
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