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The Wiz : the super soul musical Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Title
- The Wiz : the super soul musical Wonderful Wizard of Oz / [music & lyrics by Charlie Smalls].
- Author
- Smalls, Charlie
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Atlantic, [1992?]
- ℗1975
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LDC 41965 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LDC 41965 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 audio disc (47 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Alternative Title
- Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Feeling we once had.
- Tornado.
- He's the wizard.
- Soon as I get home.
- I was born on the day before yesterday.
- Ease on down the road.
- Slide some oil to me.
- I'm a mean ole lion.
- Be a lion.
- So you wanted to see the wizard.
- What would I do if I could feel.
- Don't nobody bring me no bad news.
- Subject
- Musicals > Excerpts
- Genre/Form
- Musicals.
- Excerpts.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- "Original cast album"--Container.
- Musical.
- Libretto by William F. Brown ; based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
- Issued also as analog disc (SD 18137) in 1975.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes and synopsis by William F. Brown ([8] p.) inserted in container.
- Credits (note)
- Produced by Jerry Wexler.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at A & R Studios, New York, N.Y.
- Contents
- Prologue (:20) -- The feeling we once had (3:36) -- Tornado (3:25) -- He's the wizard (3:19) -- Soon as I get home (3:25) -- I was born on the day before yesterday (3:20) -- Ease on down the road (2:26) -- Slide some oil to me (2:21) -- I'm a mean ole lion (1:41) -- Be a lion (4:03) -- So you wanted to see the wizard (1:53) -- What would I do if I could feel (2:53) -- Don't nobody bring me no bad news (2:30) -- Everybody rejoice / Luther Vandross (2:48) -- Y'all got it! (2:14) -- If you believe (2:17) -- Home (finale) (3:31).
- Call Number
- *LDC 41965
- LCCN
- 2012619132
- 075678149429
- OCLC
- 27212294
- Author
- Smalls, Charlie, composer, lyricist.
- Title
- The Wiz : the super soul musical Wonderful Wizard of Oz / [music & lyrics by Charlie Smalls].
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Atlantic, [1992?]
- Copyright Date
- ℗1975
- Playing Time
- 004700
- Type of Content
- performed music
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Performer
- Original cast, featuring Stephanie Mills, Tiger Haynes, Ted Ross, and Hinton Battle, vocals ; supporting singers ; chorus ; and orchestra ; Harold Wheeler, conductor.
- Event
- Recorded at A & R Studios, New York, N.Y.
- Credits
- Produced by Jerry Wexler.
- Added Author
- Brown, William F. (William Ferdinand), 1928-2019, librettist.Mills, Stephanie, 1957- performer.Haynes, Tiger, performer.Ross, Ted (Theodore), performer.Battle, Hinton, performre.Wheeler, Harold, conductor.Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919. Wizard of Oz.
- Added Title
- Feeling we once had.Tornado.He's the wizard.Soon as I get home.I was born on the day before yesterday.Ease on down the road.Slide some oil to me.I'm a mean ole lion.Be a lion.So you wanted to see the wizard.What would I do if I could feel.Don't nobody bring me no bad news.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 075678149429
- Publisher No.
- 18137-2 AtlanticSD 18137 Atlantic
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 41965 Notes on file