The Likes of US
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Catalog: Music, Priced: 25, Sale:25 Used:6, 3rd Party Price:9, Hobbie Price:
Sales Rank:116882
UPC:602498748343; MPN:
Sales Rank:116882
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The Likes of US Tracks: 
A Man on His Own A Strange and Lovely Song reprise Entr'acte Going Going Gone Have another Cup of Tea Hold A March How Am I to Know I'm a Very Busy Man Introduction Lion-Hearted Land Love is Here Love is Here Man of the World Overture Strange and Lovely Song The Likes of Us The Likes of Us reprise This is My Time Twice in Love Every Day We'll Get Him We'll Get Him reprise Will This Last Forever You Can Never Make it Alone You Won't Care About Him anymore
Album Details:
At the beginning of this two-disc CD, recorded live at England's Sydmonton Festival, the Narrator (a droll Stephen Fry) welcomes the audience "to the 40th-anniversary performance and yet world premiere" of The Likes of Us. The show was the first collaboration between composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice, back in 1966, but it was never produced, and the duo went on to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Interestingly, The Likes of Us displays embryonic elements of both aspects of Webber's work: the early pop- and rock- tinged offerings ("You Can Never Make It Alone") and the latter neoclassical strains ("How Am I to Know," which can easily be imagined as a Phantom-type aria) with little hints of operetta ("Strange and Lovely Song"). Based on the story of the Victorian philanthropist, Dr. Thomas Barnardo, the show also incorporates a children's chorus, making it all sound at times--quite often, really—-like a slightly haphazard version of Oliver. It's a fascinating piece of juvenilia, but as such is of interest mostly to Webberheads. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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The Likes of Us Orchestra Simon Lee Ian Sharp Hannah Waddingham Ella May Stainer E.J. Boyle Andrew Spillett Andrew Lloyd Webber Alex Bird Adam Brazier
You Won't Care About Him anymore You Can Never Make it Alone Will This Last Forever We'll Get Him reprise We'll Get Him Twice in Love Every Day This is My Time The Likes of Us reprise The Likes of Us Strange and Lovely Song Overture Man of the World Love is Here Love is Here Lion-Hearted Land Introduction I'm a Very Busy Man How Am I to Know Hold A March Have another Cup of Tea Going Going Gone Entr'acte A Strange and Lovely Song reprise A Man on His Own The Likes of US Music Lyrics, Music, Reviews and Ratings Decca Broadway
Classical Composers, Easy Listening/Vocal, England, Music Theater, Musical Theater, Original Cast Recordings, Pop, Show Tunes, Showtunes / B'way, AdamBrazier.com, Adam-Brazier.com AlexBird.com, Alex-Bird.com AndrewLloydWebber.com, Andrew-Lloyd-Webber.com AndrewSpillett.com, Andrew-Spillett.com E.J.Boyle.com, E.J.-Boyle.com EllaMayStainer.com, Ella-May-Stainer.com HannahWaddingham.com, Hannah-Waddingham.com IanSharp.com, Ian-Sharp.com SimonLee.com, Simon-Lee.com TheLikesofUsOrchestra.com, The-Likes-of-Us-Orchestra.com