Original London Cast - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Original Cast Recording]
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Artist: Original London CastEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Oveture
- Opening (The Paragon Panther Versus the Vulgarian Vulture)
- You Two
- Them Three
- Toot Sweets
- Think Vulgar!
- Hushabye Mountain
- Come to the Funfair
- Me Ol' Bamboo
- Posh
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Truly Scrumptious
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Nautical Reprise)
- Chitty Takes Flight [Finale to Act One]
- Vulgarian National Anthem
- The Roses of Success
- Kiddie-Widdie-Winkies
- Teamwork
- Chu-Chu Face
- The Bombie Samba
- Doll on a Music Box/Truly Scrumptious (Reprise)
- You Two/Chitty Prayer
- Chitty Flies Home (Finale)
- Video
Music reviews of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Original Cast Recording]
Music Review: altogether a fine cast album
Rating: 4 Stars
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the cheerfully-mindless musical by the Sherman Brothers, was mounted for the West End stage in 2002, opened at the London Palladium and enjoyed a run of nearly three and-a-half years (the subsequent Broadway production fared less well). The Sherman Brothers score sparks either rapture or revulsion depending on whom you ask, but the musical does offer some quaint charms.
The stage version of CHITTY operates almost like a glorified pantomime, the story remains the same but the score has been re-jigged and altered. In this cast album of the original 2002 London Palladium cast, Michael Ball adds his own special touch to the eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, with newcomer Emma Williams as Truly Scrumptious. Ball is at his best with the plaintive lullaby of "Hushabye Mountain". Emma Williams doesn't get all that much to warble as Truly (her big movie number "Lovely Lonely Man" was mercilessly cut from the stage score), however Williams has a charming way with "Doll on a Music Box".
Brian Blessed and Nichola McAuliffe push the 'camp' gear into overdrive with their performances as Vulgaria's hideous Baron and Baroness ("Bombie Samba", one of the additions to the stage score, has to be heard to be believed). Richard O'Brien of ROCKY HORROR fame plays the equally-odious Child Catcher with yet another bland addition, "Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies". Carrie Fletcher and George Gillies play Jeremy and Jemima. Stage veteran Anton Rodgers is wonderful as Grandpa Potts.
Happily though, all the best movie songs ("Me Ol' Bamboo", "Toot Sweets", "Posh", "The Roses of Success" and the Oscar-nominated title song) are all here, making the new additions to the score even more inferior by their presence.
[Sony Music/Chitty Records MRBB001]
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Description of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Original Cast Recording]
Opening on Broadway in the Summer of 2005. Originating from the 1968 novel by Roald Dahl, this is a truly magical musical following the adventures of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a revolutionary, all sailing, all flying machine created from an old neglected car by an eccentric Professor. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a classic of our time and one that never fails to delight. Original London Cast. Mr Bang Bang label. The Main artists are, Michael Ball, whose extensive fanbase are being targeted with details of this album, Anton Rodgers ,Brian Blessed, Nichola McAuliffe and Richard O'Brien. The CD contains a CDROM element, which gives details of the Making Of The ProductionNow open on Broadway where the musical is a great success. * No US release is scheduled!Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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