The Wizard of Oz is a digital stereo recording of the 1988 London original cast production of The Wizard of Oz. The music comes from the 1939 Film, and the instrumentals are provided by the Royal Shakespeare Company Orchestra. Originally released on LP, it was later re-released on CD with a slightly altered tracklist; both versions contain 17 tracks total.
Track Listing[]
- Overture
- Over the Rainbow
- The Twister
- Munchkinland
- If I Only Had a Brain
- We're Off to See the Wizard (LP only)
- If I Only Had a Heart
- We're Off to See the Wizard (Reprise)
- If I only Had the Nerve (CD only)
- Poppies/Finale Act One (separate tracks on the CD)
- Entr'acte
- The Merry Old Land of Oz
- If I Were the King of the Forest
- The Jitterbug
- Winkies March
- Over the Rainbow (reprise) (LP only)
- Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
- Finale Act Two
Credits[]
- RSC Chorus and Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards
- Music by Harold Arlen
- Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
- Adapted by John Kane
- Orchestrations by Larry Wilcox
- Principal cast includes: Gillian Bevan (Dorothy Gale); Joyce Grant (Aunt Em, Glinda); David Glover (Uncle Henry, guard); Paul Greenwood (Hunk, Scarecrow); Simon Green (Hickory, Tin Woodman); Trevor Peacock (Zeke, Cowardly Lion); Billie Brown (Miss Gulch, Wicked Witch of the West); Sebastian Shaw (Professor Marvel, Wizard of Oz); Millie (Toto); Jamie Hinde, Andrew Thomas James (crows).
- Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England on January 3, 9 & 14, 1989.