December 1, 2020

20,000 vinyl LPs 256: The Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood & Cyril Ritchard

 ~       
vinyl LP front cover detail 
cover design by ARW Productions, Inc.
illustration by Bentz 
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®


Today is the birthday of Cyril Ritchard, an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan.              
 
Looking through my record collection, I discovered I have many recordings that he has appeared on, including the above mentioned Peter Pan, however, I settled on this recording as it is perfect for this time of year, Christmas.          


vinyl LP front cover
cover design by ARW Productions, Inc.
illustration by Bentz 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


In addition to Cyril Ritchard the cast includes a very young Liza Minnelli, she was only 21 at the time and she was adorable.        
 
 
 
Jule Styne ~ The Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood
vinyl LP back cover detailscover design by ARW Productions, Inc.
detail photos of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
Vic Damone was the romantic lead as the The Woodsman. The wolf pack was played, of course, by Eric Burdon and The Animals; they were just beginning to hit it big time.         
 
 

Jule Styne ~ The Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood
vinyl LP back cover details
detail photos of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
The music was written by Jule Styne who wrote the music for the 1949 stage version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes which starred Carol Channing and was made into the film with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. The lyrics are by Bob Merrill who wrote the lyrics for New Girl In Town in 1957, Carnival! in 1961, Sugar in 1972 which  is based on the 1959 film Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon.      
 
 

vinyl LP back cover details
detail photos of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
 
Of course, the story line has been altered to a wacky version of the original story, but that's ok; it's called poetic license. It's a lot of fun to watch (link below) and listen to; there's the silly and bouncy, Ding A Ling, Ding A Ling, sung by  Liza Minnelli and Cyril Ritchard.     
 

vinyl LP front cover detail 
cover design by ARW Productions, Inc.
illustration by Bentz 
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®




vinyl LP back cover
cover design by ARW Productions, Inc.
photo of album cover by Styrous®




vinyl LP back cover details
cover design by ARW Productions, Inc.
detail photos of album cover by Styrous®





 

vinyl LP back cover details
detail photos of album cover by Styrous®












   
Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Overture, Orchestrated By, Conductor – Walter Scharf - 7:15

A2 - We Wish The World A Happy Yule, Vocals [The Wolf / Lone T. Wolf] – Cyril Ritchard - 2:04

A3 - My Red Riding Hood, Vocals [Red Riding Hood] – Liza Minnelli - 3:05

A4 - Snubbed, Vocals [The Wolf / Lone T. Wolf] – Cyril Ritchard - 2:05

A5 - Woodsman's Serenade; Granny's Gulch; Along The Way, Vocals [Red Riding Hood] – Liza Minnelli, Vocals [The Woodsman] – Vic Damone - 4:05

A6 - I’m Naive, Vocals [Red Riding Hood] – Liza Minnelli - 2:38

Side 2:

B1 - Red Riding Hood Improvisation - 4:05
B2 - I’m Naive (Reprise), Vocals [The Wolf / Lone T. Wolf] – Cyril Ritchard - 2:42

B3 - We're Gonna Howl Tonight, Producer [For Records] – Mickie Most, Vocals [The Wolf Pack] – The Animals - 1:39

B4 - Ding-A-Ling, Ding-A-Ling, Vocals [Red Riding Hood] – Liza Minnelli, Vocals [The Wolf / Lone T. Wolf] – Cyril Ritchard - 2:15

B5 - Poor Mouse     4:05

B6 - Granny; Along The Way, Vocals [Red Riding Hood] – Liza Minnelli, Vocals [The Wolf / Lone T. Wolf] – Cyril Ritchard, Vocals [The Woodsman] – Vic Damone - 1:55

B7 - We Wish The World A Happy Yule (Finale), Vocals [Red Riding Hood] – Liza Minnelli, Vocals [The Wolf / Lone T. Wolf] – Cyril Ritchard, Vocals [The Woodsman] – Vic Damone - 1:40

Companies, etc.

    Published By – Chappell-Styne, Inc.
    Published By – Wonderful Music Corp.
    Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios
    Produced For – Eritas-General Electric

Credits:

    Arranged By, Conductor – Walter Scharf
    Choreography – Lee Theodore*
    Chorus Master [Choral Direction] – Buster Davis
    Cover, Design [Liner] – ARW Productions, Inc.
    Directed By – Sid Smith (2)
    Engineer – Bob Arnold
    Illustration – Bentz
    Liner Notes – Rick Ward
    Lyrics By – Bob Merrill
    Music By – Jule Styne
    Other [Scenery & Costumes] – Raoul Pene DuBois*
    Producer – Richard Lewine
    Script By – Robert Emmett
    Supervised By – Bob Thiele

Notes:

 A2 credited as "Creatures Of The Forest"
B1 and B5 credited as "Ballet"

Cyril Ritchard, Liza Minnelli, Vic Damone, The Animals ‎– The Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood
Label: ABC-Paramount ‎– ABCS-536
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Musical
 
   
         
Viewfinder links:        
         
The Animals        
Carol Channing         
Tony Curtis         
Vic Damone        
Jack Lemmon        
Mary Martin         
Bob Merrill      
Marilyn Monroe         
Cyril Ritchard           
Jane Russell       
Jule Styne        
        
Net links:        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
         
The Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood ~     
Original TV Broadcast (49 mins., 49 secs.)        
      The Animals ~ We're Gonna Howl Tonight        
Complete soundtrack recording (39 mins., 25 secs.)        
The Animals ~ We're Gonna Howl Tonight         
Liza Minnelli ~ I'm Naive        
Liza Minnelli & Cyril Ritchard ~ Ding A Ling, Ding A Ling     
Cyril Ritchard ~ Snubbed        
        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, December 1, 2020       
       
















No comments:

Post a Comment

PLEASE NOTE: comments are moderated BEFORE they are posted so DO NOT appear immediately.

Thank you.