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January 5, 2023

20,000 vinyl LPs 331: The Wiz

vinyl LP front cover detail

Art Direction – Bill Levy

photo of album cover detail by Styrous®

On January 5, 1975, The Wiz opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. The show would open at the Broadway Theatre two years later on May 25, 1977.

Stephanie Mills performed in the role of Dorothy and the show made her a star. One of the songs in the show, Home, later became a Number 1 U.S. R&B hit and was her signature song.

Stephanie Mills as Dorothy

date & photographer unknown

There is an audio of the opening night of The Wiz mixed with images from the original production from January 5, 1975, on YouTube (link below). The album cover has plenty of information, so, no need to write about it. Click on any image to enlarge it or see the slideshow.

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vinyl LP record, side 1

vinyl LP record, side 2

The Andrews Sisters ~ Boogie Woogie Bugle Girls

vinyl LP record labels

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Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1        Prologue    0:20
A2        The Feeling We Once Had    3:36
A3        Tornado
Written-By – Harold Wheeler, Timothy Graphenreed
3:25
A4        He's The Wizard    3:19
A5        Soon As I Get Home    3:25
A6        I Was Born On The Day Before Yesterday    3:20
A7        Ease On Down The Road    2:26
A8        Slide Some Oil To Me    2:21
A9        I'm A Mean Ole Lion    1:41

Side 2:

B1        Be A Lion    4:03
B2        So You Wanted To See The Wizard    1:53
B3        What Would I Do If I Could Feel    2:53
B4        Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News    2:30
B5        Everybody Rejoice
Lyrics By – Luther Vandross
2:48
B6        Y'all Got It!    2:14
B7        If You Believe    2:17
B8        Home (Finale)    3:31

Companies, etc.

    Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN

Credits:

            Arranged By [Orchestration] – Harold Wheeler
    Arranged By [Vocals] – Charles H. Colman
    Engineer [Associate] – Burt Szerlip
    Engineer [Chief] – Phil Ramone
    Illustration – Milton Glaser
    Lyrics By – Charlie Smalls (tracks: A1 to B4, B6 to B8)
    Music By – Charlie Smalls
    Vocals [Starring As Dorthy] – Stephanie Mills
    Vocals [Starring As The Lion] – Ted Ross
    Vocals [Starring As The Wiz] – Andre De Shields
    Vocals [Starring] – Clarice Taylor, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Hinton Battle, Mabel King, Tasha Thomas, Tiger Haynes

Notes:

Label variation: "RI" in label matrix denotes a PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN pressing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): ST-A-753361RI
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): ST-A-753362RI

Various – The Wiz (The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard Of Oz")
Label: Atlantic – SD 18137
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, RI
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Soul, Disco

Viewfinder links:

Abbott & Costello

The Andrews Sisters

Tom White

Net link:

Tom White

YouTube links:

The Wiz (Original Broadway Cast, 1975; Opening Night Recording)

1.) "Overture" (Orchestra)

2.) Kansas Scene (Dorothy, Toto, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry)

3.) "Tornado" (Dorothy & Company)

4.) Munchkin Land (Dorothy, Addaperle, & Munchkins)

5.) "He's the Wizard" (Addaperle, Dorothy, & Munchkins)

6.) Silver Shoes/Emerald City (Addaperle, Dorothy, & Munchkins)

7.) "Soon As I Get Home" (Dorothy)

8.) Dorothy Meets the Scarecrow (Dorothy & Scarecrow)

9.) "I Was Born On the Day Before Yesterday" (Scarecrow & Crows)

10.) Can I Come With You? (Dorothy & Scarecrow)

11.) "Ease On Down the Road #1" (Dorothy & Scarecrow)

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June 5, 2020

Roll Up Project: Squeak Carnwath ~ Are We There Yet?

Squeak Carnwath ~ Are We There Yet?

Squeak Carnwath is Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. She taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1982 until 2010, having previously taught at California College of Arts and Crafts and Ohlone College. She has received numerous awards including the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) Award from San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, two Individual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Award for Individual Artists from the Flintridge Foundation.

She draws upon the philosophical and mundane experiences of daily life in her paintings and prints, which can be identified by lush fields of color combined with text, patterns, and identifiable images.

In the Harrison Street window, Carnwath’s Home is emblazoned with the words “Are We There Yet”, bringing to mind the common refrain of childhood trips. But instead of travelers, we are journeying together at home, wondering if we are there yet, and wondering what “there” will even look like. The daily news seems to bring more questions than answers. Under the veil of these multicolored letters are a selection of icons that hint at aspects of daily life and culture: flowers, a hand, a house, faces pressed together in a kiss. Some of these reflect on the pleasures of being at home, while others reference the things we can’t control. In particular, the sinking ship and the upturned map of the United States suggest our collective vulnerability in this modern era where so many things are fixed with the click of a button. Despite our advancements in technology, we are still at the mercy of the natural world.

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In the windows on Third Street, a selection of paintings from Carnwath’s Pants on Fire series claws back some of the control we all desire. Carnwath began this series in 2017 in response to the current political administration. What began as a cathartic experiment to express frustration expanded into over 70 small paintings of various scales. The word “liar” is emblazoned on all of the works, but each carries a slightly different meaning. Some are painted over silhouettes of Trump, while others contain patterns, objects, and built up surfaces of paint. While they can all be taken as political statements, they also reflect on the act of painting, which is an illusion of its own. Painters build up surfaces and create worlds entirely of their own making, which can be filled with lies if they so choose. Realism is not mandatory in art-making, and the artist’s control over the surface of an artwork affords the freedom to deceive the viewer, or reveal a universal truth through the use of abstraction and illusion. At this moment in history, perhaps we all need to look a bit more closely at every surface in the hopes of seeing things more clearly.