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vinyl LP front cover detail
photo of album cover by Styrous®
The first Broadway production of Grease opened on June 7, 1972; when it closed in 1980, the 3,388-performance run of Grease was the longest yet in Broadway history, it was surpassed by A Chorus Line on September 29, 1983.
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, it was named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell),
the musical follows ten working-class teenagers.
Having been a Greaser when I was in high school in the fifties, I related to Grease in a BIG way. I had a pompadour hairstyle complete with an Elephants Trunk in front (well, the best I could come up with was a corkscrew and I had never heard it called an Elephants Trunk until I researched this article) and a ducktail (commonly called a duck's ass or DA) in the back, all thanks to pounds of pomade. The hair was VERY heavily pomaded
(greased, thus, the term Greaser), combed back around the sides, and
parted centrally down the back of the head to create the DA. My mother
was always furious about my greasy pillow cases.
Adrienne Barbeau appeared as Rizzo with Timothy Meyers as Kenickie who was a 1972 nominee for Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
Replacements later in the run included Jeff Conaway as Danny, Candice Earley as Sandy who was also in Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar; Peter Gallagher as Danny, Richard Gere as Sonny, Ilene Graff as Sandy, Randee Heller as Rizzo, Marilu Henner as Marty, Judy Kaye as Rizzo, Marcia Mitzman Gaven as Rizzo, Patrick Swayze as Danny, John Travolta as Doody and Treat Williams as Danny.
Grease went on to become a West End hit, a successful feature film, two popular Broadway revivals in 1994 and 2007, and a staple of regional theatre, summer stock, community theatre, and high school and middle school drama groups. It remains Broadway's 17th longest-running show.
In 1978 Grease was adapted as a feature film also named Grease starring John Travolta (who had been in stage productions in a different role) and British-Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John. The film version
changed some plot elements, characters, and songs while adding new songs
and elaborating on some plot elements only alluded to in the musical.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Side 1:
A1 - Alma Mater
A2 - Alma Mater (Parody) - 2:46
A3 - Summer Nights - 3:40
A4 - Those Magic Changes - 2:45
A5 - Freddy, My Love - 3:04
A6 - Greased Lightnin' 2:28
A7 - Mooning - 2:44
A8 - Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee - 1:56
A9 - We Go Together - 2:23
A2 - Alma Mater (Parody) - 2:46
A3 - Summer Nights - 3:40
A4 - Those Magic Changes - 2:45
A5 - Freddy, My Love - 3:04
A6 - Greased Lightnin' 2:28
A7 - Mooning - 2:44
A8 - Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee - 1:56
A9 - We Go Together - 2:23
Side 2:
B1 - It's Raining On Prom Night - 2:26
B2 - Born To Hand Jive, Featuring – Grease Company* - 4:20
B3 - Beauty School Dropout, Featuring – Grease Choir* - 3:02
B4 - Alone At A Drive-In Movie - 2:49
B5 - Rock 'N' Roll Party Queen - 1:35
B6 - There Are Worse Things I Could Do - 2:44
B7 - Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise) - 2:16
B8 - All Choked Up, Featuring – Grease Company* - 3:21
B9 - We Go Together (Reprise), Featuring – Grease Company* - 1:57
Credits:
Directed By – Tom Moore (4)
Directed By [Staging Musical Numbers & Dances] – Patricia Birch
Directed By, Arranged By [Vocal & Dance] – Louis St. Louis
Engineer – Fred Christy
Music By, Lyrics By – Jim Jacobs (2), Warren Casey
Orchestrated By – Michael Leonard
Presenter – Anthony D'Amato (2), Kenneth Waissman, Maxine Fox
Producer – Arnold Maxin
Producer [Associate] – Landy McNeal
Technician [Sound By] – Jack Shearing
Vocals [Betty Rizzo] – Adrienne Barbeau (tracks: A5, A8, B6)
Vocals [Burger Palace Boy] – Daniel Deitch (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A6, A9, B4)
Vocals [Cha-cha Di Gregorio] – Kathi Moss (tracks: B1)
Vocals [Danny Zuko] – Barry Bostwick (tracks: A3, B4, B8)
Vocals [Doody] – James Canning (tracks: A4, B5)
Vocals [Eugene Florczyk] – Tom Harris (2) (tracks: A1)
Vocals [Frenchy] – Marya Small (tracks: A5, B3)
Vocals [Jan] – Garn Stephens (tracks: A5, A7)
Vocals [Kenickie] – Timothy Meyers (tracks: A6)
Vocals [Marty] – Katie Hanley (tracks: A5)
Vocals [Miss Lynch] – Dorothy Leon (tracks: A1)
Vocals [Patty Simcox] – Ilene Kristen (tracks: A1)
Vocals [Pink Lady] – Joy Rinaldi (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A9)
Vocals [Roger] – Walter Bobbie (tracks: A7, B5)
Vocals [Sandy Dumbrowski] – Carole Demas (tracks: A3, B1, B7, B8)
Vocals [Sonny] – Jim Borrelli (tracks: B9)
Vocals [Teen Angel, Johnny Casino] – Alan Paul (tracks: B2, B3)
Vocals [Vince Fontaine] – Don Billett (tracks: B9)
Notes:
"A New 50's Rock 'N Roll Musical"
Recorded at Media Sound, NY, NY.
Also numbered MGS 2812 & 2813 (A & B).
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side 1): A-1 KL-1-SE-34-AS-1-K MASTERDISK G.K.
Matrix / Runout (Side 2): A-1 KL-1-SE-34-BS-1-K MASTERDISK G.K.
Matrix / Runout (Side 2): A-1 KL-1-SE-34-BS-1-K MASTERDISK G.K.
Various – Grease - The Original Broadway Cast Album
Label: MGM Records – 1SE-34 OC, Lion Records (4) – none
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Musical
Label: MGM Records – 1SE-34 OC, Lion Records (4) – none
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Musical
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