Demo Record For Broadway Musical " REX " With Scarce Richard Rogers Music Sheets
Item History & Price
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FROM THE ESTATE AND PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ROBERT B. SOUR, PAST PRESIDENT OF BROADCAST MUSIC INC. (BMI) A DEMO RECORDING OF THE RICHARD ROGERS MUSICAL "REX", WITH RARE SONG SHEETS INCLUDED.
ROBERT SOUR BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH BROADCAST MUSIC INC. AS A LYRIC EDITOR IN 1940 AS THE COMPANY WAS LAUNCHED. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY IN 1965. DURING HIS MANY YEARS WITH BMI HE HAS HELD MANY POSITIONS WHICH HAS ENABLED HIM TO DEVELOP CLOSE TIES WITH MANY SONGWRITERS, COMP...OSERS FROM POP TO CONCERT MUSIC, NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK BUT ALL OVER THE U.S. HE HAD WRITTEN OVER 100 PUBLISHED SONGS AND WAS CO-LYRICIST OF THE ICONIC JAZZ CLASSIC "BODY & SOUL" ALONG WITH THE TALENTED MAESTRO JOHNNY GREEN. HE ALSO WAS AN EXECUTIVE WITH THE AMERICAN GUILD OF (MUSIC) AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS (AGAC).
MANY SCARCE RECORDINGS FROM SOUR'S ESTATE WILL BE LISTED INCLUDING STUDIO DEMO RECORDINGS THAT HE WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH.
LISTED HERE IS A DEMO RECORDING OF THE 1976 MUSICAL PRODUCTION "REX". THIS WAS A RARE FLOP FOR RICHARD RODGERS WHO PROVIDED THE MUSIC; SHELDON HARNICK DID THE LYRICS. THE SHOW OPENED ON BROADWAY AT THE LUNT-FONTANNE THEATRE IN APRIL 1976 AND CLOSED AFTER 14 PREVIEWS AND 49 REGULAR PERFORMANCES. BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORDING LIST A SELECTION OF THE SONGS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SHOW. BEFORE SHOWTIME TWO OF THE SONGS WERE CUT, THOSE BEING "TELL ME" AND "I BROUGHT YOU A GIFT". NOTATIONS TO THAT EFFECT WERE MADE ON THE RECORD IN PEN, CROSSING OUT THOSE TWO SONGS AS SHOWN IN THE PICS AND NUMBERING THE REMAINING SONGS.
OF INTEREST ARE THE RARE SONG SHEETS THAT WERE INCLUDED INSIDE THE ALBUM JACKET AND NOT NORMALLY FOUND WITH THIS RECORDING. THESE ARE THE COPY SHEETS OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS FOR THE SONGS AND NOT COMMERCIALLY ISSUED SONG SHEETS. THE MUSIC SHEETS ARE IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:1. AS ONCE I LOVED YOU - 4 PAGES2. NO SONG MORE PLEASING - 4 PAGES3. AWAY FROM YOU - 7 PAGES4. TELL ME - 5 PAGES5. I BROUGHT YOU A GIFT - 7 PAGES6. ELIZABETH - 4 PAGES
THIS RECORDING APPEARS AS NEW, AND PLAYS FINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES. IN LISTENING TO THIS RECORDING ALL OF THE SONGS LISTED ON SIDES A & B ARE IN ORDER AND MATCH THE MUSIC/LYRICS ON THE SHEETS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SONG "ELIZABETH" - ALSO IDENTIFIED AS "LIZZIES LULLABY" ON THE SONG SHEET - THE THIRD CUT ON SIDE B. THIS CUT SHOWN AS "ELIZABETH" IS ALL INSTRUMENTAL WITH NO VOCAL AS SHOWN ON THE SHEET MUSIC.
RECORD WILL BE SHIPPED IN HEAVY DUTY RECORD MAILER.
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED JUST ASK.
ROBERT SOUR BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH BROADCAST MUSIC INC. AS A LYRIC EDITOR IN 1940 AS THE COMPANY WAS LAUNCHED. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY IN 1965. DURING HIS MANY YEARS WITH BMI HE HAS HELD MANY POSITIONS WHICH HAS ENABLED HIM TO DEVELOP CLOSE TIES WITH MANY SONGWRITERS, COMP...OSERS FROM POP TO CONCERT MUSIC, NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK BUT ALL OVER THE U.S. HE HAD WRITTEN OVER 100 PUBLISHED SONGS AND WAS CO-LYRICIST OF THE ICONIC JAZZ CLASSIC "BODY & SOUL" ALONG WITH THE TALENTED MAESTRO JOHNNY GREEN. HE ALSO WAS AN EXECUTIVE WITH THE AMERICAN GUILD OF (MUSIC) AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS (AGAC).
MANY SCARCE RECORDINGS FROM SOUR'S ESTATE WILL BE LISTED INCLUDING STUDIO DEMO RECORDINGS THAT HE WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH.
LISTED HERE IS A DEMO RECORDING OF THE 1976 MUSICAL PRODUCTION "REX". THIS WAS A RARE FLOP FOR RICHARD RODGERS WHO PROVIDED THE MUSIC; SHELDON HARNICK DID THE LYRICS. THE SHOW OPENED ON BROADWAY AT THE LUNT-FONTANNE THEATRE IN APRIL 1976 AND CLOSED AFTER 14 PREVIEWS AND 49 REGULAR PERFORMANCES. BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORDING LIST A SELECTION OF THE SONGS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SHOW. BEFORE SHOWTIME TWO OF THE SONGS WERE CUT, THOSE BEING "TELL ME" AND "I BROUGHT YOU A GIFT". NOTATIONS TO THAT EFFECT WERE MADE ON THE RECORD IN PEN, CROSSING OUT THOSE TWO SONGS AS SHOWN IN THE PICS AND NUMBERING THE REMAINING SONGS.
OF INTEREST ARE THE RARE SONG SHEETS THAT WERE INCLUDED INSIDE THE ALBUM JACKET AND NOT NORMALLY FOUND WITH THIS RECORDING. THESE ARE THE COPY SHEETS OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS FOR THE SONGS AND NOT COMMERCIALLY ISSUED SONG SHEETS. THE MUSIC SHEETS ARE IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:1. AS ONCE I LOVED YOU - 4 PAGES2. NO SONG MORE PLEASING - 4 PAGES3. AWAY FROM YOU - 7 PAGES4. TELL ME - 5 PAGES5. I BROUGHT YOU A GIFT - 7 PAGES6. ELIZABETH - 4 PAGES
THIS RECORDING APPEARS AS NEW, AND PLAYS FINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES. IN LISTENING TO THIS RECORDING ALL OF THE SONGS LISTED ON SIDES A & B ARE IN ORDER AND MATCH THE MUSIC/LYRICS ON THE SHEETS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SONG "ELIZABETH" - ALSO IDENTIFIED AS "LIZZIES LULLABY" ON THE SONG SHEET - THE THIRD CUT ON SIDE B. THIS CUT SHOWN AS "ELIZABETH" IS ALL INSTRUMENTAL WITH NO VOCAL AS SHOWN ON THE SHEET MUSIC.
RECORD WILL BE SHIPPED IN HEAVY DUTY RECORD MAILER.
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED JUST ASK.
