Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Various artists |
Cover: | Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre.jpg |
Released: | 1963 |
Recorded: | 1963, Los Angeles |
Label: | Reprise |
Producer: | Sonny Burke |
Chronology: | Bing Crosby |
Prev Title: | Holiday in Europe |
Prev Year: | 1962 |
Next Title: | Return to Paradise Islands |
Next Year: | 1964 |
Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre is a series of four 12" long playing vinyl albums recorded in Los Angeles in 1963. The four albums were sold through mail order as a box set in 1963, then released separately to retail in 1964.[1] They were conceived and produced by Frank Sinatra. Morris Stoloff was the musical director and the A&R Director was Sonny Burke.
The four discs feature the scores of four popular Broadway musicals of the time – namely Finian's Rainbow (1947), Kiss Me, Kate (1948), South Pacific (1949), and Guys and Dolls (1950) – as performed by various Reprise artists.
The "Guys and Dolls" album[2] was issued on CD in 1992 when the musical itself was enjoying a revival. All the albums were re-released in a box set on September 26, 2000.