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Title: A bit of background
Review: Many years ago I owned a Columbia LP called "archie and mehitabel" with Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken and David Wayne as cat, roach and "boss" respectively. Foolishly I lent it to a student and never saw it again. When the Broadway play came out titled Shinebone Alley, it used all the songs from this 25 minute (or so) LP side and added more songs of less distinction. I never heard the original cast LP of that show at all. Since then I have hunted high and low for the original LP or the Shinbone Alley LP with Eartha Kitt. If anyone out there has either for sale, please let me know right quick. This video, then, was a blessing to me in that I at least have all the songs back again. I still cannot understand some lines sung by the chorus and Channing does tend to bury enunciation under her singing style. So I could use a copy of the script also. Help, anyone?
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