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Show Boat

Columbia ML 4058. Released 1948. United States.

Released
1948
Territory
United States
Label as printed
Columbia ML 4058
Catalogue number
ML 4058
Format
Unknown

What it documents no production attributed

This recording is filed against Show Boat. Nothing on the record says which staging of it was recorded. Here is every staging we hold.

1927 Ziegfeld Theatre Original · opened December 27, 1927 572 perf.
1928 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Transfer
1932 Casino Theatre Revival · opened May 19, 1932 180 perf.
1932 Transfer Transfer
1946 Ziegfeld Theatre Revival · opened January 5, 1946 418 perf.
1946 Transfer Transfer
1948 City Center Revival · opened September 7, 1948 · running when this was released 15 perf.
1954 City Center Revival · opened May 5, 1954 15 perf.
1983 Uris Theatre Revival · opened April 24, 1983 73 perf.
1994 Gershwin Theatre Revival · opened October 2, 1994 947 perf.
1998 Transfer Transfer · opened November 7, 2024
2016 Transfer Transfer · opened February 11, 2016

A lead, not an answer. One staging was running on the release date and no other was. That makes it the obvious candidate and it is not proof: a cast album can be issued years after a run, reissued under a new sleeve, or recorded by a company that never played the theatre. This falls out for 44 of the 237 recordings held; for the rest the dates rule nothing in or out.

Track listing none held

No track listing is held for this recording, or for any of the other 236. The running order is usually printed on the back of the sleeve. We hold no photograph of the back of this one. 127 of the 237 recordings have a back sleeve on file; this is not among them, so the running order is not in anything we hold.

Other recordings of Show Boat19 held

Separate releases, not necessarily separate recordings. A reissue, a foreign pressing and an original can all appear here as three rows, because what we hold is releases and the field that would distinguish them is not held.

What this page does not know

  • Which production this documents, or whether it documents one at all.
  • What is on it. No track listing, no running time, no side breaks.
  • Who sings. No performer is credited on any recording we hold, so the cast of the album and the cast of the stage production are never compared.
  • The format. Whether it was vinyl, CD, cassette or download is not known.
  • Where to buy, rent or borrow it. No purchase link is held for any recording.

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