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Stage Door are pleased to present the CD debut of 'Los Fantastikos', the 1961 Mexico City Cast Recording of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's musical 'The Fantasticks'. Adapted by Luis de Llano and Martha Fischer, the Spanish language production opened at Mexico City's Teatro del Bosque on April 6th 1961, and starred Armando Calvo, Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama, Ortiz de Pinedo and Guillermo Orea. The production followed a series of successful Spanish musical adaptations that Lluis de Llano and Rene Anselmo presented in Mexico City, including 'Los Novios' ('The Boy Friend'), 'Ring, Ring, Llama El Amor' ('Bells Are Ringing') and 'La Pelirojja' ('Redhead'). The 1961 Mexico City production of 'Los Fantastikos' was preserved on an Original Cast Album issued by Columbia Records. Now considered one of the rarest and most sought after international cast recordings, the album now makes it's debut on CD. In addition, the release includes two songs recorded by Christian Bratt; star of the Original 1962 Stockholm production of 'The Fantasticks' alongside a handful of Swedish cover recordings from the score. As bonus tracks, the album concludes with a selection of pop cover recordings from 'The Fantasticks' as sung by Harry Belafonte ('Try to Remember'), James Shigeta ('Soon It's Gonna Rain') and Don Rondo ('They Were You').
Stage Door are pleased to present the CD debut of 'Los Fantastikos', the 1961 Mexico City Cast Recording of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's musical 'The Fantasticks'. Adapted by Luis de Llano and Martha Fischer, the Spanish language production opened at Mexico City's Teatro del Bosque on April 6th 1961, and starred Armando Calvo, Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama, Ortiz de Pinedo and Guillermo Orea. The production followed a series of successful Spanish musical adaptations that Lluis de Llano and Rene Anselmo presented in Mexico City, including 'Los Novios' ('The Boy Friend'), 'Ring, Ring, Llama El Amor' ('Bells Are Ringing') and 'La Pelirojja' ('Redhead'). The 1961 Mexico City production of 'Los Fantastikos' was preserved on an Original Cast Album issued by Columbia Records. Now considered one of the rarest and most sought after international cast recordings, the album now makes it's debut on CD. In addition, the release includes two songs recorded by Christian Bratt; star of the Original 1962 Stockholm production of 'The Fantasticks' alongside a handful of Swedish cover recordings from the score. As bonus tracks, the album concludes with a selection of pop cover recordings from 'The Fantasticks' as sung by Harry Belafonte ('Try to Remember'), James Shigeta ('Soon It's Gonna Rain') and Don Rondo ('They Were You').
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Los Fantastikos: Original 1961 Mexico City Cast
Artist: Los Fantastikos: Original 1961 Mexico City Cast
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DISC: 1

1. Obertura (Overture) - Orchestra
2. Dice La Gente (Try To Remember) - Armando Calvo
3. Soñar, Soñar (Much More) - Maria Rivas
4. Tu Eres Amor (Metaphor) - Antonio Gama, Maria Rivas
5. Nunca Digas No (Never Say No) - Ortiz de Pinedo, Guillermo Orea
6. El Rapto (It Depends On What You Pay) - Armando Calvo, Ortiz de Pinedo, Guillermo Orea
7. Septembre (You Wonder How These Things Begin) - Armando Calvo
8. Pronto Va A Llover (Soon It's Gonna Rain) - Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama
9. El Ballet Del Rapto / Happy Ending (The Rape Ballet / Happy Ending) - Company
10. Quita El Claro De La Luna (This Plum is Too Ripe) - Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama, Ortiz de Pinedo, Guillermo Orea
11. Detras Del Mar (I Can See It) - Armando Calvo, Antonio Gama
12. El Reino Vegetal (Plant a Radish) - Ortiz de Pinedo, Guillermo Orea
13. Baila Baila (Round and Round) - Armando Calvo, Maria Rivas
14. Paradoja (There's a Curious Paradox) - Armando Calvo
15. Eres Tu (They Were You) - Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama
16. Dice La Gente (Reprise) (Try to Remember) - Armando Calvo, Company
17. Minns I November (Try to Remember) - Christian Bratt
18. Brudrövarsången (It Depends On What You Pay) - Christian Bratt
19. Minns I November (Try to Remember) - Per Myrberg
20. Allt Var Du (There Were You) - Per Myrberg
21. Regnet Kommer Snart (Soon It's Gonna Rain) - Lars Lönndahl
22. Try To Remember - Harry Belafonte
23. Soon It's Gonna Rain - James Shigeta
24. They Were You - Don Rondo
25. Try to Remember - Gerrit Van Triest

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Stage Door are pleased to present the CD debut of 'Los Fantastikos', the 1961 Mexico City Cast Recording of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's musical 'The Fantasticks'. Adapted by Luis de Llano and Martha Fischer, the Spanish language production opened at Mexico City's Teatro del Bosque on April 6th 1961, and starred Armando Calvo, Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama, Ortiz de Pinedo and Guillermo Orea. The production followed a series of successful Spanish musical adaptations that Lluis de Llano and Rene Anselmo presented in Mexico City, including 'Los Novios' ('The Boy Friend'), 'Ring, Ring, Llama El Amor' ('Bells Are Ringing') and 'La Pelirojja' ('Redhead'). The 1961 Mexico City production of 'Los Fantastikos' was preserved on an Original Cast Album issued by Columbia Records. Now considered one of the rarest and most sought after international cast recordings, the album now makes it's debut on CD. In addition, the release includes two songs recorded by Christian Bratt; star of the Original 1962 Stockholm production of 'The Fantasticks' alongside a handful of Swedish cover recordings from the score. As bonus tracks, the album concludes with a selection of pop cover recordings from 'The Fantasticks' as sung by Harry Belafonte ('Try to Remember'), James Shigeta ('Soon It's Gonna Rain') and Don Rondo ('They Were You').
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