LoginThe King and I: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (Original 1951 Broadway Cast)
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Yul Brynner made a career out of playing the King of Siam. He owns it so much that it's disconcerting to see Rex Harrison play it in the film version of Anna & the King of Siam, the play Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted. Ironically, the still-unknown Brynner wasn't the star of the 1951 production; he's billed below British grande dame Gertrude Lawrence (played by Julie Andrews in the biopic Star!), who died during the play's run, and curio value is the only real reason for this recording in 1998. Sound quality is below standard, much like MCA other early Decca original cast albums, and Brynner was still too young to bring the
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Manufacturer: Decca Broadway
Release date: 16 May 2000
EAN: 0601215798227 UPC: 601215798227
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Release date: 16 May 2000
EAN: 0601215798227 UPC: 601215798227
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