Best Broadway Overtures (HELP NEEDED)

I'm compiling a playlist of musical overtures (got a craving to have one on my iPod while I walked to school today) and was hoping you guys could help me out.

Here's what I have so far:
SOUTH PACIFIC (have the revival, but which version do you think is best?)
GYPSY (same problem as SP, have the most recent revival)
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
URINETOWN
THE FANTASTICKS

Funny Girl
Subways Are For Sleeping (can't really go wrong with any Jule Styne overture so add Sugar to the mix).
Promises, Promises

The best Gypsy overture is the original cast recording but NOT the new CD version - get the older one, you know, before Tom Shepherd got his grubby hands on it and decided he was somehow better than Goddard Lieberson. Note to Tom: You're not, and how dare you muck around with history. I'd put a smiley face, but I'm serious :)

I also like the Henry Sweet Henry overture, love the Flower Drum Song overture, and Li'l Abner is fantastic, too.

I'll add On the Twentieth Century, Irma La Douce, and Mame to the list.

A shame too that there's not an official recording of Bernstein's overture to "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." I really liked that one.

~K

I second Promises, Promises and add The Color Purple and A Little Night Music.

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HeyMrMusic, when you say WEST SIDE STORY, do you mean the prologue or the overture that was added for the movie?

Either way, a great choice.

I prefer the revival recording of GYPSY just because of the sound quality. I have the original and it's always sounded thin and tinny. Maybe there's a remastered version somewhere that I don't have, though.

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Yero, yeah, either or. I think I meant the real Overture, but the Prologue is a phenomenal orchestral piece.

~Steven

I think that the show as a whole is problematic, but I love the overture to Sunset Boulevard. It sets the tone of the show very well IMO.

The Chicago overture is also very good.

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Finian's Rainbow Revival

One of my favorite CDs is the collection of Rodgers and Hammarstein's overtures, which also contains the Carousel Waltz.

I assembled my playlist thanks to all of your help. Thanks for all the great suggestions! If I could've gotten all of them, I would have. But I don't want to spend my ENTIRE iTunes gift card on overtures. Haha.

Here's the list:
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Royal National Theatre Recording)
NINE (Movie Soundtrack)
CANDIDE (New York Philharmonic)
THE FANTASTICKS (Original Cast Recording)
PROMISES, PROMISES (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
SOUTH PACIFIC (Carnegie Hall Concert - had to do it for Gemignani)
CAROUSEL ('87 Studio Cast - again, Gemignani)
GYPSY (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
SWEET CHARITY (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
SUNSET BOULEVARD (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
CHICAGO (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
URINETOWN (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
MAME (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Ditto Dear World
Any Jerry Herman Overture
Any Jule Styne Overture

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Mack and Mable

-The Scarlet Pimpernel (Entr'Acte on CD, which is actually the overture for most productions!)
-A TALE of TWO CITIES