New Kritzerland CD: Eubie! The Original Broadway Cast Recording, first time on CD!

Just in time for Shuffle Along, we're very pleased to announce the first ever CD release of the wonderful musical revue, Eubie! Here's the info.

Kritzerland is proud to present the CD premiere of an Original Broadway Cast Recording:

EUBIE!

Music by Eubie Blake

Lyrics by Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, F.E. Miller, Jim Europe, and Micki Grant

In 1978 two African-American musicals opened on Broadway within months of each other – the first, Ain’t Misbehavin’, was a tribute to the songs of Fats Waller. The second, Eubie!, was a tribute to the songs of the great Eubie Blake.

Eubie! was conceived and directed by Julianne Boyd, with choreography by Billy Wilson and Henry LeTang. Boyd assembled a great cast, which included the Hines brothers, Gregory and Maurice, Alaina Reed, Lynnie Godfrey, Terry Burrell, and other terrific singers and dancers. The show was nominated for three Tony Awards – Gregory Hines for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Billy Wilson and Henry LeTang for Best Choreography, and, most interestingly, for Best Original Score (that probably couldn’t happen these days).

The musical arrangements by musical supervisor Danny Holgate are incredible and musical director Vicki Carter leads what can only be called a totally kick-ass band. But the star of the show, always front and center, is Eubie Blake and his songs. His amazing melodies are tuneful and infectious and they’re performed by a stellar cast with incredible voices energy. It all adds up to a toe-tapping delight from start to finish. And in a lovely bit of serendipity to the release of this wonderful cast album making its CD debut, a show about the making of Blake’s groundbreaking musical, Shuffle Along, is about to open.

Eubie! was mastered from the original master tapes from the Warner Bros./Rhino vaults and sounds incredible.

Eubie! is limited to 1000 copies only and is priced at $19.98, plus shipping.

CDs will ship by the second week of April, but we’ve actually been averaging three to five weeks early in terms of shipping ahead of the official ship date. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.

Remember seeing and enjoying both. I think Eubie played at the Ambassador if I am not mistaken. Eubie was also released on video. I had a copy on an RCA video disc (format which sat there like a giant you know what.) It is long out of print. This could be ripe for a full scale revival .

Everyone now is selling turntables as LP'S are back. Who did you get the CD from as it not on Amazon ?

Mr. Roxy, the CD is being produced and sold by Bruce Kimmel's specialty label, Kritzerland Records. You can pre-order it from their website and it will ship to you once it's released.

http://www.kritzerland.com/Eubie.htm

Updated On: 2/23/16 at 10:17 AM

Yeah missed that one. Sorry I just got up. No longer buy CD's as I have more than I will ever listen to . Problem is you buy stuff and what do you do with it. If I was 30 , fine. I am not so made a decision that is it.

Just ordered this. I am so excited to finally hear this score. Thank you, Kritzerland!!

Mr. Roxy I am baffled. You went to Amazon about the CD. You couldn't find it (we don't list the limited editions on Amazon because they usually sell out pretty quickly). You came back here and made a post about that. You had responses that told you where you could find it. Then your response was "I don't want it." Funny stuff :)

"The digital content now will one day be obsolete and have to be replaced yet again."

Trying to wrap my head around that, and getting a headache trying.

I was wandering what you'd been up to, Bruce.

chewy5000 said: "I was wandering what you'd been up to, Bruce."

Bruce was out on a date with Laurie Partridge.

Updated On: 2/24/16 at 11:05 AM

That guy in the Partridge Family shot looks like Guy Haines.

Just ordered my copy. Looking forward to this release. There is still one other that I put into this category, but I don't believe we'll ever see it on CD - One Mo' Time. I loved that show, it played the National in DC when I worked there. I guess there are very few who remember it and even fewer who would buy a copy of a CD, but I'd love to have it. When I was at the New Orleans Jazz Festival a few years back, Vernel Bagneris did an anniversary concert with members of various companies of the show. It was glorious to hear that music again.