Should I get the Sepia Jane Pickens or the AEI radio cast? Was reading aobut this show in Ethan Mordden today and want to get a recording. Or are both worth having?
Neither one of them is very good. The Pickens one was slapped together after the 1952 revival wasn't successful and is bascially a Jane Pickens recital. The radio recording doesn't contain a lot of the score and isn't in very good sound. There is, however, a complete pirate recording of the Encores! production that probably is the best of the lot in terms of completeness. I love the score but there just isn't that much out there.