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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); two seams partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Silver label with "BW" suffix. (Notch in bottom-left.)
Godspell is the original cast recording of the Cherry Lane Theatre production of Stephen Schwartz's musical, Godspell, based upon the Gospel According to St. Matthew. It initially sold well enough to make the upper half of the LP charts, but sales then fell off until the spring of 1972, when Bell released Day By Day as a single. The song hit the Top 10 in July, with the album peaking in the Top 40 by September and going gold in December. Meanwhile, the show had moved into the larger off-Broadway house, the Promenade Theater, on August 10, 1971, and settled into a long run. After five years and 2,124 performances, it finally transferred to Broadway's Broadhurst Theater on June 22, 1976, remaining on Broadway for another 527 performances. In retrospect, the original cast album has rough edges but those are smoothed by the infectious enthusiasm of the cast. And the score is full of small pop masterpieces, not only the lovely Day By Day, but also the stirring rockers Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord and Save the People, as well as the vaudeville pastiche All for the Best and the Mae West-styled Turn Back, O Man. Schwartz's tunes are simple, but strongly melodic. No wonder the show has been performed continually, somewhere in the world, since the day it opened.
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