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Great Deal! "Mame" Other Titles Under $7 Nat "King" Cole, "Broadway Magic: 1950s," and "Gypsy" Can't-Miss Classics "Sweet Charity," "No, No, Nanette," and Tony Bennett	Forgotten Gem "Flower Drum Song" Budget Box Sets of Broadway Classics The Best of Broadway

Delivers Vocalists & Broadway. This month we're highlighting some great offers and classic gems for your summer listening pleasure. We hope you'll enjoy these selections while entertaining, traveling, or just lounging in the sun. Please note that quantities of some titles are limited.

GREAT DEAL! "MAME"
"Mame"
Angela Lansbury et al.
Jerry Herman's 1966 musical "Mame," based on the hilarious and outrageous Patrick Dennis novel "Auntie Mame," was one of Angela Lansbury's great vehicles. Priced at less than $7, this budget reissue of the original cast recording affords you no excuse to be missing "Mame" from your collection. Read more

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OTHER TITLES UNDER $7
"Just One of Those Things (and More)"
Nat "King" Cole
This is a lovely collection featuring the seductive, smoky delivery of the great vocalist, including, along with the title Cole Porter song, "Who's Sorry Now?", "The Song Is Ended," "Something Makes Me Want to Dance with You," and others--12 songs in total, illustrating Cole's stylistic versatility from swinging jazz to lushly orchestrated ballads. Read more

"Broadway Magic: 1950s"
Various Artists
Part of Sony's decade-by-decade series showcasing Broadway highlights, "Broadway Magic: 1950s" includes numbers from such Tony Award winners as "South Pacific," "Kismet," and "My Fair Lady." Also included are songs from lesser-known musicals: "The Girl in Pink Tights," "House of Flowers," and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

"Gypsy"
Original Cast Recording
"Gypsy"--considered by many to be the last great musical comedy--produced more than its share of Broadway standards, including "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Small World," "Some People," "If Momma Was Married," "Together Wherever We Go," and the climactic "Rose's Turn." The show was written for Ethel Merman, and she remains the definitive stage mother.

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CAN'T-MISS CLASSICS
"Sweet Charity"
Original Cast Recording
This collaboration between Bob Fosse, Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields proved that fantasies about hookers with hearts of gold could provide mainstream entertainment years before Julia Roberts became "Pretty Woman." The original cast recording, starring Gwen Verdon (Fosse's wife at the time), includes the show's two best-known numbers: "Big Spender" and "If My Friends Could See Me Now." Read more

"No, No, Nanette"
Various Artists
A hit 1970 production of the original 1925 show, "No, No, Nanette" was a harbinger of the Broadway-revival craze that is currently in full flower. The show got great marquee value from tap-dancing star Ruby Keeler, as she appeared in her first Broadway show since 1940. The revival scored four Tony Awards and ended up running twice as long as the original. What sounded campy in the early '70s may sound slightly dated in our more irony-filled times; nevertheless, you can't go wrong with the three great standards that came from the Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar score--"Too Many Rings Around Rosie," "I Want to Be Happy," and "Tea for Two."

"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
Tony Bennett
A hit album capturing Tony Bennett at the peak of his popularity, and at a super-budget price--hard to pass up. Along with his signature anthem and unforgettable tribute to the city by the bay, this collection includes "Once Upon a Time"--an especially lovely ballad from a forgotten Broadway show--and, for variety, a big-band Latin treatment of Cole Porter's "Love for Sale" and a few brassy up-tempo numbers.

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FORGOTTEN GEM
"Flower Drum Song"
Original Cast Recording
Since it opened in 1958, "Flower Drum Song" has dated more obviously than the canonical Rodgers & Hammerstein shows, especially due to its representation of a bygone San Francisco Chinatown culture. Nevertheless, the original cast recording (starring Miyoshi Umeki and Ed Kenney) contains some delightful, graceful songs that deserve to be (re)discovered by fans of the team's better-known work. Read more

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BUDGET BOX SETS
For some really essential original cast recordings at bargain prices, you can hardly beat the Best of Broadway series from Sony. Each volume comes as a three-pack (with each CD under $10), mixing together milestones from different points in Broadway's history.

Volume 1: "Cabaret," "West Side Story," and "Company"
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Volume 2: "The Sound of Music," "Annie," and "On the Town"

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Volume 3: "South Pacific," "A Chorus Line," and "Kiss Me, Kate"

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Volume 4: "My Fair Lady," "A Little Night Music," and "Camelot"

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