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My Fair Lady - Original Soundtrack |  | Creators: Frederick Loewe, André Previn, Audrey Hepburn, Marnie Nixon, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway, Gladys Cooper, Bill Shirley, Original Film Cast
Label: Broadway
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99 (EUR10.28)
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 2041
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: SMK66711
EAN: 5099706671121
ASIN: B0000262HT
Release Date: February 1, 1995
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture | | • | Why Can't The English | | • | Wouldn't It Be Loverly | | • | Flower Market | | • | I'm An Ordinary Man | | • | With A Little Bit Of Luck | | • | Just You Wait | | • | Servants' Chorus | | • | Rain In Spain | | • | I Could Have Danced All Night | | • | Ascot Gavotte | | • | Ascot Gavotte | | • | On The Street Where You Live | | • | Intermission | | • | Transylvanian March | | • | Embassy Waltz | | • | You Did It | | • | Just You Wait | | • | On The Street Where You Live | | • | Show Me | | • | Flowermarket | | • | Get Me To The Church On Time | | • | Hymn To Him | | • | Without You | | • | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face | | • | End Titles | | • | Exit Music |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Lerner and Loewe's elegant, indestructible musical is one of those rare Broadway triumphs to be transferred to the big screen with practically every note and lyric intact. Warner's plush film version also preserved for posterity the definitive performances of Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins (though Jack Warner originally wanted Cary Grant) and Stanley Holloway as Alfred Dolittle. But if the decision to replace Broadway's radiant Julie Andrews (then a stranger to Hollywood) with the more bankable Audrey Hepburn remains a tad controversial, there is little doubt that Miss Hepburn made a captivatingly chic Eliza Dolittle; albeit with a singing voice provided by game dubber-for-the-stars, Marni Nixon. My Fair Lady was lovingly restored to its full Technicolored, widescreen glory in 1994, and from the spectacularly revitalised soundtrack comes this sumptuous rival to its legendary Broadway counterpart. Greatly expanded to present every beautifully constructed number in its entirety, as well as previously unreleased nuggets from André Previn's luminous, Oscar-winning underscore, the earlier CD of the 1964 soundtrack album now sounds distinctly moth-eaten.
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| Customer Reviews:
 The best recording of any musical November 14, 2007
Madge the Badge (Gravesend)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Most musical recordings seem choppy mostly because they are, and are rendered from the stage play, so of course they wouldn't make that much sense. MY FAIR LADY holds up well and you don't get this sense. The entire ablum is a gem and there's not a sour note in it.
my fair lady review by sam west August 8, 2005
Mr. M. A. West (london)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
i have nearly every single soundtrack from every musical. out of all of them i think this soundtrack is the best one.
from sam west (mwest653)
p.s. this is also my faverate film.
Harrison, Hepburn and Happiness. March 28, 2001
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
For as long as I can remember this has been the one musical soundtrack that has haunted me. I have always known at least a few phrases from each song - but now I can successfully complete each and every one. Much to my cat's amusement I can now waltz around the living room accompanied to 'I could have danced all night'. The musical arrangements are still fresh and Marnie Nixon's voice is outstanding.Why has it taken me so long to buy this CD? I've no idea, but now in the words of Professor Higgins, "By George, she's got it!"
The songs stand on their own April 25, 2010
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
Many people can associate this sound track with the movie, "My Fair Lady" that was that is a film version of Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion". This is a classic musical with many well known songs by Lerner and Loewe.
However unlike many musicals the songs have a life of their own. Even though they matched the story perfectly, they are they type of songs that one could instantly blurt out in the thrill of the moment. I my self found that "On the Street Where you live" matched perfectly when I was in love in my youth.
 A Good Album Spoilt - Just a little. April 18, 2007
Patrick (North West England)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Being a Luddite, I have the original vinyl edition of this album. which sounds better than this CD, My LP has a warm fugginess about it that suggests snoozy, boozy Christmasses by the fire - The CD doesn't! I had to buy it though because I need to use some of the music (a wedding funnily enough!) and they only have a new fangled plain CD Player where it's all happening! Call me a cynic as well, but I know don't why they've put the additional tracks on here? They are pointless bits of editing that you don't need! Not if you're a true MFL fan anyway! It would have been more enjoyable if all they'd done is include the original Audrey Hepburn sung tracks as extras? Her voice wasn't that bad - as owners of the DVD will know.
I've reviewed the CD here - no point in talking about the music! - That speaks (or sings) it's own brilliance, and is one of my favourite, favourite films! Bringing a tear to my eye each time I watch! For me though - I'll stick to me vinyl copy in future!
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