STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - IT'S A BIRD ... IT'S A PLANE .... IT'S SUPERMAN - VARIOUS ARTISTS

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Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. On this day in 1970 the first ever San Diego Comic-Con International opened at the U.S. Grant Hotel. Now, we don't have a album from that convention or any other one. What we do have is this 1966 Columbia Masterworks release, It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman. It's a musical comedy composed by Charles Strouse, with lyrics by Lee Adams and book by David Newman and Robert Benton. The shows original Broadway run did not catch on and was abruptly ended in 3 and a half months. At the time it was Broadway's biggest flop. The production opened this month in 1966 and starred Bob Holiday as Superman/Clark Kent, Patricia Marand as Lois Lane, Michael O'Sullivan as the main villain, Dr. Abner Sedgwick, and Jack Cassidy (Father of David and Shaun) as Max Mencken, as a romantic detractor who desires Lois and resents Superman. Our copy of the Original Broadway Cast Recording is a Radio Station Promo, Not For Resale. The back of the album is a mock up of a Daily Planet newspaper that talks of the events of the play and the players. 

Here's a nice link that delves deeper into the plot :

https://masterworksbroadway.com/music/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-su...

A1 Orchestra– Overture

A2 Bob Holiday– Doing Good

A3 Patricia Marand, Jack Cassidy, Bob Holiday, Company– We Need Him

A4 Patricia Marand– It's Superman

A5 Don Chastain, Patricia Marand– We Don't Matter At All

A6 Michael O'Sullivan– Revenge

A7 Jack Cassidy– The Woman For The Man

A8 Linda Lavin– You've Got Possibilities

A9 Patricia Marand– What I've Always Wanted

B1 Orchestra*– Entr'acte

B2 The Company (3)– It's Supernice

B3 Jack Cassidy– So Long, Big Guy

B4 Bob Holiday– The Strongest Man In The World

B5 Linda Lavin– Ohh, Do You Love You!

B6 Michael O'Sullivan, Jack Cassidy– You've Got What I Need

B7 The Company – Reprise: It's Superman

B8 Patricia Marand– I'm Not Finished Yet

B9 Bob Holiday And The Flying Lings– Pow! Bam! Zonk!

B10 The Company – Finale

Liner Notes – C. Burr
Lyrics By – Lee Adams 
Music By – Charles Strouse
Music Director – Harold Hastings
Orchestrated By – Eddie Sauter
Photography By [Cover Photo Courtesy Of] – Ewing Galloway
Producer – Goddard Lieberson