Camelot (Original 1960 Broadway Cast Recording)

When I was growing up, my Mum used to play albums, yes those flat vinyl things, of Broadway musicals. She taught me to love the music and words and if you can't understand them you must not have much command of the English language. I learned the words of many musicals I'd never see, but loved to listen to as they told a story. Camelot is by far one of my favorites. And it was Richard Harris, Julie Andrews and many other actors that couldn't necessarily sing that well, but the emotion in the songs is what I love. Take a music appreciation course to "get" these older musicals.

Not the best. Julie Andrews is, as always, amazing, but she sing-speaks a lot of the time on this recording. The other cast members all did well, except for whoever sings "Follow Me", the most boring song ever performed. The orchestrations are good, and the music is okay (but fails to live up to Gigi or My Fair Lady), but the lyrics are HORRENDOUS. They're bloody and gory and, quite frankly, don't make any sense. What could have been a five-star recording is ruined by Alan J. Lerner's horrible lyrics.

Lerner and Lowe's follow-up to "My Fair Lady" remains one of the best top-to-bottom scores in Broadway history, even if the musical itself is somwhat less than engaging. Even Richard Burton's half-singing, half talking-in-pitch effort is outstanding, and Robert Goulet had one of the best male stage voices of all time. Julie Andrews? Sublime. Overlooked nugget: "Before I Gaze At You Again." I have downloaded favorite songs from the show over the years -- "What Do the Simple Folk Do?, "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" -- and finally decided to just buy the whole thing at the iTunes bargain price of $9.99. Love it.

This was such an AWESOME musical, such fantastic music (and i had a good ear for it down in the pit!), great lyrics, very powerful and moving storyline. by far my favorite musical of all, this album is a MUST HAVE FOR ETERNITY. "If Ever I Would Leave You" and "Before I Gaze At You Again" are incredible, and so is the insturmental "March." GET IT NOW

I loved this album as a teenager and the music and sounds have not lost their luster. Apple needs to give proper artist credit for the songs, but you can fix that once purchased. A must have album to add to any collection!

I am very impressed with the singing of Richard Burton. He has a nice set of pipes. Some of the other songs like Follow Me, following Camelot are for lack of a better word tiresome. If you don't want the whole album, then extract what you like with some $0.99 purchases. Pay for what you love.

. . . if you look carefully at the album graphics, you'll learn that the late Robert Goulet, Roddy McDowell, and Robert Coote co-star, and not every track (other than the instrumentals) is sung by J.A. & R.B.! Tracks 7 and 12 are Robert Goulet, solo! You may fix these credits once you buy, but not before. Do an iTunes search for Goulet, and this album will not turn up. Fie! Unfortunately Apple is not contractually compelled to display individual track credits accurately, and that's up to us, the knowledgeable consumers.

This is the kind of junk my mom took me to when I was a kid. I had to sit through hours of people in tights singing "Camelot" over and over again. Just give me some Disney...

I love Camelot and Julie Andrews! She is my idol!! I hate how iTunes won't let you buy some songs unless you buy the whole entire album. Its like blackmail! I don't want to buy the whole album....I just want The Lusty Month of May...I love that song! The tra la la la part gives me the chills but in a good way!

I respectfully disagree with the person who felt Mordred isn't up to par in this recording. Mordred sings only one song in the show, "The Seven Deadly Sins", which is less than 1.5 minutes. Would you cast the villain in your show with such a short song on singing ability alone? Mordred was played/sung by the magnificent Roddy McDowall, who by all record was outstanding in his only Broadway musical. And I think he brings just enough to the song to make it work. He's in tune with wonderful phrasing and variety in delivery. I guess you don't care for Rex Harrison or Yul Brenner either? :)