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Written by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds in 1954 'Salad Days' an extremely well formed musical show with infectious songs that are easy to sing. Originally intended for a three week season at Bristol's Theatre Royal the show proved to be such a crowd pleaser that it transferred to London's Vaudeville Theatre where it ran for 2283 performances.
The show is built around the tale of a magic piano, one that can make people dance. Timothy and Jane, the young lovers, have just left university and are having to find their way in the world when a tramp offers them £7 a week to look after Minnie, his piano. The piano is lost and Timothy and Jane end up on a flying saucer searching for the piano, which is found in time for the tramp to reclaim it.
'Salad Days' place in musical history is assured, not only because of its long run. It has been revived regularly - four of which had London showings, and it was the first show seen by the young Cameron MacKintosh, sparking off his lifelong interest in the form.
Bonus tracks include material from 'The Duenna', another Julian Slade show, and his own recording of a medley from Salad Days. The 16-page CD booklet contains production shots and photos of some cast members.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By S.Blewitt
Format:Audio CD
A very delightful reissue of this wonderful show, with an extra bonus of selections from The Duenna. I have bought Cds from this label Sepia before and am very impress with its quality and remastering, super sounds and great interesting pictures insert, all in all very good value for ones money for such a budget price, recommanded indeed.
Shea Blewitt
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By R. J. Laing
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this CD for my parents who went to see the original play and had an old very scratched LP. The quality of the sound on this CD is fabulous. It is such a lovely fun musical.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By D. Curtis
Format:Audio CD
Good quality sound but dated performances as this is the original London Cast from the 50's. Some excellent songs and a light hearted enjoyable musical. Bought as a present for someone who loved the show when younger. I think you would need to have seen the show to enjoy the soundtrack
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Salad Dayw
Because of the quality of the performances And also because of the quality of the show itself. It is timeless.
Published 18 days ago by Graham Hill
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CD Salad Days
The CD was sent as requested very quickly indeed and was part of a set of three CD's all shows of the same era
Published 15 months ago by John Palmer
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memories of the 1950s
I saw this show in the 1950s while a student in London and loved it. Since then we have seen excellent amdram productions but it is good to be reminded of the original.
Published 20 months ago by A. Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars
Such fun!
If you have seen Salad Days recently - we did at the Riverside Hammersmith - then you will enjoy this original score
Published on 27 Feb 2011 by Robert J. Wesley
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Looking back on a real gem
This is the original 1950s cast with their wonderful upperclass accents, which fits the plot perfectly. It's superb. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2011 by Rockee
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salad days
I bought this as a christmas gift and therefore have not played it. The delivery was very rapid in spite of the weather and it arrive in plenty of time to be wrapped and sent. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2011 by val
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salad days
Sounds dated - yes, but the simplicity of the time is all there captured for posterity.
It's a must if you ever saw the show or acted in it.
It's a must if you ever saw the show or acted in it.
Published on 13 July 2010 by Greek Geek
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