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04 September 2008
"CAMELOT" is forever.
This is the latest remastering of the original 60s Broadway cast on Columbia Records, where several songs were out of sequence due to limits of space on each side of a vinyl record. Later CD on Columbia carried this over. Now, however, this newly remastered version by Sony restores the original order of songs as they occur in the stage show.
The show itself is an opulent classic of Broadway.
Richard Burton's 'Arthur', Julie Andrews' 'Guinevere' and Robert Goulet's 'Lancelot' are definitve performances.
The Lerner and Loewe songs are enchanting, "loverly" and memorable, with the signature lyric:
"Don't let it be forgot,
that once there was a spot,
for one brief shining moment
that was known as Camelot!"
This classic musical drama of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table
and the bittersweet tragedy of the star-crossed lovers, Arthur's beloved royal wife Queen Guinevere and his best friend and champion Sir Lancelot is a compelling love story on a grand, epic scale that will never "be forgot".