''Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast'' is an album from the first London revival of

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's musical ''

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'', starring American

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musician

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and

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as Frank Butler. The revival was a David Gilmore

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production. It toured in the UK and then moved to the

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in London's West End. The album was initially released on the First Night/

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record label as ''Annie Get Your Gun (1986 London revival cast)'' and is sometimes ( ambiguously) called ''Annie Get Your Gun (Original London Cast Recording)'' or ''Annie Get Your Gun: Original London Cast Recording''. It is Quatro's ninth studio album.

Background

The musical ''Annie Get Your Gun'' is based on a book of the same name, written by Herbert and

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. The story covers Oakley's romance with Butler while they were exhibition shooters in

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show. In real life, Butler became Oakley's manager when she became the star attraction in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Oakley then became the first American female superstar. On 12 April 1982 Quatro appeared in a BBC television program called ''An Evening with

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''. During his show, Webber suggested that Quatro should star in ''Annie Get Your Gun''.

Names

According to its publisher, this album is called ''Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast''. It was originally released as ''Annie Get Your Gun (1986 London revival cast)''. The album is sometimes ambiguously referred to as ''Annie Get Your Gun (Original London Cast Recording)'' or ''Annie Get Your Gun: Original London Cast Recording''. The term "original cast recording" is ambiguous because it can mean either the cast of the first ever performance of a musical in a particular city, or the cast of the

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of a particular production (which may be a revival). The album's cover contains the words "Original London Cast Recording" and its catalogue number contains the characters "OCR" (which stand for

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). This 1986 production is actually the first West End (London) revival of the musical — the first ever London performance of ''Annie Get Your Gun'' (starring

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) was in 1947.

Recording, production

There were different teams of producers for the theatre and the album. John Gale was the

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for the theatre, with

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and Anita Waxman as associate producers. Robert Mackintosh was

for the album, with

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. The album was recorded at

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, Barnes, on 14–15 July 1986.

Touring

15 April 1986 – 14 June 1986: ''Annie Get Your Gun'' opened at the

. 21 June 1986 – 12 July 1986: the production then moved to the

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. 29 July 1986 – 4 October 1986: finally, the musical moved to the

in the London's West End.

Track listing

All songs were written by

Personnel

; Main players * Roger Alborough Pawnee's messenger, Mr Schulyer Adams * John Conroy Mac *

Frank Butler * Steve Fortune railwayman, majordomo * Anne Grayson Mrs Sylvia Potter-Porter *

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* Michael G. Jones Pawnee Bill *

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Foster Wilson, Chief Sitting Bull * Peter Ledbury railwayman * Peter Lucadou-Wells The Wild Horse * Tony O'Rourke railwayman, Mr Clay * Tony Pedretti

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* Maureen Scott Dolly Tate * Sarah Woollett Mrs Schulyer Adams * Matt Zimmerman Charlie Davenport ; Indians, cowboys, girls, and ball guests * Roger Alborough (also a main player) * Francesca Coker * Richard Cuerden * Steve Fortune (also a main player) * Adam Goodfellow * Anne Grayson (also a main player) * Karen Halliday * Peter Ledbury (also a main player) * Peter Lucadou-Wells (also a main player) * Tony O'Rourke (also a main player) * Tony Pedretti (also a main player) * Mikaela Ryden * Robin Salter * Taffy Taylor * Tricia Tomlinson * Nichola Treherne * Helene Whitcombe * Sarah Woollett(also a main player) ; Kids * Rosie Freshwater Nellie * Richard Hanson-Smith Little Jake * Abigail Painter Minnie * Tiffany-Alice Pershke Jessie ; Orchestra * Andy Barnwell

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* Dennis Bowden

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* Myrtle Bruce-Mitford

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* Colin Courtney woodwinds * Fred Crossman

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* Leslie Davis

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* Ruth Dawson violin * Martin Gill violin * Mark Graham

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* David Hulley

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* Grant Hossack production musical director * Dave Land

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* Rosalyn Lishak violin * Louise Martin

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* Andy Mitchell

* John Mayer violin * Andy Panayi woodwinds * Robert Purvis assistant musical director, keyboards * Michael Rennie

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; Production, etc. * Toby Alington assistant recording engineer * Bill Bray lighting design * Richard Bush sleeve artwork * Deirdre Clancy

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* John Craig co-ordinated for First Night Records * David Firman music supervision and arrangement * John Gale executive producer (theatre) * Matthew Gale

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* David Gilmore

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* Roger Glossop

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* Keith Grant

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* Suzanne Hywel choreography (assistant) * Jon King assistant recording engineer * Michael Lynas with thanks to ... * Robert Mackintosh executive producer (album) * Jerome Minskoff presented by ... * James M. Nederlander presented by ... *

* Gerry O'Riordan (incorrectly spelt Gerry O'Riordon in the CD booklet) assistant recording engineer * Anthony Van Laast

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* Duncan C. Weldon presented by ... *

associate producer (theatre) * Anita Waxman associate producer (theatre)

Release history

On 3 October 1986, Quatro's songs " I Got Lost in His Arms" and "

You Can't Get a Man with a Gun "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" is a song from the 1946 musical ''Annie Get Your Gun'', written by Irving Berlin. It was originally performed by Ethel Merman. Background In the song, Annie Oakley sings about how a girl with talent as a sharps ...

" were released as a single. Quatro's "I Got Lost in His Arms" has also been included in the compilation albums ''The Divas Collection'' (2003) and ''Songs from the Greatest Musicals'' (2008).

References

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