Oliver! – LONDON CAST*****

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The London cast musical Oliver! starred Ron Moody and Georgia Brown. It opened in June 1960 at the New Theatre and ran for 2618 performances. Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, about the boy who falls in with a gang of pickpockets, led by the notorious Fagin. Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. (UK:4)

“If you want to hear Oliver! at its very best, just go for this one. There is not a singer/actress alive that could ever compare with Georgia Brown's performance of Nancy. Her version of As Long As He Needs Me is the most honest, truthful and vocally outstanding - sheer perfection. She was a true East End girl and it really shows. She has a voice which is 'true class', that is second to none.”

“For me there is only one recording of Oliver! that works and this is it. The cast bring the whole show to life. My favourite song is Ron Moody’s Reviewing The Situation And as for Georgia Brown, well she was perfect as Nancy."

“A fantastic version - the original and the best. If you're not already familiar with her, relish the outstanding quality of Georgia Brown's voice - the definitive Nancy.”

“This is the original London cast recording of Lionel Bart's undisputed masterpiece Oliver! It is sung with joy and excitement by a stellar cast, obviously still reeling from the glowing reviews and laurels that had been lavished on them. Georgia Brown remains for many the consummate Nancy; It's A Fine Life was specially written for her. She is at her best wrapping her velvet voice around the ultimate apologist ballad As Long As He Needs Me.”

“This is the original West End cast starring Ron Moody and Georgia Brown. It's significantly less polished than the movie that came along in the late 60s but its rawness is magnetic. Great songs performed by great artists in an all British musical that its composer was never able to repeat.”

“This is the recording that best sums up all the joy of Oliver!, the cast that best performs it and which preserves the original vision and intention of Lionel Bart.”