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1. | Introduction (The Likes Of Us) | | 3:37 |
2. | Overture (The Likes Of Us) | | 5:52 |
3. | Twice In Love Every Day | | 3:42 |
4. | I'm A Very Busy Man | | 3:50 |
5. | Love Is Here | | 4:10 |
6. | Strange And Lovely Song | | 4:23 |
7. | The Likes Of Us | | 4:01 |
8. | How Am I To Know? | | 3:52 |
9. | We'll Get Him | | 3:01 |
10. | This Is My Time | | 3:35 |
11. | Lion Hearted Land | | 4:45 |
12. | We'll Get Him (reprise) | | 1:11 |
13. | Love Is Here | | 1:12 |
14. | A Man Is On His Own | | 4:24 |
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1. | Entr'acte (The Likes Of Us) | | 3:07 |
2. | You Can Never Make It Alone | | 3:16 |
3. | Hold A March | | 3:31 |
4. | Will This Last Forever? | | 4:42 |
5. | You Won't Care About Him Anymore | | 4:43 |
6. | Going, Going, Gone | | 5:32 |
7. | Man Of The World | | 3:34 |
8. | Have Another Cup Of Tea | | 6:24 |
9. | Strange And Lovely Song (reprise) | | 1:33 |
10. | The Likes Of Us (reprise) | | 3:01 |
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At the beginning of this two-disc CD, recorded live at England's Sydmonton Festival, the Narrator (a droll Stephen Fry) welcomes the audience 'to the 40th-anniversary performance and yet world premiere' of The Likes of Us. The show was the first collaboration between composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice, back in 1966, but it was never produced, and the duo went on to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Interestingly, The Likes of Us displays embryonic elements of both aspects of Webber's work: the early pop- and rock- tinged offerings ('You Can Never Make It Alone') and the latter neoclassical strains ('How Am I to Know,' which can easily be imagined as a Phantom-type aria) with little hints of operetta ('Strange and Lovely Song'). Based on the story of the Victorian philanthropist, Dr. Thomas Barnardo, the show also incorporates a children's chorus, making it all sound at times--quite often, really—-like a slightly haphazard version of Oliver. It's a fascinating piece of juvenilia, but as such is of interest mostly to Webberheads