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The dream engine [song] audition tape

Title
The dream engine [sound recording] : [song] audition tape / music and lyrics by Jim Steinman.
Author
Steinman, Jim.
Publication
Feb. 28, 1970.

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Additional Authors
  • Steinman, Jim.
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. dnr
Found In
New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Description
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips; 7 in.
Summary
Tape contains audition demo tape (dub no. 2) of song selections from the musical The dream engine, considered by the New York Shakespeare Festival but not produced. Composer Jim Steinman performs songs and gives some commentary before each piece. This is Steinman's first musical, written and first performed at Amherst College.
Alternative Title
  • You got to love me with the sun in your eyes (Until the day you go blind)
  • City nights.
  • New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Subjects
Note
  • Duration: 45:51.
  • Song list and additional information of the musical is found on Jim Steinman's wiki (http://jimsteinman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dream_Engine_(musical))
  • "Come in the night" (1st work) shares some lyrical and musical elements ("Turn around, bright eyes") with Steinman's 1982 rock hit "Total eclipse of the heart".
  • On container back: Dream engine. Dub #2. Audition tape, Feb. 28, 1970.
  • "Tracks placed at the start of passages of music"; "Limited frequency range and some distortation noted in the source"--Container (Service CD). Low audio.
  • Forms part of the New York Shakespeare Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted.
Event (note)
  • Recorded on Feb. 28, 1970.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 51151.
Source (note)
  • The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Contents
Track 1. Testing ; Introduction (0:38) (Jim Steinman, commentary) -- Track 2. Invocation/Formation of the tribe (Come in the night) (5:46) / J. Steinman ; Explaining song no. 2 (0:41) (Jim Steinman, commentary) -- Track 3. Mother River song (6:17) / J. Steinman ; Set-up, commentary and piano (1:50) (Jim Steinman and unidentified performers, commentary) -- Track 4. [You got to love me with the sun in your eyes (Until the day you go blind) (?)] (5:35) / J. Steinman ; Explaining song no. 4 (0:39) (Jim Steinman, commentary) -- Track 5. Liberation through pleasure (Ride a cock horse) (1:34) / J. Steinman ; Explaining song no. 5 (0:27) (Jim Steinman, commentary) -- Track 6. Who needs the young? (3:05) / J. Steinman (Jim Steinman, vocals and piano ; with unidentified vocalist) ; Commentary [low audio] (0:07) -- Track 7. [City nights (?)] (2:44) / J. Steinman -- Track 8. Hymn of fire (4:39) / J. Steinman ; Commentary [audio erratic] (0:24) -- Track 9. Pyro (2:21) / J. Steinman (Jim Steinman, vocals and piano ; with unidentified vocalists) ; Commentary (0:09) -- Track 10. Commentary and piano play [low audio] (1:00) -- Track 11. Keep on truckin' (3:30) / J. Steinman (Jim Steinman, vocals and piano ; with unidentified vocalists) ; Explaining final song (0:38) Jim Steinman, commentary) -- Track 12. Song of the dream engine (Hear the screams) (3:39) / J. Steinman (Jim Steinman, vocals and piano ; with unidentified vocalists) ; [No audio] (0:07)
Call Number
*LDC 51151
OCLC
170933666
Author
Steinman, Jim.
Title
The dream engine [sound recording] : [song] audition tape / music and lyrics by Jim Steinman.
Imprint
Feb. 28, 1970.
Playing Time
004551
Performer
Jim Steinman, vocals and piano ; with unidentified performers.
Event
Recorded on Feb. 28, 1970.
Additional Formats
Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 51151.
Access
Access to original items restricted.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
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Added Author
Steinman, Jim. Performer
Steinman, Jim. Dream engine. Selections.
Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Donor
Added Title
You got to love me with the sun in your eyes (Until the day you go blind)
City nights.
New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Found In:
New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2862
*LDC 51151
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