In 1959, the Tractor Division of Ford Motor Company jumped into the foray of Industrial Musicals by producing "Ford-I-Fy You Future," a closed-circuit telecast that announced the new line of Select-O-Speed tractors and Implements to Ford Tractor dealers. A 4-song, single-sided LP written by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick - a team that a few years later would write "Fiddler On the Roof." The next year, 1960, saw Ford Tractor embarking on a most ambitious and creative endeavor. The Calvacade was a spectacular traveling show that toured 24 cities. Woven into this cacophony of sight and sound was the original music performed by a 7 member Broadway cast. The staging was overseen by the innovative Jam Handy Organization, which also produced numerous films for Ford Tractor. The recorded LP from this event was titled "The Wide New World with Ford" - music and songs from The 1960 Cavalcade of Tractors and Equipment. The 1964World Wide Dealer Conference of the Ford Tractor Division at Radio City Music Hall in NYC produced "The New Wide World of Ford," a 7-song double-sided LP. Also produced by Jam Handy, this Rockette fueled presentation was seen by over 5,300 Ford Tractor dealers from "over 120 countries of the free world." The back cover quotes a dealer from Austria- "Today was the most beautiful day of my life." Was it the high leg kicking Rockettes? The prominent new blue Ford 6000 Commander on stage? The songs "Ford, Fibre, And Food" and "Tractor Wheels"? Possibly a combination of all of these, as well as being "part of it all" - of being a Ford Tractor Dealer! In 1964, when Ford was introducing their new line of tractors with the new blue color, they probably had no idea as to the value that these, and other similar recordings from this era, would hold for collectors of vintage Ford Tractors, as well as collectors of Industry Musicals.
Label: Original Cast Record
Deborah Martin and Jill Haley Release 'INTO THE QUIET' Album
by Blair Ingenthron
- May 27, 2023
Into The Quiet is the second collaboration between electronic ambient visionary Deborah Martin and renowned English Horn player and Oboist Jill Haley. Their previous album was 2021's The Silence Of Grace, a pastoral collection that received numerous accolades including Zone Music Reporter's list of Top 20 albums of the year.
Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe Release New Album 'RITE OF SPRING - SPECTRE D'UN SONGE'
by Blair Ingenthron
- May 20, 2023
With The Rite of Spring – Spectre d’un songe, two of contemporary music’s most vital and innovative pianists – Sylvie Courvoisier and Cory Smythe – interpret and converse with one of the 20th century’s landmark compositions. On this breathtaking new recording, released May 19, 2023 from Pyroclastic Records, Courvoisier and Smythe perform Igor Stravinsky’s striking two-piano rendition of his iconic Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), followed by a bold new Courvoisier composition that draws inspiration from Stravinsky as a launchpad for investigatory improvisation.
THE GUAVA TREE, A New Bilingual Musical For Young Audiences, Releases Cast Album
by Blair Ingenthron
- May 20, 2023
The official cast album for The Guava Tree / El Guayabo, a new bilingual musical for young audiences, is available digitally on all platforms. With book and lyrics by Diana Grisanti and music by Emiliano Messiez, the musical premiered at the renowned Creede Repertory Theatre in Colorado in 2021. It toured across the Southwest and was seen by more than 40,000 students.
Listen: Matthew Scott's THE JESUS YEAR: A LETTER FROM MY DAD Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 19, 2023
PS CLASSICS, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, has announced the release of the debut album from actor-singer Matthew Scott, who has been lighting up the Broadway stage since making his debut in Jersey Boys.
Author Mike McHale Launches Monthly #DinoDogzDonates Program
by Blair Ingenthron
- May 13, 2023
Mystery Mike McHale and DinoDogz have announced the launch of their new fundraising program, DinoDogz has previously raised funds for various charities including WORTHY OF LOVE, TUESDAY'S CHILDREN and BELLA AND BUDDIES ANIMAL RESCUE through the sales of their first book DinoDogz: Eggzellent Adventure which is the first in a series.
Video: Patrick Pacheco Opens Up About Putting Pen to Paper with Chita Rivera
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge
- May 09, 2023
She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero—until the entertainment world renamed her. But Dolores—the irreverent side of the sensual, dark and ferocious Chita—was always present center stage, and was influential in creating some of Broadway most iconic and acclaimed roles, including Anita in West Side Story‚ the part that made her a star—Rosie in Bye Bye, Birdie, Velma in Chicago, and Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman. In this video, watch as co-author Patrick Pacheco chats with Richard Ridge about the new memoir!
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