Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast is an album from the first London revival of Irving Berlin's musical Annie Get Your Gun, starring American rock musician Suzi Quatro as Annie Oakley and Eric Flynn as Frank Butler. The revival was a David Gilmore Chichester Festival Theatre production. It toured in the UK and then moved to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End.

The album was initially released on the First Night/Pinnacle 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 Dorothy Fields. The story covers Oakley's romance with Butler while they were exhibition shooters in Buffalo Bill's Wild West 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 Andrew Lloyd Webber. 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 première 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 Original Cast Recording). 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 Dolores Gray) was in 1947.

Recording, production There were different teams of producers for the theatre and the album.

John Gale was the executive producer for the theatre, with Al Waxman and Anita Waxman as associate producers.

Robert Mackintosh was executive producer for the album, with Norman Newell as record producer. The album was recorded at Olympic Studios, Barnes, on 14–15 July 1986.

Touring 15 April 1986 – 14 June 1986: Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

21 June 1986 – 12 July 1986: the production then moved to the Theatre Royal, Plymouth.

29 July 1986 – 4 October 1986: finally, the musical moved to the Aldwych Theatre in the London's West End.

Track listing All songs were written by Irving Berlin.

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length1"Overture"orchestra2:082"Colonel Buffalo Bill"Matt Zimmerman, ensemble, orchestra3:153"I'm a Bad, Bad Man"or "I'm a Bad Bad Man"(according to the CD booklet)Eric Flynn, girls, orchestra2:274"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"or "Doin' What Comes Naturally"(according to the CD booklet)Suzi Quatro, kids, Berwick Kaler, orchestra3:355"The Girl That I Marry"Flynn, orchestra1:086"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun"Quatro, orchestra2:447"There's No Business Like Show Business"Zimmerman, Edmund Hockridge, Flynn, Quatro, orchestra4:128"They Say It's Wonderful"Flynn, Quatro, orchestra4:299"Moonshine Lullaby"Quatro, Tony Pedretti, Steve Fortune, Peter Ledbury, Tony O'Rourke, orchestra3:4710"My Defences Are Down"Flynn, chorus, orchestra3:2511"Wild Horse Ceremonial Dance"also known as "Drum Dance"or "Ceremonial Dance"(according to Ovrtur)Peter Lucadou-Wells, Indians, orchestra4:0312"I'm an Indian Too"Quatro, orchestra3:1913"I Got Lost in His Arms"Quatro, ensemble, orchestra3:0414"I Got the Sun in the Morning"Quatro, ensemble, orchestra4:5415"Old Fashioned Wedding"also known as "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"or "An Old Fashioned Wedding"(according to Ovrtur)Quatro, Flynn, orchestra2:2716"Anything You Can Do"Quatro, Flynn, orchestra3:2217"They Say It's Wonderful" (reprise)full company, orchestra1:3618"There's No Business Like Show Business" (reprise)ensemble, orchestra2:03

Personnel Main players

Roger Alborough Pawnee's messenger, Mr Schulyer Adams John Conroy Mac Eric Flynn Frank Butler Steve Fortune railwayman, majordomo Anne Grayson Mrs Sylvia Potter-Porter Edmund Hockridge Buffalo Bill Michael G. Jones Pawnee Bill Berwick Kaler Foster Wilson, Chief Sitting Bull Peter Ledbury railwayman Peter Lucadou-Wells The Wild Horse Tony O'Rourke railwayman, Mr Clay Tony Pedretti conductor Suzi Quatro Annie Oakley 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 woodwinds Dennis Bowden bass Myrtle Bruce-Mitford cello Colin Courtney woodwinds Fred Crossman horn Leslie Davis violin Ruth Dawson violin Martin Gill violin Mark Graham trombone David Hulley percussion Grant Hossack production musical director Dave Land trumpet Rosalyn Lishak violin Louise Martin harp Andy Mitchell trumpet John Mayer violin Andy Panayi woodwinds Robert Purvis assistant musical director, keyboards Michael Rennie leader

Production, etc.

Toby Alington assistant recording engineer Bill Bray lighting design Richard Bush sleeve artwork Deirdre Clancy costume design John Craig co-ordinated for First Night Records David Firman music supervision and arrangement John Gale executive producer (theatre) Matthew Gale sound design David Gilmore director Roger Glossop set design Keith Grant recording engineer 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 ... Norman Newell record producer Gerry O'Riordan (incorrectly spelt Gerry O'Riordon in the CD booklet) assistant recording engineer Anthony Van Laast choreography Duncan C. Weldon presented by ... Al Waxman associate producer (theatre) Anita Waxman associate producer (theatre)

Release history Date Label Format Catalogue 22 August 1986 First Night/Pinnacle LP CAST4 cassette CASTC4 CD CASTCD4 1995 First Night Records CD 6024 1996 First Night Records CD 2001 First Night Records CD OCR CD6024

On 3 October 1986, Quatro's songs "I Got Lost in His Arms" and "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" 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).

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