Love Birds Original Edinburgh Cast CD

"The age of vaudeville. A quartet of penguins and a trio of parrots sing and dance, dazzling and delighting their audiences, night after night in this one of a kind, all avian revue. But when the show’s temperamental cracker-crazed macaw star mysteriously goes missing, it threatens to close down the show for good."
Mary Poppins’ singing penguins live on in this brand new family musical by Robert J. Sherman (son of Robert B. Sherman, one half of the multi award-winning Sherman Brothers). Robbie was the youngest songwriter to join the BMI, and has gone on to write for television, film and theatre. In 2014, together with musical director Colin Billing, his acclaimed revue A Spoonful Of Sherman, celebrating the astonishing Sherman family songwriting legacy, played at the St James Studio London.
Love Birds ran at the Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh through August 2015, received many five star reviews, and was directed and choreographed by Stewart Nicholls, arrangements and musical supervision by Richard Healey, and musical direction by Neil MacDonald. Starring the original Edinburgh cast; Ruth Betteridge, Greg Castiglioni, John Guerrasio, George Knapper, Jonny Purchase, Joanna Sawyer, Anna Stolli, Rafe Watts and Ryan Willis, and featuring Neil MacDonald, Marcus Pritchard and James Pritchard on piano, bass and drums.

Tracklist

1. Prologue - John Guerrasio, Greg Castiglioni & Company
2. Mary Poppins - George Knapper, Ryan Willis, Jonny Purchase & Rafe Watts
3. Tinpanorama - Company
4. Sadie Macaw (Part 1) - Ryan Willis, Jonny Purchase, Rafe Watts & George Knapper
5. The Bird With The Broken Heart (Nobody Knows) - Ruth Betteridge (with Ryan Willis, Rafe Watts, Jonny Purchase & George Knapper)
6. Valentine - George Knapper (with Ryan Willis, Jonny Purchase & Rafe Watts)
7. Sadie Macaw (Part 2) - Rafe Watts, Ryan Willis, Jonny Purchase & George Knapper
8. Old Fashioned Guy - John Guerrasio & Greg Castiglioni
9. The Flipper Flap - Jonny Purchase (with George Knapper, Ryan Willis & Rafe Watts)
10. Old Fashioned Guy (Reprise) - John Guerrasio and Jonny Purchase (with Rafe Watts, Ryan Willis & George Knapper)
11. The Sharpest Smile - Anna Stolli
12. Paint A Rainbow - Joanna Sawyer (with Rafe Watts & Ryan Willis)
13. Crunchy Crackers - Greg Castiglioni
14. On Cloudy Days - Bonus Track - Ruth Betteridge
15. Love Birds - George Knapper, Ruth Betteridge & Company
16. Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow - John Guerrasio & Company
17. Love Birds (Finale) - Company