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09/23/2003 | Polydor / Umgd
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All Music Guide Review
+Grease was a huge success as a Broadway musical prior to hitting the big screen in 1978. That was the version that transformed +Grease into a phenomenon -- it was a runaway box office success, and then became a TV, cable, and video favorite. The soundtrack rivaled its film counterpart as a pop culture perennial, and it's not hard to see why -- its good-natured pastiche of doo wop and early rock & roll is infectious and charming, due in no small part to John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's charismatic, engaging performances. They sing the majority of the originals -- "Summer Nights," "Hopelessly Devoted to You," "You're the One That I Want," "Sandy," "Greased Lightnin'" -- which were the reason why the film and soundtrack became blockbusters. The fact that the originals hold up better than the '50s tunes is largely due to Sha Na Na's workmanlike performances, but the originals are so giddily enjoyable -- not only the quintet mentioned above, but also Frankie Avalon's "Beauty School Dropout," Stockard Channing's "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee," and Frankie Valli's title track -- that everything works. Some listeners may prefer the Broadway cast recording, but the fact of the matter is, the sleek pop production the movie's soundtrack boasts and the cast's enthusiastic performances go a long way in making this Grease the definitive Grease. [The 2003 reissue features an additional disc of bonus material.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Grease (Original Soundtrack) (Bonus CD) Track Listing
Credits of Grease (Original Soundtrack) (Bonus CD)
- Melissa MacKay
- Vocals (Background)
- Myrna Matthews
- Vocals (Background)
- Tim May
- Guitar
- Marti McCall
- Vocals (Background)
- Gene Merlino
- Vocals (Background)
- Cliff Morris
- Guitar
- Joey Murcia
- Guitar
- Cubby O'Brien
- Drums
- Barry Pearl
- Cast
- Mike Porcaro
- Bass
- Dorothy Remsen
- Harp
- Karl Richardson
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Lee Ritenour
- Guitar
- Lisa Roberts
- Vocals (Background)
- Bob Rose
- Guitar
- Dan Sawyer
- Guitar
- Louis St. Louis
- Arranger, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals
- Sally Stevens
- Vocals (Background)
- Tommy Tedesco
- Guitar
- Zedric Turnbough
- Vocals (Background)
- Carlos Vega
- Drums
- Eirik Wangberg
- Engineer
- Jackie Ward
- Vocals (Background)
- Ernie Watts
- Saxophone
- Jerry Whitman
- Vocals (Background)
- Gayle Levant
- Harp
- Ellen Fitton
- Mastering, Mixing Engineer
- William Hungate
- Bass
- Glenn Ross
- Art Direction
- Eve Arden
- Cast
- Patricia Birch
- Choreographer, Staging
- Joan Blondell
- Cast
- Sid Caesar
- Cast
- Michael Carnevale
- Engineer
- Stockard Channing
- Vocals, Cast
- Annette Charles
- Cast
- Beau Charles
- Vocals (Background)
- Jeff Conaway
- Cast
- Didi Conn
- Cast
- Eddie Deezen
- Cast
- Jamie Donnelly
- Cast
- Alice Ghostley
- Cast
- Lorenzo Lamas
- Cast
- Mike Land
- Keyboards
- Lincoln Majorca
- Keyboards
- Dinah Manoff
- Cast
- Michael Melvoin
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- David Allen Ryan
- Bass
- Dennis C. Stewart
- Cast
- Ellen Travolta
- Cast
- Michael Tucci
- Cast
- Lloyd Ulgate
- Trombone
- Kelly Ward
- Cast
- M. Ann White
- Vocals (Background)
- Ron Zeigler
- Drums
- Darrell Zwerling
- Cast
- Harold Cowart
- Bass
- Vartan
- Art Direction
- Ollie Brown
- Drums
- Allan Carr
- Adaptation
- Bill Oakes
- Compilation, Musical Supervision, Supervisor
- George Corsillo
- Design
- Bob Bornstein
- Copyist
- Tim Bryant
- Design
- Ron Slenzak
- Photography
- Meire Murakami
- Design
- Randal Kleiser
- Director
- Bhen Lanzarone
- Keyboards, String Arrangements
- Ryan Null
- Photo Coordination
- Alan Pappé
- Photography
- Bronte Woodard
- Screenplay
- Kenneth Waissman
- Producer
- Neil A. Machlis
- Associate Producer
- Bill Butler
- Photography Director
- Maxine Fox
- Producer
- Philip Jefferies
- Production Design
- John F. Burnett
- Editing
- Joe Henson
- Bass
- Dick Patterson
- Cast
- Michael Gibson
- Arranger
- Gary Brown
- Saxophone
- Frankie Avalon
- Vocals, Cast
- Carol Chase
- Vocals (Background)
- John Farrar
- Guitar, Arranger, Vocals (Background), Producer
- Scorn
- Keyboards
- Dody Goodman
- Cast
- John Travolta
- Vocals, Cast
- Barry Gibb
- Arranger, Producer
- Kerry Chater
- Vocals (Background)
- The Martian
- Mixing
- Al Aarons
- Trumpet
- Albhy Galuten
- Arranger, Producer
- Curt Becher
- Vocals (Background)
- Max Bennett
- Bass
- George Bitzer
- Keyboards
- Bill Bodine
- Bass
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown
- Percussion
- Paulette Brown
- Vocals (Background)
- Susan Buckner
- Cast
- Dennis Budimir
- Guitar
- Larry Bunker
- Percussion
- Edd Byrnes
- Cast
- Dean Cortez
- Bass
- Ian Curnow
- Mixing
- Antoine Dearborn
- Percussion
- Loren Farber
- Vocals (Background)
- Venetta Fields
- Vocals (Background)
- Carl Fortina
- Contractor
- Gerald Garrett
- Vocals (Background)
- Gene Morford
- Vocals (Background)
- James Getzoff
- Concert Master
- Jim Gilstrap
- Vocals (Background)
- Margaret Goldfarb
- Production Coordination
- Mitch Gordon
- Vocals (Background)
- Jay Graydon
- Guitar
- Bernie Grundman
- Mastering
- Jim Haas
- Vocals (Background)
- Pat Henderson
- Vocals (Background)
- Ron Hicklin
- Vocals (Background)
- David J. Holman
- Engineer, Remixing, Mixing
- John Kelson, Jr.
- Saxophone
- Diana Lee
- Vocals (Background)
- John Lehman
- Vocals (Background)
- Bill Levenson
- Compilation Producer
- Jay Lewis
- Engineer
- Maxayn Lewis
- Vocals (Background)
- Cindy Bullens
- Vocals
- Peter Frampton
- Guitar
- Olivia Newton-John
- Vocals, Cast
- Sha Na Na
- Vocals, Cast
- Frankie Valli
- Vocals
- Victor Feldman
- Percussion
- Greg Mathieson
- Keyboards
- Jerome Richardson
- Saxophone
- Bobby Bryant
- Trumpet
- Ray Pizzi
- Saxophone
- Fannie Flagg
- Cast
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