Bubbling Brown Sugar, subtitled Original Broadway Cast Recording,The album's covers and labels. is an album containing a recording of the 1976 musical review Bubbling Brown Sugar made by its original Broadway cast. The album was released in the same year by H & L Records.
Background The album was produced by Hugo & Luigi.
Critical reception
The Show Music magazine reviewed the album's Amherst reissue in 1986. The reviewer started by noting that the 1976 show presented "a wide-range of black music, from Ellington's 'Stompin' at the Savoy' and 'Take the 'A' Train,' to spirituals" and "was obstensibly a tour of Harlem's nightlife of the 1930's" and credited it for "kick[ing] off the late '70's fashion for black music revues (Ain't Misbehavin', Sophisticated Ladies, One Mo' Time, Eubie! and others)". He commended the cast for "put[ting] over their numbers with enthusiasm", but also said that he found "the performances [...] a bit anachronistic" and mentioned that he preferred "the more complete London cast recording, on two LPs."
Track listing LP – H & L Records HL-69011-698
Awards Year Award type Categories Results 1977 Grammy Awards Best Cast Show Album
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