Chet D'Elia, Eugene Moose, Danny Taylor, Jim Litten, Tom Tofel, Jo Speros, and Eddie Mekka
We've Chosen You, Lieutenant/The Star of This War
1974 · Not On Label · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Chet D'Elia, Eugene Moose, Danny Taylor, Jim Litten, Tom Tofel, Jo Speros, and Eddie Mekka
- Title
- We've Chosen You, Lieutenant/The Star of This War
- Release
- The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts)
- Year
- 1974
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- LP · Musical
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman and Chuck Strand
- Genre
- Musical · Rock · Musical Theatre
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
Broadway musical from 1975 (the cast double LP is © 1974), only lasted 7 days on the stage. 123456Sources1castalbums.org↩2BroadwayWorld forum: The Lieutenant (1975 Original Broadway Cast Recording) — thought to be lost↩3Wikipedia: The Lieutenant (musical)↩4Playbill: The Lieutenant (Broadway, Lyceum Theatre, 1975)↩5The New York Times: Lieutenant musical with something worth singing↩6Library of Congress↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each side marked "Not for sale". Side 1: "Overture/Indictment", "Join the Army", "Look for the Men with Potential" / "Kill", "I Don't Want to Go Over to Vietnam" / "Eulogy" / "At 0700 Tomorrow". Side 2: "Quiet Village" / "The Attack" / "The Orders" / "The Massacre" / "Something's Gone Wrong", "Twenty-Eight". Side 3: "Let's Believe in the Captain" / "Final Report" / "I Will Make Things Happen", "He Wants to Put the Army in Jail" / "There's No Other Solution" / "I'm Going Home", "We've Chosen You Lieutenant" / "The Star of This War" / "Here I Am on Trial for My Life". Side 4: "The Conscience of a Nation", "Damned No Matter How He Turned" / "I Won't Beg" / "The Verdict", "Finale", "Curtain", "The Star of This War - 2nd Version". The plain cream…
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New York, USA
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My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]