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9 to 5

9 to 5, the musical, is based on the 1980 film about Secretaries, staring Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda. The 1980 picture focuses on three office mates who conspire against their chauvinist martinet of a boss. The musical is being shepherded by producer Robert Greenblatt while Dolly Parton wrote all the music and lyrics, which has a libretto by Patricia Resnick, based on her screenplay. The show will remain set in the 1980s, which derives some humor from the things that people in the 80’s were looking forward to, such as all of the technology that we have now. The characters will include three secretaries, Judy, Violet and Doralee, Mr. Hart (the boss), Roz (the office spy) and "a couple of other male parts that were in the movie," which have been beefed up for the stage. An ensemble will be part of the musical. In addition, "we did add some romance" to the plot, Resnick said.

Musical supervision is by Kevin Stites (The Color Purple, Threepenny Opera, Nine, Fiddler on the Roof, On the Town, Les Misérables), with arrangements of Parton's new songs by Stites and Charles duChateau. The musical will be comprised of new songs by Parton, who is known for her hits "I Will Always Love You," "Coat of Many Colors" and "Jolene." The title song, which has the lyric about being "just a step on the boss man's ladder," will be part of the stage score. It will be Parton's first time scoring a legit musical. Parton's infectious title song for the movie was Oscar-nominated for Best Song. Underneath the comedy, the movie was about the smart, industrious but invisible women behind the power structure of corporate America. "That's changed a little, but not as much as you would have thought in the 25 years since the movie came out," Resnick said.

The Monument Sessions

Dolly Parton is that rare bird, a commercial country superstar who never lost her hillbilly cred. Dolly started out her career in the late '60s, emerging as the "girl" singer in the Porter Wagoner show, after taking the role over when Norma Jean and Porter parted ways. Although she continued to record prolifically with Porter up until the mid-1970s, Dolly quickly launched a parallel solo career that eventually landed her in the stratosphere. Although she was seen as a hallmark of rural authenticity, Parton was quite comfortable experimenting with countrypolitan and country-pop, perhaps the difference between her and many of her more leading Nashville contemporaries was that Dolly was just better at it -- more heartfelt, a stronger performer -- and even when she tackled lofty material, she made it sound like good old-fashioned roots music. A prolific songwriter, Parton also moved into movie acting in the late 1970s, cementing her status as one of the world's best-known celebrities. In recent years, Dolly’s style has gone back to her roots, exploring bluegrass, and winning over a new generation of "Americana" fans.

Bob Gallo

New York Jazz Guitarist Bob Gallo teams up with Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, Pianist Misha Tsiganov, Bassist Boris Koslov and Drummer Gene Jackson in this lyrical, swinging contemporary jazz outing.

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Lost Gold Records is an independent record label that specializes in rare and hard to find music and recordings from the vaults of record companies, recording studios, and the artists themselves. We feature tracks from established and new artists as well as music from yesteryear that escaped your attention because of tight radio playlists or out of print classics. From Bobby Darin to Patsy Cline to The Quarrymen (early Beatles) to bands from independent websites like DMusic and Soundclick, we have a growing catalogue that will keep you coming back for more. And we are not affiliated with the major companies or RIAA. None of our tracks feature DRM, and they are all in 320k hi - resolution mp3 format.