Oklahoma! album art, MCA Records
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943.
This album with “selections from the Theater Guild musical play […] featuring members of the original New York production” recorded 20 and 25 October was first released by Decca in 1943. The 25th anniversary edition from 1968 introduced a new cover design, featuring an illustration by James Alfred Meese and Americana and Folio for the typography. Americana is used with an enlarged initial and exclamation mark. The line at the top – with extrabold caps from Helvetica filled with “lightbulbs” – was added for a 1973 issue, now by MCA Records. The shown copy is from 1980, with unchanged design, apart from the “Platinum Plus” seal at the top right.
