Man of La Mancha, subtitled Original Cast Recording, is an album containing a recording of the musical Man of La Mancha made by its original 1965 Broadway cast. The album was released in early 1966 by Kapp Records.
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Critical reception
Billboard picked the album for its "Spotlight" section, commending the "score by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion" for having "some highly melodic and lyrical moments" and "the cast headed by Richard Kiley and Joan Diener" for "deliver[ing] splendidly."
Chart performance
The album reached number 31 on the Billboard's Top LPs chart.
Track listing
LP – Kapp KRS 4505 (stereo), KRL 4505 (mono)
Orchestra conducted by Neil Warner