Lionel Bart "Oliver! (2024 London Cast Recording)" Rhino Reserve these symbolic protectors—pure-hearted and loyal—stand

these symbolic protectors—pure-hearted and loyal—stand in for the real-life companions we lose

The album features early versions of "Burning Farm" "Banana Leaf" "Summertime Boogie"

a prolific time in Smith's career

2013 reissue

It contains the singles "I Don't Know What It Is" and "Oh What A World"

Lionel Bart "Oliver! (2024 London Cast Recording)" Rhino Reserve these symbolic protectors—pure-hearted and loyal—standLionel Bart's musical masterpiece, freely adapted from Charles Dickens' novel, Oliver! Tells the story of the orphaned Oliver Twist, who escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and takes refuge in London's murky underworld with the wily gang leader Fagin and his team of resourceful pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. He finds a friend in the kind hearted Nancy and when he's wrongly arrested for stealing, Oliver meets an unexpected saviour; but is