First Cast Recording
First Cast Recording
#0First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 6:03am
This is my first thread... I have been perusing the boards for a few months and decided to join in. A little about myself: I'm a senior journalism major at The University of Southern Mississippi... My theater experience rest solely in plays in high school (including Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!), national tours at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis (gorgeous theatre, check it out if you are ever in the area.), and watching college production at my school and Ole Miss (since I am from Oxford).
Ok sorry for the rambling. A lot of my experience with musicals comes from cast recordings, so I'd figure I'd ask what everyone's first cast recording to own/listen to was.
The first one I owned was Rent. I bought it at Tower Records in New Orleans on vacation in 1998 because I liked the cover and it was in their "hot" section. But the first cast recording I ever listened to was Hair, when I was 10. My grandparents had an 8-track player in their basement and the only 8-track they actually had was the Hair cast recording and I used to listen to it all the time.
Before I get yelled at my first time on here...Sorry for the long message and I searched first and didn't see anything related to this
Updated On: 8/8/05 at 06:03 AM
#1re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:09am
HAHA, it's ok...welcome to posting land :0)
My first cast recording was Into the Woods -my family just happened to catch the PBS airing of it on TV while flipping through channels (man, probably in 1994) and I fell in LOVE; my mommy let me buy the CD :0)
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#2re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:18am
Welcome!
Mine was Les Mis. I don't remember how old I was, but I was pretty young. I got it after the first time I saw the show. I really didn't understand much of what was going on because I was so young, but I loved listening to the music (and the cast recording even cleared up some things that had confused me while watching the play). I really loved going back to see the show again once I had the cast recording implanted in my head!
jacco
Stand-by Joined: 7/29/05
#3re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:25amFirst cast album I ever bought was Chess. I was an ABBA fan and skipped through the musical-songs to find One Night in bankok. Played it to death later though. Then Les Miz.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#4re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:58am
Welcome!
My first was I think Les Miz. It's since become my favorite musical of all time...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/12/05
#6re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 8:17amI think my first was Cats. Either that or Lion King.
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#7re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:26am'My Fair Lady' with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. Followed shortly by 'Gypsy' with Ethel Merman. Still two of my favorites to this day
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#8re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:29am
The first cast recording I ever listened to was either Evita or Les Miz because my mom had both on tape and used to play them in the car.
The first cast recording I personally ever owned was Wicked because its the only one my parents didn't buy for themselves.
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#9re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:36amMy first cast recording was Fame, but it was in spanish. My first one in english was Into the Woods.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#11re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:42am
Into the Woods.
I've kind of got that Billy Porter story, I guess.
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DefyingGravity4
Swing Joined: 4/15/05
#13re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:49amMy first OCR was Sound Of Music, when i was 11, and i still love it today!
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#14re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:00am
My first was also My Fair Lady, with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. It was my uncle's, whom I adored, and I listened to the recording constantly. I think the second one was probably Camelot with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton.
And welcome to the boards, Mr. Jamie! Enjoy!
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#15re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:13amThe first one I really listened to was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. My parents used to play that when I was little and I loved it (and throughout the year, they also exposed me to Phantom, Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Miz). The first cast recording I went out and bought on my own was Rent, right after I saw them perform Seasons of Love at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade back in, what 95? 96?
#16re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:01amI actually am not sure which was my first. I do remember owning a collaboration CD of different Broadway numbers before I owned any cast recordings. I think my first Cast Recording might have been the original cast of "Into the Woods."
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#17re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:16amMy first was highlights of the OBC of Cats, which I bought back in 7th grade. I think my second was either A Chorus Line or Evita.
#18re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:26amThe first one I ever bought was Phantom of the Opera. I was a Phatom NUT when I was little. Couldn't get enough of it. I still love it and was lucky enough to get 3rd row seats to a touring production a few years ago. My second was Le Mis. "On My Own" and "I Dreamed a Dream" make me cry everytime I hear them.
RaininSmilies
Featured Actor Joined: 3/31/05
#19re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:27amMy first was Rent which I got addicted to after my cousin played it in her car.
worrell4077
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#20re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:34am
My first was LSOH.
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MusicalDirector109
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#22re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:40amWelcome!! My first OBC recording was "Oklahoma!" in the fourth grade. It was the musical that the local high school was producing that year and that's why I do what I do today!
#23re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:41amMy first cast recording and Broadway show was Hairspray. I bought the cd in the winter of '02 and listened to it non-stop for months until I finally saw it June 22, 2003. I'll always remember the date b/c it was my first show.
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kathryn_with_a_y
Chorus Member Joined: 8/7/05
#24re: First Cast Recording
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:47amMy first cast recording was South Pacific.
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