How many Cast albums do you own?
How many Cast albums do you own?
takehomeazak06
Chorus Member Joined: 6/21/05
#1re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:46pm
Two hundred eighty-seven and counting! I just picked up ...SPELLING BEE and LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. Hopefully I will be able to add BAKER STREET in the fall (Decca Broadway is FINALLY releasing it!) Now if they would only release DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE...
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
Updated On: 6/25/05 at 12:46 PM
#2re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:48pmOver 100..but I haven't counted..so it may even be a lot more than that!
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hypertruffle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/22/05
#3re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:51pm
I have a personal data sheet on Excel listing all my CDs updated after every CD purchase I make. I have currently 68.
EDIT: I bought the "25th Annual...Bee" yesterday.
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Updated On: 6/26/05 at 12:51 PM
#4re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:52pmI'd say over 30 or 40, but I only got into Broadway in December, so it's likely to continue up.
1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
#5re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:53pm60...I know, it's not much.
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#6re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:03pmSomewhere in the Low 100s.
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#7re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:06pmAbout 100. It's really bizarre knowing I have that many cast recordings. Should I be saving my money? HA.
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timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#8re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:09pmProbably about 100. I haven't counted, tho. Maybe I'll do that sometime when I'm bored...
#9re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:32pmAbout 250 or so, probably a little more.
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#10re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:35pmSomewhere around 450.
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FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#13re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 2:02pmWell, let's put it thus: I own Cast Recordings of 279 Shows as far as I know, but I do often own more than one Cast Recording per show, so the overall number is quite a bit higher. But haven't counted it yet.
#14re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 2:02pmYikes, about 750. I can't even come close to remembering what all I have any more.
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#15re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 2:05pmNot enough due to lack of expendable money. Probably around 30.
#17re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 2:35pm352 at last count.
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#18re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 2:42pm
On CD: 812
LP: approx 250 (it keeps shrinking as the Lps are replaced by CD')
10-inch Lp's: 57
45 RPM & EP: 16 sets
78 RPM: 12 boxed sets plus 16 really old 12" single 78 RPMS recorded by the Victor Light Opera Company called "Gems from..." These were the fore-runners of cast albums. These were done for shows between 1900 and 1929. In 4 1/2 minutes the studio chorus and solos would run though a medley of hit songs from a show. Each record featured 2 shows (one on each side) and for many scores this is the only recording ever made. Many of these are collected on the CD's called BROADWAY THROUGH THE GRAMOPHONE. Check them out...once your earholes adjust to the antique sound, these are a treasury of great tunes!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
broadwayboy1939
Stand-by Joined: 5/23/05
#19re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 8:34pmI wish I had as many as some of you guys!
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Updated On: 6/27/05 at 08:34 PM
#20re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 8:43pm
I've been collecting since 1998. I used to get about 2 CDs a week at about $15 apiece. I also benefited from selling used CDs and discount promotions at my local Record Theatre. When income tax time and Christmas comes around, I splurge.
NONE of my CDs are burned!!!
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
Updated On: 6/25/05 at 08:43 PM
#21re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 8:43pm39 but i'm 17 years old and poor.
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Ann_Margrock
Stand-by Joined: 9/8/04
#23re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 9:44pm
*is ashamed*
...and here I thought my mid-20's was a lot;D
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#24re: How many Cast albums do you own?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 9:46pmA measley fifty-three. But I'm getting there.
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