Shows that need another recording
Shows that need another recording
#0Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 7:06am
Sunday in the Park With George
The Seacret Garden
A Little Night Music(should come with soon revival)
Follies
A Chorus Line(should come with soon revival)
There are countless Joseph recording, so why not more recordings of these other shows.
And what other shows need more recordings?
I Wish... Madeline Kahn could have played the Witch in Into the Woods. She would have rocked!
#1re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 7:11am
What do you mean by needing another recording? Do you mean because the originals are inadequate? Or do you just mean for another interpretation?
Becuase I think that some of the ones you listed are actually near perfection.
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#2re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 7:27am
I love all the recordings of the shows I listted, but as each show has seen hundreds of casts...
why then only listen to one
I have a handful of recordings of Nine, West Side Story, Evita, and Chicago. I love EACH RECORDING for the different interpritaitions brought to score by various performers, conducters, directors, etc...
Thats why I say these shows need another recording.
I Wish... Madeline Kahn could have played the Witch in Into the Woods. She would have rocked!
#3re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 7:31am
Ah, I see what you mean.
However, my problem is that if I hear or see a performance that I think is incredible I become very opinionated and negative towards others.
Like Chicago for instance: After hearing Chita and Gwen, I can't listen to anyone else. Even though I'm a huge Ruthie Henshall fan, I can't listen to her versions of the songs.
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#4re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 7:41am
But you'll never see Chita and Gwen...
wouldn't you rather here All that Jazz done by
Chita
Bebe
Utte
Catherine
and love the song rather than the performer
I Wish... Madeline Kahn could have played the Witch in Into the Woods. She would have rocked!
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#5re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:22amAs much as I dislike the show, having another English cast recording of RENT not done by the original cast (or most of them anyway) would be good. I am all for shows in German, Icelandic and Hebrew, but I am always interested in giving shows a second interpretation in a language I can at least understand and maybe have my opinion swayed.
Practically Perfect
Leading Actor Joined: 3/10/05
#6re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:28am
Sunday in the Park with George will be happening very soon. The recent Menier Chocolate Factory London revival has been recorded for a release in May, I think.
Mary P x
deck925
Featured Actor Joined: 5/21/05
#7re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 11:11amAs much as I enjoy the OBCR of BatB, a new one with Ashley Brown would be awesome, plus we'd finally get "A Change In Me."
I'm kind of a sweat pant, t-shirt, no make-up type of girl. So once a year, I can get spiffy.
Sutton Foster :)
#8re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 12:14pmYou can find "A change in me" sung by Ashley on "On the Record".
In my heart, I found the answered dream,
and in my soul I found the song, and in my friends
I found the magic, the love,
the moon up above- they were mine, all mine, all along..!
#9re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 12:22pm
There are 3 recordings for The Secret Garden which are all readily available (although two maye be a bit pricey since they are from overseas). The Original Broadway Cast Recording and the recent London Cast Recording are definitely two very different interpretations, with the London CD having new orchestrations and some new lyrics. The 3rd recording is the Australian Highlights CD with Anthony Warlow, Marina Pryor, and Phillip Quast (who plays Archie on the London recording)--albeit this is not the FULL show, just highlights...but it is still a great recording. I own all three.
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
Updated On: 3/15/06 at 12:22 PM
#10re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 12:51pm
I hope someone will do another cast recording of:
-Wicked (maybe with the fortcoming London cast)
-The Baker's Wife
-The Magic Show
-Pippin
-Is There Life After High School?
-Beauty and the beast (with the new song)
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame (an english version of the german Disney's show)
-Elisabeth (an english version)
-The Fantasticks (with new cast and a modern sound)
-Finian's rainbow (as above)
-The Mistery of Edwin Drood
-High Spirits
-The last 5 years (a new studio cast with varius performers)
-Dance Of The Vampires (in English)
whimsical
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#11re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 1:29pmI'd love to hear another female tackle On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and The Apple Tree. I adore Barbara Harris but it'd be great to hear another interpretation. Someone other than Kristin C, too.
#12re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 1:33pm
In terms of OBCR inadequacy, I'd love a new Can-Can recording.
Just for me own desire to hear another cast perform the show, Ragtime!
#13re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 4:01pmMamma Mia
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
#14re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 4:50pm
Sweeney Todd with the entire new score and cast including City on Fire and Parlor Songs
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#15re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 4:56pm
I don't see a glaring need for a new A Little Night Music (not that I wouldn't buy it if it WAS produced) since I already have three recordings of it.
As much as I LOVE Pippin, a new CD of it with ALL the music would be great.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#16re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 5:16pm
A Little Night Music
Gypsy (with Ms.LuPone)
Hello, Dolly!
Chicago (Studio Recording with all the different Roxies, Billies, Velmas, etc)
A Chorus Line
Sunday In The Park with George (with New York actors)
deck925
Featured Actor Joined: 5/21/05
#17re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 5:41pmIs it worth it to buy On the Record just for one song though? Are there other worthwhile qualites of that recording?
I'm kind of a sweat pant, t-shirt, no make-up type of girl. So once a year, I can get spiffy.
Sutton Foster :)
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#18re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 6:04pm
I actually liked Disney's On The Record...
I got to see the show live and though it didn't work as a traditional musical...some of the re-interpretations of Classic Disney music perfromed by a vocally blessed octet were incredible...I especially loved the reditions of 'He's a Tramp', 'How can we go on', 'Change in me' and the 'Silly Song Medley'...I'd recommend it if you're a Disney fan with an open mind....And...how could I forget 'Be Our Guest' sung in English, French, German, Dutch & Japanese....
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#19re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 6:08pm
Definitely Bye, Bye Birdie (with the ORIGINAL orchestrations, cue-by-cue, nothing cut out)
Starlight Express (I MEAN COMPLETELY COMPLETE and in ENGLISH!!!)
Promises, Promises (with Martin Short and the Encores guys)
Baby (with the Paper Mill Cast)
Falsettos (the 1992 version)
Songs for a New World (symphonic version)
Purlie
On The Twentieth Century (Actors' Fund version)
Chess (ditto)
Jesus Christ Superstar
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (U.S.)
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
#20re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 6:11pmI would love another Hairspray recording with either Carly Jibson or Kathy Brier as Tracy, and any one of the other wonderful actresses who have played Penny (this is nothing against Kerry Butler).
Hey Dottie!
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#21re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 6:15pmI would love a new Pippin recording as well. I'd love having a freasher sound so to speak, esp on songs like "Magic To Do".
#22re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/15/06 at 6:18pmI know its new, but "DRS" with Pryce !!
#24re: Shows that need another recording
Posted: 3/16/06 at 12:19am
ALLEGO needs a new and complete recording: RCA Victor's 78 RPM album was limited to 5 records and records less tna half of the score.
But... I can't go along with more recordings of GYPSY (6 versions currently available on CD); ALNM (3 in print plus the Judi Dench which though hard to find does exist, and the film ST on LP); Hello, Dolly! (we already have 2 versions with Channing, the Pearl Bailey cast, and the film ST with Streisand); Chicago (Broadway, Broadway revival; London cast; Australian cast and Film ST).
When Cd's were new several albels re-recorded classic scores (WEST SIDE STORY, SOUTH PACIFIC, SHOW BOAT, ANYTHING GOES, CAROUSEL, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, BRIGADOON, KISS ME KATE) but while initial sales were stong they quickly faded. If the labels have $ to contribute t show recordings (and frm all reports they DON'T) I would rather see titles added to the catalogue that have never previously been recorded.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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