Recorded after the show closed. So this doesn't appear to be the promo tracks that have been floating around. Itunes first and then press by demand to follow...
I love the idea of on-demand CDs, just like DVDs. Warner Archives has a successful business model in place now, and they're making money releasing niche movies.
I think it's a great concept, and I'm glad to see it happening with Ragtime.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Of course you can't have an on-demand CD release unless you have a recording (or a recording session) first. That's where the big expenses lie, no doubt.
bk has a different business model that's also good, in that it's all limited releases. He knows exactly how many he's going to print, and all the costs and profits are figured in up front.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Looks like it's 2 more tracks than were on the little sampler that some of us got access too. (the sampler has everything listed here except Buffalo Nickel and Make Them Hear You)
Does pressing on demand mean a super cheap presentation, like no cover art, booklets, etc. Is it just a CD-R in a case. If so, I'll pass. That would be ghetto.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
For what it's worth, this is from the record company's website: "We are still totally comitted to bringing you amazing physical packages of CD's with extensive printed material." It's even in bold, so they really mean it.
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
I hope this new 'model' can lead to the release of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE et al.
I am a little skeptical if these tracks were recorded in a different session to the Sampler CD though. The description of the first track (Stephen Flaherty at the piano etc.) sounds suspiciously similar to the sampler CD.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
The cut of the title song from the sampler that I have is a much shorted version, beginning I believe with some instrumental and then going into the end of the song. I do hope they release a fuller version on this recording. But great news! Love Ragtime and it's amazing revival cast.
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim
It's now on iTunes. From the clips/track lengths it really does just seem that this is the sampler released commercially with two extra tracks. But that's still cool.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000