Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
BroadMagTech
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/15
#1Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/13/16 at 6:02pm
What are some cast albums that are not on iTunes that should be?
#2Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/14/16 at 12:35am
I know for the longest time there was no actual Miss Saigon Recording on ITunes, then all the fake versions kept wasting people's money so they put the original London, the symphonic,and the 2014 revival (which is the entire show).
#3Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/14/16 at 12:41am
The 1994 Broadway revival cast recording. It's on YouTube, but not iTunes.
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#4Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/14/16 at 1:15am
Several OLCR aren't available in the US's iTiunes Store, but are available in the UK's iTunes Store. Like Sweeney Todd's 2012 LCR. I'm not sure if the 2006 LCR of Cabaret was released on iTunes in the UK, but I know that it exists in CD form.
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Featured Actor Joined: 7/30/09
#5Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:25am
I went on a few days ago to buy a recording of Sunset Boulevard and there wasn't a single official cast recording of the show on the Canadian iTunes Store. Not sure if it's any different on the US store...
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#6Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:12am
The Spitfire Grill is my first choice.
I feel like I must be missing some important element regarding why, in the digital age, more recordings that might be considered "rare" aren't available.
I mean, I could understand it when recorded music was dependent on a physical medium for sales/dispersal. There was a cost factor involved in manufacturing physical discs, printing, and packaging. If an album didn't sell, it would be cost prohibitive to keep manufacturing the album.
As far as I can tell, that isn't true for digital albums. Once an album is created in digital format, there are no additional costs involved as far as reproduction is concerned. Technically, there is no "reproduction", just multiple downloads of the original file. Digital music does not degrade like a master tape, neither does the digital artwork/text associated with the album.
I'm guessing that there must be a stumbling block regarding 'rights' or copyright. Still, whatever those costs are, I would think they must have already been factored into the consumer's cost of the download...?
In my experience, iTunes isn't the best source for buying OC albums. The available catalog is extremely limited, and they don't even care enough to have created a proper Category, like all good record stores used to. (Lumping the limited selections into the 'Soundtracks' category is just insulting.) 
#7Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/14/16 at 11:35am
Oh also the OBC recording of Crazy For You is not on ITunes but the LCR is
#8Cast recordings that should be on iTunes
Posted: 5/14/16 at 11:38am
I second Spitfire Grill. Been looking for that for a while.
