OBCs

Posted: 7/3/03 at 7:25pm

Check your Original Broadway Cast albums....

What is the earliest show represented? Is it original LP pressing or re-issue?

I'll check and respond to my own question later, I have to check.

Yours for a better Broadway!

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 7/3/03 at 10:05pm

Annie

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/3/03 at 10:13pm

I have Oklahoma! I have the vinyl LP AND the remastered CD.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 7/3/03 at 10:47pm

im only 15, so.......fantasticks

[alterego]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 3:37am

On vinyl?

The 1972 revival cast of No No Nanette. It still gets a spin every now and again. I have the recent remastered CD and while the extra material is great to have, there seems to be more "depth" to the sound of vinyl that CD's just don't have. Anyone else noticed this?

On CD the earliest show represented is the remastered original cast of Bye Bye Birdie.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 7:27am

The obc of OKLAHOMA (on black vinyl) in its original pressing.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 8:08am

Since I have over 400 Cast albums, if I start now ,I might finish going through them next year sometime.

Here is a puzzler for you : What famous show not only don't I have but I have never seen ?

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 9:30am

Cats?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 10:26am

I am planning on getting the CD of the origianl 1903 Broadway production of the operetta 'The Wizard of Oz'. It is a compilation of verious recordings of the show's music with the original cast.

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 10:28am

Mr Roxy...Naked Boys Singing?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 12:04pm

Nope - Keep Guessing

[BIG BALONEY]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 12:35pm

I'd guess the album your without is " Hairspray " Am I right?

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 12:44pm

God, let's hope not! No one's collection should be without Hairspray!

[sabrelady]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 2:17pm

my oldest is orig cast rec of guys & dolls with Viv Blaine OPPS i was wrong! I have OBC of Gentleman Prefer Blondes with Ms Carol Channing. " I LOVE what i'm doing whenI'm doing it for love.... Updated On: 7/4/03 at 02:17 PM

[broadway geek]

Posted: 7/4/03 at 2:59pm

I have restored original Once Upon a Mattress CD and some Lps including Man of La Mancha, Sound of Music, Candide, Sweeny Todd, South Pacific, and Annie Get Your Gun.

[Belter]

Posted: 7/5/03 at 7:19am

I didn't keep my LPs -- mostly. I did have the Original London Cast recording of Les Miserables on LP, but once I got it on CD ... well, an album has to be turned over, ya know?

My oldest OBCs are:

Carousel -- April 19, 1945
South Pacific -- April 7, 1949
Miss Liberty -- July 15, 1949
Lost in the Stars -- October 30, 1949
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- April 19, 1951

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/5/03 at 9:11am

One of the classic shows in theater history that I do not have the Original Cast Album for & have never seen is "Fiddler on the Roof "

Another classic I have never seen (although I have the OBC album (CD) ) is My Fair Lady

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/5/03 at 9:13am

To The Big Baloney

I have Hairspray & Me & the Mrs ( or better known as in social circles as Biff & Muffin) hope to see it for our 5 th Wedding anniversary as our yacht is in drydock.

Updated On: 7/5/03 at 09:13 AM

Posted: 7/5/03 at 9:23am

Hey, Mr. Roxy,
Have you not seen Fiddler or My Fair Lady for lack of desire or lack of opportunity? Anyone who loves musical theatre, as you seem to, really ought to see Fiddler at least once in his or her lives. As for My Fair (yawn) Lady…see it out of historical respect, just take a good nap before hand and make sure it stars a 20-year-old Julie Andrews.

[magruder]

Posted: 7/5/03 at 9:37am

I guess the oldest show represented in my collection is 1917's Leave it to Jane, but in the 50s Off-Broadway revival recording.

Posted: 7/5/03 at 1:56pm

The oldest musical represented in my collection is, I believe, 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY, by G. M. Cohan. The show opened on 1/1/1906. It introduced "Mary's A Grand Old Name," and "So Long, Mary." The LP of the score "introduces" Tammy Grimes and also features Larry Blyden and Russell Nype.

Followed by A CONNECTICUT YANKEE and SHOW BOAT, both from 1927. Others follow before original cast recordings start

Original casts on 78s and LPs probably start with PORGY AND BESS, 1935.

I do not own a copy of CATS nor HAIRSPRAY!

Yours for a better Broadway!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/5/03 at 7:03pm

Missed the first ones due to age. The rest I have no reason . I was not in the right place at the right time, I guess

Updated On: 7/5/03 at 07:03 PM

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 7/5/03 at 8:29pm

I hate when my yacht is in drydock!

[LittleAngelMaker]

Posted: 7/6/03 at 2:02pm

I have:

"The Sound Of Music" with Mary Martin

and

"George M" with Joel Grey and Bernadette Peters