I feel like the most ignorant Broadway fan ever.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 7:48pm

HAHA!

Don't feel bad. Stuff like that has happend to us all at one time or another.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 7:52pm

I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!!


make me one of LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. HEHE

[keen on kean]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 8:21pm

The avatar is by norn - he did a great one for the Encores! FOLLIES too.

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 8:57pm

Well, I'll offer my story as consolation, I didn't know there was a Broadway cast recording until I'd already purchased the Off-Broadway cast. I'd go buy the Broadway one but unfortunately I'm not made of money.

Oh well. Somehow, I think I'll survive.

[me2]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:02pm

Don't feel too bad. I have the London MY FAIR LADY, and after two years of liking it, I read in the THEATERMANIA guide that it is not as good as the Broadway. I didn't even know there was a different recording.
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[felineofavenueb]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 11:19pm

OT I know, but I never did understand why there were different recordings for London and Bway My Fair Lady... this is possibly me showing my own ignorance here, but they sound very, very similar to me and the three key performances are the same.

As to the actual subject, I was definitely this confused trying to find it on iTunes last night, so I wouldn't feel that bad.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 11:48pm

Don't feel bad. I didn't know that "Phantom" was actually a two-disc show until I had listened to the hilights disc for about five months. You'd think I would've seen that in all my web searches for show info...

Cleared a lot of things up for me. Like how those thirteen songs were connected in the show. Imagine me trying to put together the plot of a show I knew nothing about based on 1/3 of the music from the show...

[tazber]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 7:49am

The cd you have will be a collectors item someday as it is no longer in print. So there's a little consolation.

BTW - I miss Better Fall Out Of Love. Really liked that tune.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:21am

It's funny -- I still only have the Off-Broadway cast recording since back when it first came out -- and I went to see GREY GARDENS again this past Tuesday night, and on the subway on my way home I realized I was humming "Better Fall Out Of Love". It is a nice tune, and I'm glad it's on record. It just didn't fit well into this show.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:37am

you should get the Broadway Cast. i LOVE the song "Marry Well".

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:36pm

The Broadway cast album of MY FAIR LADY was recorded in mono and the London cast album was recorded in stereo. I believe that John Michael King, who sings the beautiful "On The Street Where You Live" on the OBCR is not on the OLCR. Also, Henry Higgins's ending phrase in the finale, "Marry Freddie, Hah!!!" is sung with more gusto on the OBCR than on the OLCR. Those are just 2 small differences, but they make me like the OBCR better.

Updated On: 6/15/07 at 05:36 PM

Posted: 6/15/07 at 6:55pm

Don't feel bad.
It wasn't until about a year ago that I found out that Andrew Lloyd Webber did not write the music to Les Miserables.

[wickedkiwi]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 7:35pm

wait, being bouvier ISN'T in the OBCR??

i've been listening to the wrong album! F*CK!

[Piercemn]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:35am

I bought the Off Broadway recording before the show moved to Broadway, and frankly, I love the CD so much, it doesn't bother me that I don't have the OBCR. I loved the show so much anyway, and there are terrific songs on the CD that aren't in the show anymore. It doesn't bother me.

Dumb stories: I have practically worn out my Mamma Mia CD, and just saw the show for the fifth time. I saw it in London three years ago, and thought that was the recording I had. I discovered it's the Broadway. Sigh. I bought the CD for Mary Poppins in London the day after seeing the show for the first time. I was playing it in a CD player that I wound up returning to Target, and left the CD in there, so I had to order another one from Amazon. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

If you go on Amazon, you can generally buy these things at a discount from someone. I often order from Caiman in Florida, and have always been pleased by their service. If you wait long enough and there's a Virgin Megastore near you, they will discount the OBCR to $10. That's what I paid for Wicked in Chicago.

[ggersten]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:35am

I didn't think there was a Broadway recording of Mamma Mia. We did buy the reissued CD/DVD for the 5 year anniversary.

As for Grey Gardens, I'm pretty sure I got the OffBroadway, despite trying to get the Broadway version. I looked on Amazon, and it says Broadway Cast, but the lineup and cover are the OffBroadway version.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:57am

This may be a slightly insensetive question but how did you NOT know that it was the off-broadway cast album as opposed to the broadway cast album? It clearly states so on the cover and in the booklet.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000G75A9I/sr=8-1/qid=1182268614/ref=dp_image_0/104-1094445-0617529?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music&qid=1182268614&sr=8-1

Updated On: 6/19/07 at 11:57 AM

[ggersten]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 12:36pm

Not insensitive. The pictures are different. But before the "green" cover (the real broadway cast) linkage workding used to say, I swear, "off broadway" despite what it said on the picture and the profile "gray" cover said "broadway". Now that I see the true broadway cast, it's time for another order!

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 1:22pm

I did something even more ignorant.

I bought an LP of "Promises, Promises" and took it home and put it on and it turned out to be a recording of interviews with people coming out of the theater opening night and at the cast party. The cover looks exactly the same, but with a little note in fairly small print on the cover that distinguishes it for the cast recording.

When the movie Rent came out my wife went out and bought what was labelled as the soundtrack. But, after complaining that it was missing songs we found out it was a 'highlight' CD and there was a 2-CD set just like the OBCR.