The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four- Page 49
The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four
#1200The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:02pm
"Track 1 of the second cd - he sings! About 4 bars, first in Spanish, then in English, quietly, a cappella."
Well, that does it. Amazon, here I come!
#1201The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:15pmWaaa!!! I don't get this - I just checked my Amazon.com order and now it says it won't be shipped until October 21st! And when I check the listing it says it hasn't been released, and is only available for pre-order. I don't get it....
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wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1202The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:39pmI guess I was the lucky one on this. I ordered via Amazon.com in late September and they had given me October 23rd as a receipt date (opening night of S-T-P, right?) so no one was more surprised than I was to get this so quickly.
#1203The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:53pm
Same here. I ordered it around mid-September and at that time they said shipping date of October 18th, the release date. And now the ship date keeps changing. 
I went with the free shipping - I wonder if that's the problem. Maybe they aren't inclined to be as timely with the free shipments as they are with the paid ones.
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wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1204The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 1:29pmI have "Prime" - where you pay up-front and get free 2-day shipping for a year. (I use Amazon.com for text books, too, so it ends up being worth it.) Maybe Prime customers get some sort of priority?
#1205The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 1:34pm
That may well be it. I know with the free shipping they tend to delay it a bit, but I think its vastly unfair that they shipped you the book two weeks before it's even supposed to be released!
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wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1206The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 3:42pmMy guess is that you will, in fact, get yours sooner than they are saying. It's not like I am "special" or anything!
#1207The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 4:08pm
Hmpfh. I'm feeling neglected, abandoned and alooooone... 
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wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1208The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 4:44pm
That's okay. When you get your copy, Raulito will sing you a lullaby: "Buenos dias, paloma blanca..."
Updated On: 10/7/08 at 04:44 PM
#1209The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 5:56pm
*melts*
That will be worth the agony of drawn-out anticipation.....
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#1210The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/8/08 at 9:26pmI just saw a 10 second commercial for Speed The Plow on E channel tonight during Chicago.
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
#1211The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/8/08 at 10:14pmSigh. Well, Amazon says my estimated ship date is Oct 27th!
#1212The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:13am
Same here, Hest. It's vastly annoying.
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#1213The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:48pmI ordered mine on Sunday night and got it today.
#1214The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:24pm
Well, they definitely discriminate against the people who use free shipping. I just went in and re-ordered it, and if I pay for shipping it'll be shipped today, but if I go with free shipping it'll be shipped on the 14th.
So I canceled my previous order that STILL said it wouldn't be shipped until the 27th (how can that be when a "new" order says it'll be shipped the 14th, even with free shipping??) and ordered it with the new shipping date of the 14th.
Its very confusing.
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#1215The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:46pmWell, since Amazon has their 3-month free Prime trial promotion going on right now I think I'm going to sign up for that and do what Humbug just did.
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#1216The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/9/08 at 7:48pmHumbug, that is SO weird. I ordered mine on Monday and got it today. I started listeing to it and I'm almost through the first cd. It is already worth the money. And I LOVE how he says Eduardo! :)
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#1217The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/9/08 at 10:03pmQuick update: I signed up for Amazon Prime and re-placed the order. Now it says it's due to ship tomorrow!
#1218The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/11/08 at 1:24amOh eek! Someone has posted footage of Hushabye Mountain over on YT!
#1219The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/12/08 at 12:21pm
Yay! Just got email from Amazon that it's shipped! And should be delivered by the 16th.
I'm still boggled by the fact that my original order wasn't going to ship until the 27th, but this order shipped on the 11th. Oh well, at least I'll get it in a reasonably timely fashion now.
Awww, I love Hushabye Mountain! And I love how Raúl takes a simple lullaby and turns it into a power ballad. 
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wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1220The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/12/08 at 1:51pmAnyone been to SPEED-THE-PLOW lately?
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#1221The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/12/08 at 3:56pmAww, I MISS Chitty. How funny.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#1222The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/12/08 at 4:02pmI almost went yesterday on a last minute whim, but they only had rear mezz seats, so I figured I'd wait. Willpower has never been my strong suit.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1223The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/12/08 at 9:21pmI got a ticket for this Wednesday matinee. Can't wait.
#1224The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/12/08 at 9:41pm
I'm so pathetic. I'm back to watching "Petrified" over and over again. It's amazing to me how different it sounds from the cast album, yet in both versions the acting--visually or vocally--is perfection. He manages the heartbreaking subtlety as well as the grand passion with complete immersion and mastery. Yeah, yeah, I know he's not perfect. Whatever.
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