Ah, favorite little moments on an OBC...

[BroadwayNick]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:10pm

Just thinking...what are some small moments on a cast recording that make the song/recording for you.

Some of mine:
-The trumpet line after "...if you want to get applause!" in You Gotta Get a Gimmick from Gypsy.
-The harmony at the end of Les Miz between Eponine and Fantine..."Come to me..."
-The last 20 seconds or so of RENT, ie. "No Day But Today"
-The multiple vocal lines at end of There is Life Outside Your Apartment from Avenue Q.

Too many to remember. Thoughts?

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:40pm

I totally agree with the Rent and Les Mis moments.
-Wicked-Defying Gravity, "It's MEEEEEEEEEEEE..." until the end

There's definately more I just need to think about it.

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:44pm

It's MEEEE isn't on the OBC. Right?

kmc

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:51pm

You know, I've heard so many versions at this point I had to go back and check to see if it is or not, and you are completely right. So I have to change my response to, "So if you care to find me..."


I feel kinda silly now.

Updated On: 3/22/06 at 10:51 PM

[Kringas]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:54pm

Dreamgirls in Concert - The little dance break during "Party Party" after "Drive the people crazy!"

[Mark Loves His Scarf]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:56pm

OBC Rent on the I'll Cover You (reprise) the last line the choir sings "Seasons Of....loooovvveee" with Collins in the background.

OBC Phantom of the Opera: Brightman's "soar" on the "Raoul, I've Seen Him" track.

OBC Les Mis: Red and Black, "the color of despair." The way he hits despair...wow

When Headley joins in the song Elaborate Lives in Aida. "We...all...leeeeaaddd such elaborate lives." Beautiful.

Those drum beats that come in before Sherie starts singing "Oh, now I believe in lookin'" in My Strongest Suit, Aida.

Aida, again: When Sherie sings "Oh, I Know the Truth" and she kind of holds the "I" for a country rock feel.

Little Women: In The Fire Within Me, the part where the tune changes back to the melody of Astonishing and she reprises it.

Little Women: Some Things Are Meant to Be. That little pause then "All my life I've lived for loving you...Let me go now." Breaks my heart every time.

There's more, lots more, but I'll continue later :)

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:59pm

The first one that comes to mind is in "Goodbye Until Tomorrow" from The Last Five Years when Jamie and Cathy sing the exact same note. It's beautiful. As is the rest of the song.

Updated On: 3/22/06 at 10:59 PM

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 11:00pm

The "I'm beautiful" line for "I'm Here" from TCP. I cry just thinking about it.

[Mark Loves His Scarf]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 11:04pm

aww, cathy I was just gonna mention Last Five Years. I love that song and when Jamie sings "All I could do is love you...God, I loved you so."

Also in L5Y, the song Nobody Needs to Know. The last notes. "Since I need to be in love with someone..." Actually the beginning of that song is brilliant too. "Cathy is waiting..." then the violins come in... Damn, that whole song is mesmerizing.

[NCGuy]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 11:14pm

I love the little additions on the latest CD version of the Gypsy OCR…

That choke in Merman’s voice on “All your life and what does it get you…” and (especially) Sandra Church erupting with laughter at the end of “All I Need Is The Girl.”

[zaneyb3000]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 11:14pm

From RENT... I'm MARK! WELLL this is quite the operation...

[lilprima2b]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 12:17am

I still love Colm Wilkinson's "Two-four-six-oh-ooooooooNEE!" on the OBC of Les Mis, and the aforementioned Eponine/Fantine harmony in the finale, particularly on that recording.

[catstagestud]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 12:39am

in TCP when Shug and Celie sing "What about tears when I'm happy? What about wings when I fall? I want there to be a story for me that I can believe in forever..." Gives me goosebumps.

Cheers,

Christopher

[thez914]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 12:42am

mmm...I must say, in "Follow Your Heart" from Urinetown...when Hunter Foster and Jennifer Laura Thompson sing "laughter and GLADNESS..." It always makes me just want to kiss someone.

[rose&lark]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 1:12am

The Full Monty: "Jeanette's Showbiz Number," when one of the guys tries to do a "wall flip." Especially when listening to it on separate speakers or headphones (you can almost imagine him attempting it as the sound of his feet travels from one speaker to the other. Very funny)

Little Women: "Take A Chance On Me," when Laurie is asking to see the patch on Jo's dress. I can almost imagine Laurie trying to see her dress, and Jo moving away from him, preventing him from seeing the patch. :)

[gumbo2]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 1:21am

From A New Brain, during And They're Off when Malcolm Gets sings "what was lost WAAAAS not found" it's just brilliant.

Gavin Creel on the last note of What Do I Need With Love always makes me very happy.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 1:32am

1. in Mary Poppins OLC, when Bert (Gavin Lee) says "Here we go" right before the fast "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" part begins.

2. Any of the Les Mis recording during the finale when they sing "Come to me..." and "To love another person is to see the face of God"

3. in A chorus Line OBC, when the last verse in "Nothing" is sung.

4. Sweeney Todd on OBC during the last verses in "God That's Good"

5. Anything Goes (w/Patti LuPone) the whole title song [but precisely, right after the tapping parts when she starts singing again].

6. Rent OBC when those chords play on the piano before "Seasons of Love" begins

7. Woman in White OLC during the duet part in "I Believe my Heart"

8. Rent OBC during the verse "No Day But Today"

9. Les Mis 10th Anniversary's "On My Own" when Lea Salonga sings "The world is full of happiness that I have never knoooooooown"

10. When the organ starts playing during the overture in PotO

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 2:28am

TSOM - Mary Martin's chuckle at end of "Do Re Mi."

MFL - the dance after "Rain in Spain"

CABARET (1966 OBC) - Fabricated for the recording but the little reprises of "Meeskite" inserted in the finale.

PETER PAN - "You won't forget to come for me Peter? PLease. PLEASE don't forget!"

COMPANY - end of Barcelona..April's "Ok I'll'Stay" follwed by Robert's "Ohhh god!!"

CAROUSEL - John Raitt's segment "When I have a daughter..." restored for the OBC (but not on any other recording.)

DAMN YANKEES! - The final resprise of "Heart" especially the orchestral flourish at the end

SWEENEY TODD - the sound effect created for the recording of the chair the body sliding across the stereophonic field left to right then a final plop. Brilliant!

SUNDAY IN THE PARK - again a change for the recording but I love how the record begins with the pianio arpeggio BEFEORE Mandy's first spoekn line and how the instruments creep in until he calls out harmony and the music ripples underneath him. that's cast album production at its finest.

RAGTIME - the bonus orchestral suite at end of Disc Two

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 7:43am

Woman In White: "IIIIII CLOSE MY EYES...and I still see his face..." (I love Maria Friedman)

Urinetown: The harmony of "Cheek to cheek and gland to gland..." in "Tell Her I Love Her"

Aida: The highnote Sheri hits on "I know the truth and it SHOCKS me"

DRS: I don't know why, but it always makes me happy when Norbert shouts "I want some really classy sh*t" in "Great Big Stuff"

Phantom of The Opera: Raoul's part in "Think Of Me"

[jasonf]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 7:54am

Chess (any version)-- The music RIGHT after "When I was twelve my father moved out"

Assassins -- When Hinkley and Fromme come together on "I am unworthy of your love..." for the first time

Baby -- the tempo change on "Maybe we don't mean that much you and I..."

Secret Garden - Mandy's slip on Lily's Eyes -- when I heard the London recording it didn't sound right NOT having that mistake in there because I'm so used to it.

Carnival -- The very end of "Everybody Likes You" when Orbach sings "no one, no one, likes me." I have no idea why, but I love that.

Sweeney Todd (revival) - the whispered "Speak to me friend, whisper, I'll listen..." SO creepy

1776 revival - the reprise of "Richard Henry Lee" when Adams comes in with the "Good God!"

H2$ revival - the scatting at the end of Brotherhood of Man

Peter Pan - Cyril Ritchard's almost whisper on "It's Peter Pan..." during Mysterious Lady

On the Town (I'm not sure if this is on the OBC or not) - the Lonely Town pas de deux music -- I don't know how to explain it, but there's a certain part of that I just LOVE.

I could go on and on...

[EganFan2]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 10:04am

I, too, love Bert's little "Here we go!" on the Mary Poppins OLC.

Douglas Sills holding that super long note during the "Into the Fire" reprise/finale on the Scarlet Pimpernel OBC. Wow!

Julie Andrews saying "Well, then..." after each knight vows he will take care of Lancelot on the Camelot OBC.

The little giggle that Michael Crawford as Count Fosco does in the "You Can Get Away With Anything" song.

Enjolras's entrance in "One Day More". Cymbals crash and everything!

[HoshiForever]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 10:20am

Wow, lot of good mentions here. I'm going to have to throw in from Parade's All the Wasted Time:

"And I never knew anything...at ALLLLLLLL!" mmmmm tasty.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 10:29am

So many to count, but...

"Sometimes I catch him looking, and looking....I just look right back!" AND "She's tall enought to be your mother...Goliath!"

Elaine Stritch, Company

[thejcm]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 11:00am

The Rocky Horror Revival CD:

Frank N Furter (in Blonde Accent): With blonde hair and a tan!
Random Phantom: Shut up!

I seriously crack up everytime that part comes up, and even did that line in a production of Rocky Horror that I was in this past October.

The opening percussion on the Dreamgirls OBCR, and Concert CD.

The drumming under the 3rd Montage part of "Hello 12, Hello 13, Goodbye Love" in the beginning. Also, of course, Val's "Sh!T I made through High school without growing any t1ts!"

Kerry Butler's "I'll get the can!" on the Little Shop of Horrors CD.

[Barnaby12345]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 11:06am

Kringas, that dance part in the Dreamgirls concert ALWAYS reminds me of "My Body" from "The Life." It sounds just like it!