Assassins - OBC or Revival?

I've got some money in my pocket, and Assassins is at the top of my list of cast recordings I really want to get. My question is, should I get the original recording or the revival? I've heard Ballad of Booth from the original, and I really like it, but I've also seen clips of the revival and like it just as much. Which one should I get? Or, should I buy both of them?

Oh! Found the list of cast recordings I want to get.

Gypsy
Man of La Mancha
Beauty and the Beast
Little Shop of Horrors (original or revival?)
Assassins (original or revival?)
Bare
Zanna, Don't!

Want to add to the list? Or subtract, even? And help me make up my mind about Assassins. Goodness, I have so many questions. Well, you all can help me.

Revival- More dialogue, and Something Just Broke are well worth it. Also, love Mario Cantone and James Barbour.

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get both!
But if you can only get one.... The new orchestrations in the revival are awesome so I'd go for that one.

Personally, I preferred Victor Garbers performance of Booth in the Original Off-Broadway cast (since when has playwrights horizons been considered a broadway theatre :P) to Michael Cerveris', but then i think Victor Garber has the Midas touch.
I prefer Annie Golden in the original cast, but i prefer Alexander Gemignani in the revival cast...meaning i would love to hear the 2 recordings of unworthy of your love combined into one. Seriously though...Annie Golden has one of the greatest voices!
Neil Patrick Harris is pretty great in the revival, and the orchestrations are much better. So really and truly all i could advise is be like me and buy both recordings...its a great show so its worth it

I'd recommend the revival as well.

I was just listening to it the other day and realized how much I miss that show
The recording is great but it just cannot capture that magic these guys had going on on stage. It almost sounds 'empty'... strange, I know.

QM

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go fo rthe revival

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"I know Denis O'Hare was nominated for a Tony as Guiteau, but his singing is terrible!"

Anyone who is concerned with this obviously has completely missed the point of this show. Assasins is a wonderfully powerful musical about the disturbing individuals who feel it is their right to achieve the American dream so badly, they are willing to kill the president to get it, or to seek vengence on not getting it. O'Hare's character is a man on the edge, unsure of himself, and basically repressing an intense fear. On the revival recording, THAT is what you hear. His ballad of Guiteau is disturbingly good. You can actually HEAR the man grinning from ear to ear even as he is panicking as he is set to the gallows. If he had boasted a strong and powerful singing voice without cracking, without missing a few notes, without occasionally screaming, all this needed emotion would be devoid. If you are looking for Colm Wikonson or something to play Guiteau, I doubt you understand the character very well. Not all musical characters require strong singing voices. But all require superb acting. The revival and OCR both have these, but id recommend the revival, just FOR Dennis O'Hare's portrayal of a man on the edge.

I'd go with the new versions of all of the CDs you listed.

Also, the Bare CD Sampler is available to download on the Bare site. That one is very worth it, it still would be worth it if they charged for it IMO. Enjoy your new music, whatever you get!
BARE CD Sampler

They're both good recordings, you can't really go wrong with either. I'm an Assassins junkie and really like both a lot, but my heart still belongs to the original cast. Mostly because of Victor Garber, Annie Golden, and Patrick Cassidy (the balladeer.) However, the revival (which I guess is technically the Original Broadway Cast??) features "Something Just Broke" which is a great addition, a bunch more dialouge, and some great performances from James Barbour, Denis O'Hare (I have to disagree, I think he's wonderful) and Alexander Gemigniani, who I think is a better Hinckley than the original. ...But, Like I said, I don't think you can really go wrong with either.

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TheatreBoy33, I agree that many characters in this show do not require great singing voices. In fact, I think that Guiteau would be less effective is performed by a great singer. But there's a line between good "character" singing and amateurishness. On the original cast recording, Jonathan Hadary, not a great singer by any means, acts the song wonderfully while still using proper vocal technique. I'm sure Denis O'Hare's acting was excellent, and perhaps onstage, when one is seeing the whole performance, his weak singing didn't matter as much. But as far as listening to a recording, I would definitely have to recommend Hadary's version.