Best BRDWY Cast Recordings?- Page 2

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:20pm

Rent, The Cabaret 1998 Revival, Aida, Bat Boy: The Musical, Assassins, Into The Woods...

I couldn't live my life without those.

[Sir Percival Glyde]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:24pm

no, only the original cast, no, definitely not, only the original off-broadway recording, only the original cast

[Pippin]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:26pm

get ragtime. and not the highlights, but the whole thing. every song is wonderful, and it is two discs, so your money will go alot further with this buy. it is definately worth multiple listens, and has many of broadway's biggest personalities right now. it was my second broadway show, and remains my favorite. a definate must have for any collection.

[Sir Percival Glyde]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:31pm

boring, and sleep inducing.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:35pm

Urinetown
Thoroughly Modern Millie (sorry I'm biased on this one, but Sutton Foster is great!)
Phantom of the Opera
Chicago (1996 Revival Cast)
All Shook Up
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spamalot

[slimandslam]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:38pm

Okay... a little history may be in order. You should get some of the classics - if I had to pick five "classics" out of a hat I'd say Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, and Fiddler on the Roof. Others may differ - you'd probably get some votes for Show Boat, Porgy and Bess, Gypsy, West Side Story, and a bunch of others that will have hit this thread while I'm typing this.

Among the newer shows, I'm surprised that nobody's been beating the drum for William Finn. Falsettos is tremendous, and you can't knock Spelling Bee, Elegies, or A New Brain.

For my money, the four most fun cast recordings of the current millennium have been The Producers, Avenue Q, Urinetown, and Jerry Springer: The Opera.

And now I am two cents poorer.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:45pm

Must haves:

42nd Street
1776
And the World Goes 'Round
Annie
Annie Get Your Gun
Anyone Can Whistle
Anything Goes
The Apple Tree
Assassins
Avenue Q
Bea Arthur on Broadway
Bells Are Ringing
Big River
Blood Brothers
Bombay Dreams
Brigadoon
Bye Bye Birdie
Cabaret
Camelot
Caroline, or Change
Carousel
Cats
Chicago
Company
Crazy For You
Damn Yankees
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dreamgirls
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Guys and Dolls
The Fantasticks
Fiddler on the Roof
Finian's Rainbow
Flower Drum Song
Follies
Fosse
The Full Monty
Funny Girl
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum
Godspell
Grease
Gypsy
Hair
Hairpsiray
Hedwig and the Angry inch
Hello, Dolly!
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Into the Woods
Jane Eyre
The King and I
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss Me, Kate
La Boheme
The Last 5 Years
The Life
The Light in the Piazza
The Lion King
A Little Night Music
Little Shop of Horrors
Mame
Man of La Mancha
Marie Christine
Merrilly We Roll Along
The Mikado
Miss Saigon
Movin' Out
The Music Man
My Fair Lady
Nine
Oklahoma!
Oliver
On the Town
Once Upon a Mattress
Pacific Overtures
The Pajama Game
Parade
Passion
Peter Pan
The Phantom of the Opera
Pippin
The Pirates of Penzance
Ragtime
Rent
The Rocky Horror Show
Saturday Night
Seussical
The Secret Garden
Shenandoah
She Loves Me
Showboat
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Song and Dance
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
Spamalot
Steel Pier
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunset Boulevard
Sweet Charity
Swing!
Taboo
Tanz der Vampire
The Threepenny Opera
They're Playing Our song
tick, tick...BOOM!
Titanic
Tommy
Urinetown
Victor/Victoria
West Side Story
Wonderful Town
The Wild Party (La Chiusa)
Working

[Sir Percival Glyde]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 1:59pm

finn was overrated from his first show, and continues to be.

[dotvmike]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 2:32pm

A New Brain is amazing!

[RaininSmilies]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:02pm

Nobody's suggested Bare? It doesn't even cost money. You can just get if off http://www.sh-k-boom.com/bare.html.

And I'm adding Chess. I don't know if anyone's suggested it yet. But I love it!

[dotvmike]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:09pm

How could I have forgotten Chess, I would say get the concept album over the broadway cast but as long as you have one of them you'll be set! Good call RaininSmilies!!

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:12pm

Sir Percival Glyde, do you have a positive bone in your body?

[Overthemoon6]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:19pm

I would suggest Spelling Bee, TMM, and Urinetown.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:20pm

Munk- Is that all?

Some great ones that get a lot of playtime in my cd player:
RENT
tick, tick... Boom!
Songs for a New World
The Last 5 Years
Into the Woods
Avenue Q
Thoroughly Modern Millie
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Aida

Also, not my favorite, but you should get some Rodgers and Hammerstein:
Oklahoma (isn't that R&H?)
Sound of Music
King and I
etc.

[FlyingHigh2]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:24pm

Wicked for sure!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:32pm

Already has Wicked...

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:42pm

All of Guettel's stuff is wonderful, Myths and Hymns and Floyd Collins. My entire collection has already been named.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:58pm

I don't know what happened to the original thread on this but a few months ago I compiled (with some input from the others) this reference list of core cast albums:

1900 - 1920s :
BABES IN TOYLAND (studio cast on Decca)
MERRY WIDOW (studio cast on DRG)
LADY BE GOOD (Studio cast on Nonesuch)
THE STUDENT PRINCE (stuio cast on DRG)
NO NO NANETTE (1971 Broadway revival on Sony)
OH, KAY! (studio cast on Nonesuuch)
THE DESERT SONG (studio cast on Decca)
SHOW BOAT (complete recording on 3 CD set from EMI)
GOOD NEWS (Studio cast on Jay)
THE NEW MOON (Concert cast on Ghostlight)

1930s :
STRIKE UP THE BAND (studio cast on Nonesuch)
GIRL CRAZY (Studio cast on Nonesuch)
OF THEE I SING (1952 revival cast on DRG)
PARDON MY ENGLISH (studio cast on Nonesuch)
ANYTHING GOES (studio cast on EMI)
PORGY AND BESS (complete on 3 Cd's from RCA)
ON YOUR TOES (1983 revival cast on Jay)
BABES IN ARMS (studi cast on New World)
BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Concert cast on DRG)
TOO MANY GIRLS (studio cast on Painted Smiles)

1940s:
PAL JOEY (studio cast on Sony)
LADY IN THE DARK (London cast on Jay)
OKLAHOMA! (Original Broadway cast on Decca)
ON THE TOWN (studio cast on Sony)
CAROUSEL (1993 London cast on RCA)
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1966 revival cast on RCA)
FINIAN'S RAINBOW (1960 revival cast on RCA)
BRIGADOON (studio cast on DRG)
KISS ME KATE (original Broadway & studio cast on EMI)
SOUTH PACIFIC (original Broadway cast on Sony)

1950s:
GUYS AND DOLLS (1992 revival cast on RCA)
THE KING AND I (1977 revival cast on RCA)
PETER PAN (original Broadway cast on RCA)
THE PAJAMA GAME (original Broadway cast on Sony)
DAMN YANKEES (original Broadway cast on RCA)
MY FAIR LADY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
WEST SIDE STORY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
MUSIC MAN (original Broadway cast on EMI)
GYPSY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
SOUND OF MUSIC (original Broadway cast on Sony)

1960s:
CAMELOT (original Broadway cast on Sony)
BYE BYE BIRDIE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS... (original Broadway cast on RCA)
A FUNNY THING...FORUM (original Broadway cast on EMI)
HELLO DOLLY (original Broadway cast on RCA)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (original Broadway cast on RCA)
MAN OF LA MANCHA (original Broadway cast on Decca)
MAME (original Broadway cast on Sony)
CABARET (original Broadway cast on Sony)
HAIR (original Broadway cast on RCA)

1970s:
COMPANY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
FOLLIES (1985 concert cast on RCA)
GREASE (original Broadway cast on M-g-M)
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (original Broadway cast on Sony)
A CHORUS LINE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
CHICAGO (original Broadway cast on Arista)
PIPPIN (original Broadway cast on Decca)
ANNIE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
EVITA (original Broadway cast on Decca)
SWEENEY TODD (original Broadway cast on RCA)

1980s:
42ND STREET (original Broadway cast on RCA)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (original Broadway cast on RCA)
DREAMGIRLS (Concert cast on Nonesuch)
NINE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
CATS (original Broadway cast on Geffen)
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (original Broadway cast on RCA)
LES MISERABLES (complete recording on First Night)
INTO THE WOODS (original Broadway cast on RCA)
GRAND HOTEL (original Broadway cast on RCA)
CITY OF ANGELS (original Broadway cast on Columbia)

1990s:
ASPECTS OF LOVE (original London cast on Polydor)
MISS SAIGON (Complete recording on EMI)
THE SECRET GARDEN (original Broadway cast on Columbia)
CRAZY FOR YOU (original Broadway cast on EMI)
BLOOD BROTHERS (original London cast on RCA)
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (original Broadway cast on RCA)
PASSION (original Broadway cast on EMI)
TITANIC (original Broadway cast on RCA)
THE LIFE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
RAGTIME (original Broadway cast on RCA)

Notable off-Broadway productions:
THREEPENNY OPERA(1954 revival on Decca)
THE GOLDEN APPLE (original cast on RCA)
THE FANTASTICKS (original cast on Decca)
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (original cast on Decca)
GODSPELL (original cast on Arista)
MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS & FALSETTOLAND (original cast on DRG)
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (original cast on RCA)
ASSASSINS (original cast on RCA)
THE LAST FIVE YEARS (original cast on Sh-k-Boom)
URINETOWN (original cast on RCA)

and some notable flops (1950-1999)
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (original cast on Sony)
PAINT YOUR WAGON (original cast on RCA)
CANDIDE (original cast on Sony)
GOLDILOCKS (original cast on Sony)
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (original cast on Sony)
DEAR WORLD (original cast on Sony)
MACK AND MABEL (original cast on MCA)
THE GOODBYE GIRL (original cast on Columbia)
STEEL PIER (original cast on RCA)
PARADE (original cast on RCA)

[kate2]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 3:59pm

oh yeah how could i forget AIDA!!!

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 4:16pm

There are many great ones already mentioned on the thread, but for me you got to have R E N T !!!!!!!

[mad4music]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 5:36pm

Wow.... thanks! You've given lots to think about...

maybe I should have asked what CD's i SHOULDN'T buy! lol (sounds like you can't go wrong no matter what you buy w/Broadway music!)

Just a quick question... I am going to NY this spring (seeing 5 shows)... as of now Wicked, hopefully Piazza and probably the Lion King (the people I'm going with really want to see it even though its prob. not my first choice)... I've never heard anything from Piazza (except the Tony performace) or Lion King so do you think it would be worth buying them first, learning to love them, and THEN seeing the show? Or is the show better the first time if its all new and unpredictable?

Also, is the Lion King recording even worth buying? (I don't think anyones mentioned it yet)???

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 6:11pm

mad4music-I saw LITP before the recording came out and was swept away by the score upon first interaction. This can be the case with some people, however, some people like to know a score (especially a one like Piazza). Considering what cd's you have now I would say go out and buy the cd. And if you're reaction to it at first is negative or mixed. Listen to it a few more times. You will be able to catch certain patterns in songs and be able to appreciate some of the beauty of the score.

As for The Lion King, there's nothing major in the score that hasn't been heard in the movie. Or, at least, the ones worth while. If anything, you may need some time to grow accustomed to the African tribal songs, but that shouldn't bother you.

What NOT to buy? Um, don't buy Follies the OBC. Mainly beacuse all thoguh the orchestrations are wonderful as are most of the performances (i.e. Dorothy Collins, Yvonne de Carlo, and Ethel Shutta) the cd does not do the score justice. It butchers up at least half of the songs and as whole, the cd probably contains around 75% of the actual score (or even less). Also ,and this isn't very much a "don't buy" as it is a way to help you adjust to certain scores. If you ever come across She Loves Me and find yourself intrigued by it, by the Revival Recording first. Mainly because it plays the show at a faster tempo and most of the cast members are vocally stronger than their original counterparts. The same goes with other shows, well most of them (i.e. Chicago and Cabaret).

Updated On: 10/1/05 at 06:11 PM

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 6:24pm

The Cabaret revival and the Assassins revival. I live on them.

Kiss Me Kate, Gypsy, and West Side Story are also must haves. Some of my favorites right now though are A New Brian and Merrily We Roll Along.

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 6:28pm

RENT?

[BluCat500]

Posted: 10/1/05 at 6:33pm

Ok at the certainty of sounding dim, for the life of me I have been unable to find where to download the bare music...the link above sends you to a site that plays it and which links you to this site http://www.bareapopopera.com/index.htm to download it, and nowehere on the site can I find where to download, any help would be appreciated