Billy CD
Billy CD
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 10:36pm
Oh.
My.
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#2re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 10:36pmDEAR SIR...
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#3re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 10:40pmPAGING BRYAN TO THE STAGE PLEASE. BRYAN TO THE STAGE
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#5re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 10:41pm
Write to the Imperial Theater c/o the producers (open your playbill, get their names, and address the letters thereof). They will respond if interested. Don't bother contacting the cast, they have no pull.
And your "bonus track" ideas, while well-intentioned, will never ever happen. Prove me wrong.
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#6re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 10:42pmI'd like if this happened.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#7re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 11:11pmIf you can do this, might I suggest you get in touch with Bryan? He is dying for a Good Vibrations and Cry Baby CD, and you sound like his gift from heaven.
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PastorErnst
Broadway Star Joined: 4/20/09
#8re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 11:12pmWow... Well, I wish you all the best with this one.
#9re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/25/09 at 11:15pmBreak a leg with it. I hope it happens.
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bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#10re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 1:19amI would love to have an OBC recording of Billy Elliot in my collection. Best of luck to you with this!
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#11re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 2:05am
I too would love to see this happen. Maybe contact Brian Drutman at Decca.
You do realize that a single CD would run $400,000 - $500,000. A double disc set might be even more.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#12re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:43amWith all the charities you could give that money to you want to use it on a show that already has a recording? And I say that as a fan of the show... but it's a little ridiculous.
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sking
Stand-by Joined: 12/8/08
#13re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:52amSigh...as much as I'd like this to happen everyone knows its just a pipe dream right? Its too late and too expensive.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#14re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 8:12amWith the field for cast recordings a niche market to begin with and with major corporate conglomerates behind the big name record labels, almost every international hit musical of recent vintage has had just one English language recording (Hairspray, Wicked, Producers, Mamma Mia). The reason is so there is only one viable option for purchase, instead of competing recordings diluting the market. In other words - Decca is absolutely fine with selling the London cast recording of Billy Elliott under the Decca Broadway label and has no interest in producing a Broadway cast recording.
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#15re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 11:36amI think I have to agree with Wishing, there is so much more good that can be done if you truly have that kind of money just sitting around than producing a cast album. Even within the Broadway community there are so many charities that you could pick from, the regional non-profit companies that could use financial donations, or even investing in a new show would be a better use of the money.
#16re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 11:42am
I totally understand that corporate one-version-for-all-markets mentality. With HAIRSPRAY, WICKED, and THE PRODUCERS there were no significant changes to the songs/lyrics. The shows that played London were carbon copies of the Broadway editions. I would think the authors would want a recording to reflect the current (final?) playing version of the show. Theoretically if a Broadway cast were done could it not replace the London cast in the catalog?
Showing my bias here...I generally find London cast recordings vastly inferior to Broadway show albums. The orchestras are not enlarged and sound small and tinny. The records are usually sloppily produced, often with no liner notes, and loaded with wrong notes from both orchestra and singers. Example: For years I was curious about the OLC of BYE BYE BIRDIE. A few years ago Decca issued it on CD - and I was shocked at how appalling bad the performances were. It had none of the vibrancy of the OBCR and it seemed that some of the cast were chosen because they could sing loud rather than well.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#17re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 11:43amFind some co-investors and spend your money producing a filmed version of "Next To Normal."
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#18re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 11:44amBest of luck with this, but I'm not feeling it. I'd love an OBCR of the show, but I doubt it's happening, even with your generous help. Donate the money to someone who needs it.
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#19re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 12:18pmBest of luck with this. I'd buy it. I can sort of understand the reasons why there may only be one English-language cast recording per show, but I really do prefer the multiple-cast recordings, especially when there are vital stars whose performances have not been captured such as Michael Ball in Hairspray (London) or when the dialects and accents in the cast (as well as may of the vocals) show a very marked difference in the performances as with Mamma Mia. I'm really sort of sad we're stuck with the OLC of Mamma Mia when I've heard so many better casts and performances of the material.
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#20re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 12:40pmBroadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. You don't need a CD buddy. Just save some people's lives.
#21re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:30pmI guess producers should be ashamed of recording any cast CD, then.
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#22re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:50pmWell this person has inherited money that could be put to use somewhere else. There is already a recording of this show. It seems a little indulgent to record an unnecessary new york cast however wonderful they are.
#23re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 7:00pm
It seems Les Mis - OLC, OBC and complete symphonic recording, not to mention the 10th anniversary concert - is an exception.
With Phantom, I figured there wasn't a Broadway recording because all three leads transferred from London (though wouldn't it have been great to have Judy Kaye's Tony-winning turn as Carlotta recorded for posterity?). Actually, with all the lyrical changes made in the 20+ years since the OLCR (as well as certain differences between the Broadway/U.S. tour and London productions), a recording of the American version of the show (maybe a dream cast culled from the Broadway and touring companies) could be a very good idea.
As for the original subject, how about lobbying for a sampler CD - three songs, each performed by a different original Billy? It would serve to preserve their Tony-winning performances. Of course, if this - or an OBC - ever comes to fruition, the boys will have probably gone through puberty by then.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#24re: Billy E. CD - I can do it - please read, comment
Posted: 6/26/09 at 10:45pm
Jenna-
I think the main reason (and I could be wrong) for there not really being another complete Phantom, was our favorite divas Crawford and Brightman didn't want another recording competing with their's. Hence the highlights from Canada.
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