I agree. Since I have a complete set of all 40 Broadway Angel releases I have not obtained the DRG re-releases (though I wouldn't mind getting SAIL AWAY just to get teh bonus disc of Coward's recordings.)
Packaging is important to me and I liked the booklets Angel included with most of their releases. (The West End Angel series were less impressive.)
And I say complaints about high prices for out-of-print rarities are out of place here. I'm not complaining - just advising people not to pay top dollar for out-of-print titles.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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