Cabaret Original London Cast Recording with Judi Dench

I have an LP transfer a friend did for me. There isn't a CD (as far as I know). Judi acts the hell out of the role, although it isn't pretty by ANY means (which is intended).

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I did NOT know that she was ever involved in Cabaret.

learn something new every day on bww

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In the Original London Cast, Dench played Sally.
On the Complete Recording, Dench plays Fraulein Schneider.

Does anyone actually know what they're talking about? The London cast album was absolutely released on CD - I'm looking at it now. Sony West End was the label.

The original London cast (w/ Judi Dench as Sally, Lila Kedrova as Schneider) was briefly on CD on the Sony West End label in the mid 1990's. It was one of 10 OLC's they reissued. (Sony SMK 53494) It has been out of print over 10 years now.

It is not in the same class as the original Broadway recording although Dench is a great Sally. But like many Lonon cast albums it has some rickety orchestral playing and doesn't have the polish of Columbia's OBCR.

The Jay 2-CD studio set has Dench as Scheider and as with other Jay Masterworks series is not complete, supplemented by alternate songs but is played in strictly correct theatre style.

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Those SOny West End recordings were released for all of 2 seconds--very frustrating. I ended up with some like the "london" Company but others I just never saw a copy of

The OLC with Judi as Sally was available on cd. I bought a copy when I was in London.

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I have Bar Mitvah Boy, Cabaret, Company, Sweet Charity, and Passion Flower Hotel. Also listed in the booklet are Anne Of The Green Gables, the Topol Fiddler On The Roof, The Beggar's Opera, No, No, Nanette, Charlier Girl, and Salad Days. In the Cabaret booklet, On The Town (with Elliot Gould) is listed, but I know that one didn't come out (I have it on LP and was eagerly awaiting the CD). How many of the above list came out, I don't know.

And the understudy to Joel Grey in the Stop The World tour in the 60s.

Those SOny West End recordings were released for all of 2 seconds--very frustrating. I ended up with some like the "london" Company but others I just never saw a copy of

Eric - The reason there is that Sony Canada only released the first batch (ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, COMPANY, BAR MITZVAH BOY and CABARET) here. Sony U.S. did not release these at all. Footlight and a few other specialty stores brought them in as imports.

THe 2nd batch had some more interesting titles: SALAD DAYS, PASSION FLOWER HOTEL, BEGGARS' OPERA, CHARLIE GIRL, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, NO NO NANETTE and SWEET CHARITY but I was only able to track down a few of these thru E-bay. (The London FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has been released here in the Columbia Broadway series.)

One other London cast that was supposed to be included was ON THE TOWN but after it had been pressed and shipped they had to recall it: Instead of using the London cast tape, they had used the Bernstein studio recording with Walker, Comden and Green. They were going to re-release it with the correct recording but the series was dropped before that happened.

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Gee, frontrowcentre, didn't I write the same thing about three posts up? But, thanks for reiterating.

Funny everyone who saw her thinks she was the embodiment of the role--as written in the original script