Carols for a Cure Vol. 10 (2008)

Hi - I thought I'd start this thread about the current CD, since the other place I posted was for Vol. 9.

I found this new track list on AmericanTheaterWeb this morning. The article also talked baout how the Billy Elliot track is a new song by Elton John being premiered on the album.

TRACK LIST:

1. Avenue Q - The Eight Loneliest Nights of the Year
2. Altar Boyz - Shepherd’s Fury
3. Billy Elliot - Cold Christmas
4. Grease - The First Noel
5. Gypsy - Room in my Heart
6. Hairspray - Santa’s Comin’ to Town
7. In the Heights - Los Peces en el Rio
8. Jersey Boys - The Birthday of a King/Go Tell It on the Mountain
9. The Lion King - Carol of the Bells
10. The Little Mermaid - Children Go Where I Send Thee
11. Little Shop of Horrors - This Little Light of Mine
12. Local 802 AFM - Holiday Reverie for Oboe and String Quartet
13. Martin Charnin & Richard Gray - Hanukkah Gloves
14. Mamma Mia - Jingle Bells
15. Mary Poppins - The Holly and the Ivy
16. The Phantom of the Opera - Away in a Manger
17. Rent - Seasons/Love Heals
18. Rosie’s Broadway Kids - (We Wanna See) Santa Do the Mambo
19. Monty Python’s Spamalot - Christmas Morning
20. Spring Awakening - I Wonder as I Wander
21. South Pacific - I Saw Three Ships
22. A Tale of Two Cities - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
23. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas - In The Bleak Midwinter
24. Wicked - The Coventry Carol (Lullay)
25. Xanadu - Hit the Deck (Deck the Halls, Disco Remix)
26. Young Frankenstein - O Tannenbaum
27. 1998 Sound of Music - Good King Wenceslas
28. 1999 Annie Get Your Gun - White Christmas
29. 2002 Beauty and the Beast - Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)
30. 2003 Nine - Los Peces En El Rio
31. 2003 Wicked - I Saw Three Ships
32. 2003 Hairspray - Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
33. 2004 Bombay Dreams - Joy to the World
34. 2005 The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Christmas in My Mobile Home
35. 2006 The Wedding Singer - The Hanukkah Song
36. 2007 Monty Python’s Spamalot - It was Simple Then

Updated On: 10/31/08 at 12:31 PM

It's a shame [title of show] isn't going to be featured :/

Looks like the track list posted here is in alpha order - I would assume the correct order is on the BCEFA website

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I cannot wait to get it!!!

Sorry to threadjack, but does anyone know when they start and end BCEFA collections after the shows?

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This year I'm going to get the first four Carols for a Cure CD. I don't want Volume 10 because I already will have some of the songs that are featured in Volume 10.

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Someone asked Jeff at [tos] on Thursday about Carols for a Cure, and he said they did one, but it was cut, so they'll be releasing it on the blog.

And anyone else notice there's two versions of Los Peces en El Rio and I Saw Three Ships with the old songs added?

Very different versions of each, let's hope!

I'm glad someone else pointed out the duplicate songs.

and I have to comment that "In The Bleak Midwinter" seems an interesting choice for White Christmas.

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My CD was waiting for me when I got home from work. I've only listened to a few tracks so far but it's a real treasure

But what show is "The Little Mermaind"?

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Updated On: 10/27/08 at 05:39 PM

Wow - great review! I agree on almost everything and cannot stop listening to In the Heights, Phantom, Spring Awakening, Lion King & Jeffry Denman for White Christmas.

My three comments to you review are these:

I'm sure everyone would have preferred to hear Patti or Laura B from Gypsy, but they can't be heard if they don't show up to record!! Neither of them ever do when they're in shows.

Secondly, I know the Little Shop thing is there bc that theater in Long Island helped out with fundraising last year during the strike and raised a lot of money for BC/EFA (check link below). It's not my fav track, not the worst, but it was nice of them to have helped. They're going to collect again this year too, so kudos to them.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Northport_LITTLE_SHOP_Cast_Joins_Bway_Casts_for_Carols_for_a_Cure_CD_20081016

Lastly, I totally agree that the quasi-classical, a capella tunes are always the weakest (YF). I would way rather hear something that captures the spirit of the cast. I don't know why anyone insists on doing those. This is an opoportunity to be creative and fun and I wish everyone would take it (listen up MDs)!!

The scoop I got on [tos] was that they submitted a song they had pre-recorded themselves but it was sort or dirty &/or inappropriate for a family audience so it couldn't be used.

Los Peces en el Rio (In the Heights) - smokin! muy caliente!amazingly sung.

Yes, and amazingly rapped by Lin-Manuel too.
I was boppin' along the whole time.

I knew they were going to use the Gipsy Kings version because it rocked really hard, as does their show.

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