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#26

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:49am

I would have to add,

1. The Color Purple
2. Cats
3. Chicago (Revival Broadway Cast, just because Ute and Ruthie are amazing in the London recording)

#27

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:54am

I didn't care for the Sweeney revival, but that's b/c I so love the OBCR.
And the Frogs. Hated that one.

....but the world goes 'round

#28

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 10:08am

BOUNCE. One listen, never again.

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#29

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:37am

I feel the same thing about Elaine Paige's Evita, it is just ok I was extremely diappointed though
I only listen to Marry Me a Little from the 95 revival of Company and totally regret buying the 96 london revival of company! Horrible!

Updated On: 4/15/07 at 11:37 AM

#30

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:40am

A Chorus Line Revival.

#31

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:42am

Cats
Rent

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#32

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:42am

The Frogs
&
Fame Becomes Me

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#33

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:45am

I dont really regret any CD purchases, but ones I rarely listen to:
Miss Spectacular (I hate Jerry Herman shows, so what possessed me to buy this piece of dretch?)
Bounce
Pinafore!
The Producers (film)
42nd Street (original)
Thou Shall Not
A Little Night Music (film)
Copacabana
DuBarry Was a Lady (film with Lucille Ball)
Evita (2006 London)
First Lady Suite
George M!
Harlem Song
House of Flowers
JCS: Resurrection
Kiss of the SpiderWoman (Vanessa version)
Legs Diamond
Mary Poppins (London)
My Life with Albertine
On a Clear Day (film)
Orpheus & Eurydice
Rent (film)
Ruthless!
Sandy Does Dallas
South Pacific (TV film)
South Pacific (concert - except for Mitchell & White's songs)
Sweet Charity (revival - HORRIBLE!!)
Wild Party (Lippa)
Woman in White
Wonderful Town (Brooke Sheilds re-do)

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Updated On: 4/15/07 at 11:45 AM

#34

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:46am

Phantom (not to be confused with Phatom of the Opera)
And I like CATS and Miss Saigon, but because I was in both of them, I have had enough of the two of them to last me a lifetime. The only way you'd get me to listen to my CATS cd again is if its a John Doyle revival, just so i can imagine a Grizabella with a trombone

#35

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:50am

Marry Me a Little and Bounce. I'm not sure I have given Bounce a fair chance. I don't think I could get through the whole thing, and like a lot of Sondheim, it could take several listens to enjoy.

#36

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:54am

Notre-Dame de Paris with Tina Arena. I heard 2 songs (The Bells and The Refugees) online and ran out and bought it. I just can't listen to this CD all the way through. I have tried. I even rented the DVD thinking that I might like it better after seeing it. I couldn't even watch the show all the way through. And I really knew I made a mistake because Celine Dion opens the CD with Live for the One I Love.

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#37

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 12:04pm

I don't really regret buying these, but I hardly listen to them and pretty much don't like the songs:

The Color Purple
Dreamgirls OBC (I thought Deena was annoying, but otherwise it was okay. I enjoyed the movie version more for some of the songs)
The Light in the Piazza (alright, I like it better now than before)
Sweeney Todd (that's getting better as well)

The Best of Times is Now!

#38

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 12:05pm

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Hairspray

I listened to each of these only one time :/

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#39

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 12:12pm

I LOVE THE COLOR PURPLE.

One that I REALLY regret purchasing, however, is JOHN & JEN.

Gypsy - Betty Buckley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN5XoB5vFs&feature=youtu.be

#40

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 12:12pm

The Woman In White - Worst thing I have ever bought. I was very underwhelmed by the score and frankly bored to death.

Sweeney Todd 2006 Revival - I know some people loved this, but I HATE the cast and I hate the new orchestrations. I am not a minimalist when it comes to Sweeney. I'd go for Prince and Tunick any day over this.

#41

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 12:16pm

A lot of you guys are mentioning Bounce. I also hated it on first listen. But I must say after a couple more spins it really becomes addictive.

....but the world goes 'round

#42

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 12:30pm

The only ones I regret buying is the 1997 revival cast recording of CANDIDE (There are MUCH better recordings!) and Jay Record's STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF (This was before the Anthony Newely cast recording was back in print). I rarely listen to TOVARICH, SKYSCRAPER, RUNAWAYS, SWING!, or FOSSE (Why on EARTH did I buy the cast recording?! I should have bought the video!)

Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!

#43

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 12:42pm

I wouldn't say I *regret* buying any of my recordings, but there are a few I rarely listen to:

BROOKLYN OBC
GODSPELL 2001 touring cast (I just haaaaate the orchestrations XP)
THE LION KING OBC
A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN'S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT (I don't really enjoy children onstage; I'd much rather have adults playing kids a la 'Spelling Bee')

But I still enjoy owning them. I'm a hoarder. ^_^

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#44

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 1:30pm

I don't regret anything I've bought, but there are definitely some recordings that I rarely listen in their entirety:

Chicago movie soundtrack - I listen to it only for I Move On, because I can't stand Renee Zellweger
Rent, OBC and movie - Seasons of Love, One Song Glory, and the movie version of Out Tonight (can't stand Daphne Rubin Vega) are the only songs I listen to
Spring Awakening - (Mama Who Bore Me, Bitch of a Living, and Totally F*CKed are the only ones I listen to)
Urinetown - listened to it twice: once at the show (which I didn't enjoy) and once on CD
Wicked - I only listen to it when my friends (who love Wicked) are playing it.

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Updated On: 4/15/07 at 01:30 PM

#45

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 1:32pm

The cast recordings I regret buying are:

Evita 20th Anniversary Edition (I think it's a re-release of the OLC) - I don't like Colm Wilkinson's Che.
Les Miserables French concept album - I don't know what possessed me to buy an album in a language I don't understand.
Woman In White - Because I hardly ever listen to it.

#46

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 1:47pm

Aida - With the exception of 1 or 2 numbers, I generally hated this recording. The songs themselves just seemed very bland to me. Heather, Sherie, and Adam are all great but IMHO even they aren't enough to warrant listening through all those songs. I don't even know where it is.

Wicked- Same thing. I haven't listened to this one in quite some time.

Les Miz OBCR - After getting the 10th anniversary concert recording it was just impossible to go back to this one.

Tarzan - Another recording I don't really care for. I put the one or two songs I liked onto my ipod and that was it. I don't know what I did with this CD either. It's probably in the same place as my Aida recording.

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#47

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 2:03pm

Um...on my list:

Into the Woods - Revival
Rocky Horror - Studio Album w/Christopher Lee
Color Purple - I think i may have sold that back to someone.
Jekyll and Hyde- Ressurection

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#48

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 2:07pm

The revival of Forum
The Wedding Singer
Rent
The King and I
Mamma Mia
The Producers movie
OBC of Li'l Abner

Don't ask me why I bought so many that I don't listen to. Because I don't really know.

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#49

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 2:08pm

Bright Lights, Big City is my big one, I only listen to the tracks with Ebersole, I should've just bought them on iTunes.

Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done. -John Patrick Shanley

#50

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Posted: 4/15/07 at 2:12pm

Jesus Christ Superstar 25th Anivarsary Recording
with Paul Nicolus

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