Cast albums that were recorded but never released — Page 2

Several of the JAY Masterworks recordings have never been issued, to the frustration of a lot of us. In addition to the ACW, there's One Touch of Venus, with Melissa Errico, Brent Barrett, and Kim Criswell; Fiddler on the Roof, with Len Cariou and Sara Kestelman; Annie with Kim Criswell, Ron Raines, and Ruthie Henshall (though a "selections from" type disc has been issued); and 42nd Street.

Also, the JAY recordings of Brigadoon and the Lincoln Center edition of Anything Goes have been issued on the hour-long series but not complete.

I think that the cast of the York A Doll's Life (this was a revised version of the show, with a new song) recorded it but it's never been issued. Perhaps, though, this was just announced but never actually happened.

A couple of years ago, John McGlinn was supposed to record the complete stage scores of Jerome Kern and Victor Herbert. He recorded Leave It to Jane and Oh, Lady! Lady! with Kaye, Luker, and Graae in the cast, as well as at least one Herbert, but I think the recordings were never quite completed and the project was canceled.

And I'm not certain, but I think there's a studio recording of A Mother's Kisses awaiting issue. I do think we'll see that one eventually.

Updated On: 5/26/06 at 03:43 PM

Shelter
Smile
Tom Sawyer
Ring of Fire (it was recording, but not officially announced...hopefully it will be released)

I'm pretty sure Lestat will be released though...

May I ask what this reason is that you speak of?

What about the revival of Rocky Horror? Did they record it?

He drives people crazy. Not performers. I think that performers like working with him. But he alienates the people in charge. That's what I've heard. Perhaps it's not true.

But I am pretty sure that this Kern and Herbert project is dead. The recordings that were made were not supposed to be held for release.

Again, I hope I'm wrong. I'd love for that Kern and Herbert to be continuing.

Thanks, "nobodyhome," for the McGlinn information.

I've loved practically all his recordings and it's a damn shame he hasn't really been active over the last few years.

ahimsa: yes the revival of Rocky Horror was recorded/released. the one thing about it is that Joan Jet's portrayal of Columbia is not on it, her understudy sang on the cast recording

I believe that RCA may have run ads for Foxy, but it was never recorded. A few years later they definitely ran ads for Sherry!, but that also was never recorded.

Another cast recording that was announced but never (to my knowledge) made was the London cast of On the Twentieth Century, with Julia McKenzie, Keith Michell, and Ann Beach.

No, the producers were unable to ineterst any labels in recording the revival of LA CAGE.

Revival cast albums do not usually sell as well as the originals.

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POLONAISE is not a the Broadway cast. It was recorded by Victor as an album of selections from the show featuring the Al Goodman orchestra and soloists. Goodman recorded a dozen of so operettas for Victor in the 1940s and many of these were reissued on the budget Camden label in the late 1950s.

The Camden LP is POLONAISE is backed by selections from Victor Herbert's EILEEN and so far the only album we have of that score (which Herbert always claimed to be his favourite amongst all his operettas.) It is a very rare Lp, and one that I have never tracked down.

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This has turned out to be the most valuable thread around here.

Thanks to "frontrowcentre2" for all his info, and "philcrosby" for his update on the Kern-Herbert situation.

Great stuff, guys.

I'd love to own the London cast album of MAME with Ginger Rogers. I understand it was recorded but Rogers wouldn't allow its release.

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I never heard about Bare being fully recorded. I think it might of had plans to be recorded once it opened but when it never re-opened, it never got recorded. I could be making that whole thing up though. If it did get recorded, I wish they would release it.

Is there a reason these recordings never get released? I mean they already spent all the money for the recording studio, they might as well release the CD and at least make a little money off of it.