Cast recordings
Cast recordings
#0Cast recordings
Posted: 4/15/06 at 4:28pm
I was just wondering...
How come "Wedding Singer" & "Drowsy Chaperone" already announced that they will be making Broadway cast recordings when they're still in previews? While "Lestat" (the only one I could think of at the moment) is in previews and isn't making a cast recording anytime soon?
hmm I was just curious...
#1re: Cast recordings
Posted: 4/15/06 at 4:57pm
Just that DROWSEY and WEDDING SINGER have already signed deals with Ghostlight and Sony/BMG. It's possible LESTAT is in negotiations now and will announce a deal soon. Of course if the label execs fear the show will be a turkey they may hold off announcing until it opens.
Even with these announcements made it is possible the label could cancel if the show proves to be a quick failure.
RCA was not obligated to record MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG in 1981 unless the show ran at least 21 performances. When it closed after just 16 Tom Sheppard pleaded with (division president) Bob Summer to proceed with the album anyhow. It took many years but the record did finally pay off.
A year later RCA was to do the OCR of A DOLL'S LIFE but when that show closed after just 5 performances RCA cancelled the recording plans. Bruce Yeko did it on his own Original cast label and later licensed it to Bay Cities for a CD release.
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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philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#2re: Cast recordings
Posted: 4/15/06 at 4:58pm
Cause the record companies in question sense that WEDDING SINGER and DROWSY will be hits and will therefore sell records. That is USUALLY the reason some shows get recorded and some don't (though that is changing now that producers are self-financing cast albums more and more).
#3re: Cast recordings
Posted: 4/15/06 at 5:44pm
Thanks you guys... that makes sense. I was just wondering.
bryan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#4re: Cast recordings
Posted: 4/15/06 at 6:48pmi just want people to put out the cast cd's of good vibrations and lennon and in my life because they are people like me who want these shows on cd so we can hear them and save them forever.
#5re: Cast recordings
Posted: 4/15/06 at 6:50pmA little slow on the draw today, Bryan! For you, at least.
#6re: Cast recordings
Posted: 4/15/06 at 6:51pm
Thank you bryan. May you get the golden egg for Easter!
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