Cover Art for NEW 2-disc Special Edition DREAMGIRLS - OBC Recording!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/16/06 at 8:21pm

Here is the cover art for next Tuesday's (11/21/06) release of the 2-disc Special Edition of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of DREAMGIRLS!

[fengshuihellnyc]

Posted: 11/16/06 at 11:15pm

do we know what makes it a special edition and what is on the second disc?

[emo_geek]

Posted: 11/16/06 at 11:24pm

It looks the same with the words special edition stuck on sideways -_-

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/16/06 at 11:26pm

Just found this:

"Remastered reissue of OBC recording with three long-thought-lost unissued tracks ("It's All Over," "Driving Down the Strip," "Dreamgirls (reprise)"), and a second disc of vocal-less instrumental (karaoke) tracks plus a remixed disco version of Jennifer Holliday's "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." See track list.


Track List

Disc One:
1. Move (You're Steppin' On My Heart)
2. Fake Your Way To The Top
3. Cadillac Car
4. Steepin' To The Bad Side
5. Family
6. Dreamgirls
7. Press Conference
8. It's All Over - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
9. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
10. Driving Down The Strip - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
11. Ain't No Party
12. When I First Saw You
13. I Am Changing
14. I Meant You No Harm
15. Rap, The
16. Firing Of Jimmy
17. I Miss You Old Friend
18. One Night Only
19. Hard To Say Goodbye, My Love
20. Dreamgirls - (previously unreleased, reprise, bonus track)

Disc Two:
1. Cadillac Car - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
2. Steppin' To The Bad Side - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
3. Family - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
4. Dreamgirls - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
5. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
6. When I First Saw You - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
7. I Am Changing - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
8. One Night Only - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
9. Hard To Say Goodbye My Love - (previously unreleased, instrumental)
10. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Holiday (dance remix, previously unreleased)"

[LEStheatreGuy]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 11:21am

Um, like... this is majorly exciting!! To have the fight on CD!!! I can't ****ing wait!

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 12:00pm

F*CKING SWEET! I have wanted some of those karaoke songs for a while now!

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 12:03pm

*sigh* I finally got around to buying the OBC a few months ago and now I have to replace it??

The theatre industry is deliberately trying to keep me broke. I can feel it.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 12:07pm

still no heavy, which makes me sad, but I'd buy it just for Its All Over.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 3:04pm

I wish the "Vegas" opening of act II was included here.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 3:15pm

The Act 2 Las Vegas opening number most know (and which is what is on the Actor's Fund Concert version) wasn't in the show at the time the Original Broadway Recording was made.

At that time, the DREAMS Greatest Hits Medley was used/performed to open Act 2.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 4:39pm

I'm sooooooooo pysched about this finally coming out!!!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 4:53pm

I am so thrilled about this! "It's All Over" is worth the purchase alone. I've been wanting this for so long.

[Mojojo5]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 4:55pm

Lord, I just pray to the gods of theatre and Apple that they allow for "song per song" purchase of this on itunes. I really have no desire to buy the whole damn album again but can't wait to listen to "It's All Over" and "Dreamgirls (reprise)."

Z.

[Kringas]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 4:57pm

Is it going to be available on iTunes?

[Mojojo5]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 5:23pm

I was just assuming that it would be offered on itunes. Aren't most "new" releases available there a few days later?

Z.

[Kringas]

Posted: 11/17/06 at 5:27pm

I think it varies. I looked there last night to see if it was listed already for pre-order, but it wasn't. That's not to say it won't be, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't offer it. I hope they do, though, because I too just want the three unreleased songs from the OBC. I can't believe "Driving Down the Strip" was even recorded. I'm wondering if it segues into "It's All Over."

[ggersten]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 1:33pm

It's great they're releasing some extra tracks, but are they going to fix the tracks that were on the OBC - the truncated versions, the fade outs. The OBC, despite its highs, is so disappointing for what isn't on it, and it doesn't seem to me that this new edition solves the problem.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 1:42pm

Nope. All the original tracks from the original release will be as is. Nothing additional was recorded on them -- they were arranged, orchestrated and recorded in that truncated form.

Aside from the addition of those 'new' tracks, everything remains the same. Those 'new' tracks were recorded during the original sessions, but due to time contraints with LP's at the time, there wasn't any room for them. Also, a 2-LP issue was never considered, though many heavily sung-thru shows DID do this as far back as SWEENEY TODD and EVITA, both 1979. DREAMGIRLS was 1981.

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 1:58pm

I was hoping for "Heavy" and/or Effie's full version of "One Night Only," but like BobbyBubby said "It's All Over" is worth buying the album alone.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 2:04pm

Sounds great. I can't wait to hear this show.