Cry Baby Cast Recording?- Page 4

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 1:03am

The show is nothing spectacular, but "Screw Loose" was always a favorite of mine, so I checked out the recording.

I'm enjoying it! Much more John Waters-esque in tone than HAIRSPRAY, for better or worse. But the sound mixing on this album is truly atrocious. Anyone else agree?

[dexter3]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 9:40am

Agreed. I was actually writing to ask about that...I've only listened to clips on amazon.com at the moment and I was wondering if it was just the quality of the clips or if that's what the whole album sounded like.  I'm guessing they really skimped not he mixing/mastering or something...it's just very odd sounding.

[pli1018]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 9:53am

It's pretty horrendous. I wasn't sure if it was just the Amazon version. Any time Elizabeth Stanley belts, which is frequently, the audio is completely distorted. There are also a few "imposter" moments, like at the beginning of "All in My Head" where it's obviously not Alli Mauzey voicing Lenora, or in "Nothing Bad" where the "sweatshirt in the lobby!" is obviously not Harriet Harris voicing Mrs. Vernon-Williams. I quite miss the Broadway orchestrations (I'm one of the handful of people who really enjoyed the show) but I'm just satisfied we got SOMETHING in the end.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 12:52pm

I'm not hearing any distortion when Elizabeth Stanley belts but some of the ensemble vocals are definitely not as clear as they could be compared to other more recent cast albums where the ensemble harmonies are all very pristine sounding. That's all understandable though since this seems to have been recorded on the cheap more as a reference recording for regionals. There's nothing wrong with that. We have something finally. That outweighs any minor quibbles I may have.

[tazber]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 3:26pm

It sounds great to me, but I've been listening to the reference recording for awhile now so the standard was low to begin with.

 

I found the show to be remarkably in tune (pun intended) with the movie. I personally really enjoyed it.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 3:41pm

I think the humor is more in tune with the kind of comedy John Waters is known for. More so than the Hairspray musical and it's odd because if I remember correctly Waters was more involved with the creative process of Hairsprsy than he was with Cry-Baby.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 3:56pm

^But when James Snyder was on Show People with Paul Wontorek, he mentioned that John Waters was around Cry-Baby a lot more than when he was around Hairspray.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 4:01pm

I believe he was around more during Crybaby. I was sad it performed so poorly (I actually rather liked it and saw it three times) mostly because I hoped it's success would inspire John Waters to write/collaborate on a brand new musical.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/29/15 at 4:25pm

Makes sense then. I thought it was the other way around.