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[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 1:41pm

Spring Awakening was obviously recorded before opening on Broadway (as people have pointed out), but was released after the official opening. I believe it was about a week after, although they had a sampler disk available.

[trombonist]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 1:45pm

Mattbrain - I will find the exact verse (Jennifer's verse in "Just Another Day" from Arena) when I get home from work. I remember it had the charming rhyme of "crack" and "wack".

[Pianist3912]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 1:47pm

Oh yes, I remember that horrible verse. The worst part of it was the fact that the last note, on the word "crack," was a high note in a weird mixed placement for her, so she'd literally CRACK on the work "crack." Haha.

[trombonist]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 2:03pm

Yeah...something like

So I do my best to hold it all together
Just to keep my lovely family off my back
[I forget the line here...going from memory cause it's driving my nuts. haha!]
And pretend that they're not seriously wack.
[again, I forget...it could be the line about cause sometimes I think I'm dying]
But I'm really only trying not to crack.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 2:04pm

Also, Jane Eyre was recorded before the show actually opened, wasn't it?

Yes, they wanted the release of the CD to coincide with the Broadway opening, if I remember correctly. It's a shame the show didn't catch on. I really loved it.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 2:13pm

IIRC Elizabeth DeGrazia recorded the album when she was 8 months pregnant (and obviously did not perform opening night).

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 4:31pm

"
Yes, they wanted the release of the CD to coincide with the Broadway opening, if I remember correctly. It's a shame the show didn't catch on. I really loved it."

Oh I totally agree. I think the score is absolutely gorgeous.

[trombonist]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 5:01pm

Natalie's changed verse in "Just Another Day"...

It used to be:

So I do my best to make it all look easy
Just to keep my lovely family off my back
And I act like life is bright and life is breezy
And pretend that they're not seriously wack
And some days I think I'm dying
But I'm really only trying not to crack.

[legally_popular]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 5:25pm

^But on the CD it's the way it is now in the show: "So it's times like these I wonder how I take it..." and so on ,right?

edit - Yes it is. I thought someone said it WASN'T changed and had to have a listen just now to make sure I wasn't going crazy, haha. Updated On: 11/19/09 at 05:25 PM

[trombonist]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 5:39pm

Yeah, they put her back in the studio to record her new verse before the recording was finished and ready to go. Someone asked what it used to be.

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 11/19/09 at 9:03pm

Yeah, that's the one thing that pisses me off about the Beauty and the Beast OBCR. There are quite a handful of lyric changes and orchestration changes. I was actually fortunate enough to come across the original London and Australian cast recordings, which are, as far as I believe, the only other English recordings of the frozen state of the show. Even still, the OBCR has the richest orchestrations overall.