Encores! Albums
Encores! Albums
#0Encores! Albums
Posted: 1/18/05 at 7:17pmare the albums from their shows readily available? if so, where!?
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Yankeefan007
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Gothampc
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#2re: Encores! Albums
Posted: 1/18/05 at 7:48pm
There are several that are available through Amazon.com
Pal Joey with Patti LuPone
Do Re Mi with Nathan Lane
Babes in Arms
The New Moon
Tenderloin
St. Louis Woman
Boys From Syracuse
Call Me Madam
Out of This World
Encores from Encores
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VeuveClicquot
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#3re: Encores! Albums
Posted: 1/19/05 at 2:02am
DRG wanted to record all of the Encores! shoes, and did a season and a half (PAL JOEY, CALL ME MADAM, TENDERLOIN, OUT OF THIS WORLD, BABES IN ARMS). They didn't sell well, so they abandoned the venture.
Out of the DRG Encores! recordings, PAL JOEY is arguably the best of the bunch. The cast is uniformly great, and Fisher's orchestra is hot.
In my opinion, however, the best Encores! recording that exists (to date) is THE NEW MOON. I usually can't stand operetta, but this recording is really, really special. I can't take it off my CD player.
magruder
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#4re: Encores! Albums
Posted: 1/19/05 at 7:08amI'd agree that Pal Joey is the best of the DRG recordings, but Fisher is such a square conductor, I never find that his orchestra catches much fire. They play dutifully, rather than with joy or excitement.
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Marquise
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#5re: Encores! Albums
Posted: 1/19/05 at 8:35amsad DRG abandoned the venture. i would have loved to have "Promises, Promises" recorded.
Gothampc
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#6re: Encores! Albums
Posted: 1/19/05 at 8:47amThere are some of us who are still hoping that someone will someday record "Sweet Adeline". The comic song "My Husband's First Wife" needs to be recorded.
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#7re: Encores! Albums
Posted: 1/19/05 at 9:00am
In addition to the ones mentioned, Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 was also recorded and released. (Technically you could say that the Wonderful Town and Chicago revivals are Encores shows).
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