#26
Posted: 10/4/11 at 9:30pm
As I mentioned, I know of two recordings of the final performance.
One of them sounds as if it was recorded from the balcony. Well, actually the sound is very variable on that recording. Sometimes it sounds very distant from the stage. Other times it sounds closer. Maybe it's actually two recordings of the same performance mixed together. Or perhaps the person who recorded it tried to hide the tape recorder sometimes. It's a bit odd. There is a muffled quality to the sound sometimes, which may suggest the hiding possibility.
The other recording consistently sounds as if it was recorded much closer and has better sound. Unfortunately, that one is missing Merman's entrance applause and also the entire finale/curtain call. It's hard to tell if the person who recorded the performance turned the recorder off at those points or if those sections were later edited out.
A friend has put in the missing sections from the other recording of the last performance and he did a good job, but the difference in sound quality is pretty extreme so it's a bit jarring.
The audience is generally going completely insane on both recordings. During the entrance applause for Merman (on the recording that includes it), you can hear someone say, "A standing ovation."
The person from whom I got the recording with the less good sound described it to me as you're describing the recording you have, Dollypop. But I don't find that it sounds that way. There is a change in volume for scenes on the runway, but it's not that extreme. Merman can still be heard very clearly.
If the recording had actually been made in the orchestra pit, wouldn't it be extremely difficult to hear the actors every time the orchestra plays?
Of course, it's possible that what you have is still another recording.
Btw, on both the recordings I'm discussing, there is applause at one point during "I Put My Hand In," as a dance break is coming to an end. I didn't know why it was there till you mentioned that Champion was dancing. So I think that both of the recordings I have that are described as being of the last performance must be of the last performance.
Yes, NoName3, people often describe recordings that clearly aren't soundboards as being soundboards. I wonder if people just don't know what a soundboard recording would be. There are times when it's a bit difficult to tell, but a lot of recordings that are described as soundboards are very clearly not soundboards.
I mean, if you can hear audience members talking and they seem to be sitting near the recorder, it's pretty definitely not a soundboard or sound system recording.
There's a lot of misinformation out there generally about such recordings.
One of them sounds as if it was recorded from the balcony. Well, actually the sound is very variable on that recording. Sometimes it sounds very distant from the stage. Other times it sounds closer. Maybe it's actually two recordings of the same performance mixed together. Or perhaps the person who recorded it tried to hide the tape recorder sometimes. It's a bit odd. There is a muffled quality to the sound sometimes, which may suggest the hiding possibility.
The other recording consistently sounds as if it was recorded much closer and has better sound. Unfortunately, that one is missing Merman's entrance applause and also the entire finale/curtain call. It's hard to tell if the person who recorded the performance turned the recorder off at those points or if those sections were later edited out.
A friend has put in the missing sections from the other recording of the last performance and he did a good job, but the difference in sound quality is pretty extreme so it's a bit jarring.
The audience is generally going completely insane on both recordings. During the entrance applause for Merman (on the recording that includes it), you can hear someone say, "A standing ovation."
The person from whom I got the recording with the less good sound described it to me as you're describing the recording you have, Dollypop. But I don't find that it sounds that way. There is a change in volume for scenes on the runway, but it's not that extreme. Merman can still be heard very clearly.
If the recording had actually been made in the orchestra pit, wouldn't it be extremely difficult to hear the actors every time the orchestra plays?
Of course, it's possible that what you have is still another recording.
Btw, on both the recordings I'm discussing, there is applause at one point during "I Put My Hand In," as a dance break is coming to an end. I didn't know why it was there till you mentioned that Champion was dancing. So I think that both of the recordings I have that are described as being of the last performance must be of the last performance.
Yes, NoName3, people often describe recordings that clearly aren't soundboards as being soundboards. I wonder if people just don't know what a soundboard recording would be. There are times when it's a bit difficult to tell, but a lot of recordings that are described as soundboards are very clearly not soundboards.
I mean, if you can hear audience members talking and they seem to be sitting near the recorder, it's pretty definitely not a soundboard or sound system recording.
There's a lot of misinformation out there generally about such recordings.
Updated On: 10/4/11 at 09:30 PM
