FLOYD COLLINS Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/17/25 at 12:02am

Releases July 11 digitally and physically! Music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, additional lyrics by Tina Landau

Physical copies are now available for preorder at centerstagerecords.com. 

Updated On: 4/17/25 at 12:02 AM

[corninthesky]

Posted: 5/30/25 at 8:37am

Three songs released through Playbill:

”Daybreak”

“Through the Mountain”

“How Glory Goes”

 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 5/30/25 at 10:39am

go see Jordan, McAlpine and this cast sing this show.  
Jordan, Francis and Groff are giving the best leading male performances this season.  

[corninthesky]

Posted: 6/3/25 at 4:19pm

A part of “The Riddle Song” now released:

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 7/10/25 at 12:27pm

The album will now release August 8 digitally and September 5 physically.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/10/25 at 12:35pm

Wait until the day before to announce a delay. Real classy.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/10/25 at 1:16pm

I’m so disappointed. I was planning on listening to this on my drive back to the city this weekend.

[John Adams]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 7:02am

CATSNYrevival said: "Wait until the day before to announce a delay. Real classy."

I'm incredibly disappointed, too. I'd waited so patiently...

Does anyone know of a "why" regarding the delay? I could imagine possible reason(s) re: the physical media (manufacturing error, etc.), but why delay the digital media?

The new release dates have the physical media being released a month later then the digital anyway...

[rburton66]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 4:49pm

Really hoping this releases on Friday this time!

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:59am

Cue yodeling: digital release is tomorrow.

First listen of Jordan performing "And She'd Have Blue Eyes":

 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 12:03pm

Behind Sunset, this was my favorite show of last season, so I’m thrilled to get to reencounter a part of it. Fingers crossed it actually releases this time.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 12:02am

Now available digitally. Happy listening, everyone!

Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. The Ballad of Floyd Collins
• 2. The Call
• 3. ‘Tween a Rock
• 4. Lucky
• 5. Daybreak
• 6. I Landed on Him
• 7. And She’d Have Blue Eyes
• 8. Heart and Hand
• 9. The Riddle Song

 

• ACT II
• 10. Is That Remarkable?
• 11. The Carnival
• 12. Through the Mountain
• 13. Get Comfortable
• 14. It Moves
• 15. The Ballad of Floyd Collins (Reprise)
• 16. The Dream
• 17. How Glory Goes

Updated On: 8/8/25 at 12:02 AM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 8:36am

Anyone else missing several tracks on Spotify? Specifically, Jeremy’s solos and “The Dream”, which makes me wonder if his vocal recording needed to be re-done and they submitted them later. It would explain the delay, for sure.

EDIT: In an effort to de-musical-theatre my algorithm, I long ago blocked Jeremy Jordan from my Spotify account, so his songs were just missing. Oops!

Updated On: 8/8/25 at 08:36 AM

[Kad]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 8:49am

ColorTheHours048 said: "Anyone else missing several tracks on Spotify? Specifically, Jeremy’s solos and “The Dream”, which makes me wonder if his vocal recording needed to be re-done and they submitted them later. It would explain the delay, for sure."

All 17 tracks are on Spotify for me. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 8:55am

Lizzie McAlpine as Jenna in WAITRESS when? (Was slightly too young & not a known quantity during its first two engagements.)

Hope she comes back to theatre at some point. I didn’t like her in previews, but she knocked me out the second time I saw it.

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 11:09am

I'll have to give it a few more listens, but this recording just lacks the magic and grit from the original. There's just a missing ethereal glow from the entire thing.

I don't really know how anything can be as perfect as Daniely and Innvar in "The Riddle Song."

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 12:21pm

It sounds absolutely stunning.

[John Adams]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 1:06pm

Falsettolands said: "I'll have to give it a few more listens, but this recording just lacks the magic and grit from the original."

I agree that the original recording is grittier and that's why I'm glad I have both.

I don't agree that there is any magic missing in this new recording, though. To my ears, the sound engineering on this new recording is SPECTACULAR compared to the original. It really highlights the complexity of the score, and emphasizes its musicality. 

There are musical dialogues happening between instruments that were unnoticeable on the original recording. On my first listen, I'm finding that I'm paying more attention to the details of what's going on in the orchestration than the vocals because now I can hear them, and they're crystal clear.

The excellent musicianship of the instrumentalists is also brought forward via the sound engineering. The Call sounds completely new to me because of the sound engineering and the excellence of the musicians. Now I can very clearly hear the staccato in the banjo line at 1:06 in the track. There's a gorgeous and complex rhythmic dialog happening underneath the vocal that begins at 1:20 and continues through the rest of the song. It's such a joy to be able to hear every note, technique and dynamic captured so cleanly.

 

 

[halfhourcheckwithmerman]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 2:15pm

Those new, clearer musical dialogues are also present because of the truly marvelous new orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin. He's added an entirely new lower split --- he wanted to have a more spacious sound for the much bigger theater, and it comes across even more wonderfully in the recording than it did in the theater. Only adding something like four new players, but that has a crazy domino effect throughout the whole score that does wonders here. It's pretty sensational. (Very mad he didn't get a Tony for this --- Buena Vista was wonderful, but the arrangements were so close to the album that it just confirms to me that the Tony voters truly do not know what orchestration is.)

It's a frustrating show, and I saw it twice at Lincoln Center, and it didn't truly ever completely click in my opinion (although I saw it once from very close, and once from the balcony, and Landau's staging was immeasurably better without that distance --- the stage didn't seem so massive). I think this show works best as an album, and this terrific new album is what the show deserves. It is less gritty certainly --- the level of technical singing required to do Guettel at this level has gotten more prevalent in the last 30 years, and there are more people on Broadway that can do this material while sounding conventionally "pretty." It's six in one hand, half-dozen in the other. I'm also very glad that we have both recordings. 

[John Adams]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 7:40pm

halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "Those new, clearer musical dialogues are also present because of the truly marvelous new orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin. He's added an entirely new lower split --- he wanted to have a more spacious sound for the much bigger theater, and it comes across even more wonderfully in the recording than it did in the theater. Only adding something like four new players, but that has a crazy domino effect throughout the whole score that does wonders here. It's pretty sensational."

I wondered if the orchestrations had been updated. Thank you so much for providing the information! 

halfhourcheckwithmerman also said: "[...] I think this show works best as an album, and this terrific new album is what the show deserves. It is less gritty certainly --- the level of technical singing required to do Guettel at this level has gotten more prevalent in the last 30 years, and there are more people on Broadway that can do this material while sounding conventionally "pretty." It's six in one hand, half-dozen in the other. I'm also very glad that we have both recordings."

As I was listening, I had the same thought re: "this show works best as an album". I've read many reviews that point out that it's just too difficult to stage a show where your main character is immobilized under a rock for the entire show. The only other show I can think of with a similar restriction is, Who's Life is it Anyway?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/9/25 at 11:24pm

Gave this a first listen — Guettel does a nice job finding the opera in folk + bluegrass. Shoutout to Yotam Ben-Or slaying his harmonica book throughout.

I do agree that it sounds a little too pretty (and too Auto-Tuned), but I also wouldn't be surprised if Jordan and McAlpine in particular sounded as glorious as they do here on the Beaumont stage. "How Glory Goes" blew me away.

I feel like Marc Kudisch and Sean Allan Krill's voices were wasted in this revival. 

Seems that Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen must've heard "The Riddle Song" long ago and used its vibe as the basis for much of their TUCK EVERLASTING. It's one of the highlights of this album, though.

Well done Tina Landau on two high-quality cast recordings from this last Broadway season. 

 

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 8/10/25 at 12:16am

EDSOSLO858 said: "
I do agree that it sounds a little too pretty (and too Auto-Tuned), but I also wouldn't be surprised if Jordan and McAlpine in particular sounded as glorious as they do here on theBeaumont stage. "How Glory Goes" blew me away.

I feel like Marc Kudisch and Sean Allan Krill's voices were wasted in this revival.
"

I can tell you now that if anything the recording doesn't pick up the full ring and vibrancy of Jordan's voice heard live. He sounded FANTASTIC when I caught him the final week of previews. 

I agree that casting Sean Allan Krill in a non-singing role is a bit of a waste, but hey, a jobs a job. And it is a rare show that did not waste Marc Kudisch's instrument - he is a performer who I feel never quite got his due in his prime. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/10/25 at 12:38pm

ChairinMain said: "he is a performer who I feel never quite got his due in his prime."

If we consider Marc Kudisch's "prime" the 7 years between 2002 and 2009, he got 3 Tony nominations for 5 Broadway credits. And that's not even counting Off-Broadway and concert appearances. No working actor could be mad at that.

He is great within a limited range, and his voice is still strong as ever.

[TheOtherOne2]

Posted: 8/10/25 at 12:49pm

The new recording is gorgeous.  Not to take anything away from the original cast recording, which justifiably put the show on the map, I can easily see this becoming definitive for many listeners.

[rburton66]

Posted: 8/12/25 at 6:49pm

halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "(Very mad he didn't get a Tony for this ---Buena Vista was wonderful, but the arrangements were so close to the album that it just confirms to me that the Tony voters truly do not know what orchestration is.)"

 

I keep a Spotify playlist of personal favorites from each of the Tony Award nominees for Best Orchestrations, and if I could upvote your assessment a thousand times I would.