First Cast Recording

This is my first thread... I have been perusing the boards for a few months and decided to join in. A little about myself: I'm a senior journalism major at The University of Southern Mississippi... My theater experience rest solely in plays in high school (including Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!), national tours at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis (gorgeous theatre, check it out if you are ever in the area.), and watching college production at my school and Ole Miss (since I am from Oxford).

Ok sorry for the rambling. A lot of my experience with musicals comes from cast recordings, so I'd figure I'd ask what everyone's first cast recording to own/listen to was.

The first one I owned was Rent. I bought it at Tower Records in New Orleans on vacation in 1998 because I liked the cover and it was in their "hot" section. But the first cast recording I ever listened to was Hair, when I was 10. My grandparents had an 8-track player in their basement and the only 8-track they actually had was the Hair cast recording and I used to listen to it all the time.

Before I get yelled at my first time on here...Sorry for the long message and I searched first and didn't see anything related to this

Updated On: 8/8/05 at 06:03 AM

Welcome!
Mine was Les Mis. I don't remember how old I was, but I was pretty young. I got it after the first time I saw the show. I really didn't understand much of what was going on because I was so young, but I loved listening to the music (and the cast recording even cleared up some things that had confused me while watching the play). I really loved going back to see the show again once I had the cast recording implanted in my head!

Welcome!

My first was I think Les Miz. It's since become my favorite musical of all time...

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I think my first was Cats. Either that or Lion King.

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The first cast recording I ever listened to was either Evita or Les Miz because my mom had both on tape and used to play them in the car.

The first cast recording I personally ever owned was Wicked because its the only one my parents didn't buy for themselves.

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My first was also Les Miz.

A Chorus Line

My first was also My Fair Lady, with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. It was my uncle's, whom I adored, and I listened to the recording constantly. I think the second one was probably Camelot with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton.
And welcome to the boards, Mr. Jamie! Enjoy!

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I actually am not sure which was my first. I do remember owning a collaboration CD of different Broadway numbers before I owned any cast recordings. I think my first Cast Recording might have been the original cast of "Into the Woods."

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The first one I ever bought was Phantom of the Opera. I was a Phatom NUT when I was little. Couldn't get enough of it. I still love it and was lucky enough to get 3rd row seats to a touring production a few years ago. My second was Le Mis. "On My Own" and "I Dreamed a Dream" make me cry everytime I hear them.

My first was LSOH.
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Welcome!! My first OBC recording was "Oklahoma!" in the fourth grade. It was the musical that the local high school was producing that year and that's why I do what I do today!

My first cast recording was South Pacific.

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