First Cast Recording

[Mr. Jamie Wilinstien]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 6:03am

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

[Pinguin]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:09am

HAHA, it's ok...welcome to posting land :0)

My first cast recording was Into the Woods -my family just happened to catch the PBS airing of it on TV while flipping through channels (man, probably in 1994) and I fell in LOVE; my mommy let me buy the CD :0)

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:18am

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!

[jacco]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:25am

First cast album I ever bought was Chess. I was an ABBA fan and skipped through the musical-songs to find One Night in bankok. Played it to death later though. Then Les Miz.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:58am

Welcome!

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

[nolatheatre]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 8:14am

Hey!

My 1st was Cats!

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 8:17am

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

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:26am

'My Fair Lady' with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. Followed shortly by 'Gypsy' with Ethel Merman. Still two of my favorites to this day

[wowobball2000]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:29am

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.

[leon1489]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:36am

My first cast recording was Fame, but it was in spanish. My first one in english was Into the Woods.

[Patronus]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:39am

My first was also Les Miz.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:42am

Into the Woods.

I've kind of got that Billy Porter story, I guess.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:46am

A Chorus Line

[DefyingGravity4]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:49am

My first OCR was Sound Of Music, when i was 11, and i still love it today!

[grizzabella]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:00am

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!

[liotte]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:13am

The first one I really listened to was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. My parents used to play that when I was little and I loved it (and throughout the year, they also exposed me to Phantom, Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Miz). The first cast recording I went out and bought on my own was Rent, right after I saw them perform Seasons of Love at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade back in, what 95? 96?

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:01am

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."

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:16am

My first was highlights of the OBC of Cats, which I bought back in 7th grade. I think my second was either A Chorus Line or Evita.

[katygrace84]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:26am

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.

[RaininSmilies]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:27am

My first was Rent which I got addicted to after my cousin played it in her car.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:34am

My first was LSOH.
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[Aigoo]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:36am

Wicked.

Yeah, I know.

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:40am

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!

[broadway betty]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:41am

My first cast recording and Broadway show was Hairspray. I bought the cd in the winter of '02 and listened to it non-stop for months until I finally saw it June 22, 2003. I'll always remember the date b/c it was my first show.

[kathryn_with_a_y]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:47am

My first cast recording was South Pacific.