i agree with staying away from the movie soundtrack, except for "look at me, i'm sandra dee" and "there are worse things i could do." and also, it depends on what part ur going for for which CD to buy.
the london cast is just downright fun. i love it. and it's the ONLY cd with the real version of "shakin at the high school hop." i would strongly reccomend this one because there aren't many major music changes in it.
the new and the "new-est" BDWY cast recordings (with rosie and brooke sheilds, respectively) are really good too, except for audition purposes, i wouldn't reccomend it because of the major musical changes in "magic changes" written just for sam harris because i don't think there's another living soul who can sing higher than him, and "beauty school drop out" which is 8 minutes long and is just for billy porter. but it's really good just for those 2 songs.
the original cast recording is good for hearing the original sound and the original lyrics, but it's not as fun as the others.
hope this helps a bit.
whitney
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