Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:04pm

What's the deal? I have the "old" version (With 'Being Bouvier' & the cut songs) and I decided to break down and get the new one and when I go to Amazon, it's the old version I already have. Does anyone know what the deal is? They can't really be selling that old version still, can they?

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:11pm

No, it's essentially the same CD. The only things that were really re-recorded were songs that feature Erin Davie and the new songs. If you read in the booklet, it even says that Sara Gettelfinger is still singing the chorus parts of "House We Live In" and "Choose to Be Happy."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:16pm

No, the one on Amazon is the original one. Joe is right.

Maybe try ordering it directly from PS Classics?

[Parks]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:25pm

Oh, most of the songs are the same? I was sent a copy recently of the Broadway cast recording. I've had the Off-B'way recording since I saw the show and haven't been able to tell a difference, but just assumed they were different... shows you how little I listened to the Off-B'way recording :-/.

[jennamajig]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:29pm

I think Barnes and Noble has the Broadway cast album.

Tracks 2, 6, 8, and 12-21 are taken from the Off-Broadway recording. See here: http://www.castalbums.org/recordings/4598

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:36pm

I got the OBCR from Amazon.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:40pm

The tracks from the Off-Broadway album were significantly remixed for the Broadway recording. I think they sound much better on the Broadway album.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:43pm

I don't even see the Off-Broadway cast recording on Amazon anywhere.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:44pm

Which one is this?

http://www.amazon.com/Grey-Gardens-Musical-Scott-Frankel/dp/B000G75A9I/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1230693400&sr=8-2

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:46pm

Here's the problem.

The artwork they show for the album they're selling on Amazon is that of the Broadway cast album.

The tracklist is from the Off-Broadway recording.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:48pm

I was just about to post the same as WannaBe. It's the cover from the OBC but the tracks are from the Off-Broadway album. The OP probably got this one thinking it was a different one.
I have both and prefer the Broadway cast recording by a hundred times. Erin Davie gave such a fantastic performance, can't believe she wasn't nominated for a Tony.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:49pm

So the OP bought a digital copy of the Off-Broadway cast recording with the Broadway cast recording cover art and is not noticing a difference? That would make sense...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:50pm

I think all the people who get outraged about community theateres ripping off the pro designs need to channel that outrage and have them correct this travesty of misinformation immediately. Immediately!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:58pm

itunes got it right. They have both the Broadway and Off-Broadway cast recordings matched with their appropriate cover art.

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:08pm

I think what happened is that the UPCs of the off-Broadway and the Broadway versions are the same. I work in the Music department at my local Barnes and Noble, and twice, I had to send back the Off-Broadway version to the vendor to get the Broadway version.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:39pm

I thought I heard that they were going to phase out the Off-Bway Recording and only produce the OBCR. But where ever I went I could only find the Off-Bway CD which I'd already bought off iTunes. I had to order the OBCR directly from PS Classics.

I actually prefer Better Fall Out of Love to Goin' Places
I'm drawn between Being Bouvier and Marry Well though.

[[tos]fan999]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:50pm

I got the Off-Broadway album for $5 from PS Classics when they were trying to sell it out.

Then I got the Broadway album on eBay, new, for $8 total.

I much prefer the Broadway version, but the other one is still great to have.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 12:12am

I agree. I prefer "Goin' Places" and "The Girl Who Has Everything".

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 1:24am

I uploaded my OBC onto Itunes the other day and it gave me the cover work for the off-Broadway disc.

I agree, the OBC is a huge improvement quality wise. And Erin Davie is a huge improvement over the rather grating Sara Gettelfinger (who, for the record, I throughly enjoyed in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).

[logan0215]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 1:27am

Sarah is singing in the chorus of "Choose to Be Happy?"

They only supplemented in Davie's solo?

[divarobbie2]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:17am

Here's the scoop on the Grey Gardens albums:

They have the same UPC. When the Broadway album was recorded and released, it was to replace the off-Broadway album, which the authors no longer wanted sold, as it did not reflect the final version of the show (at the time the off-Broadway was recorded by us, who knew that it would transfer to Broadway and win two Tonys, or that Gettlefinger would be replaced?). The best way to do that was to recall and sell through the old version, and release the new version with the same UPC to effectively replace it. We at PS Classics did that, re-recording Erin Davie (and numbers that included Erin), but using some tracks where Sara was in the "chorus" ("Choose to be Happy"). The orchestra was sweetened with the Broadway orchestrations. The entire album was remixed to be of one whole cloth, redesigned, and issued. The off-Broadway album has been on sale for $4.95 exclusively at PS Classics until they are all sold. Once they are gone, they are gone forever, as it cannot be repressed in the "old" version.

Of all the e-tailers out there, only Amazon cannot seem to get it right. Either the track listing or the cover is wrong and when we request the change, the other one gets affected.

But, if you buy it from Amazon, you will receive the Broadway version of the album.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 10:16am

Thanks guys, I think I am going to go ahead and try Amazon, I can't imagine they are still pressing the old version.

[divarobbie2]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:08pm

We haven't pressed them since before it moved to Broadway, and have all of them in-house so the off-Broadway album is only available at PSClassics.com.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:12pm

Why isn't PSclassics.com doing websale during January?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:20pm

But, if you buy it from Amazon, you will receive the Broadway version of the album.

That's if you buy the actual CD, though, right? If you buy it digitally from Amazon you're still getting the Off-Broadway cast recording which still features the Broadway cover art.