High Fidelity CD Recorded Expected Release March/April

[myManCape]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 6:55pm

The High Fidelity CD is scheduled to be recorded in the studio by the cast this weekend, with supervision by Tom Kitt. Due to the closing and other production issues the originally scheduled release of late January or early February has been pushed back to late March or early April. They have the money and they have the contracts so despite the delays it looks as if this CD will happen, Unlike Lestat and Dracula.

Updated On: 1/12/07 at 06:55 PM

[fetzles1490]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 6:57pm

YES! Ah, I'm really excited for this. It was such an underrated show.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 7:37pm

That late? I am so looking forward to this and I want it now. Hopefully we will be able to preorder from sh-k-boom.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 7:59pm

FINALLY!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:06pm

Good news Indeed

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:49pm

The Dracula CD didn't happen?


...I guess I should feel badass for having it, then.




Edit: did Jekyll & Hyde: Ressurection get released?

Updated On: 1/12/07 at 08:49 PM

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:50pm

Is Sh-k-boom just asking to loose money?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:54pm

What makes you say that?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:55pm

Ours is not to reason why etc etc.....

I do wish Dracula & Lestat came out. Dracula was dead (no pun intended) long before Barbours problems

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:58pm

In what world will the biggest flop in recent years make money back on a cast recording, which, for the record, rarely return their investments. I'm not bashing the show, or denying the obvious love for it on this board. Just saying that it seems a tad pointless and foolhardy to pay to record a show that is closed and couldn't find its audience.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 9:40pm

Bobby, I understand your point, and it does seem like a dumb move from a business standpoint, but I think the people at Ghostlight created it to help perserve new works, so despite it's early closing, it's still a new work with a new score, and so they want to preserve it.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 9:43pm

I personally applaud Sh-K Boom's efforts. Thanks to them, we have a recording of Bright Lights, Big City and someday, they'll release that damn recording of The Bubbly Black Girl.

Posted: 1/12/07 at 9:48pm

myManCape - where are you finding this information? Just curious, not doubting you at all! Very happy to hear the news. Even I have to admit that it doesn't exactly seem like a brilliant monetary move on Sh-K-Boom's part, but I'm not complaining.

[donna_darko_23]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 9:49pm

That's good news to hear.

Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:04pm

Ugh, why even bother...

[myManCape]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:13pm

Remember that it isn’t all on Sh-K-Boom’s dime. The producers pay the cast and pay the label. And if there was a contract signed and paid for in advance then there is no reason for Sh-K-Boom to back out now that the show has closed. And remember they’ve released quite a few CDs that weren’t exactly profitable (Little Women).

siamese dream, I don’t have a “source” in traditional sense of the word. But the information is good.

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:43pm

why did they pick the imperial?

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:44pm

Where is bryan?!

[timote316]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:50pm

"why did they pick the imperial?"

With a theater shortage like there is now, you have to take what's open.

[sh-k-Zan]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:50pm

Just a note which is kinda off topic but Bubbly will be coming soon....ish. We're just finishing off artwork.


And yes, we are going into the studio tomorrow. So Hi Fi will be coming out.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:00pm

Maybe Ghostlight can pick up the rights to release Lestat

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:02pm

Thanks, Zan. This cast recording will be available through the Sh-K=Boom website, correct? I would assume so, but a castmember's MySpace claimed that the only way to order it was through snail mail.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:27pm

I can't even begin to fathom why producers paid to record this. For what, touring and regional rights? The production was almost universally panned, so I doubt this recording is being made to preserve musical theatre history. I adore Sh-k-boom and Ghostlight to no end, but some of their recording choices seem off, if in fact their mission is to preserve musical theatre for the sake of art. It seems that if this was their mission, we'd be getting recordings of works that should have been recorded to begin with, like Bubbly Black Girl, or Little Fish, or Carrie, etc, ec, etc.

It alarms me that so many musical theatre lovers are praising works that truly deserved to flop, just because they "are fun" or feature a hunky Broadwayish star with a link to Rent or Wicked. For me, shows like Wedding Singer and High Fidelity (though to a lesser extent than the former) represent a Broadway played in broad stokes, preying on their audience's love of cheap 1 line characters, predictable straight romances, and hummable pop tunes void of creativity, originality, life, and purpose. TV and Film trends have no purpose on a Broadway stage, but so many of you, who bash Disney, Webber, etc, are so quick to fight someone who (gasP) points out a flaw in HIgh Fidelity, which, when it came down to it, next to nobody wanted to see.

Sure, make a recording. But leaving greater shows unrecording in favor of the shortest running musical in ages that couldn't find an audience and had next to zero critical praise (there are numerous critical darling shows that never got a cast recording), seems quite pointless to me.

[magicfingers]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:46pm

BOBBYBUBBY...You seem to not be aware of the numerous musicals that had a short Broadway run but lived on in worldwide productions because of the popularity of their cast recordings. High Fidelity has been acknowledged as a very good show that was the victim of vapid critics and a tough demographic sell. Future productions of the show will more than pay for the cast album should the album inspire such production.

by the way....BOBBYBUBBY...did you actually SEE " High Fidelity" ?
Updated On: 1/13/07 at 11:46 PM

[ashley0139]

Posted: 1/13/07 at 12:20am

Thanks for the info Zan. Can't wait! I do hope it will be available for preorder.