How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#0How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 8:43am
For those who don't know, LP stands for Long-Playing Disc. It is also referred to as record, vinyl album, and just plain "album." What you do is you just listen to it on a turntable and when the first side is done, you flip it.
Incidentally, I am not sure if there is already a thread on this.
Well, I haven't counted, but here's the ones that I know I have:
Annie (2 copies)
Barnum
Carousel (studio cast)
Cats (London and Broadway)
Candide (not sure which incarnation, though)
Chicago (OBC)
A Chorus Line (2 copies)
Godspell (2 copies)
Guys and Dolls (African-American Broadway cast)
My Fair Lady (London)
Pippin (2 copies)
Sweeney Todd (OBC)
Threepenny Opera (w/ Raul Julia and Ellen Greene)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
So far, that is 18 in total.
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ashley0139
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#1re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:02am
I have:
A Chorus Line
A Little Night Music
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Camelot
Fame
Fiddler on the Roof
Hello, Dolly
Into the Woods
Oliver!
Pippin
South Pacific
The King and I
The Music Man
The Sound of Music
So 14 over all
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#2re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 12:42pm
The only one that I own specifically is the OBC of Chess.
My family has a decent collection of musical related albums...mostly they are compilations. We have albums like the songs of R&H, and some Broadway classics recordings.
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#3re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 12:45pm
Since my parents never listened to Musicals, EVER, my collection is no good. I have been spending my money on CDs so far. But I love albums and will be collecting them as well.
(I have a larger collection of Jazz and Classic Rock)
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#4re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 12:46pmI have about 100 or so cast recordings on disc. Mostly classic shows. A recent flood ruined a lot of them, though, I've been replacing them with cd's as of late.
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Broadway Star Joined: 2/18/04
#5re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:11pm
I just started seriously collecting them a couple years ago. Here's what I know from the top of my head:
Annie Get Your Gun (1963 recording w. Doris Day & Robert Goulet)
Anything Goes (1987 Broadway revival)
Applause (OBC)
Brigadoon (OBC; 1966 TV w. Goulet & Sally Ann Howes)
Cabaret (OBC)
Camelot (OBC)
Carousel (OBC; 1955 studio; 1965 Lincoln Center; 1967 TV w. Goulet & Mary Grover)
Chicago (OBC)
A Chorus Line (OBC)
Company (OBC)
Damn Yankees (OBC)
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (OBC)
Dear World (OBC)
Do-Re-Mi (OBC)
Evita (Concept; OBC)
The Fantasticks (OBC)
Fiddler on the Roof (OBC pressing; and 'longest-running' reissue)
Finian's Rainbow (OBC)
Flower Drum Song (OBC)
Follies (OBC)
42nd Street (OBC)
Funny Girl (OBC)
Guys and Dolls (OBC)
Gypsy (OBC)
Hair (OBC)
Hallelujah, Baby! (OBC)
Hello, Dolly! (OBC; NBC w. Pearl Bailey)
High Spirits (OBC)
I Had a Ball
Into the Woods (OBC)
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (OC)
The King and I (OBC)
Kismet (OBC)
Kiss Me Kate (OBC - Columbia; 1967 TV w. Goulet & Lawrence)
Li'l Abner (OBC)
A Little Night Music (OBC)
Little Shop of Horrors (OC)
Lost in the Stars (OBC)
Mame (OBC)
The Me Nobody Knows (OBC)
The Most Happy Fella (OBC: complete 3 LP set & 1 LP highlights)
The Music Man (OBC)
My Fair Lady (OBC; OLC)
Nine (OBC)
No No Nanette (1971 Revival)
No Strings (OBC)
Oklahoma! (OBC - in '78s; 1952 studio cast w. Nelson Eddy)
Oliver! (OBC)
On the Town (1960 Studio)
Once Upon a Mattress (OBC)
110 in the Shade (OBC)
Pacific Overtures (OBC)
Peter Pan (OBC)
Promises, Promises (OBC)
Shenandoah (OBC)
Show Boat (1946 revival; 1958 studio w. Howard Keel & Anne Jeffreys; 1962 studio w. John Raitt & Barbara Cook)
Silk Stockings (OBC)
The Sound of Music (OBC)
South Pacific (OBC; 1986 studio cast)
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off! (OBC)
The Threepenny Opera (OOBC)
Two Gentlemen of Verona (OBC)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (OBC)
West Side Story (OBC)
Wonderful Town (OBC)
The Yearling
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#6re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:35pm
The only two I have I inherited from my mother.
Funny Girl and Damn Yankees.
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#8re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:48pmi've inherited a bunch of classics from my mom, but the only one i ever listen to is Showgirl (w/ Carol Channing) since all the rest have been released on CD.
#9re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 4:20am
My Broadway cast records :
331 12-inch Lps
49 10-inch Lps
23 45 RPM sets
38 78 RPM sets
Way too many titles to list here. Most Lp shows I have are titles NOT reissued on CD (ANYA, ARABIAN NIGHTS, etc) while some are Lp's that I have not as yet gotte around to replacing with Cd versions (KEAN, GRAND TOUR.)
The 10" albums are mostly movie soundtracks of M-g-M musicals.
The boxed sets of 45 RPMS and 78 RPMS are albums of 3-8 records and date back to the 1940s and early 50s.
I embraced teh CD format right from teh start and would love to have all cast albums in this format. We are close, but still a few dozen titles remain LP only.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#10re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 4:26am
These all belong to my parents, technically.
Fiddler OBC
Fiddler OLC
Man of La Mancha OBC (I think)
South Pacific soundtrack
West Side Story soundtrack
I believe they also own a My Fair Lady and Camelot, but I don't know if they're OBC or soundtracks.
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alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#11re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 6:08amLP's, cast albums - including Broadway, London, Australia, Germany and Italy, 367. I could never afford to replace them all. I still maintain you get a "warmer" sound from vinyl than CD.
#12re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 8:10am
I only have one, Sophisticated Ladies, because for the longest time I could only find it as a LP, not as a CD. But I finally found 2 CD's on eBay about two years ago.
Has anyone ever used the recording devices that can transfer the music on an LP to a CD??
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#13re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 8:54am
I can't remember all of them but I know I have:
Cabaret (OBC)
Westside Story (OBC and Movie)
My Fair Lady (OBC, some recording filmed in London)
The Sound of Music (OBC)
Flower Drum Song (OBC)
Man of La Mancha (OBC)
I'll post more when I'm at home and can actually see them, but that
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#14re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 9:01am
I left home at 17 so I have none of my childhood collection of LPs or the 45s of 'Damn Yankees' that my mom gave me.
At this point I only own one LP.
I found it at an antique shop two years ago.
It's "Camelot".
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Broadway Star Joined: 1/17/06
#15re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 10:32amOLC Jesus Christ Superstar, signed
#16re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 11:01amI have about 50 that I've been lugging around for years. I do have a turn table (at least) to play them on... but I rarely do, since I've transferred the out-of-print ones to CD already myself. Probably the "coolest" one I have is the signed "Follies in Concert" album, with Sondheim, Stritch and Cook's signatures... all autographed in person at Barnes & Noble back in early '86.
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#17re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:42pmI have the LP to Cabaret somewhere in Texas. Original cast.
#18re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:49pm
I have a lovely LP collection that I started a few years ago (I'm nineteen, so I missed the record era). I am hoping that it will have more broadway collections soon.
Cabaret
Brigadoon
Sound of Music (movie and obc)
South Pacific
The King and I
Sunday in the Park with George
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#19re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/8/06 at 1:05pm
Several-
Camelot OBC
Annie OBC
All that Jazz SOUNTRACK
Hello Dolly! OBC
Mack and Mabel OBC
Evita OLC
Evita OBC
Cabaret OBC
The Music Man OBC
Unsinkable Molly Brown OBC
Fiddler on the Roof OBC
My Fair Lady OBC
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#20re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/11/08 at 5:21pm
Where's the best place to purchase LPs at? Online, please. I'll be looking into local places on my own. Thanks!
(came across this post through Google, thus the old find)
Updated On: 2/11/08 at 05:21 PM
#21re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/11/08 at 5:28pm
I have A Chorus Line. I wish I could actually listen to it. That's it 
. All of the cast recordings I own are on CDs.
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#22re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/11/08 at 5:32pm
Where's the best place to purchase LPs at?
http://www.footlight.com/
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#23re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/11/08 at 5:33pmI have about two hundred which I inherited from my father who collected them. The rarest is probably a recording of the 1966 TV cast of Evening Primrose which was a personal gift to my father from Mr Sondheim himself.
#24re: How many Broadway LPs, if any, do you own and which ones?
Posted: 2/11/08 at 5:51pm
I've been lucky enough to find most of these at thrift and other second-hand stores. 
1. 1776 (OBC, Vinyl)
2. Act, The (OBC, Vinyl)
3. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (OBC+ Vinyl)
4. Annie (OBC, Vinyl)
5. Annie Get Your Gun (OBC, Vinyl)
6. Anything Goes (New Broadway Cast, Vinyl)
7. Applause (OBC, Vinyl)
8. Babes in Arms (1950s Studio Cast- Mary Martin, Vinyl)
9. Big River (OBC, Vinyl)
10. Boy Friend, The (OBC, Vinyl)
11. Brigadoon (1957 Studio Cast, Vinyl)
12. Brigadoon (Original Cast, Vinyl)
13. Bye Bye Birdie (OBC, Vinyl)
14. Bye Bye Birdie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
15. Cabaret (OBC, Vinyl)
16. Cabaret (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
17. Can-Can (OBC, Vinyl)
18. Candide (1974 Broadway Revival Cast, Vinyl)
19. Carousel (1962 Studio Cast, Vinyl)
20. Carousel (Television Soundtrack, Vinyl)
21. Cats (OBC, Vinyl)
22. Chorus Line, A (OBC, Vinyl)
23. Dreamgirls (OBC, Vinyl)
24. Fame (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
25. Fiddler on the Roof (OBC, Vinyl- Photo and Illustrated Covers)
26. Finian’s Rainbow (OBC, Vinyl)
27. Fiorello! (OBC, Vinyl)
28. Flower Drum Song (OBC, Vinyl)
29. Flower Drum Song (Sound Stage Orchestra, Vinyl)
30. Funny Girl (OBC, Vinyl)
31. George M! (OBC, Vinyl)
32. Gigi (OBC, Vinyl)
33. Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
34. Grease (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
35. Gypsy (OBC, Vinyl)
36. Gypsy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
37. Hair (OBC, Vinyl)
38. How to Succeed In Business… (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
39. I Do! I Do! (OBC, Vinyl)
40. Irene (Original Cast, Vinyl)
41. Jesus Christ Superstar (Concept Album Highlights, Vinyl)
42. King and I, The (New Broadway Cast, Vinyl)
43. King and I, The (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
44. La Cage Aux Folles (OBC, Vinyl)
45. Lady in the Dark (Studio Cast- Stevens, Green, Reardon; Vinyl)
46. Les Miserables (OBC, Vinyl)
47. Li’l Abner (Original Cast, Vinyl)
48. Little Mary Sunshine (OBC, Vinyl)
49. Lorelei (Original Cast, Vinyl)
50. Kiss Me Kate (OBC, Vinyl- 6 Records)
51. Mame (OBC, Vinyl)
52. Mary Poppins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
53. Mr. President (OBC, Vinyl)
54. Music Man, The (OBC, Vinyl- Photo and Illustrated)
55. Music Man, The (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
56. My Fair Lady (OBC, Vinyl)
57. No Strings (Original London Cast, Vinyl)
58. Oklahoma! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
59. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (OBC, Vinyl)
60. Pacific Overtures (OBC, Vinyl- Promo)
61. Peter Pan (OBC, Vinyl)
62. Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd (OBC, Vinyl)
63. Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
64. She Loves Me (OBC, Vinyl)
65. Showboat (1958 Studio Cast, Vinyl)
66. Side By Side By Sondheim (Original London Cast, Vinyl)
67. Sophisticated Ladies (OBC, Vinyl)
68. Sound of Music, The (OBC, Vinyl)
69. South Pacific (OBC, Vinyl- 2)
70. South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
71. Stop the World—I Want to Get Off (OBC, Vinyl)
72. Subways Are For Sleeping (OBC, Vinyl)
73. Sugar Babies (OBC, Vinyl)
74. Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (OBC, Vinyl)
75. West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vinyl)
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