Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

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Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/8/14 at 9:45pm

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Woods-London-Theatre-Orchestra/dp/B00KBO0V5E
https://play.spotify.com/album/5SKv9nUGeQrPRM1dehVJI7

Where the heck did this recording come from? And who are these people? So random.

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/8/14 at 9:52pm

After listening to some clips, I'm guessing that the "London Theatre Orchestra and Cast" are a dude with a pretty good synthesizer and some of his friends from the local jr. college.

Are the vocalists American or are they putting on American accents?

Album was released this year, it seems. Perhaps they're hoping for casual fans of the movie to mistakenly buy this album.

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/8/14 at 10:42pm

I listened to it the other night on Spotify. It's a very average studio recording. Nothing good, but nothing laughably bad.

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/8/14 at 10:47pm

This group has been releasing terrible studio recordings of musicals for at least a decade. Back in (I think) 2005, I received their version of "The Lion King" as a present from a friend who mistook it for a London Cast Recording. I believe that's also on Spotify. It is hilarious, complete with made-up gibberish in place of the African language lyrics.

Here it is. It must be heard to be believed:

The Lion King by the London Theatre Orchestra on Spotify

Updated On: 12/8/14 at 10:47 PM

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/9/14 at 2:28am

I was so shocked with their laughable recordings - I even told Alan Menken about the Little Shop of Horrors one! Whilst he had no power to remove it (??) he certainly wasn't happy!

They're giving London theatre a bad name - that's for sure!

Nick Hutson Co-Presenter/Producer MusicalTalk - The UK's Musical Theatre Podcast http://www.musicaltalk.co.uk

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/9/14 at 3:22am

I received their version of "The Lion King" as a present from a friend who mistook it for a London Cast Recording.

I have to imagine that similar mistaken purchases are source of the majority of their sales. And you weren't kidding about that Lion King recording. Unbelievably bad. I'd love to know who's behind this organization. Quite the snakeoil salesman/woman.

Updated On: 12/9/14 at 03:22 AM

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/9/14 at 4:08am

@jimmycurry01 I decided to listen to the sample from Hello, Little Girl (probably my least favorite song from one of Sondheim's superlative scores) and I laughed out loud. So some of them Are laughably bad! I feel bad for the chumps that receive these off-brand recordings as gifts.

"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/10/14 at 6:20pm

I have to imagine that similar mistaken purchases are source of the majority of their sales. And you weren't kidding about that Lion King recording. Unbelievably bad. I'd love to know who's behind this organization. Quite the snakeoil salesman/woman.

I'd like to know who these people are as well. I'd also kind of like to see the faces of the poor people when they put these things into the CD player and hear it for the first time. :P

Updated On: 12/10/14 at 06:20 PM

Into The Woods - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Posted: 12/10/14 at 6:28pm

This is similar discussion; cheesy off-brand/no-name recordings.
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