Itunes - "The New Musical Cast"

Not having looked at it, it sounds like the cheap studio albums that Wal-Mart sells. These are put out, for around $5 a pop, so that people who are casually shopping and don't know the difference will buy them, instead of the $15-20 official album.

The Wicked one is a hoot.

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It's hilarious.
The Rent album is the best thing I've heard in a while. "What You Own" is a train wreck.

Bump. I just found their Little Shop of Horrors.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=277919230&s=143441

God help us all. This album appears at least 2 other times on the iTunes store under different artist names. And what is with that album art? It looks like Microsoft Clip Art Gallery. All it's missing is a hot dog, a birthday cake, and a photo of fall leaves.

How are they getting away with this? They can't have the rights to keep doing this crap.

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Updated On: 3/22/09 at 01:04 PM

I have the Hairspray one. My mom mistook it for the CR.

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I'm listening to Mama Mia!, yes Mama Mia. They spelled the name wrong. That isn't the worst part, Does Your Mother Know is sung by a man.

The Lion King.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=278062629&s=143441

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Updated On: 3/22/09 at 03:09 PM

Omg
they mispelles Mamma Mia wrong they spelled with only one "M"
in Mamma
They even mispelled Knowing Me Knowing You

Updated On: 3/22/09 at 03:19 PM

Is the same woman doing Idina and Galinda?

These can't all be legal. Not when when we're getting into Disney territory.

TimesSquare, I am assuming you spelled the word "spelled" wrong on purpose as "spelt" is a species of wheat!

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LISTEN TO THE LES MISERABLES ONE RIGHT NOW.

You will laugh until you almost cry.

First of all, Fantine is a man. I don't mean she's a contralto. No, the role is definitely played by a man. A strange, lisping man trying to sing pop. Weirdly, a different person (a girl) sings on "Come To Me."

Marius, though, seriously sounds like a drunk middle-aged guy trying to sing karaoke and doing an extremely bad impersonation of Michael Ball. Thenardier sounds exactly like a middle-school boy impersonating Captain Jack Sparrow with a metronome.

The funniest track is "Do You Hear The People Sing." It's totally a guy who is doing a silly fake opera voice but unable to hit basically any of the notes. Javert can't keep up with the tempo of the accompaniment at all. He has the best voice of the bunch, but it still sounds like my little brother singing "Stars" in the shower.

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The guy singing "My Friends" on the SWEENEY recording sounds just like Johnny Depp hahaha.

I don't think Alan Menken will mind much since I'm sure he makes money from each purchase just as he does with the Broadway and movie cast recordings.

Itunes does have some bizarre studio recordings, but I highly recommend checking out the London Theatre Orchestra La Cage Aux Folles. No, it's not as good as the Broadway cast recording, but it's neat to own since it's the only other English language recording of the score aside from the Australian Cast recording which hasn't been released on CD.

Alan told me he will look into it.

I don't think these recordings are legal. Disney CERTAINLY would not allow a version of THE LION KING to be out in such terrible quality - nor would RUG and CML allow versions of Phantom, Les Mis or Joseph. It's very easy to submit an album to iTunes - I think almost anyone can do it... so, if they're not legal, the right people are not getting money from these recordings. Apple and the new musical people are.

Disney

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