MERRILY 2023 Broadway Revival Cast Recording dropping 11/15 at midnight!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/14/23 at 10:11pm

This is a surprise, no?!!

Exciting. Less than 2 hours to wait!

Physical CD to come in January.
 




TRACKLIST:

1. Overture
2. Merrily We Roll Along
3. That Frank
4. First Transition
5. Old Friends — Like It Was
6. Franklin Shepard, Inc.
7. Second Transition
8. Old Friends
9. Growing Up
10. Third Transition
11. Not a Day Goes By (Intro)
12. Not a Day Goes By
13. Now You Know
14. Gussie's Opening Number
15. It's a Hit!
16. Fourth Transition
17. The Blob - Part I
18. Growing Up (Reprise) 
19. Good Thing Going
20. The Blob - Part II
21. Fifth Transition
22. Bobby and Jackie and Jack
23. Not a Day Goes By (Reprise)
24. Sixth Transition
25. Opening Doors
26. Seventh Transition
27. Our Time

Updated On: 11/14/23 at 10:11 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/14/23 at 10:14pm

Oh, ok I guess I WON'T be going to bed at a reasonable hour tonight. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/14/23 at 10:16pm

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

The physical release date is set for January 12.

 

Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. Overture
• 2. Merrily We Roll Along
• 3. That Frank
• 4. First Transition
• 5. Old Friends — Like It Was
• 6. Franklin Shepard, Inc.
• 7. Second Transition 
• 8. Old Friends
• 9. Growing Up
• 10. Third Transition
• 11. Not a Day Goes By (Intro)
• 12. Not a Day Goes By
• 13. Now You Know

 

• ACT II
• 14. Gussie's Opening Number
• 15. It's a Hit!
• 16. Fourth Transition
• 17. The Blob — Part I
• 18. Growing Up (Reprise)
• 19. Good Thing Going
• 20. The Blob — Part II
• 21. Fifth Transition
• 22. Bobby and Jackie and Jack
• 23. Not a Day Goes By (Reprise)
• 24. Sixth Transition 
• 25. Opening Doors
• 26. Seventh Transition
• 27. Our Time

Updated On: 11/14/23 at 10:16 PM

[RevolutionaryCostume]

Posted: 11/14/23 at 10:36pm

Wow! I just got back to my hotel room from seeing the show tonight. I did a quick search to see if there was a cast recording and lo and behold!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/14/23 at 11:03pm

Flabergasted is what I am!  I was hoping we'd have it in time for Christmas....I LOVE that we got this surprise!   HOW did they get this mixed to very fast????  I wonder if when Groff mentioned them being in the recording studio on the Late Show (or was it the Tonight Show?  I can't keep them straight) if they went in for fixes.

 

But yes, like Jordan, how am I suppose to go to sleep NOW????

[TweetyPie2]

Posted: 11/14/23 at 11:08pm

He said it to Colbert.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:01am

It's out now — let's hear those thoughts, everybody!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:04am

It is 12:05 and I don’t see it!! 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:12am

Jordan Catalano said: "It is 12:05 and I don’t see it!!"

It's on Spotify but isn't showing up on Apple Music yet!

https://merrilywerollalong.lnk.to/newcastalbumPR

[Ted Li]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:15am

Listening now... Sounds like the overture is the complete version, maybe abbreviated in bits and pieces, but very similar to the 2012 version. Which is very strange because the 2013 version does not have a complete overture. I am seeing the show in January. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:15am

Here's the digital booklet, with short essays by Maria Friedman and Ben Brantley.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:18am

Ted Li said: "Listening now... Sounds like the overture is the complete version, maybe abbreviated in bits and pieces, but very similar to the 2012 version. Which is very strange because the 2013 version does not have a complete overture. I am seeing the show in January."

The full [2012 version of the] Overture was reinstated for Broadway after being greatly truncated at NYTW. Additional musicians were also added for Bway, bringing the orchestra to 13 players.

Sounds very good so far despite this being a smaller band than the original and 2012 albums. All I really miss is the tuba.

[Ted Li]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:23am

That is so good to hear! I always love the complete version! 

[steve.sometime]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 12:26am

Please release a vinyl!

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 2:13am

steve.sometime said: "Please release a vinyl!"

+1

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 2:24am

Wow, this sounds astonishingly quick, especially since they only recorded it about a month ago, right? I can't wait to get the physical CD on Jan. 12. Hope they do a CD signing!

By contrast, "Sweeney Todd" opened last spring, but it only released its cast album digitally on Sept. 8, and I think I read that the physical CD is coming out later this month. 

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 2:48am

Will listen to it all the way through tomorrow. I am listening to Franklin Shepard, Inc. and am enjoying Radcliffe's delivery of the song.

I like the quality of the recording so far. It is very crisp.  

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 6:49am

Well this is an amazing surprise! I love when cast albums do this surprise release instead of doing the teasing with individual tracks for months *cough*SweeneyTodd*cough*. The Funny Girl revival also did a surprise release last year!

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 7:16am

Literally just woke up to this news! I’m so excited to listen to this! 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 7:56am

“Our Time” is incredibly poignant. Jonathan Groff just comes off so damn charming.

[DaveyG]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 8:03am

This recording is beautifully conducted. The band sounds tight and the vocals are so crisp. Loving it!

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 8:42am

I had a hell of a time trying to find this on Spotify. It wouldn’t come up under the title nor under any of the principals’ names.  I had to type in “New Broadway Cast of Merrily….” and the album finally came up. 
 

I probably look a fool saying that, but thought it might help someone 😬

Album sounds great, by the way!

[thirtythirtyninety]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 8:43am

Can’t imagine a better surprise this morning! 
 

just magnificent!!!

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 8:47am

For anyone interested, here's the playlist on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mKboNXhGAfTKMtUSlAmvMHBCnDi-sXCtU

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/15/23 at 9:06am

How Groff says the one word “Everything” in “Our Time” made me just spontaneously start crying.