Mistakes on cast albums

I just listened to the new cast recording of Fiddler and I think I heard one of the "daughters" crack on the word prepare in Tradition.

I also just listened the OBC of The Most Happy Fella and I can't tell if its supposed to sound like this or not, but I could swear that the strings are out of tune in a section of the overture.

A classic mistake is Elaine Stritch hitting that long sour note in the opening of Company.

What are some of your favorite cast album mistakes?

Updated On: 5/15/16 at 07:29 PM

On the Hairspray cast recording, during the intro to "Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now" Harvey says "don't" instead of "stop" and then repeats "don't" during the next and correct verse.

In "I'm Here" in the new Color Purple Recording, I don't know which lyric but it's towards the end where one of the ensemble girls got so into her singing it that she joined in for about two words until realizing that it wasn't her song. I still laugh every time I hear it. Also, this isn't really a mistake but on the same song Cynthia usually has so much strength when singing "my shoulders back" but on the recording she sounds really nasally on the word "back" but even with those the song was and always will be incredible.

I thought I heard that "Babs' crack" was intentional, and that she repeated it on several takes?

Funny Girl's "silver-plated wah wah mule" comes to mind immediately, as well as on the original album of Gypsy there are some wrong notes being played on I believe Rose's Turn that was corrected for the reissue from a few years ago.

Updated On: 5/16/16 at 08:51 PM

BroadwayNYC25 said: "In "I'm Here" in the new Color Purple Recording, I don't know which lyric but it's towards the end where one of the ensemble girls got so into her singing it that she joined in for about two words until realizing that it wasn't her song. I still laugh every time I hear it. Also, this isn't really a mistake but on the same song Cynthia usually has so much strength when singing "my shoulders back" but on the recording she sounds really nasally on the word "back" but even with those the song was and always will be incredible.



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Can you pin point the time code where the ensemble member sings Cynthia's part? I put it on repeat several times and I still can't figure out where it is.

This isn't exactly a cast album, but the 1961 motion picture soundtrack for West Side Story, in the Quintet, right at the beginning during the line "The Jets are gonna have their day tonight," you can very clearly hear one of the cast members sing "way" instead of "day". It's so glaring I'm surprised they didn't rerecord the track.

Also, on the cast album for The Secret Garden, in "Lily's Eyes", Mandy Patinkin comes in early at one point and starts singing "She has her eyes" and has stop himself. You very clearly hear him sing, "She-*" and it's obvious it's a goof because a moment later he's singing counterpoint to Robert Westenberg, who's singing the main line, "She has her eyes". Again, I don't know why they didn't redo that part since it's very clearly a mistake. Oh well!

BroadwayNYC25 said: "In "I'm Here" in the new Color Purple Recording, I don't know which lyric but it's towards the end where one of the ensemble girls got so into her singing it that she joined in for about two words until realizing that it wasn't her song. I still laugh every time I hear it. Also, this isn't really a mistake but on the same song Cynthia usually has so much strength when singing "my shoulders back" but on the recording she sounds really nasally on the word "back" but even with those the song was and always will be incredible"

I'm confused. What ensemble girl? I thought "I'm Here" is a straight solo for Celie. I wasn't aware of any backup vocals in that song. Am I missing something?

Right and why would an ensemble member be miced in the studio booth with Cynthia during that song? Maybe they mean her solo in the title song reprise??

Someone comes in too early in the opening number of 13 at around 1:30. It's weird too, because that wrong entrance sounds like an easy fix.

Hariku said: "There seems to be one in The Secret Garden recording. In Lilys Eyes right before the modulation...one of the men comes in early on the word "she"and then repeats the word. I always wonder why they left that in"

Kind of like the one sarahb22 mentions just 6 posts above yours lol

This isn't a mistake, but during "One" in the OBCR of A Chorus Line, someone that has the solo line "Suddenly nobody" sounds terrible.

On the West Side Story movie soundtrack, the sound mixing for the line "I know you do!" in America is so awful