Mistakes on cast albums — Page 3

CedricOates said: "Andre Dè Shields in “Road to Hell” in Hadestown OBCR sings some flat notes, and when he sings “It’s where you’ll find the King of the Mine” he gobbles the “it’s where you’ll”. Also a sour note in “Way Down Hadestown” when he sings “Everybody tryna get a ticket to go”"

Obsessed with Andre on this recording (and in the show)... yes, he does gobble some words and not every note is pitch perfect... but that's what makes his voice so magical and unique. It's hard to imagine what Hermes will sound like with a replacement after he's out.

My favorite Andre delivery here is in Road to Hell when he sings "...there was a railroad car, and a myaaan schtepped out..." So sassy.

Sethwp2 said: "CedricOates said: "Andre Dè Shields in “Road to Hell” in Hadestown OBCR sings some flat notes, and when he sings “It’s where you’ll find the King of the Mine” he gobbles the “it’s where you’ll”. Also a sour note in “Way Down Hadestown” when he sings “Everybody tryna get a ticket to go”"

Obsessed with Andre on this recording (and in the show)... yes, he does gobble some words and not every note is pitch perfect... but that's what makes his voice so magical and unique. It's hard to imagine what Hermes will sound like with a replacement after he's out.

My favorite Andre delivery here is in Road to Hell when he sings "...there was a railroad car, and a myaaan schtepped out..." So sassy.

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Same with his two numbers on The Wiz recording. I think some of the performers who started in rock musicals (or soul musicals, if you like, in this case) were following the pop performer's route in eschewing articulation and going for "feel" rather than "sense." But, wow, I like De Shields so much. He can sing it how he wants, it's going to sound beautiful to me. I can always look up the lyrics later.

I was listening to the City of Angels cast album for the first time, and in one song someone says "There wasn't a dry seat in the house," when I think the proper phrase would be "dry eye." It isn't a show I ever saw, so don't know if the line was a mistake or on purpose, but it sounds like instead of saying everyone was crying, that everyone was urinating.

You know that's a joke, right? Not a mistake.

morosco said: "I was listening to the City of Angels cast album for the first time, and in one song someone says "There wasn't a dry seat in the house," when I think the proper phrase would be "dry eye." It isn't a show I ever saw, so don't know if the line was a mistake or on purpose, but it sounds like instead of saying everyone was crying, that everyone was urinating.

You know that's a joke, right? Not a mistake."

As I said earlier, most of the stuff listed here are not mistakes.

As a kid I listened to the ANNIE cast recording constantly. I swear there was an error in I Don’t Need Anything But You, with Daddy Warbucks singing a note but quickly realizing it’s Annie’s line, not his. Just listened to the track, first time in a long time, and it’s not there. Guess they edited it out on newer recordings.

DMsquared2 said: "On theRentOBCR Wilson Jermaine Heredia sings:

Food of love, emotion, mathematics
Isolation
Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony
And heavy competition

It should bepower, feeling. It was corrected forthe film soundtrack."



That's not a mistake. It was originally "feeling, power" but changed years into RENT's run. A cast member told me it was because there was confusion that they were singing "feeling power" instead of "feeling, power" so they swapped the words.

ukpuppetboy said: "morosco said: "You know that's a joke, right? Not a mistake."

God help them with A LOT of City of Angels (if they finally get around to seeing) it if they don’t...

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Would it be clear if was a joke if you only heard the album, hadn't seen the show? The way, say, you don't need to see Company to get "She's tall enough to be your mother" is a joke, not a flub of the common phrase "She's old enough to be your mother"?

Would it be clear if was a joke if you only heard the album, hadn't seen the show?

Maybe not but I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that it was a mistake.

On the Wicked album, during "What Is This Feeling?" I always notice how the orchestra (more specifically a violin) gets momentarily out of sync with the singing at around 2:13.

That's not a mistake. It was originally "feeling, power" but changed years into RENT's run. A cast member told me it was because there was confusion that they were singing "feeling power" instead of "feeling, power" so they swapped the words.

Oh! My bad. Thanks.

inception said: "I was listening to the City of Angels cast album for the first time, and in one song someone says "There wasn't a dry seat in the house," when I think the proper phrase would be "dry eye." It isn't a show I ever saw, so don't know if the line was a mistake or on purpose, but it sounds like instead of saying everyone was crying, that everyone was urinating."

Bless your heart. Bless it all, sweet summer child.

justoldbill said: "Not mistakes, perhaps, but I love the use of alternate tracks, usually on Capitol in old LP days. They would often use different tracks for stereo and mono releases of the same album. Probably a question of frequency. And Thomas Shepard's quad mix of the COMPANY LP, and his more recentNIGHT MUSICCD remix. Fun, fun, fun."

So I have a question about this. I owned an audio cassette of Company for years, and then the CD...and then the newer edition of the CD came out (the one with a Larry Kurt track) and the lines at the end of "Ladies Who Lunch" sound...different to me. Just that line "Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch" right before the "Everybody rise! Rise!...." I'd swear they tracked in an alternate take there. And I'm surprised, considering all the drama surrounding getting a usable take originally, they'd alter it thirty-odd years later.

Now that's disturbing. I realize it isn't the moment of the trial, but that's literally trying to alter history.