Mistakes on cast recordings... — Page 5

Deena - I'm listening to the Endgame on the OBC and I'm not hearing this note...

The lyrics you site are for the London version, I think, but their Broadway equivalents are the lines 'You just haven't got the instincts of a winner!' sung by Cassonoff and then overlapped by Carrol singing 'There is nothing more to do...'

Both seem to be pretty on-pitch. I'm confused. Help.

While not a cast recording, Ella Fitzgerald forgets her words on her live Berlin recording while singing "Mack the Knife". But this professional covers beautifully. She sings it again on her second live Berlin recording and mentions how she messed it up the first time.

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Ella forgets her words all the time. So does Audra. That's great!

In the film "West Side Story" you hear a Jet sing "The Jets are gonna have their 'way'" instead of "day".

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Timmerbo, you are right about the correct lyric line on Endgame. thanks for correcting me- its been a while since i listened. Listen to the "winner" note by Casnoff- it is really off. Thank god that David Carroll overlaps him... listen carefully and you'll hear it!

I like it without the "me" in Last Five Years.

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I've listened to "popular" about 20 times after you mentioned it..but I don't hear anything except the stupid jingle bells that are supposed to be there (but shouldn't)

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The Wiz

He's the Wizard - similar glitch as in Aida's I Know the Truth on the word Oz - it is even more obvious...

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"Because reason says I should've died three years ago"

While they hold "ago", Someone makes a sound (sounds like Jesse) before they come in singing "There's Only Us"

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"While they hold "ago", Someone makes a sound (sounds like Jesse) before they come in singing "There's Only Us""

He says "Amen," I believe.

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Not a mistake, just something funny:

I noticed this today. In "Six Months Out of Every Year" on the Damn Yankees revival recording, one of the husbands burps (quite loud) towards the end...

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alright, i haven't read every single mistake mentioned...so nobody pounce if it's already been mentioned. BUT! in "heart and music," during the line "and everyone talks about change," somebody comes in early on the "-ge" of change. haha it drives me nuts. now i gotta go through all my cds and find these other mistakes.

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In "Wicked",my daughter and I have commented several times on the phone ringing during "Popular"....it bugs me every time!

Company OBC, "Company" during the long "We LOVE...................................you" section. There is a man singing the most foul wrong-note and then he can't hold it and drops out half way through.
I'm also prone to thinking in RENT OBC that Jessie Martin's "I'll Cover You" reprise when he's riffing "Yeah, yeah" etc.. is not quite the pitch. I heard a boot-leg of the show well before the cast album came out and it sounded right in the theatre, just not on the record.
It also depends on what you call mistakes. On many early 50-60-70's albums there are loads of sloppy cut-offs by the chorus. If I were music directing that night in the theatre, i would call that a mistake.