Must-have musical cast recordings

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:35pm

I'm trying to find a musical that I can buy on itunes. Need your advice to get the best one. I already have these:

Wicked
Les Miserables (original and 10th ann.)
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (movie)
The Spitfire Grill
Avenue Q
Crazy For You (Broadway and London)
The Lion King
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Into the Woods (revival)
Once Upon a Mattress
Once On This Island
Spamalot
The Producers
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Last 5 Years
The Frogs
Assasins (revival)

so, what should I get? and I can't get Light in the Piazza cause it's $10.99 and I only have $10.02 in my account. So, there is no point in suggesting that. Thanks!

[BeingAlive]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:48pm

sorry I misread!

Updated On: 8/16/05 at 07:48 PM

[stagebeauty]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:51pm

children of eden

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:55pm

Porgy and Bess!

but wait..GUH! YAGMCB of course!

[BeingAlive]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:08pm

Well, the problem is iTunes has a very slim selection of showtunes. When I try and think of some recordings I have seen on there the most that come to mind are Hairspray, Light in the Piazza, She Loves Me, and the Mame soundtrack with Lucile Ball(crap). But I know there's more...do any of those interest you?

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:10pm

CHICAGO OBC
OR 1997 Revival Recording
Or Original London Cast Recording

Updated On: 8/16/05 at 08:10 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:13pm

iTunes is so frustrating - musicals stuff can be anywhere. I just downloaded the new Guy Haines CD which was, of all places, under Rock, and I only found THAT because I was specifically searching for it.

The amount of cast albums is pretty limited on there -- I think they do have Little Shop of Horrors which isn't on your list of ones you own...and should be.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:17pm

only one that interests me (that I have read so far) is Little Shop of Horrors

[forget regret <3]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:17pm

i second charlie brown... also i was just searching to see if itunes had aida and the german version looks pretty snazzy! haha spelling bee looks cute though i don't have it... brooklyn is great too! i love eden espinosa. ok thats all i can think of at the moment.

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:20pm

Well maybe you should expand your tastes a little.. I check out cast recordings that aren't usually my type of music - and I end up enjoying their scores a lot.

There are so many classics you need to hear..

Gypsy
West Side Story
Chicago
Sweet Charity
Wonderful Town
The King and I
Cabaret


and the list goes on and on.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:48pm

thanks. I made up my mind though. someone else mentioned Songs of the New World and I remembered that I had heard a song from that and really liked it. And so I downloaded that. Thanks for all the suggestions!

oh, and btw, I have heard Rent and West Side Story but I really don't like either one of them.

[BeingAlive]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:55pm

Well, forget the classics ljay because iTunes is lacking. I searched and out of all those the ONLY album they had was Wonderful Town with Brooke Shields. I am seriously shocked there's no West Side Story. Strange..and dissapointing.

I definitley will encourage Little Shop - but only the off broadway original cast. :)

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:59pm

they have westside story. Broadway and London and I think movie. look under leonard bernstein and you'll find it.

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 9:04pm

I'm not sure of the price tag, but definately check out Bernstein's 'Candide'. A flop classic.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 9:12pm

Sweet Charity.

Aida.

You need to get acquainted with the classics, most of which you probably already know.

But i love, really love, the new sweet charity cd so get that too!

[alphieboy]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:14am

I second Little Shop. But not Charity...ugh!

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:17am

^

omgz. like little shop is a masterpeice. charity is so freakin crappy!!! who tha hell is Cy Coelman anyway?? i neva heard of him.. his score sux for charity!! ughghughg

[YankeesFan175]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:18am

sorry if this is a dumb question, but the spitfire grill was a musical??? i loved that movie, is it similiar to the movie? i looked on amazon and nothing comes up. sorry to go off topic, but if someone could PM me about this thatd be great.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:18am

Hairspray if you want a fun musical... or My Fair Lady if you want a classic.

I agree with the others in not reccommending Sweet Charity.

[SeeIreallycouldn'tSING!!]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:23am

A Chorus Line... an Importent classic.. esp. since its coming back in 06 *does a little happy dance*

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:26am

have the video (cause Terrence Mann is in it) but don't like the music (except Music in the mirror)

[SeeIreallycouldn'tSING!!]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:30am

eww! I mean the Oringal Cast Recording... not the movie!! get the real one!

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:37am

i don;t think it matters. i just don;t like the music.

[SeeIreallycouldn'tSING!!]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:43am

trust me it matters lol... ask anyone... the chorus lIne movie is infamous for distroying the beauty of the oringal... I find the movie music kinda creepy.

[JayKid]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:45am

phantom
sweeney todd
seussical

i like all those, dunno if anyone mentioned em...

also, for those looking for showtunes on other DLing sources, I'd really suggest limewire, it has a lot of stuff.

I got mad cuz itunes didn't have some things I wanted, but limewire did, although it's illegal, whatever.