My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
#0My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:01am
Someone please restrain me before I sell the car!
Updated On: 9/2/05 at 11:01 AM
#1re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:06amI just wonder if it's cutting into the money earmarked for your other habit...
#2re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:07amZing! No, both habits are getting equal attention.
#3re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:25pm
Hi Bobby!
Acceptance is the first step.
By the way, when is our next meeting? I'll bring the coffee if you bring the doughnuts!
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#4re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:28pmHow do you afford cast recordings & gas?!
#5re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:29pm
WHo needs to drive when I can listen to PRETTYBELLE or OVER HERE?
#6re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:29pm
I put all the Frank Wildhorn recordings in the tank, and it burns real good!
Updated On: 9/2/05 at 01:29 PM
#7re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:32pmI know! I could go for days on all of THE SCARLETT PIMPERNEL albums!
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#8re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:32pm
Hi, BobbyBubby! I'm also a fellow sufferer. However, I take it a step further.
Hi, my name is SorryGrateful and I can't stop buying Sondheim recordings. I'm afraid of what will happen when I run out of ones to buy. Will I lose the will to live? Of course, there are always the revivals, of which I only have one, and foreign productions. I don't know where I can find them, but I am determined.
#9re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:32pm
At the next meeting of Cast Recording Collectors Anonymous (CRCA), we're going to discuss which recording of Follies is best.
Also, we're going to choose graphics for our first newsletter. Our lead story: "Soundtracks and other dirty words"...
#10re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:34pm
Oh I love you all! Why are we having a support group for a problem we don't want to kick?
I don't have to find Jesus at these meetings do I?
#11re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:34pmOkay, it's official! MEF, I heart you too!
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#12re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:34pmI just made an entry in my blog about the various Follies recordings. I think I decided the Papermill one was the best, though the original's performances can't be touched.
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#13re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:35pmEw, not Jesus.
#14re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:36pm
Hey, Gov! Haven't seen you in a while.
Wonder, I've always hearted you! 
Does anybody else LOVE Julia McKenzie's Sally?
#15re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:36pmI can't resist the lovely London recording (recommended by our own MEF) lately.
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#16re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:35pmAm I a bad Sondheim fan if I don't really like Follies? I respect it and appreciate it, but I'm not so much into it. Phew, I feel better for getting this off my chest.
#17re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:37pmNot a bad Sondheim fan. Give it another chance though. It didn't hit me when I first listened to it, but now it's one of my favorites.
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#18re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:45pmI've listened to it many times and I've got Follies in Concert and I've also read "Everything Was Possible" by Ted Chapin (which is FASCINATING). I've just never connected with it as I have the majority of his other shows. However, I do think "Could I Leave You" and "Buddy's Blues" are amazing. Oh, and "Losing My Mind." I haven't given up on it yet.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:48pm
There comes a point in every cast album collector's life when the realization strikes that one is buying simply to buy, but not buying for quality.
Realizing when that point is reached and stopping is what separates the true collector of musical theatre scores from the musical theatre nut.
Pray for guidance that you, too, can learn when you've reached the point when discernment should take hold.
Updated On: 9/2/05 at 03:48 PM
#20re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:51pmI don't know that I could ever stop though.
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#21re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:51pmAll hail, Jose', today's voice of reason.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#22re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:58pm
I love Follies, but I obviously can't relate to it because of my age. I can imagine that when I'm around the age of the four main characters, it will resonate a lot more (PalJoey said that never fully understood "The Road You Didn't Take" until he was Ben's age).
And Hey Mef! You're right, Julia makes a great Sally.
Updated On: 9/2/05 at 03:58 PM
#23re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 4:10pmI'm not even close to being the age of Buddy, Phyllis, Ben or Sally and I can relate to it completely.
#24re: My Name is BobbyBubby and I can't stop buying Cast Recordings....
Posted: 9/2/05 at 5:31pm
My name is Alfonzo, aka CastAlbumFan. I too can't stop buying cast recordings. If loving cast recordings is wrong, I don't wanna be right!
I'm a sucker for the FOLLIES IN CONCERT RCA CD myself, but I adore the original Capitol CD! Alexis Smith's "Could I Leave You?" is unparalled!
I think our discussion at our next meeting should be which revival recordings are better than the original cast recordings.
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