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NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/5/22 at 11:15pm

I don't know if any of you saw this earlier today. City Center is starting to tease us on Twitter again. I really hope they go through with this. Also, if this does happen, I thought I would create this thread for discussion.

https://twitter.com/NYCityCenter/status/1589002980774547457?s=20&t=aNmotaqTHsDFOrPdZHGpHQ

The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 12:21am

I really would have liked the Jordan, Benanti, Henry concert to have been recorded (other than what is on that site)

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 10:36am

I would love to hear a new cast album but I doubt it would get as much play from me as the OBC recording. I’ve only listened to the Donmar album a handful of times.

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 1:59pm

I listened to some of the OBC Recording yesterday for the first time and absolutely loved it! I would love to hear Ben Platt, Michaela Diamond, and Gaten Matarazzo on a new recording. What would make it even better is if it were a live album. Hearing the actors sing LIVE from the stage is truly something special!

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 2:37pm

Who's gonna pay for it? Encores? I don't think even JRB could convince his friends at Ghostlight to spend that kind of dough - huge cast, large band - but who knows?

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 6:24pm

bk said: "Who's gonna pay for it? Encores? I don't think even JRB could convince his friends at Ghostlight to spend that kind of dough - huge cast, large band - but who knows?"

Was it not Encores who paid for all the previous cast recordings of their productions? There have been quite a few over the years, many of which had comparable cast and orchestra sizes as this one.

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 6:33pm

Yea Encores has recorded a bunch of their shows- definitely wouldn't be surprised if they recorded this one too. Especially since a lot has changed since the original production, so it doesn't really feel duplicative or unnecessary. Yes we have the London cast recording- but a high profile new American cast recording would definitely drum up more buzz.

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 6:35pm

We are talking $300,000.

It would need to sell 10,000 copies to break even. Even with Ben that's is going to be very hard.

NYCC Parade Cast Album?

Posted: 11/6/22 at 6:50pm

Does anybody know if Brigadoon broke even? Wasn't that the last show recorded from NYCC?

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Posted: 11/6/22 at 6:51pm

What would the chances be that they recorded a performance for a LIVE cast recording? Has NYCC ever done that?

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Posted: 11/6/22 at 7:08pm

Dylan Smith4 said: "What would the chances be that they recorded a performance for a LIVE cast recording? Has NYCC ever done that?"

Yes, off the top of my head Brigadoon and A New Brain most recently. Unless you mean a live recording in the sense that Six was recorded live on opening night?

Updated On: 11/6/22 at 07:08 PM

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Posted: 11/6/22 at 7:08pm

Money for a cast recording would not be coming from Encores. The BRIGADOON recording was paid for by the Frederick Loewe Foundation, as was the recording of PAINT YOUR WAGON. PIPE DREAM was paid for by R&H.

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Posted: 11/6/22 at 9:06pm

C4b2a3b said: "Yes, off the top of my head Brigadoon and A New Brain most recently. Unless you mean a live recording in the sense that Six was recorded live on opening night?"

What else would live mean? Brigadoon and A New Brain were recorded in a studio. Pipe Dream was recorded live.

Updated On: 11/6/22 at 09:06 PM

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Posted: 11/6/22 at 9:22pm

City Center's Songs for a New World also released an album.

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Posted: 11/6/22 at 9:28pm

CATSNYrevival said: "C4b2a3b said: "Yes, off the top of my head Brigadoon and A New Brain most recently. Unless you mean a live recording in the sense that Six was recorded live on opening night?"

What else would live mean? Brigadoon and A New Brain were recorded in a studio. Pipe Dream was recorded live."

Live like it was recorded at a performance vs. studio recording.

Perhaps I am overreading that person's question in the first place.

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Posted: 11/6/22 at 9:57pm

Ben Platt has a record deal with Atlantic Records. The Encores production has commercial producers behind it.

Stacey Mindich has also underwritten several of Encores’ albums, including Songs/World and Brigadoon. She is on City Center’s Board, has boatloads of money, and is close with JRB and Platt (she produced Bridges and DEH).

All that to say, an album isn’t out of the question even if it wouldn’t break even, regardless of who is putting up the money. If it is indeed moving to Broadway, that’s even more reason to do the album.

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Posted: 11/7/22 at 2:18am

BETTY22 said: "We are talking $300,000.

It would need to sell 10,000 copies to break even. Even with Ben that's is going to be very hard."

Folks here just want what they want. The reality is it's very expensive and anyone anywhere who thinks this show would sell enough units to come anywhere near breaking even, well... it would actually have to sell more like 20.000 to come anywhere near breaking even and what people just don't want to know is that there's no huge audience begging for a new recording of this.

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Posted: 11/7/22 at 2:19am

JBroadway said: "bk said: "Who's gonna pay for it? Encores? I don't think even JRB could convince his friends at Ghostlight to spend that kind of dough - huge cast, large band - but who knows?"

Was it not Encores who paid for all the previous cast recordings of their productions? There have been quite a few over the years, many of which had comparable cast and orchestra sizes as this one."

The certainly did not pay for the recordings on DRG, which is why those recordings are owned not by Encores but by DRG. What shows were recorded on other labels? I'm not sure Encores has EVER paid for a recording.

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Posted: 11/7/22 at 3:31am

Ghostlight Records is the distributor for the majority of the more recent Encores cast albums including Pipe Dream, The New Yorkers, Lady Be Good and Songs For a New World. Merrily We Roll Along and A New Brain are on the P.S. Classics label.

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