Obscure Cast Albums
Obscure Cast Albums
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#0Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/11/06 at 10:13pmLondon Cast album of Isabel's a Jezebel by Galt Mac Dermot
#1re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/11/06 at 10:18pmCloser to Heaven
#2re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/11/06 at 10:19pmJane Eyre Toronto Cast
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#3re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/11/06 at 10:21pm
Napoleon - Believe Canadian cast
maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#4re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/11/06 at 10:53pm
Cole Porter's Nymph Errant.
I've been looking for it forever. If you have it and want to help a poor boy out, PM me!
#5re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/11/06 at 10:54pm
i got a bunch of records... there's lots of rare stuff.
like: Whoop Up
etc etc etc
#6re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 12:41am
A couple from the Lp days that have not been reissued on CD:
ANYA - U/A UAS 5133
THE BELIEVERS - RCA LSO 1151
DONNYBROOK - Kapp KD 8500S
HOUSE OF FLOWERS (1968 revival) - U/A 5180
ILLYA DARLING - U/A UAS 9901
LET IT RIDE - RCA LSO 1064
MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF - Kapp KRS 5508
SAY, DARLING - RCA LSO 1045
SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY - Columbia OS 2720
SIMPLY HEAVENLY - Columbia OL 5240
A few that were on CD but are now deleted:
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (Sony West End)
BAR MITZVAH BOY (Sony West End)
BRING BACK BIRDIE (Varese-Sarabande)
CABARET (London cast - Judi Dench - Sony West End)
CANTERBURY TALES (Broadway Angel)
COMPANY (Larry Kert - Sony West End)
DARLING OF THE DAY (RCA)
DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES...? (Bay Cities)
EATING RAOUL (Bay Cities)
FANNY (RCA)
HAPPY HUNTING (RCA)
HELLO DOLLY (Pearl Bailey - RCA)
HENRY SWEET HENRY (Varese-Sarbande)
HOW NOW DOW JONES (RCA)
JENNIE (RCA)
KWAMINIA (Broadway Angel)
LEGS DIAMOND (RCA)
MILK AND HONEY (RCA)
MR PRESIDENT (Sony Broadway)
MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (POLYDOR, VARESE-SARABANDE)
NYMPH ERRANT (Concert cast - EMI)
ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (MCA)
PORGY AND BESS (Movie ST - SONY)
REX (RCA)
ROMANCE ROMANCE (MCA)
TALE ME ALONG (RCA)
THERE ARE LOVE SONGS (Studio cast - Dalcar)
VIOLET (Resmiranda)
WHOOP UP (Polydor)
YOUR OWN THING (RCA)
Several of these are commanding very high prices... why is it a CD can sit in stores for 2-3 years and no one buys it. Then, when the label deletes it suddenly everyone wants it!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
starletta8
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/05
#7re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 1:38am
Two that I've been looking for:
Sunday in the Park With George (there's a London revival recording coming out next month, but I'm looking for the OBC)
Woman of the Year
lvpblues
Broadway Star Joined: 2/18/04
#8re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 1:41am
Beauty and the Beast (Australian recording)
Candide (1989 Bernstein conducted recording)
Christine
Fanny
Juno
Kean
Legs Diamond
The Secret Garden (Australian highlights)
She Loves Me (OLC)
LP:
Carousel w. Alfred Drake, Roberta Peters & Claramae Turner
Carousel w. Robert Merrill, Patrice Munsel & Florence Henderson
Show Boat w. Howard Keel & Anne Jeffreys (souped up orchestrations)
(thank you frontrowcentre)
Updated On: 4/12/06 at 01:41 AM
#9re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 2:06am
The CAROUSEL with Alfred Drake co-stars Roberta peters and Claramae Turner. An earlier CAROUSEL on RCA had Robert Merrill, Patrice Munsel and Florence Henderson. (Funny story about tat Victor album: Many years ago someone in the family game me the album on a set of 3- 45RPM records. As I played the first side I noticed it seemed to be speeding up... as Henderson sang "Mr Snow” the pitch kept gong up and up so by the end she sounded like a chipmunk. same thing in "What's the use of Wonderin'" - LATER I found out Victor would do this to fit all the music onto the record. Apparently the first LP editions of GOLDEN APPLE did this as well!)
The SHOW BOAT has a great cover...but the most laid back (boring) orchestrations of any SHOW BOAT disc. Gogi Grant sings "Nobody Else But Me" in a languid fashion far out-of-synch with the way it is sung on stage. The three stars divvy up the songs but they are not in show order and there is no attempt at characterization.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#11re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 8:53amOBC "Take Me Along"
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Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 9:08amSo far I have everything that's been mentioned, except for THERE ARE LOVE SONGS. What is that?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#13re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 9:16amClownaround. Never been able to find it, alas.
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#14re: Obscure Cast Albums
Posted: 4/12/06 at 10:46am
Gee, now I feel better owning a bunch cd's from the frontcentre2's list.
Rather rare and obscure as well: A Doll's Life (Bay Cities)
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