PERFECT Cast Recordings- Page 3

[queenbee2]

Posted: 7/28/06 at 5:16pm

I can't get enough of Parade or Last 5 Years.
And the complete symphonic of Les Miz is quite impressive.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 7/28/06 at 9:49pm

The original cast recording of "She Loves Me" with Barbara Cook, perfection.

The original cast recording of Frank Loesser's "Most Happy Fella" with those lush high calorie Don Walker orchestrations.

The cast recording of "The Golden Apple" which shows you what a sung-through musical can really be like. With a cast of such talents that they improved lesser musicals by merely appearing in them.
One small problem is that it is only half of the score, and it has narrative rhyming couplets liking the songs, but as they were written by lyricist John LaTouche, they are forgivable.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/28/06 at 10:07pm

I have a hard time coming up with flaws in the Bernarda Alba Cast Recording. Thanks Sh-K-Boom!

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/28/06 at 10:23pm

Full Monty OBC
Urinetown OBC
Sweeney Revival Cast
Assassins (both casts)

[coolkid11776]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 5:02pm

I find that RENT IS A Perfect OBC recording. I can't skip any song when I listen to the CD

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 5:05pm

Jersey Boys
Wedding Singer
Wicked
Rent

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 5:16pm

Dreamgirls
A Chorus Line
Li'l Abner
The Drowsy Chaperone
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

[GodIHopeIGetIt]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 5:48pm

Well, there are only a couple of cast recordings I can play through.

Gyspy - OBC
A Chorus Line
Rent
The Last 5 Years
Sunday in the Park with George - OBC

See What I Wanna See would make this list, but I always have to skip Louie.
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 05:48 PM

[mortgageguy79]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 9:02am

I just watned to say that I purchased Bernarda Alba yesterday on a whim, and I fell in love with it instantly! Seeing the show was amazing and I think, for the first time in a long time, the recording brings the listener into the show and carries you. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 9:17am

I think that the cast recordings of The Light in The Piazza and Bright Lights, Big City are in my top 10. In fact, my top 10 cast recordings are:

1. Wicked
2. Rent
3. Brooklyn
4. Monty Python's Spamalot
5. The Light in the Piazza
6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
7. The Color Purple
8. Jersey Boys
9. The Wedding Singer
10. Bright Lights, Big City

For me, these shows are gems.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:02am

It is very rare that I find a CD that I listen to every track. Here are mine:

1) Beauty and the Beast
2) She Loves Me (1993 Revival)
3) Jersey Boys
4) 42nd Street
5) Disney's On the Record
6) Chicago (film soundtrack...minus all the weird hip hop tracks at the end)

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:11am

The Light in the Piazza OBCR is it for me. I listen to it straight through every time and feel as if I'm insulting the music if I skip a song.

Not only that, but it's the only recording that still has the same emotional impact on me that it did the first time I listened to it.

[OzarkElphaba]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:56am

For me:

A Chorus Line: Occasionally I will skip the Rehearsal One, but not often.

Ragtime: Highlights (Sometimes shown as 96 Concept Album). I like the full show, but when I'm on a car trip I prefer the highlights.

Scarrie White: Original Chicago cast...because it's fun

The Wiz: OBC - Stephanie Mills, Andre de Shields, Ted Ross, 'nuff said.

H2$- Revival. I like the energy of the cast in this one.

Grease- Revival w/Brooke Sheilds. Guilty pleasure.

oh! And [title of show]
Updated On: 8/3/06 at 11:56 AM

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:49pm

Some that I can think of now:

Evita (OBC)
Sweeney Todd (OBC Double LP and Hilights CD)
Sweeney Todd (2005)
The Phantom Of the Opera (OLC Hilights--only because I don't have the 2 disc set)
Les Miserables (OBC--it would be hard to skip anything anyway since it's a cassette tape)

[LovinGoodMusicals]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:02pm

"Les Miserables (OBC--it would be hard to skip anything anyway since it's a cassette tape)"

They do have a cd, ya know..

My List:
1. Evita (OBC)
2. Sweeney Todd Revival
3. Les Miserables (OBC)
4. Aida (OBC)

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:10pm

Les Miserables (TAC, OLC, and CSR) - The show is just... unbelievably amazing! Each cast recordings are different and gives a totally fresh sounding.

Ragtime (Canadian Concept Cast) - Sadly, I didn't know it was the "highlights" version (I didn't see OBC when I bought it at Tower Records), but it's just simply amazing! Probably the one I listen to the most often. I just can't get enough of Mitchel singing "Wheels of a Dream" and Audra McDonald's emotional "Your Daddy's Son"

The Light in the Piazza - Sometimes, I fall asleep to the music since it's so soothing! Anyways, it's a great cast recording!

Miss Saigon - Alright, I skip some songs, so basically, I like the highlighs.

Sweeney Todd (OBC and Revival) - It's just amazing.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:14pm

Rent OBC
Annie Get Your Gun Revival
Aida
Beauty and the Beast
The Wedding Singer
A Little Night Music
Camelot
Mamma Mia
Wicked
Hairspray
A Chorus Line
Avenue Q
Fantasticks
The Last 5 Years
Fiddler on The Roof
Little Shop of Horrors
Little Woman
My Fair Lady
25th Annual Putnam County
West Side Story Movie

[GClef2]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:54pm

Marie Christine OBC....absolutely gorgeous.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:11pm

"They do have a cd, ya know.. "

Yeah, I know. But why spend $20 on something I already have just to have it on a thin circle of plastic? When my tape wears out, THEN I'll have a reason to get the CD. It would just be a waste of my money (and I've heard the CD with a friend, so don't try to give me any crap about the sound quality being better).

[TheMecca]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:31pm

The Sweeney Todd revival. It's a flawless recording.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 4:41pm

The Wild Party (Lippa)
The Light in the Piazza

That's honestly it.

[stePHANIE 814]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 5:05pm

The Last 5 Years- Absolute perfection and my ultimate favorite! I listen to this atleast 3 times all the way through within a week.
DRS
Avenue Q
The Wedding Singer
RENT (OBCR and movie soundtrack)
tick,tick..BOOM!

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 6:34pm

My Fair Lady (1956)
Into the Woods (1987)
Gypsy (2003)
The Light in the Piazza (2005)

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 7:17pm

The Wedding Singer
Phantom of the Opera
Titanic

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 7:48pm

Whoa! I TOTALLY forgot Parade!

Ahem:

The Last 5 Years
tick, tick...BOOM!
Parade

The Last 5 Years especially. In every song, both of their voices are completely up to par. Not to mention with Jason Robert Brown's incredible music and lyrics, why would you WANT to skip any of the songs. Love love LOVE it.