PETITION: The 2022 Broadway Revival Cast of COMPANY Should Record & Release Its Own Cast Album! — Page 3

OhHiii said: "Though I loathe to validate anything Brody posts on this board, I've heard this too as part of a conversation around cast recording that took place back in 2019/2020. The London recording label does indeed hold exclusive rights to recording this production, but they were trying to work around that by exploring an EP of Katrina's numbers and a couple others. They did the London recording on the cheap (as can be gleaned by the quality of the mixing and production), and with that they stupidly signed their lives away.

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Such depressing news, especially given the cheap quality and mixing of the London album, as you said. I do wonder why Chris Harper allowed an awful deal like that.

It’s truly adorable how y’all think something like a petition will get the performers together to make a cast recording. So much goes into the recording, and Patti is already on the London recording. Did they make a new recording when Idina Menzel opened the London company of Wicked? It’s not necessary, as amazing as it would be. I think it’s being greedy.

The majority of live theater is "erased from history to the public." While I'd like a cast recording as well, the memory of Company can live on in the minds of those who have seen it (or will see it on tour), and numerous cast recordings and videos also remain available.

Amusing how it’s already been explained in detail why there won’t be a Broadway Cast Recording yet many keep rehashing theories and what-ifs.

TotallyEffed said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Amusing how it’s already been explained in detail why there won’t be a Broadway Cast Recording yet many keep rehashing theories and what-ifs. "

My Uber is stuck in traffic. It happens.

Amusing that you said you were done commenting on it and yet here you are, commenting on it.

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Not recording this show will mean the production and performances bar Patti’s will basically be erased from history to the public.

That's beyond ridiculous. It will be erased from history even though there is a London recording of the same exact show? Even though it won five Tony Awards recently? Company will always be done all over the world and no one will forget this revival happened.

However, a good example of what you're talking about would be the West Side Story revival they attempted in 2019. It closed after 3 months due to Covid, it never reopened, there was never a recording made and it was never eligible for the Tonys. It's like it never, ever happened.

Shakespeare found dead, forgotten, and irrelevant.


(Just teasing, I reaaaalllly want them to do a Company album as well)

OhHiii said: "Though I loathe to validate anything Brody posts on this board, I've heard this too as part of a conversation around cast recording that took place back in 2019/2020. The London recording label does indeed hold exclusive rights to recording this production, but they were trying to work around that by exploring an EP of Katrina's numbers and a couple others. They did the London recording on the cheap (as can be gleaned by the quality of the mixing and production), and with that they stupidly signed their lives away.

^ You know why I like this here post? It's informative, it speaks to the truth but best of all it doesn't have that "I-Know-It-All-And-You-Don't-Condescending-Talking-Down-To-You" tone to it.

Not to yuck y'all's yum (although I suppose to do exactly that), I cannot imagine any circumstance where I'd rather listen to Katrina than Rosalie Craig. For me, these voices don't even compare.

CarlosAlberto said: “You know why I like this here post? It's informative, it speaks to the truth but best of all it doesn't have that "I-Know-It-All-And-You-Don't-Condescending-Talking-Down-To-You" tone to it."

Pre-Orders start this Monday. Only a limited quantity will be made.

ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "It’ll be a true shame if a production this fantastic never gets an official recording of any kind. I can’t put my finger on it, but that London recording just feels so lacking."

I had a similar "argument" on here a while back about a US Six cast recording...

The Six situation is even worse as I don't even think they did a cast recording for the London Six cast. It was listed on iTumes as a "studio recording" and I think the recording was done before the London production and is not that cast either.

The "argument" was... why do a US cast recording when there is a cast recording already?

Follow up to that - a new Six Live - Original Broadway Cast was released earlier this month.