PROMISES, PROMISES - OCR NEW 2 CD SET HEAD'S UP- Page 5
PROMISES, PROMISES - OCR NEW 2 CD SET HEAD'S UP
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1002 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/2/10 at 10:34pmIt's not available - I've stated the reasons already - basically they can't find any paperwork and if they can't find paperwork, they can't license. I did transfer the tapes just in case that ever changes. It's a very different-sounding recording - and while it sounds okay, it's not as dynamic, sound-wise, as you remember :) It has some very nice things on it, but it's not quite as much fun as the original OCR.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#1012 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/2/10 at 10:38pmI ordered this last week and am thrilled that it is going out early. What sort of postage is being used for overseas orders? Please don't tell me seamail. I'm in Australia.
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1022 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/2/10 at 11:24pmI've never heard of seamail but I like it, whatever it is. Overseas goes out air mail first class. Depending on what country it can take anywhere from four or five days to a couple of weeks. There is no predicting, unfortunately.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#1042 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/2/10 at 11:51pmThanks for the reply, BK. (Seamail takes 7 weeks!).
#1052 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/3/10 at 10:16am
Here are some scans of the actual set:
FRONT COVER: 
BACK COVER: 
FIRST DISC: 
SECOND DISC: 
INSIDE INLAY: 
BACK COVER OF INLAY: 
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1062 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/3/10 at 5:33pmMine still hasn't arrived. Now with the holiday I can only hope that it arrives on Tuesday.
#1072 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/3/10 at 5:57pmI received mine today. Listening to it now, and it is truly a new experience. Of course, my prior listenings have been the lp. But, I love it. That 1968 recording was always one of my favorites. Got to admit, too, that I love the revival. Sean should have won the Tony, just as Jerry did.
#1082 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/3/10 at 11:25pm
Wow! It really does sound incredible.
Jill O'Hara is a total goddess, I wish this woman recorded more in her prime.
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1112 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/5/10 at 5:05pm
Might this brimming success go towards getting A Time For Singing going? Just ascertaining. =)
Jim: Does the first disc of the set sound authentic to your years of listening only to the LP? I have the LP, but have not listened to it in years, and feel more acquainted with the Ryko disc.
With Irma you gotta do something!
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1122 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/5/10 at 5:34pmIf mine doesn't arrive tomorrow I'll have a nervous breakdown.
#1132 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/5/10 at 5:43pm
For those who don't already have this set there is still hope. Footlight.com has 50 copies for sale beginning July 6th. Price is $19.95. Get it before they are all gone. I'm going to purchase another one and keep it unopened for safe keeping.
PROMISES, PROMISES LINK AT FOOTLIGHT.COM
Updated On: 7/5/10 at 05:43 PM
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1142 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/5/10 at 5:56pm
Also still available at
http://screenarchives.com/
Footlights, for whatever wacko reason, only took fifty - that, after they sold three hundred Anya and Illya Darling. Sometimes I just scratch my head and wonder. Of course, NOW he'd love to get more and NOW he won't be :) Screen Archives took quite a bit more (175) and their service is second to none.
Updated On: 7/5/10 at 05:56 PM
#1152 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/5/10 at 6:09pm
He's smoking something over there at Footlight.
I ordered from him recently and was told my card was being declined even though my bank was authorizing and it was showing up on my statement. The charges eventually dropped off but he was definetly getting approval. So I've just given up on him and Footlight. With the wideness of the internet, there's nothing there that I can't get somewhere else these days.
I've also recently discovered the Original Cast items are on DeepDiscount.com for cheaper and free shipping. And they have to deal with him not me!
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
Updated On: 7/5/10 at 06:09 PM
#1162 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/5/10 at 7:43pmI purchased my second copy from Footlight and have had absolutely no problems with my order.
#1172 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 4:19am
Mine came today (to Australia). So quick!
Listening to the first disc now...can't wait to hear the second; "our little secret" is hard to listen to!
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 7/6/10 at 04:19 AM
#1182 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 1:36pm
Thank you for the scans, Carlos -- and thank you again, Bruce, for this ridiculously fun, well-deserved remastering. It's like hearing the score for the first time all over again. I love the revival recording, but you've insured that the world has a definitive OCR, with that sound that could ONLY have been captured during the period.
In particular, the work you did on "Where Can You Take A Girl" is incredible. That song had always been my one skipped track on the OCR, and it wasn't until I heard the tight, bouncy rendition in the revival that I could appreciate it. Unless my ears deceive me, you've managed to not only bring those four original singers in tune, but you've managed to fix the fact that they always sounded at least a half-a-beat behind the orchestra. It's now one of my favorite songs in the whole score.
...still listening...still discovering....
Updated On: 7/6/10 at 01:36 PM
#1192 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 1:52pmUgh. I had the CDs delivered to my partner's work on campus where I work but instead of visiting me and dropping it off he went home sick and took the package with him. 6 more hours without the remastered Promises! Heeeeelp.
With Irma you gotta do something!
#1212 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 3:08pm
hehe, It's the last straw!
(got a second Promises from Screen Archives, btw, along with some other goodies like the season two soundtrack of Twin Peaks. woot.)
With Irma you gotta do something!
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1222 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 6:35pm
Where Can You Take a Girl was a trial, but we got it as good as it's gonna get. The problem was all four men were singing on one mic, and they were never flat in quite the same way - but we were just really careful and fixed as much as we could - it's much better than it was, that's for sure.
We just got a rave review here:
http://theseconddisc.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/review-promises-promises-original-mgm-broadway-cast-recording/
Updated On: 7/6/10 at 06:35 PM
#1232 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 7:49pmColor me stupid. I just realized bk is the creator of THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL, a film that by the way was a staple of HBO back in the day and a great source of laughter for me. I stumbled onto the film quite by accident when I was about 9 or 10 and have been a fan ever since.
#1242 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 8:04pm
Got mine today, and am listening to it now. It really is a revelation.
But I do have to wonder, why was the original riddled with flat notes throughout? I understand that cast albums are recorded in a day or two and there is very little if any time for retakes, but these are professional musical theatre performers.
Just wondering why this particular cast recording had so many flubs. I mean, when Jerry Orbach's pitch has to be corrected, something's really wrong.
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