PROMISES, PROMISES - OCR NEW 2 CD SET HEAD'S UP- Page 6
PROMISES, PROMISES - OCR NEW 2 CD SET HEAD'S UP
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1252 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 8:32pm
If you saw Nudie at nine or ten, I hope it didn't warp you too badly :) Other than a warped sense of humor.
Re the original recording - it's a by-product of doing it in a day (not two days back then - one day). Orbach sings a LOT of the score, he'd been doing the show non-stop for months and it was recorded on their day off. There were many takes of each song, and they got it as good as they could and they had no way to keep going or to fix it. I'm just happy we finally did.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#1262 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 9:03pmOrdered mine last Wednesday, arrived here (Australia) Monday morning. Thrilled, thank you!
#1272 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 9:14pmWow, GREAT job on "A Fact Can be a Beautiful Thing". It no longer makes my ears bleed.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1282 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 10:27pmI still haven't recedived my copy! I ordered it the same day that bk started this thread.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1312 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/6/10 at 11:07pmMorosco - I wish we had some magical control over the USPS, but sadly they keep raising their rates and lowering their service. Someone on my site who lives in Olympia, Washington still hasn't received his copy, while someone who lives fifty miles from him has. Hopefully you'll get yours soon - all pre-orders were shipped last Wednesday morning, all at the same time at the same post office.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1332 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:30ambk, Bravo! There's nothing more to say except.....keep them coming!
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#1342 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:53am
Morosco, I go mine last Friday and I am in Richmond as well. How strange.
P.S. It is SOOOO worth the wait!
#1352 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:26amI ordered mine Friday morning and it was sitting on my kitchen table waiting for me this morning!
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#1362 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:51pm
I have it at last in my grip! Listened to both discs 3 times last night driving my partner and friend Theresa crazy, but it sounds so amazing I couldn't stop. I couldn't believe all the detail that was brought out of your mix. Everyone is going to say this, but it sounded like hearing it for the first time--actually, it was like hearing an all new recording of the same cast that had been lost to the ages.
Congrats on the rave review, bk! Well deserved. How have MGM and Co. responded, if I may ask? Varese?
With Irma you gotta do something!
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1372 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/7/10 at 6:01pm
Still no cd.
Bruce...when I contact the post office I'm assuming they will ask the following questions:
1) Was the CD shipped on 6/30?
2) What address was it shipped from?
3) What class was it shipped?
4) Any tracking number?
5) Any insurance?
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1382 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/7/10 at 6:22pm
As I've said repeatedly - if it was preordered prior to or on 6/30 it was shipped the morning of 6/30 - all copies went out. It was shipped from Kritzerland - our address is on our website. It was shipped first class. No tracking number and no insurance - impossible to do without raising our shipping costs.
If it's lost (and it's way too soon to make that assumption) then I have emergency copies here and can replace. My guess is it is sitting in your post office somewhere. Again, we have no control over whatever problems the USPS has. I wish it were otherwise.
#1392 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/8/10 at 1:14pm
Listening to the second cd on headphones at ok and I can't believe how beautiful this is! It's weird there won't be a Promises, Promises OBCR in the retail market in 6 months. Again, congratulations on the brilliant success! Orbach would be proud, and Bacharach should be as well.
With Irma you gotta do something!
Updated On: 7/8/10 at 01:14 PM
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#1402 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/8/10 at 1:48pmBacharach is still with us.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#1412 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/8/10 at 1:53pm*awkward*
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#1422 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/8/10 at 2:42pmI did not intend to imply that he is not with us still. Has he ever spoken up on the revival or this new recording? I assume he has moved on from this project, but I did read a piece with Hal David not too long ago.
With Irma you gotta do something!
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#1432 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:06pm
Burt Bacharach was extensively involved with the current 2010 Broadway revival of PROMISES, PROMISES. So much so, he has spoken about the 2 additions to the musical: "I Say a Little Prayer" and "A House is Not a Home" and why they were added. He approved their inclusion and stated that he always wanted "I Say a Little Prayer" in the show even back in 1968.
He also attended, as did Hal David, the revival's opening night:
#1442 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/8/10 at 5:09pmI haven't followed the revival closely so thank you for sharing. I had no idea he was so involved.
With Irma you gotta do something!
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1452 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 1:28am
I guess I can announce now - it will take effect at midnight tonight:
The response to the new remix and pitch-corrected version has been really overwhelming and positive - unfortunately, by the time the word began spreading the two CD set of 1000 copies had sold out, which left a lot of people out in the cold. So, after working out a special one time only deal with MGM (the rights' holder), I'm happy to say we're going to offer a re-pressing of the remix CD only - 1000 units - that way, anyone who didn't get the set can now, at least, have the remix version. The two CD set will retain its rarity since it's the only release of the original LP mix, and we're calling this re-pressing of the remix a second edition. Packaging remains the same, as does the price.
Ultimately, even though it may not sell out right away (then again, the quick sellout of the two CD set surprised me) I wanted this to be available for a while longer. So, as of midnight, those who missed out and want the remixed version that's been getting "wow" raves all over the Internet can have it if they act quickly. :)
#1462 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 1:06pm
Have there been more reviews available to read?
I can't get over how amazing the second disc sounds. You can actually hear distinctive voices on "Christmas Day" and the orchestral details are so rich. This may be rivaling Whoop-Up as the best cast album reissue ever. =)
With Irma you gotta do something!
#1472 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 1:13pm
Hey Bruce, I wanted to ask about the hidden track.
Is there a story about why that was recorded? Was it intended as a B-side to something...were they just playing around in the studio and wanted to do it?
Just curious. She sounds fantastic singing it. :)
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1482 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:57pmAt the end of the session, Bacharach sprung it on Jill and just asked her to go in and do it. Apparently she'd had a reprise of the song when the show was in tryouts. But they decided to only include what was in the show. Also, they only did one quick take - happily she was superb on it, although on the last note she went very sharp and then cracked a little at the VERY VERY end - I fixed the pitch and fixed the crack (something I'm really good at :) ) so now it's perfect. She sounds amazing.
#1492 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 3:08pm
Huh! I thought it might be something like that. Thanks for the info, AND for including it.
And my ears tell me that's not the only crack of hers you fixed. 
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