PROMISES, PROMISES - OCR NEW 2 CD SET HEAD'S UP- Page 7
PROMISES, PROMISES - OCR NEW 2 CD SET HEAD'S UP
SweeneyPhanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 1/4/06
#1502 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 3:54pm
This is probably a stupid question, but I'm going to ask it anyway: If I don't already own a recording of "Promises, Promises," is this the recording to own?
(Your answers will help me justify the little splurge this would be, so...)
-- SDG
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#1512 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 4:14pm
READ the first post of this thread. Also, re-read EVERY single post on this thread.
If THJOS doesn't more than answer your question... I don't know what will. 
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1522 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 7:57pmHoping Morosco finally got his copy. If not, please drop me a line at kritzerland at gmail dot com.
#1532 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/9/10 at 11:32pmYes Sweeney this is the definitive Promises OBCR release and well worth the splurge (I'd call it an investment). And if you need money in a few years you could probably fetch a good price for it on EBAY.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1542 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/10/10 at 12:14am
Well I finally have the Kritzerland Promises, Promises in my hands and I can't possibly put into words how astonishing this release is. What first blew me away was the clarity and depth of the sound. It sounds as if it were recorded yesterday!
A couple of things that spring to mind. I nearly jumped out of my chair when I suddenly heard, seemingly for the first time, those muted trumpets after Orbach sings the line I'm gonna buy me a hat in the song "Our Little Secret". And the solo trumpet at the beginning of "Where Can You Take A Girl" sounds as if someone is here in front of me playing it live!
There are far too many stunning moments to post here. I haven't even begun to praise the vocals! Damn they sound good. (I can't stop listening to that amazing note O'Hara holds at the end of the last track.
I'm simply exhausted from having multiple eargasms tonight.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1552 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/10/10 at 12:25amOh...and you know how you usually have a favorite little tiny moment on a cast recording that you just love? My favorite moment is when the strings come in with their counter-melody as O'Hara sings climbing hills and rowing boats during "You'll Think of Someone". Sublime.
#1562 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/10/10 at 1:14amSween: This reissue has all the dimension and luster of a classic Columbia cast recording. The MGM version sounds like how a film score sound engineer might think a cast album should sound. The second disc is amazing but I think the first disc is such a precious little jewel. I and my ears are so grateful.
With Irma you gotta do something!
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1572 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/11/10 at 12:56amBruce, do you know how many musicians there were in the studio for the recording? Was it the same number of musicians for the recording as there were for the Shubert pit?
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1582 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/11/10 at 1:31amI don't know for sure - I think the pit band probably had about twenty-four or five players - that was the norm back then. They may have added a few strings but it actually doesn't sound like it to me. But boy were they great players - I'm sure hand-picked by Burt.
#1592 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/15/10 at 2:17am
This is such a shameless pipe-dream (but the consolation is your thread will be bumped again!)
But this '2D CD Set' has made me long for you to buy the JAY RECORDS Anyone Can Whistle tapes, master and release them! Guhhh, 'money money money'.
"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
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1602 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 12:43am
Here's Steve Suskin's review of the remixed Promises - enjoy!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/141471-ON-THE-RECORD-Promises-Promises-Then-and-Now/pg2
And you'll want to be at your computers early Monday morning - we have an announcement that will undoubtedly make some people very, very happy, me inlcuded :)
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1612 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 1:26pmI hope it's the London Promises Promises. If not, I'm sure whatever you have to tell us will be great news!
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1632 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 8:32pmBruce - nice column from Suskin, and all well deserved.
#1642 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 9:20pm
Don't toy with my Cast Album heart Bruce Kimmel!
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#1652 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 9:32pmI'm guessing A Time For Singing. Can't wait to find out!
With Irma you gotta do something!
#1662 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 9:42pm
I can't believe Cry for Us All hasn't sold out. I assumed that was on the top of most collector's list. Guess there's not as many of us around, these days. 
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#1672 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 11:36pmYes, exactly right. When I began my recording journey, if we issued any off-Broadway cast album, singer album, or reissue, the minimum we'd sell is 3000. Today, no. Promises really shocked me in terms of how fast it went - even Illya and Anya took three months to sell their 1000 copies. I suspect tomorrow's announcement to do swift business - at least that's the hope.
#1682 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 11:43pm
Oh you cast album tease! I'm sure I'll be happy whatever it is. Besides Regina I wasn't too impressed with Sony's recent reissue list. I'm sure you've got something great, as always!
I'm going to go listen to Cry for Us All again to tide me over!
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#1692 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/25/10 at 11:49pmAnd I am also discouraged that the new crop of musical theatre fans (not all, but it seems most) don't give 2 figs about anything that came before Rent.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#1702 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/26/10 at 9:26amWell, *I* just got an exciting email!
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#1712 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/26/10 at 9:28amAnd it IS the London Promises - and it's ordered. What would we do without you, Bruce?
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#1732 CD SET HEAD'S UP
Posted: 7/26/10 at 9:53am
Well, I can't stop listening to BK's improved PP OCR. What a gem--I especially love, love, love the little bits that were left off in '68 and of course Jill O'Hara's take on the title tune.
Thank you, BK, for undertaking the project and doing such a masterful job--and for everything else you do for musical theater enthusiasts.
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