Random CDs!!!

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 5:50pm

Ok, I know we have all of these "What CDs should I get?" posts, blah, blah. But, I am compiling a list of CDs that only people who are completely obsessed with Broadway would have. Like shows that lasted about two seconds and most people haven't heard of, that type of thing. I know most of you know many of these shows, because you are always talking about shows I have never heard of! If you could help me out it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 6:00pm

A lot of people haven't heard of anything Jason Robert Brown has written (Songs for a New World, The Last 5 Years, Parade), which is a shame, because he is such a great writer. Bat Boy didn't last that long either, but I suppose you're looking for some things that are more obscure.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 6:26pm

Ewww... you wanna know what's random... David Spencer's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA CD. It's at AMAZON. It's the most kiddy, cartoon version of PHANTOM I've ever heard... think preschool version only slightly entertaining with a Disney like score, only nobody at Disney would ever write it....

It's out of stock, but you can listen to clips....
click here

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 6:35pm

Ummm right, cause that's what I wanted.... lol

[kitkatgirl54]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 6:57pm

hmmm ... get 'the fix.' it's something not very many people have heard of because it was only in london .. the whole thing is not GREAT, but there are definitely a few great songs on it. John Barrowman can be off-key at times, but is good for the part .. Kathryn Evans as the mom is completely awesome. It's about .. the glam side of politics, i guess you might say.. :) check it out, listen to the clips on amazon, if you like it, it's a good addition that not too many people have.

also hey it's directed by sam mendes and he wouldn't pick up a bad project, right?

l.
'the fix' at amazon Updated On: 5/22/04 at 06:57 PM

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 7:04pm

Wow, that CD actually sounds really cool, especially because my family is completely engrossed in politics... lol Thanks!

[wildparty20]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 7:29pm

Here's a list of some of my favorite random recordings...

Ruthless (Laird), The Grass Harp (Richardson), The It Girl (McKibbins), Thou Shalt Not (Connick), Wings (Lunden), After The Fair (Ward), Little By Little (Ross), Trouble In Tahiti (Bernstein), Coco (Previn), Twelfth Night (Tesori), Applause (Strouse), Sugar (Styne), I Am Anne Frank (Cohen), How Now Dow Jones (E. Bernstein), Wildcat (Coleman), Christine (Fain), Let 'Em Eat Cake (Gershwin), Of Thee I Sing (Gershwin), Balancing Act (Goggin), Dear World (Herman), Fiorello (Bock), New Girl In Town (Merrill), Grind (Grossman), Goldilocks (Anderson), Allegro (Rodgers), Me & Juliet (Rodgers), A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Schwartz), Desert Song (Romberg), Rags (Strouse), Annie Warbucks (Strouse), Nick & Nora (Strouse), All American (Strouse), Pipe Dream (Rodgers), Purlie (Geld), Centennial Summer (Kern), Very Good Eddie (Kern), High Spirits (Grey/Martin), As Thousands Cheer (Berlin), Late Nite Comic, Leave It To Jane (Kern), The New Moon (Romberg), Tenderloin (Bock), Golden Boy (Strouse), Bajour (Marks), Collette Collage (Schmidt), Weird Romance (Menken)...

Some are more random than others, and some are "cult-y" kind of popular, but after looking through my collection for you, I think I gave you plenty to start with! Some are good, some are awful, and some have only a song or two worthwhile, but all are recordings that most people won't have in their collections.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 9:03pm

Rarely mentioned recordings I enjoy (I consulted my list):

A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
Allegro
Goldilocks
Flahooley
Fiorello
Metropolis
Redhead
The Magic Show
The Baker's Wife
The Most Happy Fella
Do Re Mi
Tenderloin
New Girl in Town
Take Me Along
Milk and Honey
The Grand Tour
Plain and Fancy
The Gay Life
Lucky Stiff
Rags
Annie Warbucks
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Canterbury Tales
The Human Comedy
Kristina Fran Duvemala
The Witches of Eastwick
The Beautiful Game
Song of Singapore
Forever Plaid
In Trousers
Weird Romance
Romance/Romance
A Tree Grow in Brooklyn
Pipe Dream
Me and Julet
70 Girls 70
Flora the Red Menace
The Rink
Amour
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Anyone Can Whistle
The Rothschilds
Bajour
Barnum
I Love My Wife
Hallelujah Baby
Purlie
Ben Franklin in Paris
Big
Blitz
Dear World
Dude
Eating Raoul
Hello Again
The Golden Apple
The Girl in Pink Tights
Half a Sixpence
Heathcliff
High Button Shoes
Fift Million Frenchmen
Nymph Errant
High Spirits
Honk
How Now Dow Jones
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road
Irma La Douce
Miss Liberty
It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Kwamina
Skyscraper
The Last Session
Leader of the Pack
Legs Diamond
Little Me
Mack and Mabel
Marie Christine
Martin Guerre
Moby Dick
Mr. President
Mr. Wonderful
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Nick and Nora
Nightingale
Oh Brother
Oh Captain
On the Twentieth Century
Paint Your Wagon
Raisin
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Sail Away
Sarafina
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
Shenandoah
Snoopy
Starmites
Tommy
Top Banana
What Makes Sammy Run?
Where's Charley?
Wildcat
Windy City
Woman of the Year
Zorba
Pump Boys and Dinettes
The Will Rogers Follies
My Favorite Year
Once on This Island
Ain't Misbehavin'

Updated On: 5/22/04 at 09:03 PM

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 10:09pm

Wowzers... I definitely don't think I need any more after you two!! I will be buying those CDs til my death day! Thanks!

[bwaymargie]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 11:11pm

Elegies:A Song Cycle and A New Brain. William Finn is a musical genius. He writes the best ballads in the history of ballad-writing. I rave about him to my friends and they go "HUH?" I feel so misunderstood. someone feel my pain!

[boborunstheshow]

Posted: 5/22/04 at 11:20pm

You might like "is there life after high school"
i posted before that i didn't much like this musical, but something happened to change it. Its a good show

[Plum]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 12:52am

I've only heard Falsettos, but I'll support you, margie. :)

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 2:40pm

A New Brain is wonderful. It is one of the few shows I never got tired of performing. I'm not as big a fan of Elegies, though. Falsettos is brilliant! One of the most touching and funny scores in the last few decades. It should be performed more often.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 4:56pm

Elegies for Angel Punks and Raging Queens
great great music.


Now I have some odd shows I thought but Mister Matt... You and I are very much alike....


Blood Brothers
Goya
Metropolis
Which Witch
The Fix
Witches of Eastwick

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 5:16pm

I never finished listening to Which Witch. It has some decent music, but from what I heard the production was just way too bizarre and poorly staged to survive. I like a couple of songs from The Fix, but not the whole thing.

Interesting little fact. In the production of A New Brain I did (I was the Minister), the woman who played Gordo's mother used to babysit William Finn when she was a teenager.

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 6/2/04 at 7:49pm

Hey, ok, I have another question... is there some other website then amazon to get these CDs, cause amazon doesn't have most of them... they are awfully random, just like I asked for...

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 6/2/04 at 7:55pm

You might want to try http://www.colonymusic.comhttp://www.colonymusic.com>http://www.colonymusic.com or http://www.bn.comhttp://www.bn.com>http://www.bn.com . If not, you can always try eBay!

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 6/2/04 at 7:57pm

Thanks BroadwayDiva. I am looking at half.com at the moment, and there is some good stuff there, it is just hard for me to trust that the CDs will be good, you know?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/2/04 at 8:26pm

Here are two best sites for new releases and hard-to-find recordings (in any media) on any label:

http://www.footlight.com/index.cfm

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[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/2/04 at 8:27pm

Also try Footlight. They have a great selection and their prices are MUCH more reasonable than Colony. You can also find some of these CDs on Ebay.
http://footlight.com/

[ActionBoy]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 3:59am

My favorites... I suppose most of these have been mentioned, but they are the cream of the crop and deserve to be mentioned again!

HONK!
Closer Than Ever
The Apple Tree
Romance/Romance
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Margie-- do you have Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn, Live at Joe's Pub? If not, buy it now. It's definitely worth it. A PLETHORA of brilliant performances of all great music.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 6:54am

2 more to add to your list: Seesaw and
Baby

Updated On: 6/3/04 at 06:54 AM

[otterpop]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:04pm

Glad to see Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens was mentioned in this thread. Love the show and especially the music. Does anyone know where I can buy a cd/cast recording of the songs from Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens?

[wickedfan330]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:06pm

add wicked to the list...i thought that wickeds cd was spine tingling, basically b/c of cheno and menzy

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:11pm

*slaps above poster*