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Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:17pm

What would you say is the rarest cast recording you own?

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:21pm

I have a couple of those deleted Polydor recordings: Whoop-Up, Mystery of Edwin Drood with the multiple confessions and Dick Datcherys, Johnny Johnson, etc.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:23pm

Kwamina, Tenderloin, Sail Away...

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:33pm

I have a CD that has the original cast of SHOW BOAT, SUNNY and LIDO LADY. There's about 8-9 songs from each show. It's very crackly. It's from 1928 i believe.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:29pm

So what would you say is the "holy grail" of all rare cast recordings? I'm just curious.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:30pm

Well Whoop-Up, Drood, and the Dench A Little Night Music seem to fetch the most money on Ebay.

Whoop-Up
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (both versions)
A Little Night Music (RNT revival recording)
King David
A Doll's Life
The Capeman (unreleased 2-disc complete recording)
Sweeney Todd (Barcelona Cast Recording)
Mack and Mabel (1995 London revival)
Sweet Charity (Juliet Prowse)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Vanessa Williams)
The King and I (Elaine Paige)
Violet
Tenderloin
110 in the Shade
Wildcat

That's just a small few...

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:41pm

Wicked OBC!!

....just kidding...

*runs away*

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:46pm

Yeah, I figured Wicked was the rarest of them all.

I know the answer changes from time to time with reissues coming out occasionally. I was just wondering what was considered hard to find these days. I'm a wimpy collector by comparison to some of you, but I have (probably) more than my fair share at least.

Thanks for all the info!

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:50pm

*Mystery of Edwin Drood (OBC w/ multiple endings)
*Sweet Charity (Debbie Allen)
*110 in the Shade
*Kiss of the Spider Woman (Vanessa Williams)- Wow...I didn't even know this would be considered rare. Thanks MEF.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:51pm

Sweet Charity with Debbie Allen is going to be reissued next month.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 6:01pm

I have A Little Night Music with Judi Dench, had no idea it is rare. Also King David.
Is The Goodbye Girl rare?

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 6:03pm

Nope, both the Broadway and London casts are still in print.

#14

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 6:06pm

Take Me Along

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 6:22pm

Wow, some of the ones mentioned here I didn't even know were rare! I knew I had something in the Mystery of Edwin Drood and King David Cds (though I don't listen to either very often), but 110 in the Shade? Really? Kiss of the Spider Woman with Vanessa Williams?

Another one I have that I know is worth something is the newer Saturday Night Cd with the misspelling of Sondheim's name on the sleeve.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 7:38pm

The Chicago Australian Cast Recording is really expensive too, Jerome Robbins' Broadway and Grease with Brooke Shields are very rare too.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 9:34pm

Wow, you actually named one that I have... Jerome Robbins' Broadway. I had no idea it was rare. I picked it up used a few years ago for six bucks. (Double CD)

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 9:39pm

SIX BUCKS? I'll buy it from you for 10! I've been looking for this CD, they have it on Amazon I think but last time I checked it was sort of expensive or they didnt have it in stock.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 10:19pm

Actually i dont know how rare it is cuz I have it as well. I also have phantom (colm wilkinson though not sure if thats rare) I also have the origial cast recording of Windy City.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 10:42pm

Drood and King David...party on.

I totally want the Dench little night music.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 10:46pm

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Unreleased Cast Album

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:02pm

Supposedly the OOBC recording of "Zanna Don't" will become a rarity once it's reworked for Broadway.
And I don't know how rare it is, but I have the CD of "Gilda Live."

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:10pm

OBC of Chess

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:43pm

RIVERWIND

And ZANNA, DON'T will come to Broadway when Birnam Woods will come to Dunsinane.

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:54pm

Hello Dolly w/Pearl Bailey. Is that considered rare?

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