SOME LIKE IT HOT Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SOME-LIKE-IT-HOT-Will-Release-Original-Broadway-Cast-Recording-in-March-20230117

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Some Like It Hot will be recorded this month and released on March 24 on streaming and digital platforms worldwide, with physical release to follow. The album is produced by Scott M. Riesett and Marc Shaiman, co-produced by Charlie Rosen, Bryan Carter and Mary-Mitchell Campbell with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. Hunter Arnold, The Shubert Organization and Neil Meron are managers of SLIH Cast Album Limited Liability Company.

Track Listing:

1. What Are You Thirsty For?
2. You Can't Have Me (If You Don't Have Him)
3. Vamp!
4. I'm California Bound
5. A Darker Shade of Blue
6. Take It Up a Step
7. Zee Bap
8. At the Old Majestic Nickel Matinee
9. Poor Little Millionaire!
10. Some Like It Hot
11. Let's Be Bad
12. Dance the World Away
13. Fly, Mariposa, Fly
14. You Coulda Knocked Me Over with a Feather
15. He Lied When He Said Hello
16. Ride Out the Storm
17. Baby, Let's Get Good

Updated On: 1/17/23 at 10:26 AM

Very excited for this. I hope they do a vinyl issue - a girl can dream of a cast signing event a la Funny Girl, but I’ll settle for a physical release and stage dooring. :)

Still hoping we get this next week!

Is it just me or is this a really long wait for a cast recording? It almost feels like this show has come and gone already.

Charley Kringas Inc said: "Is it just me or is this a really long wait for a cast recording? It almost feels like this show has come and gone already."

The release schedule doesn't seem unusual when compared to some of the other musicals that opened around the same time...

Almost Famous - Opened 11/3/22 - cast recording release 4/20/23

Kimberly Akimbo - Opened 11/10/22 - cast recording release 2/13/23

KPOP - Opened 11/27/22 - cast recording release 5/8/23

Some Like It Hot - Opened 12/11/22 - cast recording release 3/24/23

Charley Kringas Inc said: "I guess it's only been three and a half months, I don't know why I keep feeling like SLIH opened earlier (long previews?)."

Because it feels like it is on its end? I hope not. This show needs the Tony.

Casey Garvin on as Spats Mulligan tonight (and for the rest of the weekend).

bk said: "I wonder what ever happened to, you know, recording the Monday after opening and having it out a couple of weeks later? That's the way it was always done. I don't understand the three-month lag, what's the point? To mix it to death? To take a week to record? To suck the life out of the recording?"

I’ll actually agree with you here. The Caroline, or Change revival recorded and released their cast album digitally in about four weeks with a physical release four weeks after that. And that was two days of recording and two CDs of material to mix. There’s no excuse for these other albums.

bk said: "I wonder what ever happened to, you know, recording the Monday after opening and having it out a couple of weeks later? That's the way it was always done. I don't understand the three-month lag, what's the point? To mix it to death? To take a week to record? To suck the life out of the recording?"

That lag is fairly typical these days, but it all depends on the show.

For example & Juliet opened 11/17/22 and their cast recording was released digitally on the same day (with the physical CD available on 12/9/22) and A Beautiful Noise opened on 12/4/22 with their cast recording available on 11/1/22 digitally and 11/30/22 on CD (rare case of cast recording being released before their actual Broadway opening night!). Of course, both shows had the benefit of playing out of town productions and, with both shows being jukebox musicals, they had a pretty much set song list.

Digital release is tomorrow!

SiriusXM On Broadway offered an exclusive sneak preview of the album today at noon.

Cannot wait to listen to this soon!

Listening now! So far, so good!

I listened to the album and, while no number grabbed me, it’s very well produced and the cast is certainly giving their all. I’m thinking it’s probably a lot of fun to see live if it moves along at a steady clip…