Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#0Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:41pm
I checked Tower Records today and it wasn't there. On amazon and tower and the bww.com release dates, they all have 2/14. However I haven't heard any follow up on anything since that date was announced.
Please anyone with info maybe clue us in to this latest dilemma. I've waited since last May for this as I'm sure some of you have too.
#1re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:26pm
It seems as though they have been delayed again, Michael Bennett mentioned it earlier today in another thread, and they are no longer on the "upcoming releases" on ATC. All in all it does not look good.
Which makes me miserable, I have been waiting since early last year as well.
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#2re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:32pmHow tragic, legendary shows such as these deserve better. Instead of being pushed off, they should be preserved and given better treatment
#3re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:33pm
I posted this info on another message last week - they have AGAIN been delayed. Word is now "possibly" April. Seems SONY/BMG didn't bother to tell any of their retailers.
Since SONY and BMG merged in 2004 there have been some distribution problems with non-pop product. Many classic Broadway casts were showing as no longer available in their computer system, even though they were and are available. (Titles like MY FAIR LADY, KISMET, PAJAMA GAME.)
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#4re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:39pm
It sucks the only kind of music I make a fuss about is in the minority of record labels other than RCA/victor and shk-a-boom. We always get screwed over 
Oh well See What I Wanna See in 3 weeks. March 7th!
#5re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:44pmSWIWS is supposed to be shipping this week if you purchase it on sh-k-boom.com..silver lining,perhaps?
#6re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:54pm
It's so upsetitng to the people that actually buy this.
Funny story. While shopping with "C," we went to order Sunday and when we said the full title, the guy was like "Is that Geroge Harrison?"
I was like "No. It's not. It's a musical."
To Kill A Mockingbird
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#7re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:10pmlol Thanks Broadwaygiant I just ordered SWIWS. Excitation can now begin!
#8re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:05pm
I've been waiting for Merrily foreverrrrr ughhhhhhhh
I feel your pain, C is for Company
#9re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:14pm
Wait just a second.
WHAT?!
Did amazon.com remove them from the site altogether???
#10re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:14pm
Wait just a second.
WHAT?!
Did amazon.com remove them from the site altogether???
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#11re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:22pmUgh some things I couldn't wait for. Merrily I got the original copy that the local library had and d/l about 5/7 of Sunday cause I couldn't wait over the summer. But stiiiill I want nice copies to buy and have cases for.
BobbyRobbyBobbyBaby
Stand-by Joined: 4/15/05
#12re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:50pmI went to Virgin today and it was no where to be found. I knew this would happen.
#13re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:10amI was at Tower records today too and they were all "Oh it's not out yet" and I was all "Damn you" so I bought something else.
joey
#14re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:19amAmazon, and other sites have removed it from their listings. I'd stop holding your breath. Sadly, I don't think these will happen anytime soon. But I'd love to be wrong.
#15re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:22amAre you really going to stop holding my breath? Finally.
joey
#16re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:25amHon, if I held your breath I'd be arrested.
#17re: Sondheim remasters delay, please tell me no
Posted: 2/15/06 at 1:28amWould you? Not if you buried me deep under the floorboards.
joey
#18Sony/BMG says March 20th
Posted: 2/8/07 at 9:38pm
Sony/BMG has announced March 20th as the release date for teh remastered editiosn of SWEENEY TODD, MERRILLY WE ROLL ALONG, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and INTO THE WOODS.
Let's hope they actually do get released this time!!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#19Sony/BMG says March 20th
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:05pmCrossing my fingers for the 6th time. Wow, May '05? Damn almost 2 years I've been waiting now! Not that I don't have all of them, but I want mooooooooooooore! And no, that was not a reference to that other show that did not get released. But if it was, I'm sorry.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#20Sony/BMG says March 20th
Posted: 2/9/07 at 12:37amOMG FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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