THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording- Page 5

[CATSNYrevival]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#100

Posted: 1/18/13 at 7:41pm

^I agree. They don't seem to realize that it is two different releases.

[tazber]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#101

Posted: 1/19/13 at 11:06am

For the record (pun intended) the OBCR has 5 "Out on a Limerick"s,
7 confessions and no Perfect Stranger reprises.

If you look closely at the top of the comments section on amazon it indicated that these reviews are referring to the OBCR.

I'm sure they simply have it mis-listed as one disc. I pre-oredered from them so I'll let you know a week from Tuesday.

....but the world goes 'round

[jacobsnchz14]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#102

Posted: 1/19/13 at 11:14am

Why must a week from Tuesday feel like a long way off?! lol. I pre-ordered it from Amazon, too... Barnes & Noble has it listed about the same price, but I can get 2-day free shipping on Amazon and have it the day it's released...

Anxiously awaiting samples/previews!!
Updated On: 1/19/13 at 11:14 AM

[Kelly2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#103

Posted: 1/19/13 at 12:02pm

Can we get a full first-listen on this like the Book of Mormon cast recording? I'm still hoping it'll pop up in the theatre sooner than the 29th...

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[dramamama611]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#104

Posted: 1/19/13 at 12:14pm

As a prime member, I ordered it from Amazon as well, and will have it on the day of release. (Which I think is pretty awesome, no matter how many times I take advantage of it.)

If it turns out to ONLY be a one, I'll just send it back.

Can't wait.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[jacobsnchz14]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#105

Posted: 1/19/13 at 12:24pm

I'm sure it'll be 2 disc... we've seen Betsy Wolfe's photo and DRG has no information about a single disc... Same here about Amazon Prime!

EDIT: From Twitter...

@wolkitout
Very excited that the new Drood CD's are on sale at the theatre! I need one! @broadwayspotted

@alice_sings
All right. I am officially banning myself from listening to the Drood cast album until Monday. #obsessivenesscanbecontrolled

Updated On: 1/19/13 at 12:24 PM

[Kelly2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#106

Posted: 1/19/13 at 12:37pm

Are they really? Because I will go...

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[CATSNYrevival]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#107

Posted: 1/19/13 at 1:44pm

That would be awesome if they are. Someone get me one.
Updated On: 1/19/13 at 01:44 PM

[gstrus2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#108

Posted: 1/19/13 at 1:55pm

Hopefully they are! I'll definitely grab one tomorrow!

[Kelly2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#109

Posted: 1/19/13 at 1:56pm

They are indeed selling them! Took a brisk walk and picked mine up about 20 minutes ago.

Be warned, the price at the theatre is highway robbery. 35 bucks!

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[dramamama611]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#110

Posted: 1/19/13 at 1:59pm

I can wait for the release. (I almost never buy cds at the theater.)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Blockhead24]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#111

Posted: 1/19/13 at 2:02pm

yikes! i don't need it that badly

[jacobsnchz14]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#112

Posted: 1/19/13 at 2:06pm

I do! Lol. Too bad I'm nowhere near the east coast...

[CATSNYrevival]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#113

Posted: 1/19/13 at 2:13pm

Kelly2, I'm so jealous. You don't even know.

[Kelly2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#114

Posted: 1/19/13 at 2:16pm

For those curious, the lovers' reprise is broken up into three different couples each sharing a few lines in the short song. The couples are Puffer and Deputy, Neville and Helena, and Rosa and Durdles.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[dramamama611]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#115

Posted: 1/19/13 at 2:21pm

For less than 1/2 that price, I'll have it in my possession in a little more than a week. And I can listen to the ORIGINAL on SPotify.

And I can live vicariously through Kelly2.

HOW DOES IT SOUND????

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

Updated On: 1/19/13 at 02:21 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#116

Posted: 1/19/13 at 2:25pm

I'd there any sort of "word from the chairman"-type track?

[Kelly2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#117

Posted: 1/19/13 at 2:28pm

Admittedly, I haven't listened all the way through yet so these are just scattered thoughts tarnished by my shameless love for this show. The orchestrations sound different in places than what I remember hearing in the theatre? Not in a bad way, but there are definite accents in, for example "Ceylon/A British Subject", that are unfamiliar to me.

Overall it sounds wonderful so far, I always wish that the orchestra could be a bit larger and there are a few songs where I think some of the "sound effects" cheapen the quality of the track, but I have no complaints. I'll try to be more eloquent after I've actually listened to it fully.

Jacob- no. There is no track like that. I thought that would be the voting reprise of "Don't Quit While You're Ahead", but it's not.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

Updated On: 1/19/13 at 02:28 PM

[Kelly2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#118

Posted: 1/19/13 at 5:55pm

This is petty: I CANNOT believe they didn't include the "Ladies and gentlemen, it was at this point in our story that Charles Dickens laid down his pen forever" line at the end of the "Don't Quit While You're Ahead" reprise. Really!? Come on...

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[jacobsnchz14]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#119

Posted: 1/19/13 at 7:06pm

I figured the Lovers' reprise would be some sort of "medley" of the pairings. Glad to see Deputy and Puffer's love has been preserved! And the incestuous Landless twins!!

[Michael Bennett]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#120

Posted: 1/19/13 at 9:36pm

This is even more of a stupid question - did they ever restore the full musical interlude to "There you Are?" -- I have no idea why they trimmed that....

[nasty_khakis]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#121

Posted: 1/19/13 at 9:48pm

I can't wait for people to...um...share this! and hopefully soon!

[TheBalladeer]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#122

Posted: 1/20/13 at 11:39am

Do you think they'd let you walk to the merch stand while the show is going on? Or do I have to wait till after, or at the intermission today?

Cheers,
The Balladeer

"Someone tell the story...Someone sing the song...."

[Kelly2]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#123

Posted: 1/20/13 at 11:43am

"Do you think they'd let you walk to the merch stand while the show is going on? Or do I have to wait till after, or at the intermission today?"

I would wait until after or at intermission, personally.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[mFabila]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is getting a cast recording#124

Posted: 1/20/13 at 11:47am

When you went yesterday, was it before the matinee?