THE WIZ 2024 Broadway Cast Recording Thread

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/26/24 at 10:19am

Releases July 12! Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls

[silent]

Posted: 4/26/24 at 12:40pm

Cannot wait! The cast is so talented! I will be wearing this album out! 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/26/24 at 1:36pm

An album will probably play better than the show does when you just get the songs and the vocal performances divorced from the book and projections.

[joevitus]

Posted: 4/26/24 at 1:55pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Releases July 12! Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls"

Great news, thank you!

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 4/26/24 at 3:37pm

This cast is phenomenal, and I’m glad these performances and arrangements are being preserved. I already know I’ll be replaying this revival’s “If I Could Feel” more than I should. 

To whom it may concern: Please give us the full album. I actively mourn the almost-50-year-old original cast album’s omissions. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/17/24 at 3:22pm

Digital release has been moved up to June 14!

[bryan32]

Posted: 5/17/24 at 6:47pm

so when does the cast cd come out

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/5/24 at 8:11pm

“Home” and “Be a Lion” will be available to stream on Friday. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/5/24 at 8:16pm

bryan32 said: "so when does the cast cd come out"

Thanks Bry—you never fail to deliver, buddy. Don’t ever change. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/7/24 at 12:04am

Nichelle Lewis (Dorothy) performing “Home”:

Lewis, Avery Wilson (Scarecrow), Kyle Ramar Freeman (Lion), and Philip Johnson Richardson (Tinman) performing “Be a Lion”:

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/7/24 at 12:33am

Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. Overture / Soon As I Get Home (Preprise)
• 2. The Feeling We Once Had
• 3. The Tornado
• 4. He's the Wizard
• 5. Soon As I Get Home
• 6. You Can't Win
• 7. Slide Some Oil to Me
• 8. Mean Ole Lion
• 9. Ease On Down the Road
• 10. Be a Lion

 

• ACT II
• 11. Meet the Wizard
• 12. What Would I Do If I Could Feel
• 13. We're Gonna Make It
• 14. Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
• 15. Wonder, Wonder Why
• 16. Everybody Rejoice / Brand New Day
• 17. Y'All Got It
• 18. Ease On Down the Road (Reprise)
• 19. Believe In Yourself
• 20. Home

Updated On: 6/7/24 at 12:33 AM

[joevitus]

Posted: 6/7/24 at 1:24pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. Overture / Soon As I Get Home (Preprise)
• 2. The Feeling We Once Had
• 3. The Tornado
• 4. He's the Wizard
• 5. Soon As I Get Home
• 6. You Can't Win
• 7. Slide Some Oil to Me
• 8. Mean Ole Lion
• 9. Ease On Down the Road
• 10. Be a Lion

• ACT II
• 11. Meet the Wizard
• 12. What Would I Do If I Could Feel
• 13. We're Gonna Make It
• 14. Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
• 15. Wonder, Wonder Why
• 16. Everybody Rejoice / Brand New Day
• 17. Y'All Got It
• 18. Ease On Down the Road (Reprise)
• 19. Believe In Yourself
• 20. Home

"

Don't get that "preprise" (whatever that is) of "Home."Guess "Funky Monkeys," "Who Do You Think You Are?" and "A Rested Body is a Rested Mind" were dropped. *sigh* Wonder if "Believe in Yourself includes the Wiz's version as well as Glinda's.

[seaweedjstubbs]

Posted: 6/7/24 at 4:15pm

^ This production opens with Dorothy singing a bit of “Soon As I Get Home” to establish Dorothy feeling lonely now that she has moved to Kansas to live with Aunt Em after her parents died, so that’s the “Preprise.” All the other songs you mentioned were dropped for this production, and we only get Glinda’s version of “Believe In Yourself.” The Wiz is an unrepentant a**hole in this version.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 6/7/24 at 4:17pm

The two songs they released do sound great. I had a lot of problems with this production, but the vocals and orchestrations were truly stellar. Looking forward to the full album dropping.

[Malinda5000]

Posted: 6/7/24 at 4:37pm

joevitus said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. Overture / Soon As I Get Home (Preprise)
• 2. The Feeling We Once Had
• 3. The Tornado
• 4. He's the Wizard
• 5. Soon As I Get Home
• 6. You Can't Win
• 7. Slide Some Oil to Me
• 8. Mean Ole Lion
• 9. Ease On Down the Road
• 10. Be a Lion

• ACT II
• 11. Meet the Wizard
• 12. What Would I Do If I Could Feel
• 13. We're Gonna Make It
• 14. Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
• 15. Wonder, Wonder Why
• 16. Everybody Rejoice / Brand New Day
• 17. Y'All Got It
• 18. Ease On Down the Road (Reprise)
• 19. Believe In Yourself
• 20. Home

"

Don't get that "preprise" (whatever that is) of "Home."Guess "Funky Monkeys," "Who Do You Think You Are?" and "A Rested Body is a Rested Mind" were dropped. *sigh* Wonder if "Believe in Yourself includes the Wiz's version as well as Glinda's."

In the Album’s defense… the songs you mentioned are not on the Original 1975 recording either.

Just Saying!

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 7:14am

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 7:15am

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/13/24 at 10:13am

Releases on streaming platforms tomorrow. 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/13/24 at 8:11pm

Why is nearly every cast recording of The Wiz unwilling to record all three versions of Ease On Down the Road as they are performed in the show? Too repetitive?

But then there's a reprise of Ease On Down the Road in act two? I don't remember that in the tour. How does that fit in?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/14/24 at 12:00am

Now available digitally. Thoughts below, people.

[oh-bwayhereicome]

Posted: 6/14/24 at 10:21am

I still think it’s criminal they didn’t record the Emerald City sequence, it’s some of the best music in the whole show

[seaweedjstubbs]

Posted: 6/14/24 at 3:04pm

CATSNYrevival said: "Why is nearly every cast recording of The Wiz unwilling to record all three versions of Ease On Down the Road as they are performed in the show? Too repetitive?

But then there's a reprise of Ease On Down the Roadin act two? I don't remember that in the tour. How does that fit in?"

They sing a slowed down “emotional” reprise when Dorothy is saying goodbye to the three friends. It’s…..a choice.

Looking forward to listening to this recording as the music was by far the best part of this production! 

I wonder if there was a rights issue about the Emerald City Sequence since it samples music from the movie? I might be wrong, but the “Ahhhhs” sounded like they were the actual audio from the film.

[silent]

Posted: 6/14/24 at 3:17pm

I love everything except No Bad News. I still listen to Mabel King’s version and Tichina Arnold’s live version. Melody doesn’t really bring it the way I hoped. 

[QueenTwinnied]

Posted: 6/14/24 at 4:20pm

I think Melody sounds great, I just don’t like the arrangement 

[OharaFosseWolfe888]

Posted: 6/14/24 at 4:28pm

It is definitely the arrangement of No Bad News, I remember being truly baffled in the theatre when I heard it. It does nothing for the song, Melody, or the story. Confusing for such an actor with such a stunning voice! And such a classic number in The Wiz, just odd.