The 1986 Sweet Charity Revival Cast Recording..- Page 2

[QueenS]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:04am

I enjoy this version, as a guilty pleasure. The arrangements are just wrong enough to be fun.


As a side note:
One comment told me by an insider on this production was that it never fully worked with Allen, because Charity needs to be a push-over and "Debbie isn't so much a push-over as a bull dozer."

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 1:35pm

Ken Mandlebaum offers a lot of information regarding the 1986 recording of Sweet Charity.
Sweet Charity on Disc: Part Two

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 2:18pm

I paid around $50.00 for the Sweeney Todd in Concert with the New York Philharmonic......

Posted: 5/16/05 at 2:45pm

ljay I hope you get to read this. I paid 102.50 plus S&H for the Holland recording of Sweet Charity on an ebay auction. We do what we gotta do.
Updated On: 5/16/05 at 02:45 PM

[Jamie Pierce]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 2:49pm

How was Ann as Charity? Who saw her?

Posted: 5/16/05 at 3:00pm

I loved Anne Reinking! She is/was such a superb dancer. She also has that voice that more than hints at Gwen's shaky vulnerability. I can remember being blown away by her dancing in "I'm A Brass Band."
Updated On: 5/16/05 at 03:00 PM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 3:22pm

Of the Charitys that I have seen (Christina, Charlotte, Debbie, Ann), Ann was the best.

[QueenS]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 5:24pm

Chita33--is that the one with Simone Kleinsma? I actually have it, too... As well as her solo CD...

Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:50pm

Yes. I enjoyed it very much. How is her solo cd? Can I still buy it or has it been pulled from ciculation?
Updated On: 5/16/05 at 06:50 PM

[NBC]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 6:03pm

If it makes you feel any better, I did a buy it now for the 1986 cd on ebay a few years ago for $37...

When I first listened to it I thought it had a pretty cheesy 80s sound to it, but it eventually grew on me. It does not sound like a full orchestra, though, I'd have to agree with that. But I really enjoy Bebe, particularly on Something Better Than This. And I much prefer the arrangements for Sweet Charity and Rhythm of Life on this cd as compared to the new revival. Michael Rupert sounds terrific (although I swear I can hear him take a breath at one point as if he almost came in too early), and the choral work on Rhythm sounds great. I really don't like the version of Sweet Charity in the new show.

I look forward to the re-release of the 1986 cd, hopefully with better packaging and liner notes! (And I hold out faint hope that they'll give Charlotte a bonus track on the new cast recording...)

Posted: 5/17/05 at 6:54pm

I would love them to give Charlotte a bonus track.

[Chip1012]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 9:04pm

the orchestra does sound fake on this album...and what is with that horrendous arrangement of "Where Am I Going?" The recording is more of a novelty than anything I think.
Updated On: 5/17/05 at 09:04 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:07pm

Guys - I'm getting sick again. Now on Ebay there are two new Charity 86 Revival CDs for much cheaper than what I payed - I really hope people bid them up.

I guess it would be best for me to stop checking ebay for this CD.

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:22pm

Ok. Ebay rule for no buyers remorse, #1 do not go back and check similar items to see if you could have gotten a better deal. But if you do...

#2-It ain't over till it's over. Both those bids you mentioned are 3-4 days from finishing and you can be sure those Sweet Charity cds are not gonna be less than $20.00. Plus , one of them is from Germany and S&H is $6.50!

For $39.00 you got an ok deal. Not great...but you weren't fleeced. Remember I paid $102.50 for the Holland Sweet Charity. I promise you will love your Debbie Allen Sweet Charity CD.
Updated On: 5/17/05 at 11:22 PM

[jett ford]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 3:23am

In the 1986 revival, didn't they cut "Charity's Soliloquy"? Either that or "You Should See Yourself". But I'm pretty sure they cut "Charity's Soliloquy".
Updated On: 5/18/05 at 03:23 AM

[magruder]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 3:49am

"Charity's Soliloquy" was dropped from the original Broadway production shortly after opening, and didn't appear in any of the major revivals, until the current production.

Posted: 5/18/05 at 4:19am

"You should see yourself" is in the recording of the 1986 revival.
Updated On: 5/22/05 at 04:19 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/22/05 at 8:15pm

Well I got it.
I really enjoy it.

I can't believe some of you don't think Debbie is a good singer. The woman can frickin sinnng. I love her numbers. Some songs are wayy more synthesized than others, and it gets a little annoying.
I lovvve the funky "...Bravest Individual" - its great. The movie version of the title song sounds excellent here. It's nice to hear Bebe in her breakout role. The pop version of "Where Am I Going?" is a little odd - but i love how it starts - and Debbie sounds fab.

Overall - I'm def. enjoyin this recording. Could've been better - but it's not bad at all.

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 5/22/05 at 8:19pm

When I was a babysitter for this kid, his dad owned the recording, and let me barrow it for a while. It's between ok and icky. I recently bought the original cast and loved it.

Posted: 5/22/05 at 10:22pm

I love this recording. Debbie is a great Charity on the disc and onstage.