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Posted: 3/31/07 at 3:32pm
Received my copy of the new Grey Gardens CD in the mail from PS Classics today and have to vent my extreme frustration.
A little backstory - the following is how the press notes described this new release:
"The new recording will feature the Broadway cast and preserve the significant changes made for the Broadway production by author Doug Wright, composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie...includes four new songs ("The Girl Who Has Everything," "Goin' Places," "Marry Well" and the new ending), one previously unrecorded track ("The Telegram") and all-new performances on several previously recorded songs (including "Mother, Darling," "Peas in a Pod" and "Daddy's Girl")."
I eagerly open the CD and quickly scan through the booklet. On the last page, I see the following, in small-ish type:
"Additional background vocals by Sara Gettelfinger and Audrey Twitchell (who created the roles of Young "Little" Edie Beale and Lee Bouvier, in the Playwrights Horizions production) can be heard in "The Five-Fifteen," "Hominy Grits," "Entering Grey Gardens," "The House We Live In" and "Choose to Be Happy."
Now, I may have misinterpreted things, but doesn't entirely "feature the Broadway cast and preserve the significant changes" mean that they'd rerecord the whole score?
I know how expensive it is to record a whole album, but still.
All said, it's a fairly good CD, no better or worse than the Off-Broadway album. The sound quality is a little stifled....
Just a heads up, I guess.
A little backstory - the following is how the press notes described this new release:
"The new recording will feature the Broadway cast and preserve the significant changes made for the Broadway production by author Doug Wright, composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie...includes four new songs ("The Girl Who Has Everything," "Goin' Places," "Marry Well" and the new ending), one previously unrecorded track ("The Telegram") and all-new performances on several previously recorded songs (including "Mother, Darling," "Peas in a Pod" and "Daddy's Girl")."
I eagerly open the CD and quickly scan through the booklet. On the last page, I see the following, in small-ish type:
"Additional background vocals by Sara Gettelfinger and Audrey Twitchell (who created the roles of Young "Little" Edie Beale and Lee Bouvier, in the Playwrights Horizions production) can be heard in "The Five-Fifteen," "Hominy Grits," "Entering Grey Gardens," "The House We Live In" and "Choose to Be Happy."
Now, I may have misinterpreted things, but doesn't entirely "feature the Broadway cast and preserve the significant changes" mean that they'd rerecord the whole score?
I know how expensive it is to record a whole album, but still.
All said, it's a fairly good CD, no better or worse than the Off-Broadway album. The sound quality is a little stifled....
Just a heads up, I guess.
Updated On: 3/31/07 at 03:32 PM
