The Notebook - Original Broadway Cast Recording

The original cast album for “The Notebook” is being recorded tomorrow, Monday, March 4th, 2024. Possible release date of opening night on March 14, 2024.

Just wanted to update everyone.
Personally looking forward to it!

binau said: "Record and release in 10 days???? That’s pretty unusually fast."

It’s a goal of the producers. But I’m thinking first week of April. They wanted a surprise for fans on opening.

BETTY22 said: "Very smart.

Waitress had aalbum out before the show even opened."

Are you referencing the Sara Bareilles “What’s Inside” album? The actual cast album wasn’t released until June, if I recall correctly.

DiscoCrows said: "HunterK said: "binau said: "Record and release in 10 days???? That’s pretty unusually fast."

It’s a goal of the producers. But I’m thinking first week of April. They wanted a surprise for fans on opening."

For what it’s worth … Kevin McCollum is the same producer who opted to have SIX’s opening night cast recording produced and that seemed to generate some good buzz. Idk anything about this but I’d love to think there’s a world where they are gravitating a bit more towards “occasions” and other fun happenings to get people listening. An OBCR on opening night would be a cool experiment I guess."

SIX was a live album that was recorded on their opening night, which had never been done before (and the show was already heading towards hit status by then). Notebook will be a more traditional studio album and I don’t think it will be the first of its kind for anything.

A number of shows have released a cast album on - or even before - the day of their first preview (including Harmony and Days of Wine and Roses from this season), so I doubt this “experiment” will make much of a difference if a March 14 digital release is confirmed.

Regardless, this is a gorgeous score and I’m sure a lot of people will fall in love with it.

Updated On: 3/5/24 at 12:21 AM

QueenAlice said: "In the golden era of Broadway it was fairly routine for a cast recording to be released on vinyl days after its recording. I've never completely understood why in the digital age the process is typically so much longer."

I’m sure it all comes down to cost - mastering, physical and digital releasing, rush turnaround, etc.

I know Paradise Square is a unique circumstance, but they had the money to record the album but not to master and release, hence no legitimate cast recording other than what was leaked/shared online. I know there’s other shows that took forever to come out (of course all examples other than Sweeney have escaped my mind at the moment).

It's a shame Ghostlight has taken such a turn- in the initial years after they were formed, they were the go-to label for cast albums.

Releases April 19 on digital platforms! Music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson

First listen of Ryan Vasquez (Middle Noah) and the company performing "Leave the Light On":

Updated On: 3/14/24 at 12:34 PM

Physical release is set for June 14.

I’m just thrilled I get to listen to John Cardoza on a loop now!

It sounds great. So nice to revisit this lovely score.

As a huge Ingrid fan, I've been waiting for this recording since I saw it in Chicago. It sounds so lovely as an album, and I look forward to whenever I can see the show again (which I say as a noted non-fan of the romance genre).

Got a question regarding "My Days"....

I've been obsessed with the audio only recording from a preview performance where there is a passage where she sings "I pushed through the corners, with a love I found my days" (or something like that) and then the music pulls back a bit and she sings "i've only begun, to begin, to become what is in me" and then goes into "And finally I can say..." to the end of the song. However on the cast recording, "i've only begun, to begin, to become what is in me" is not on there. It's like those bars were removed completely.

What's interesting is that there is a recording of "My Days" from the Chicago production that doesn't have "i've only begun, to begin, to become what is in me" in it either. Which comes to my question, was this passage cut during previews? Or was the cast recording made prior to the Broadway production?

I actually prefer the version with this pull back before the wind up to the end of the song and I think is a BEAUTIFUL lyric.

Just curious... :-)

HeyMrMusic said: "These orchestrations are so refreshing. The "Time" musical motif that is peppered in among the instrumentation is such a thoughtful detail to weave throughout the score. The texture of a real harp and the weight and depth of a real percussionist make a huge difference in the sound. Thanks to the pristine recording, every bit of the orchestration is heard and felt.I think this is quite an accomplishment from John Clancy and Carmel Dean."

John Clancy really is one of the best on Broadway right now. Hoping he finally gets his laurels at the Tonys this year.