The Notebook - Original Broadway Cast Recording

[HunterK]

Posted: 3/3/24 at 11:13pm

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]

Posted: 3/4/24 at 3:04am

Record and release in 10 days???? That’s pretty unusually fast. 

[HunterK]

Posted: 3/4/24 at 7:44am

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]

Posted: 3/4/24 at 10:27am

Very smart.

Waitress had a album out before the show even opened. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/4/24 at 5:05pm

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]

Posted: 3/4/24 at 11:31pm

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.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/5/24 at 12:21am

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]

Posted: 3/5/24 at 9:49am

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.

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 3/5/24 at 9:59am

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). 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 3/5/24 at 11:20am

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "I’m sure it all comesdown 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)."

Two recentish examples of annoying delays are Holiday Inn and The Band's Visit. I was working on the admin side of the merch company for both of those shows and of course we were selling pre-orders for both, and they were both produced by Ghostlight. Holiday Inn took so long to be released after the show closed that we had people start filing charge back/fraud complaints on their credit cards. The Band's Visit did a digital release in December of 2017, but the physical release wasn’t until the end of February 2018. That caused plenty of confusion and absolutely tanked the pre-order sales at the theatre.

My Fair Lady was also one of our shows and it was such a relief that Broadway Records was doing it over Ghostlight. The difference was night and day in that they actually set timetables for us to tell audience members and kept to them.

[Kad]

Posted: 3/5/24 at 11:28am

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.

[coasterking500]

Posted: 3/5/24 at 2:06pm

Kad said: "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."

Couldn’t agree more Kad! They used to be awesome and not that their finished products aren’t good they just take a long time. Still waiting on that Death Note album from the London staged concert.

i go Saturday to the Notebook and glad to know if i like the score the album will be coming soon.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/14/24 at 12:34pm

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

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/14/24 at 1:09pm

Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. Time
• 2. Dance With Me
• 3. Carry You Home
• 4. Blue Shutters
• 5. I Paint
• 6. Sadness and Joy
• 7. Leave the Light On
• 8. What Happens
• 9. I Wanna Go Back
• 10. If This Is Love
• 11. Kiss Me
• 12. Home

 

• ACT II
• 13. We Have To Try
• 14. Forever
• 15. Iron in the Fridge
• 16. Don't You Worry
• 17. It's Not Easy
• 18. My Days
• 19. I Love You More
• 20. I Know
• 21. Coda

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 11:52am

Physical release is set for June 14. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/18/24 at 10:38am

It's almost time (time, time, time): digital release is tomorrow. 

[singer234]

Posted: 4/18/24 at 11:26am

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

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 12:00am

Now available to stream — let’s hear those thoughts, everyone. 

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 7:22am

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

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 9:27am

Yep, still absolutely gorgeous.

John Clancy continues to knock it out of the park with his orchestrations, and Carmel Dean is making an incredibly impressive debut as orchestrator.

The lyrical motif of Home (I will carry you Home, I want to go Home), absolutely breaks me.

Joy Woods is an absolute star.

I think what feels really special about this score is that there's no big star turns. Not that the performers don't shine, but it doesn't feel like any songs were built to show off some singer's voice, it all feels very rooted in storytelling, more so than you normally hear in a Broadway musical.

[ChiDoc]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 11:13am

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).

[starlightlocamotion]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 11:15am

Initially thought this show was the frontrunner for BEST MUSICAL after seeing it back in previews ... then started to think it didnt stand a chance after the reviews. Now ... I am hopeful again that it will (at the very least) be nominated.

[Talyn]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 12:11pm

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]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 12:19pm

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.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 4/19/24 at 12:54pm

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.