Posted: 8/13/15 at 5:14am
"I would have loved a full cast recording of "Smile" with the full orchestrations."
It really is a pity that the most widely circulated recording is the synth demo since the original orchestrations were amazing. Sid Ramin of GYPSY and WSS plus Bill Byers who did A CHORUS LINE and CITY OF ANGELS.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 5:51am
I've given up on Smile. 
I would love for someone to record The Nutty Professor though. It saddens me that Hamlisch's last score is unheard.
And Charles Strouse has some great unrecorded scores as well.
Marty
Martin (the MLK musical)
Minsky's
Bojangles
A Broadway Show
Posted: 8/13/15 at 5:52am
The 1983 London production of 'Marilyn' With the glorious Stephanie Lawrence.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 7:08am
What, no wants a recording of Cry Baby?? :)
Posted: 8/13/15 at 7:23am
Hi FrontRowCenter!
I've missed you and your vast knowledge of cast recordings. 
Someone did mention Cry Baby a few posts up. It's apparently being released this fall (per Schlesinger).
Updated On: 8/13/15 at 07:23 AM
Posted: 8/13/15 at 8:40am
Something More (with those uncredited Jule Styne songs and Barabara Cook)
Rockabye Hamlet (Original Cast and complete)
A Broadway Musical by Strouse and Adams
1600 Pennsylvania Ave (Original cast)
Posted: 8/13/15 at 8:50am
Lestat
Little Miss Sunshine
Romance in Hard Times
Via Galactica
A Broadway Musical
Minsky's
Starlight Express (Broadway cast)
All You Need is Love (1999 short-lived West End Lennon/McCartney revue): Not a great show, but the arrangements and performances were wonderful
Time (a cast recording instead of the studio album)
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:02am
The 1968 Lincoln Center revival of WEST SIDE STORY starring Victoria Mallory as "Maria", Kurt Peterson as "Tony" and BarBara Luna as "Anita".
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:09am
Michael John Lachiusa's First Lady Suite -- either the original Public Theater cast or the 2004 Transport Group revival. Unfortunately, the only legitimate recording of the score (from an LA production) isn't very good.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:10am
Every Encores show that didn't get a cast recording, although specifically I'd say Where's Charley and Fanny.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:18am
Oh, yes, definitely the wonderful Encores Fanny -- and also Juno.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:25am
I would pay a small fortune for a cast recording of 13P’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s chamber music version of “Melancholy Play” (with music by Todd Almond) that played a couple of summers ago. It is still one of the best theatre experiences I have ever had. The cast was fantastic and I adore that score.
Another that comes to mind is the Off-Center Encores! cast of “tick, tick…boom!” from last summer.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:26am
2011 On A Clear Day revival. I mourn for the loss.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:28am
The Lord Of The Rings, Toronto Cast
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:38am
The Shakespeare in the Park revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona with Norm Lewis, Oscar Isaac, Rosario Dawson, and Renee Elise Goldsberry.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:41am
I'd love to have a copy of Michael John Lachiusa's The Highest Yellow with the original Signature Theatre (VA) cast of Jason Danieley, Judy Kuhn, and Marc Kudisch.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 9:58am
The Shakespeare in the Park revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona with Norm Lewis, Oscar Isaac, Rosario Dawson, and Renee Elise Goldsberry.
That would have been a dream come true! It deserved a Broadway transfer. One of the best theatrical experiences I've ever had in NYC.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 10:07am
"The Shakespeare in the Park revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona with Norm Lewis, Oscar Isaac, Rosario Dawson, and Renee Elise Goldsberry.
That would have been a dream come true! It deserved a Broadway transfer. One of the best theatrical experiences I've ever had in NYC.
"
yes yes yes and yes!
Such a shame it didn't transfer.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 10:37am
Toronto Cast of Godspell
2013 Paris Cast of Beauty and the Beast
Minsky's
All the Encore's Productions that didn't get recorded.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 11:35am
Danny and Sylvia. Also Little Dancer, but as someone said upthread, that could still happen. (Fingers crossed, toes crossed, eyes crossed . . . )
Posted: 8/13/15 at 11:43am
Encores! A New Brain (especially since the original is now out of print apparently)
First Lady Suite
James Joyce's the Dead (a friend of mine recommended it to me but I found out that there was no recording)
Falsettos (original Broadway cast or with Mandy Patinkin)
The Apple Tree revival
Into the Woods central park
Les Miserables current revival (I still feel that there isn't a definitive recording of that show and I love Ramin's performance)
He Loves Me Roundabout reading (there's a bootleg of it and I know that there's the possibility of a recording with that new revival, but Keli O'Hara is a gem)
Posted: 8/13/15 at 12:18pm
"Body Beautiful, Bock and Harnick; and Shinbone Alley....Both had good scores and it is very sad that cast albums were never recorded."
There was an animated version of SHINBONE ALLEY released on DVD w/voices of Carol Channing and Eddie Bracken. It's out of print, but new and used copies can be found on Amazon.
Updated On: 8/13/15 at 12:18 PM
Posted: 8/13/15 at 12:27pm
There was a limited edition CD recording of the 2004 Pittsburgh cast of The Dead, but it's very hard to track down.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 12:47pm
"Who was in the San Francisco cast? For me, it's Toronto cast or no deal- the founders of SCTV and SNL together with Paul Shaffer"
I would have loved to see Toronto. Had to have been hysterical. In SF, Stacker Thompson played Jesus - lot of controversy with a black Jesus - a real pioneer of color-blind casting. Several of the members worked the transfer to Broadway in '76. I remember Patti Mariano had a solid Broadway career before Godspell in the city. While I didn't see Toronto, I did get to see SF, Off-Broadway, and London, and SF was far superior to the other two.
