#1
Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:12pm
Anyone know why there were two Broadway recordings?
Two Bye Bye Birdie Broadway Cast Recordings?
#2
Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:13pm
Isnt it the London cast recording? Chita reprised her Rosie there...
#3
Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:14pm
Yes, one was from Broadway and the other from London's West End.
#4
Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:15pm
Perhaps...I was confused by the "A DECCA Original Broadway Cast Album" wording at the top of the Peter Marshall cover.
#6
Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:19pm
Decca probably just threw it out there with no research. Well, at least we have it...
#7
Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:40pm
The London one is OK, but the Broadway album beats it in about every department.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#8
Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:43pm
I actually always felt Chita is vocally stronger and feistier on the London recording.
Updated On: 12/1/16 at 10:43 PM
#9
Posted: 12/1/16 at 11:42pm
It's interesting to note that on the London album, Rosie is from "Pittsburgh, PA" instead of "Allentown, PA". I guess it must have been determined that "Allentown" was not a reference that would play to a London theatre audience.
#10
Posted: 12/3/16 at 4:05pm
Subtle semantics are the reason for the confusion.
Decca Broadway is the label, and so technically it is an original cast album (original LONDON cast) released on by Decca Broadway so a Decca Broadway Original Cast Album rather than a Decca Original Broadway Cast Album.
Odd that any mention of it being a London Album is nowhere to be found, it's true of the original LPs as well.
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