Two Bye Bye Birdie Broadway Cast Recordings?

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:12pm

Anyone know why there were two Broadway recordings?

 

[kofler22]

Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:13pm

Isnt it the London cast recording? Chita reprised her Rosie there...

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:14pm

Yes, one was from Broadway and the other from London's West End.

[sondheimfan2]

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.

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:16pm

Thank you!

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:19pm

Decca probably just threw it out there with no research. Well, at least we have it...

[Smaxie]

Posted: 12/1/16 at 10:40pm

The London one is OK, but the Broadway album beats it in about every department. 

[ljay889]

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

[sassylash3s]

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.

[Mr. Nowack]

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.