Vocal flubs on cast recordings....

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Vocal flubs on cast recordings....

Posted: 3/5/06 at 12:38pm

The most recent screw up on a cast recording I can think of is Sutton Foster sort of cracking when she belts the high E in "Astonishing" on the Little Women cd.

I have heard her sing it live and on stage she mixed it and doesnt crack. You think they could fix these things in the studio? Short of time I guess.

Any others people can think of?

Or how about Chenoweth not adding in the extra high notes on the Wicked OBC?

#2

re: Vocal flubs on cast recordings....

Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:01pm

Not necessarily a total flub, could be just bad mixing, but I hate on the Rent OBC in the beginning, the phone rings, then there's a long pause, and THEN Benny says "hey hey hey."

#3

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:09pm

Two things that irk me. On the Wicked OBC, Idina singing during "The Wizard and I" "for half of Oz's favorite TEEAAAMM", I know that she tries to do a vocal riff there, but it doesn't fit and is quite sharp.

Conversly, at the end of "Waiting for Life" in Once on this Island, LaChanze goes a little flat of the last "waiting for life to begiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnn!!!" Again, a bad vocal riff.

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:14pm

I swear, I think I hear a cough sound during Kiss Me II on the Sweeney Revival. When Anthony reveals his name, there's this cough in the background.

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:24pm

i heard the cough as well, dont really know why it is there either

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:26pm

Not necessarily a total flub, could be just bad mixing, but I hate on the Rent OBC in the beginning, the phone rings, then there's a long pause, and THEN Benny says [ "ho ho ho"]

I think the silence is because he's reacting to what Mark said ("What do you mean, detained?") which was a greeting clearly not meant for him.

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:26pm

There's definitley a cough but I don't know if its intentional or not. I distinctively remeber him doing that during the show when I saw it and I think it might be a character choice. Like "*cough* she doesn't know my name?". I'm going out on a limb on this one.

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#8

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:29pm

What about the OBC of Company on "We loooovvve hiiimmmm" you can hear Stritch all off key and then it just sorta fades out.

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#9

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:34pm

I saw the Sweeney revival the other day, and I definately didn't hear or see anyone cough during that part. Maybe it was just an accident?

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:52pm

On the BKYLN recording, in "The Truth," Eden cracks when she says "It gives you strength." (on "strength")

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:55pm

SHERMAN!!!!! YESYESYES!!! i have heard that for like 25 years! WHAT is the DEAL with that! i LAUGH every time i hear that! its just SOOOOOOOOOO AWFUL! have you ever seen the making of that record? its on a dvd...they were really put through the ringer during that process. i am laughing so hard that some else recalls that because thats what i was coming on to write as well!

#12

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 1:58pm

Sometimes Benjamin does a flustered sort of laugh thing before he says "Anthony!" so he may have decided to cough for the recording. Weird decision, though, always makes me laugh when I hear it.

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:00pm

i just listened to it again to get a good laugh. i have always thought it was a guy...but you may be right ..it very well could be Elaine. she is a HOOT isn't she?!

#14

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:02pm

The OBC of Fiddler has a real sour note. As I recall it's during Tradition, I've always thought it was Bea Arthur.
ooooh! the Act I finale of Sunday in the park.... You can hear Mandy say "light" he sort of swallows it and then in volume says Light

Updated On: 3/5/06 at 02:02 PM

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:04pm

At the beginning of Disc Two of the Tommy OCR, Marcia Mitzman bottoms out on the "It's A Boy" reprise.

"It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a booooooouuuuuuurrrrrgggh."

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:09pm

I have seen that DVD. It is also featured in Elaine Stritch at Liberty.

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#17

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:21pm

Where is the 'sour note' durign tradition?

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#18

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

Bernadette's last note of "Unexpected Song" -- she has spent concert after concert proving she has a much less shrill last note.

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:26pm

Guys and Dolls revival, I've Never Been in Love has a really awful harmony toward the end.

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:35pm

"i just listened to it again to get a good laugh. i have always thought it was a guy...but you may be right ..it very well could be Elaine. she is a HOOT isn't she?!"

Oh, it is most definitely Elaine Stritch.
That note is actually one of my favorite parts of the album.
It's just so funny.

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#21

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 2:59pm

One of my favorites is Stanley Prager as Prez losing his voice on "A year's supply of gasoline" in "7 1/2 Cents" on the OBC of The Pajama Game.

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#22

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

Not a vocal flub, but does anyone else hear a pop in the beginning of the movie out tonight?

#23

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 3:07pm

Reid Shelton comes in early on "I Don't Need Anything But You" on the OBC of ANNIE.

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 3:10pm

One of my favorites is Channing's premature 'Er' during the Ermengarde section of "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" on the OBC of Dolly.

And I could swear Dean Jones' big finish of "Being Alive" is "Being A Lie"

I also like it when I hear a cough or the rustle of sheet music being turned.

Updated On: 3/5/06 at 03:10 PM

#25

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Posted: 3/5/06 at 3:12pm

In "the Secret Garden" obc, when Westernberg sang "She has her eyes", Patinkin sang a "she" by accident.

Borthers me always. What was the recording engineer doing?