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Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
#25re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 9:39pmGet Grey Gardens! It's going to be a collectors' item. Enough changes will have been made for the Bway run to maybe warrent another recording. The score is much fun and already contains at least two soon to be standards.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#26re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 9:43pm
i also have to highly recommend WEDDING SINGER- i can not stop listening to it
also GREY GARDENS and A CHORUS LINE (revival or OBC)
#27re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 10:24pm
Do you have the Nine Revival? (Or any version of Nine?) If not, get one. 
#28re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 10:42pmDrowsy Chaperone definitely IS necessary.
#29re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/12/06 at 2:17am
How many of these titles do you have?
1900 - 1920s :
BABES IN TOYLAND (studio cast on Decca)
MERRY WIDOW (studio cast on DRG)
LADY BE GOOD (Studio cast on Nonesuch)
THE STUDENT PRINCE (stuio cast on DRG)
NO NO NANETTE (1971 Broadway revival on Sony)
OH, KAY! (studio cast on Nonesuuch)
THE DESERT SONG (studio cast on Decca)
SHOW BOAT (complete recording on 3 CD set from EMI)
GOOD NEWS (Studio cast on Jay)
THE NEW MOON (Concert cast on Ghostlight)
1930s :
STRIKE UP THE BAND (studio cast on Nonesuch)
GIRL CRAZY (Studio cast on Nonesuch)
OF THEE I SING (1952 revival cast on DRG)
PARDON MY ENGLISH (studio cast on Nonesuch)
ANYTHING GOES (studio cast on EMI)
PORGY AND BESS (complete on 3 Cd's from RCA)
ON YOUR TOES (1983 revival cast on Jay)
BABES IN ARMS (studi cast on New World)
BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Concert cast on DRG)
TOO MANY GIRLS (studio cast on Painted Smiles)
1940s:
PAL JOEY (studio cast on Sony)
LADY IN THE DARK (London cast on Jay)
OKLAHOMA! (Original Broadway cast on Decca)
ON THE TOWN (studio cast on Sony)
CAROUSEL (1993 London cast on RCA)
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1966 revival cast on RCA)
FINIAN'S RAINBOW (1960 revival cast on RCA)
BRIGADOON (studio cast on DRG)
KISS ME KATE (original Broadway & studio cast on EMI)
SOUTH PACIFIC (original Broadway cast on Sony)
1950s:
GUYS AND DOLLS (1992 revival cast on RCA)
THE KING AND I (1977 revival cast on RCA)
PETER PAN (original Broadway cast on RCA)
THE PAJAMA GAME (original Broadway cast on Sony)
DAMN YANKEES (original Broadway cast on RCA)
MY FAIR LADY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
WEST SIDE STORY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
MUSIC MAN (original Broadway cast on EMI)
GYPSY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
SOUND OF MUSIC (original Broadway cast on Sony)
1960s:
CAMELOT (original Broadway cast on Sony)
BYE BYE BIRDIE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS... (original Broadway cast on RCA)
A FUNNY THING...FORUM (original Broadway cast on EMI)
HELLO DOLLY (original Broadway cast on RCA)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (original Broadway cast on RCA)
MAN OF LA MANCHA (original Broadway cast on Decca)
MAME (original Broadway cast on Sony)
CABARET (original Broadway cast on Sony)
HAIR (original Broadway cast on RCA)
1970s:
COMPANY (original Broadway cast on Sony)
FOLLIES (1985 concert cast on RCA)
GREASE (original Broadway cast on M-g-M)
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (original Broadway cast on Sony)
A CHORUS LINE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
CHICAGO (original Broadway cast on Arista)
PIPPIN (original Broadway cast on Decca)
ANNIE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
EVITA (original Broadway cast on Decca)
SWEENEY TODD (original Broadway cast on RCA)
1980s:
42ND STREET (original Broadway cast on RCA)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (original Broadway cast on RCA)
DREAMGIRLS (Concert cast on Nonesuch)
NINE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
CATS (original Broadway cast on Geffen)
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (original Broadway cast on RCA)
LES MISERABLES (complete recording on First Night)
INTO THE WOODS (original Broadway cast on RCA)
GRAND HOTEL (original Broadway cast on RCA)
CITY OF ANGELS (original Broadway cast on Columbia)
1990s:
ASPECTS OF LOVE (original London cast on Polydor)
MISS SAIGON (Complete recording on EMI)
THE SECRET GARDEN (original Broadway cast on Columbia)
CRAZY FOR YOU (original Broadway cast on EMI)
BLOOD BROTHERS (original London cast on RCA)
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (original Broadway cast on RCA)
PASSION (original Broadway cast on EMI)
TITANIC (original Broadway cast on RCA)
THE LIFE (original Broadway cast on Sony)
RAGTIME (original Broadway cast on RCA)
Notable off-Broadway productions:
THREEPENNY OPERA(1954 revival on Decca)
THE GOLDEN APPLE (original cast on RCA)
THE FANTASTICKS (original cast on Decca)
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (original cast on Decca)
GODSPELL (original cast on Arista)
MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS & FALSETTOLAND (original cast on DRG)
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (original cast on RCA)
ASSASSINS (original cast on RCA)
THE LAST FIVE YEARS (original cast on Sh-k-Boom)
URINETOWN (original cast on RCA)
and some notable flops (1950-1999)
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (original cast on Sony)
PAINT YOUR WAGON (original cast on RCA)
CANDIDE (original cast on Sony)
GOLDILOCKS (original cast on Sony)
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (original cast on Sony)
DEAR WORLD (original cast on Sony)
MACK AND MABEL (original cast on MCA)
THE GOODBYE GIRL (original cast on Columbia)
STEEL PIER (original cast on RCA)
PARADE (original cast on RCA)
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
#30re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/12/06 at 9:26am
As far as current shows that I have recently purchased and like:
The Drowsy Chaperone
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Color Purple
I have had these for awhile, but highly recommend:
The Producers
Spelling Bee
Recent purchases from past shows that I really like:
Ragtime
Notre-Dame de Paris
Mack and Mabel
City of Angels
Happy Hunting
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Floyd Collins
Oh, Captain
St. Louis Woman
#31re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/15/06 at 8:53pm
Okay. Today I went to Best Buy/Barnes and Noble and I spent over $100 on cds. Here is what I got:
"My Fair Lady" OBCR
"A Chorus Line" NBCR
"Gypsy" OBCR w/ Ethel Merman
"Godspell" 2000 off-off Broadway cast (I had this already, but mine was completely scratched up).
"City of Angels"
"Funny Girl" OBCR
"Bye Bye Birdie"
"Les Miserables" Dream Cast Recording
"The Beatles 1" Again, I already had this put played it so much that it doesn't play anymore, and I know it is not Broadway . . . but it's the freakin' Beatles.
musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#32re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/15/06 at 11:22pm
Spring Awakening...out in December.
A Chorus Line - The New Broadway Cast Recording (2006 Broadway Revival Cast)...it's already out.
The Color Purple
Wicked
and if you don't have the Mackintosh Productions of: Oliver!, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Martin Guerre, and Mary Poppins.
Classic ones like: They're Playing Our Song and Funny Girl
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#33re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/16/06 at 12:11am
cast recordings that are so worth it are
*see what i wanna see (( youll get attached i swear))
*Wicked definatly
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#34re: Which Cast Recordings Are Worth Getting?
Posted: 10/16/06 at 5:41pm
The Color Purple
A Chorus Line (OBC and new revival cast)
Wicked
I Love You You're Perfect Now Change
The Lion King
See What I Wanna See
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