Which Music Man album?

[wewdie]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 12:29pm

Hi there,

I had never seen the movie or any other version of The Music Man when I saw it in June.  Since it looks like we aren't getting a cast recording of this revival, which album should I listen to?  The movie? The original cast? The 2000 revival?  Are any of them particularly close to the style/orchestrations of the current revival?

Thanks for your help,

-Eddie

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 12:39pm

I’d love to listen to the 2000 revival cast album, if you can find it.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 12:41pm

None of them are close to the orchestrations of the current revival. The orchestrations and dance arrangements are entirely new.

[darquegk]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 1:12pm

I hope they record the new one; I really like what I’ve heard of the Dixieland/White gospel band arrangement of “Trouble.”

[TBone]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 2:16pm

I had read somewhere online that Time Life was recording the revival on the 24th. Would they record on a Sunday? I haven’t seen any official word about it though, so who knows.

 

Can anyone confirm if this is true? 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 2:19pm

There's an excellent recording done bt the Pittsburgh Philharmonic in which Doc Severinson sang Marcellus (I have it but I'm preparing to re-paint my living room so my CD's and record albums have already been moved into the garage).

It's an excellent recording if it's still available.

 

UPDATE: It's the Cincinnatti Pops Orchestra with Erich Kunzel conducting. Several copies are available on Ebay.

 

Updated On: 7/19/22 at 02:19 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 2:20pm

TBone said: "I had read somewhere online that Time Life was recording the revival on the 24th. Would they record on a Sunday?"

They have a performance on the 24th. They won't record an album the same day.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 2:43pm

Cast recordings these days are done in several sessions. Those one day recording session marathons are pretty much a thing of the past.  Even Elaine Stritch’s infamous recording fiasco for 1970’s COMPANY and “The Ladies Who Lunch.”  After several failed takes they decided to record the orchestral track and she recorded the song days later to that orchestral track and in one take.  Orchestra wasn’t paid overtime on their original schedule and didn’t have to return to the studio.  

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 2:51pm

I love both OBCR and 2000 Revival cast recording. Also listen to the Brian Cox's version once in a while, it's actually better than I expected LOL.

Not a fan of the film soundtrack tho.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 3:02pm

None of us has mentioned that the obc recording has the silvery singing of Barbara Cook in her prime.

[TBone]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 4:10pm

CATSNYrevival said: "TBone said: "I had read somewhere online that Time Life was recording the revival on the 24th. Would they record on a Sunday?"

They have a performance on the 24th. They won't record an album the same day."

Thanks.That's what I thought.

Updated On: 7/19/22 at 04:10 PM

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 5:47pm

JAY Records recorded a note-complete of the original Music Man in 1996, with Brian Cox as Harold Hill. There is a highlights version of this recording available on the TER 'Musicals Collection' label, but John Yap has said that he plans to release the complete 2-disc version in the next year or two. This version will include the complete Library ballet, and other dance arrangements not heard on other recordings or obviously on the 2000 disc. 

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 6:40pm

Sure it's a great recording, and love Brian Cox, but for me, the show is not the show without Preston and Cook. 

[bk]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 6:48pm

spicemonkey said: "I love both OBCR and 2000 Revival cast recording. Also listen to the Brian Cox's version once in a while, it's actually better than I expected LOL.

Not a fan of the film soundtrack tho."

Why is that? That Warner Bros. orchestra can't be beat, the orchestrations for the film are brilliant, and you're not gonna do better than Mr. Preston, the quartet, and I prefer Shirley Jones to Barbara Cook, but that's just me. Add to that Hermione Gingold - well, I just don't understand how anyone could not be a fan of the film or its soundtrack.

 

[darquegk]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 7:20pm

Does Brian Cox tell Marcellus to eff off?

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 7:55pm

No but he starts the show with "Know that we have divided in three our kingdom."

[mamaleh]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 8:18pm

I had read that they plan to record the revival cast album on July 25-26, postponed from June 19 owing to Hugh Jackman's and other cast cases of Covid. Hope this is true.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 8:33pm

mamaleh said: "I had read that they plan to record the revival cast album on July 25-26, postponed from June 19 owing to Hugh Jackman's and other cast cases of Covid. Hope this is true."

Where did you read that?

[Fan123]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 9:57pm

Dollypop said: "UPDATE: It's the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra with Erich Kunzel conducting. Several copies are available on Ebay."

This is my preferred recording of the ones I've heard as well.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 11:43pm

If you could find the 2000 Broadway cast recording, I absolutely recommend listening to that.

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 7/20/22 at 8:17am

I had the CD of the 2000 revival, but it was among many  the multitude of items that I lost during the fiasco of moving out of the old family homestead. But there are quite a few clips up on YouTube. In fact the whole show is up on YouTube, if you willing to sit through the single worst bootleg ever filmed.