Which OBCR?

#1

Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:12pm

Which should I buy?
Ragtime
Godspell
Pippin
Starmites
Suesical
Producers
Les Mis
Bye Bye Birdie
A Chorus Line
Chicago
Jersey Boys
The Color Purple
110
Grey Gardens
High Fidelity
Curtains
25th Annual
Company
or...
Tick, Tick...Boom
?

Haha so many choices. And I don't know which one to buy next!
Also if there's any other great soundtracks not on the list I'm open to suggestions

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#2

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:15pm

GREY GARDENS or THE COLOR PURPLE or CURTAINS

haha, sorry, not overly specific

but go with GREY GARDENS

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#3

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:18pm

Not Les Miz. The OBC is the weakest of the English-language cast recordings (note terminology, dammit), IMO.

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#4

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:21pm

From that list

1. Ragtime
2. Grey Gardens
3. Bye Bye Birdie

#5

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:21pm

Les Miserables (Original London Cast), Ragtime, or Urinetown. The double-CD of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland is also a must.

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#6

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:21pm

It looks like your a Rent fan, so I think you might really enjoy tick, tick... BOOM! I picked it up after a RentHead friend of mine recommended it last year. I wasn't big on it at first, but now I love it.

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#7

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:22pm

Musicals don't have soundtracks, movies do. Shows have Cast Recordings. You should buy: Ragtime, Seussical, Birdie, 110, Grey Garens, the Spelling Bee and the original, not revivas l of Company, Chorus Line and Chicago. Why the originals? Elaine Stritch, Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach and the original cast of ACL.

You should also consider getting those obscure ones: The 1956 Candide with Barbara Cook, 70, Girls, 70 and the 1947 Allegro among them. Why? Glorious Broadway scores as they were heard originally.

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#8

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:25pm

Company- 1970 OBCR

Also consider:

Chicago- 1975 OBCR
A Chorus Line- 1975 OBCR
Grey Gardens- 2007 OBCR

Any of these is great.


ETA: Forgot: Ragtime 1998 OBCR

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Updated On: 6/14/07 at 02:25 PM

#9

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:31pm

Wow...so many good choices. I would definitely go along with Grey Gardens and as you can see, for me 'Curtains' is a given.

High Fidelity, 110, and Ragtime are all good. Whatever you decide, there's hours of good listening on that list. Good luck with your decision.

#10

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:37pm

Piercemn: I just don't care for ALLEGRO, except for "The Gentleman is a Dope". What am I missing? I think the score is weird.

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#11

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 4:06pm

Ragtime.

#12

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 4:07pm

Ragtime...a must-have for any cast recording collection

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#13

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 4:13pm

From that list I would get, (in order of priority):
1. COMPANY (OBCR)
2. CHICAGO (OBCR)
3. A CHORUS LINE (OBCR)
4. RAGTIME
5. GREY GARDENS

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#14

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 4:16pm

Grey Gardens
Curtains
Ragtime
Company
A Chorus Line

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#15

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:39pm

In order, I'd buy these.

Ragtime
Les Mis
A Chorus Line
Chicago
Grey Gardens
Company
Jersey Boys
The Color Purple
High Fidelity
Curtains

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#16

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:39am

Ragtime
Grey Gardens
Tick...tick...boom

And I agree with Lizzie - if you want a Les Mis, don't get the OBC. OLCR and Concert Cast are better (IMO)

#17

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:57am

Seussical!! or Spelling Bee

#18

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:34am

Well, most people put "Ragtime" in their top grouping, so I'd strongly consider it (It's in mine too), but against the OBCR of "A Chorus Line", NOTHING beats it out for my top choice, all the time.

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#19

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 8:26am

In this order
Chicago
Company
Grey Gardens
Ragtime
A Chorus Line

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#20

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:28am

Ragtime

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#21

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:41am

You need these five (and others have said these):

And don't get the revivals of any of them, the originals are much better.

Company
Chicago
A Chorus Line
Grey Gardens
Ragtime

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#22

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:05am

Ragtime
Chicago
A Chorus Line
Tick Tick Boom

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#23

re: Which OBCR?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:17am

Thanks everyone!

I'm definitely going to be picking up Ragtime (I have a burned copy of the first act already and love it) and most the original Company, and Tick, Tick...Boom as well.

But someday I'll hopefully have them all

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