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#1

Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 10:29pm

Is it a good preservation of the score?

I love Bock and Harnick and I loved the orchestrations of the last revival. But, most of the time the sound quality of OBCRs tend to be very sub-par.

How is this one?

I know I should pick it up for Barbara Harris alone. But, I figured I'd ask.
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Updated On: 6/22/07 at 10:29 PM

#2

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 10:31pm

I have it. The sound is quite good in comparison to some of the older OBCRs I have.
"Why do you care what people might say? Why try to fit into their design?" (Side Show)
#4

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 10:41pm

I believe there is one brief ensemble number from "Lady or the Tiger?" that didn't make it. Otherwise, most of the score is there, and in Eddie Sauter's one of a kind orchestrations. Performances are great. Sound quality is terrific. Get it.
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#5

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 10:55pm

Roxy- Are you going to finish your sentence?

I have it and like it but I enjoyed the voices of the Revival cast more.
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#6

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 10:58pm

Then again, this thread is rather pointless. If you want a recording of The Apple Tree, it's not like there are any other choices to be made.
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#7

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 11:21pm

I have it, I love it (Harris is AMAZING) I highly recomend it... sound quality is very good...
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#8

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 11:22pm

What's Alan Alda like?
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#9

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/22/07 at 11:26pm

Alda's charming, but not particularly spcial.

The real star is Harris - her "Ive Got What You Want" is one of the best recordings of any showtune i've heard - and Blyden has a sinfully smooth voice.
#10

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/23/07 at 12:27am

I agree that the sound quality is better than a lot of other shows that were recorded in that same era. Or at least it's been better preserved for the transfer.
Either way it sparkles and I don't think you'll be diappointed.
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#11

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/23/07 at 1:03am

I like Alan Alda but prefer Malcolm Gets and D'Arcy James. Larry Blyden is fantastic though.
However, this is Barbara Harris' cast recording and she truly shines. Her "Gorgeous," "Lady or the Tiger," "What Makes Me Love Him," "Feelings," and "Oh To Be a Movie Star" can't be matched, I adored Chenoweth in the role, but Harris' performance on this cast recording is one of a kind.
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#12

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/23/07 at 1:11am

Get it FOAnatic. It's really a wonderful preservation of the score and Harris is spectacular.
#13

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/23/07 at 1:33am

Its quite good. Too bad the recent revival didn't make a recording. (I wonder why.)

I have quite an extensive collection.
#14

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/23/07 at 2:58am

It's late and I don't want to go looking for the information cause I'm tired, but who did the original orchestrations for Apple Tree? They were wonderful!
#15

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/23/07 at 7:19am

Are my posts invisible? Eddie Sauter did the original orchestrations, and they are incredible. Tunick's work for the revival was ok, given the reduced orchestra he had to work with, but Sauter's stuff blows it out of the water.

Sauter's other major credits are It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman, 1776, Henry, Sweet Henry, Foxy, Milk and Honey, Two by Two and Georgy, all of which have superb orchestrations. He was one of the best, and his name is seldom mentioned with the great orchestrators, like Phil Lang, Sid Ramin, Red Ginzler, Irwin Kostal, Mort Lindsay, Ralph Burns, Luther Henderson, Michael Gibson and '70s Tunick.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#16

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/24/07 at 3:43pm

With regard to the sound quality of older OBCR's, I find that with digital remastering from the original tapes the sound is great. As I mentioned on another thread, digital remastering has been a god-send to the older OBCR's going back to the late 1950's. I also look to see where the recording was originally made. Some studios have a more resonant sound, such as Webster Hall for RCA recordings and the 30th Street Studios for Columbia. That helps.

Smaxie: Thanks for the information about Eddie Sauter's orchestrations. I was not familiar with him. You put him with the fine company of orchestrators you mentioned. But you left out Robert Russell Bennett, one of the best.
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Updated On: 6/24/07 at 03:43 PM

#17

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:52pm

This is one of those late-60s cast albums by Columbia records and teh sound on teh original LP was good but on the CD it's even better. THey managed to get almost the entire score onto one Lp. The score is a a very fine one by Bock and Harnick.

There is also an Lp of the Canadian production which was JUST the first act (ADAM AND EVE). The Lp starring Tom Kneebone and Dinah Christie features more dialogue. It is very rare: The radio station that made it dumped most of the copies in the garbage after several years and never bothered retrieving the master tapes from the pressing plant.

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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#19

re: Who has THE APPLE TREE OBCR?

Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:20pm

I enjoy it a lot, I think it is a very good preservation of the score. Barabara Harris is wonderful.

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