You know you're an obsessive cast recording collector when...

...you buy the highlights CD when it comes out, even though you already have the complete recording CD.

(add yours)

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You own "Late Nite Comic" and you have played it more than once.

You have a cast recording salute to Cyril Ritchard.

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You carry around a list of all the recordings you have so you can bore your friends to death telling them about each one and show off your amazing collection. I know...that's scary...

Elphaba, nice to know I am not the only one who ponied out the cash for Rent Iceland and German recordings.

...when you carry around a list of your recordings to ensure that you don't buy something you already have as well calling friends to look things up on the internet when you feel you've found something rare but aren't sure.

Why would you get highlight discs when you already have the full thing. That's not obsessive - that's a waste of money.

You're obsessive when you can thumb through a rack at any store as quickly as Danny Kaye can recite Russian composers and know exactly which CDs you have/you want/you have no interest in ever owning.

You're obsessive when you buy cast recordings of shows you know nothing about, because, well, they're cast recordings and your collection wouldn't be complete without them. It's a crapshoot whether or not you'll ever listen to them a second time, but you somehow feel good about having them anyway.

You're obsessive when you're Jewish and the show you have the most versions of is Jesus Christ Superstar.

You're obsessive when you don't feel like you really have a show on CD unless you have every song that was ever recorded for the show in your collection.

You're obsessive when you stop at every record store you pass just so you can see if some moron traded in a cast recording that is now in the discount bin that hopefully the sales clerk had no idea of its actual value.

You're obsessive when you check ebay, amazon, sh-k-boom, jayrecords, footlight, dresscircle, talkinbroadway and psclassics at least once a day to say if anything new is coming out/available.

You're obsessive when people you've "met" online send you a link to this thread knowing you're obsessed (hi Madame X).

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Updated On: 12/15/05 at 11:12 AM

--You pay extra pounds/dollars to get the London recordings the AS SOON as they are released in the UK because you can't wait for the US release.

--You already own the CD, but you buy the re-issue because it has (sometimes interesting but often lame) BONUS tracks! Or pretty new artwork!

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You buy more than one copy of the same recording in case something happens to the original!

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"You're obsessive when you're Jewish and the show you have the most versions of is Jesus Christ Superstar."

After Les Mis, AMEN to that!

...when you buy the newest CD before you worry about paying rent or having food in the fridge....

You have the original issue of a show you don't really care for, and still buy the re-issue.

Guess, I qualify. Is there a 12-step program for showtune collectors?

When you have every recording you can get your hands on in every language they are recorded in. Including re-issues and revivals.

You have to see this collection to believe it.

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you've bought a record player just so you can listen to the OBC's in their original state

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"...you have this daily, big debate in your head about whether or not to organize your collection by composer, by date, by star, or alphabetical... and have tried ALL at least once. "

hahaha thats funny!