Your most treasured recording?

#1

Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 11:43am

For whatever reason, whether it is because of its rarity or because of sentiment.

Mine would be:

"Sweeney" OBC and Barcelona Cast recordings
"The Capeman" OBC - LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! What an unfortunate disaster it turned out to be.
"Follies" - OBC
"A Little Night Music" Royal National Theater Recording - Judi Dench's "Send in the Clowns" still gives me chills.
"Edwin Drood" OBC - Cleo Laine's "Wages of Sin" always makes me sad for some reason.

#2

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 11:52am

'A Little Night Music' Royal National Theatre - for the reason above.
Moby Dick OLC - my first West End musical
Witches of Eastwick OLC - this CD (and show) bouyed me up during a particularly difficult time, for which I'm thankful
Follies OBC LP - bought at a car boot sale for £1.50 ($2.60), only to find afterwards that it was signed by Sondheim!

#3

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 11:57am

Add another vote for RNT's Night Music. Also the 1991 Paris cast recording of Les Mis is my favorite recording of the show. I'll also never regret buying the Reprise Musical Theatre series...South Pacific, Guys & Dolls, Finian's Rainbow, and Kiss My Kate, all sung by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Keely Smith, Rosemary Clooney, Debbie Reynolds etc.

#4

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 12:04pm

My LPs of Anyone Can Whistle and Sunday in the Park...I still have the insert booklet for Sunday.

#5

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 12:05pm

i like my French language "Les Mis" and my London "Follies" - but the most treasured is the LEGALLY downloaded (from pay Napster) live SF tryout of "Wicked" - thrilling, too bad when i saw it on Bway it wasnt as good.

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#6

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 12:24pm

My newly signed Sweeney Todd Revival Cast Recording.

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#7

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 12:26pm

I would tresure good vibrations, lennon and in my life if they made a cast cd of them.

but ill keep figting for them.

#8

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 12:48pm

The 1994 Hello, Dolly! Revival W/Channing, the 1967 Hello, Dolly! W/Pearl Bailey & the OBC of Sweeney Todd.

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#9

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 1:05pm

I really love my Disney's "On The Record" cd. Ashley Brown and Andrew are amazing. Now that the show is gone, I'm glad to have the cd.

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#10

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 1:17pm

My All Shook Up, Rent, Wicked, and Spelling Bee CDs- all signed by the OBCs.

#11

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 2:33pm

Phantom of the Opera with Crawford, Brightman and Barton. Definitely for sentiment, but I also still adore the show.

#12

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 2:35pm

The OBC and Revival recordings of 'Sweeney Todd' = the two greatest recordings of musical theater, in my opinion.

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#13

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 3:05pm

"Brecht on Brecht" with

Lotta Lenya
George Voskovec
Eli Wallach
Anne Jackson
Viveca Lindfors
George Gaynes
Michael Wager

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#14

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 3:09pm

my Sweeney revival recording signed by Sondheim and the entire cast

my Bye Bye Birdie CD signed by Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke

#15

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 3:56pm

"The OBC and Revival recordings of 'Sweeney Todd' = the two greatest recordings of musical theater, in my opinion." - Iluvtheatertrash

You should hear the Barcelona cast. It's awesome!!

#16

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 4:24pm

I treasure my Sweeney Todd Recordings, and my OBC recording of Edwin Drood....such a blessing to have. I also treasure my 2-CD Jay Complete Recording of Guys and Dolls.


Cheers,

The Balladeer

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#17

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 4:27pm

Well because they are deleted.....

Martin Guerre the Original London Cast before it was rewrote.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood OBC
She Loves Me OLC

but also my first ever cast recording, the 1996 Revival of JCS in london purchased ten mins after seeing it almost a decade ago!

#18

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 4:33pm

All my favorites on my ipod..so if I lost that I would be upset because I love everything on there.

But I love Little Women.

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#19

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 4:35pm

I love my Assassins recordings. They're still in print, but I love them (goes to hug CDs about shooting presidents) (realizes she should be in mental institution).

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Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)

#20

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 4:40pm

(goes to hug CDs about shooting presidents) (realizes she should be in mental institution).

^Wow that made me laugh.

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#21

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 4:41pm

I have the London recording of the musical "Gone With the Wind"
and the Italian Version of "La Cage aux Folles".

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#22

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 4:41pm

Rent

#23

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 6:01pm

- The Beautiful Game (London & German Cast)
- Sweeney Todd (OBC and Revival)
- Batboy (Signed- London Cast)

#24

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 7:49pm

The Wiz OBC
Guys and Dolls 1992 New BCR
Les Mis LCR
Miss Saigon w/ Lea Solanga
RENT OBC

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#25

re: Your most treasured recording?

Posted: 2/2/06 at 7:52pm

Les Mis- London
Sweeney Todd- original
Assassins- original
YAGMCB-revival
Secret Garden
Tommy

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