It was indeed suggested on the first of many threads regarding a new GYPSY recording that Nonesuch was interested in replacing the '89 revival. Perhaps Tyne Daly was a genius in the part better than Merman herself, I don't know, I was three in '89 so I can't say whether she was great or not. However, cast recordings are made to preserve at least a part of a performance on record for posterity. Daly's GYPSY cast recording is a debacle, IMO. She just sounds terrible and I find it impossible to get through any of her numbers.
Given the fact it will probably be the last time this full cast performs together (Benanti has a TV show, Gaines is doing PYGMALION, Nancy Opel is doing DROWSY), I think it'd be great if a cast recording were made.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"