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#26

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/12/06 at 6:46pm

That first post made no sense

I'd have been blown away if it had.

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#27

Prices vary and what is being asked is not necessarily what an out-of-print cast album is "worth." The simple answer it is worth what you are willing to pay for it.

Polydor's original cast CD of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN was deleted very quickly and was sold for as much as $125. Now Decca has reissued it and the polydor release is a $10 special.

Many of the deleted Broadway Angel releases were priced at $35 - $50 each in some stores...but now most of therare ones have been reisuued by DRG including FLAHOOLEY, THREE WISHES FOR JAMIE and TOP BANANA. (So, can LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE be far behind?)

Still WHOOP UP and KWAMINA remain among the most sought CD's amongs collectors of flops.

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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#28

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/16/06 at 11:21am

Just buy them on LP and transfer them to CD.

#29

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/16/06 at 11:28am

Ooh, man, I have a top three.

I want:

"Doonesbury,"
"Beehive," and
"Leader of the Pack" on CD.

#30

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 1:55am

For jimnysf (and any other curious people) MY FUR LADY was a musical at McGill University in Montreal with music by Galt MacDermot. This was 1957 - 10 years before he did HAIR. There were two cast albums (with dfferent casts and slightly different song line-ups.) Both were mono Lps and are long LONG out of print.

It does explain the unique problem of being Canadian. You see "Canadians spend half their time trying to convince the Americans they are not British and other other half their time trying to convince the British that they are not American..which leaves them no time to be themselves."

The title of the show was a play on a Broadway show that was sort of popular at the time.

#31

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 1:58am

Thanks. I had never heard of it before.

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#32

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 2:02am

So are there any other shows we know of that are only available on itunes like the fascinating The Capeman OBCR?

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#33

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 12:33pm

I wish the new Threepenny Opera was recorded.

#34

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 12:42pm

I wish Raggedy Ann was recorded

I would do absolutely anything to hear that score sung by the OBC.

Updated On: 8/25/06 at 12:42 PM

#35

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 12:50pm

That Threepenny Opera wasn't recorded blows my mind...does anyone have a clue why it wasn't recorded?

(Competing star-labels and relative flopdom--are those just the easy excuses, or is there any remote sense of confirmation that that's what happened?)

#36

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 12:58pm

Recording an album costs money.
Money the Roundabout people didn't have.

#37

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 1:01pm

It didn't have to be released on Roundabout's house label.
The label they don't have.

#38

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 5:55pm

The Deaf West Big River Revival! Also Roundabout, no?

#39

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 6:48pm

I second the Carrie sentiment and would like to add the OBC of Mamma Mia( a show I'm ashamed to admit I like)

#40

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:20pm

God Bless You Mr Rosewater
Rainbow
Rockabye Hamlet
Via Galactica

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#41

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:26pm

You can also add the 1959 OBC of "Take Me Along"

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#42

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:28pm

Take Me Along is on CD as I have it

It is probably out of print

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#43

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:41pm

Mr. Roxy: Did you see Rockabye Hamlet and Via Galactica?

#44

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:47pm

Saw them both

Rockabye was a trip. The score was great. It was a blast

Via Galactica had a good score but was a mess

Rockabye was 7 performances I think. Via was about 4

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Updated On: 8/25/06 at 07:47 PM

#45

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:03pm

I think when shows close they should get recorded so they can remembered. I mean, I was so sad when ASU closed, but I had my cast recording to keep the magic alive. Fans of shows like LENNON, GOOD VIBRARTIONS and LESTAT don't have that because either they werent recorded or were recorded and not released in LESTAT's case.

#46

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:05pm

Problem is a flop has lost money. Who is going to pay to record a CD for no one will buy

Solve that problem & than maybe flop shows will be recorded

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#47

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:21pm

Actually, "Smile" did get recorded, but as a private pressing as a gift for the cast members. It uses mostly synthesiers instead of the orchestra (which seemed shocking at the time, but nowadays is old hat), but was never released commerically. Though, it could be released as is.

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#48

re: shows that are not on cd

Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:33pm

The actors have to be paid an entire week's salary for the one day of recording. 3 Penny has too big a cast and had too many recording stars with other label deals to make for a viable recording. Contracts would have been insane...

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