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CATSNYrevival said: "Since we're on the topic, my copy of the remastered American Premiere Recording is botched. Some tracks have sound effects like crickets orrain etc. that are supposed to stop after the action transitions from exteriorto interior scenes and they don't stop. The crickets, for example, continue on and on all through track 12 even when Joe and Maxmove inside the house. It's not like that on theoriginal release.Someone messed up the remaster. It's so d

CATSNYrevival said: "Since we're on the topic, my copy of the remastered American Premiere Recording is botched. Some tracks have sound effects like crickets orrain etc. that are supposed to stop after the action transitions from exteriorto interior scenes and they don't stop. The crickets, for example, continue on and on all through track 12 even when Joe and Maxmove inside the house. It's not like that on theoriginal release.Someone messed up the remaster. It's so d

Saw the show last evening at the Eastman in Rochester — all I can say is that she must have found the fountain of youth!  After hip surgery in the fall, and at 69 years old - she looked and sounded absolutely terrific!  I was blown away by her last night, and I’ve seen her in concert before.  She brought the house down several times last night.  I LOVED that she sang two of her encores with NO amplification - it’s hard to make the Eastman seem like an int

DigificWriter said: "castlestreet said: "I thought overall it was a very solid production, and the staging, casting and execution of the design were pretty fantastic.

I do have two things, one major and one minor to take issue with.

Major: I’ve read several reviews now that state “Judas stole the show” - the show IS Judas’s show. It was written with the authors looking at the last week in the life of Christ through his eyes. I&rs

I thought overall it was a very solid production, and the staging, casting and execution of the design were pretty fantastic.

I do have two things, one major and one minor to take issue with.

Major: I’ve read several reviews now that state “Judas stole the show” - the show IS Judas’s show.  It was written with the authors looking at the last week in the life of Christ through his eyes.  I’ve never understood why people, aside from the titl

Overall this is a rehash of a lot of the previous collections.  I too was very disappointed that we didn’t get new recordings of the orchestral suites.  

 

I have also been hoping for him to really open up the vaults and release some super rare stuff.  For example, the Steve Harley “Music of the Night” demo, or some of the ladies from Sunset like Debra Byrne singing AIWNSG.  

 

Packaging was A+

Liner notes are

So, he’s an interesting guy.  A number of years ago when Buckley was doing her Broadway By Request act at the old Feinstein’s, I went to see the show alone.  I ended up at a single table, and low and behold about ten minutes after I sat down, Mr. Riedel was sat next to me.  I had a few 7&7’s in me at that point and was feeling brave.  I looked at him and asked him if he thought Billy Elliot was going to win the Tony for Best Musical that year, or did