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Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!

Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!

chickfila
#2Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 9:21am

Amazon's listing shows only 1 disc. Disappointing if true.

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Michael Bennett
#2Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 9:31am

Seems odd considering Martin's following they would only do 1 disc...

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choitoy
#3Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 9:34am

I am hoping that the Amazon page was just quickly put up (it was up before the official announcement), and that it doesn't have all the information from Sony Masterworks Broadway yet. I was hoping that the press release would say for sure, but it looks like it wasn't mentioned. But there still might be a chance. I guess well have to wait for another announcement when they get closer to recording it.

They did mention that Ricky is making an announcement during their GMA appearance this morning. Maybe he'll mention it?


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Updated On: 4/12/12 at 09:34 AM

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jacobsnchz14
#4Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 9:49am

All Robin Roberts said was it would be released on June 19th.

AngelorPhantom1359
#5Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 9:50am

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If it's not the full show, I ain't buying. I see absolutely no point in releasing ANOTHER highlights album.

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Justin D
#6Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 10:18am

I also hope it would be a complete double, but I dount it will be.

I'd also love if they tacked on at the end 'dont cry for me' and maybe 'you must love me' sung by the alternate Eva.


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Michael Bennett
#7Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 10:32am

Truly, why wouldn't they record the entire show? 75 percent of sales are going to be online downloads, so containing it to one disc isn't the primary issue. The great irony is that if they do only 1 disc, the person who is likely to suffer is Ricky Martin, since a lot of his musical recitatives are what will likely not be included!

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castlestreet
#8Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 2:32pm

Very sad if it really is only 1 Disc- the London 1 Disc was not great, and I think this cast deserves the full treatment- boo to whoever made this decision- MB hit it on the head- so many sales today come via download- if an Encores Cast of Merrily can get a double disc treatment- a revival of Evita on Broadway with Ricky Martin can't? Really?

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Mister Matt
#9Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 4:07pm

It's Ricky Martin, so it will sell no matter how much of his material is on it, so I'm sure they will take the cheapest route possible to rush this recording out and pack 'em in for the summer.


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The Scorpion
#10Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 5:45pm

Count me as another who'll be really disappointed if this isn't a complete album. When the London one was being made, Tim Rice actually said that he thought it ridiculous that it should only get a highlights album, especially as no UK stage production has actually ever generated a full cast album, including the Hal Prince original. Unfortunately the decision got left with RUG, who demonstrated their usual ineptitude to go for highlights-only, despite ALW having reorchestrated everything. The cuts made no sense to me either - why, for instance, record 'I'd Be Surprisingly...' and then leave out the instrumental tango?! When fans enquired about why it was highlights-only, the reply was that they were targeting large supermarkets who would supposedly only stock single CDs, even though the thing was packaged to look like a double album. Besides, I've seen many supermarkets stock the OLC double-CD Phantom album. Expense was also cited, but they could have got around that by just recording the show live if they had to, as they did with The Woman in White. Cameron Mackintosh managed it for the Les Mis 25th annviersary UK tour, and that show has had ZILLIONS of cast recordings, if not the most out of any show ever.

But yes, Ricky will help this sell, so expense shouldn't be an issue. It'll be really short-sighted of them if this really does turn out to be a single CD.

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CarlosAlberto
#11Official: EVITA on Broadway to Record Cast Album; Set for June Release!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 6:22pm

With this new recording will Elena Rogers be the first actress to play Eva with the distinction of being recorded twice?

Updated On: 4/12/12 at 06:22 PM