In “Normal American Boy” on the Bye Bye Birdie OBCR, you can hear a chorus girl confidently come in too early on I think the second “Fine upstanding...”
Sethwp2 said: "CedricOates said: "Andre Dè Shields in “Road to Hell” in Hadestown OBCR sings some flat notes, and when he sings “It’s where you’ll find the King of the Mine” he gobbles the “it’s where you’ll”. Also a sour note in “Way Down Hadestown” when he sings “Everybody tryna get a ticket to go”"
Obsessed with Andre on this recording (and in the show)... yes, he does gobble some words and not every note is pitch perfect... but that's what makes his voice so magical and unique. It's hard to imagine what Hermes will sound like with a replacement after he's out.
My favorite Andre delivery here is in Road to Hell when he sings "...there was a railroad car, and a myaaan schtepped out..." So sassy.
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Same with his two numbers on The Wiz recording. I think some of the performers who started in rock musicals (or soul musicals, if you like, in this case) were following the pop performer's route in eschewing articulation and going for "feel" rather than "sense." But, wow, I like De Shields so much. He can sing it how he wants, it's going to sound beautiful to me. I can always look up the lyrics later.
In Bernadette's Gypsy recording, in the dialogue at 2:30, Bernadette says "June is sensational, you wait to you see it'...did she perform the line that way? In the Tyne Daly and Patti recording of Gypsy the line is "June is sensational, wait till you see it". Not sure if it's a mistake or just one of Bernadette's little strange nuances (which I happen to LOVE).
I was listening to the City of Angels cast album for the first time, and in one song someone says "There wasn't a dry seat in the house," when I think the proper phrase would be "dry eye." It isn't a show I ever saw, so don't know if the line was a mistake or on purpose, but it sounds like instead of saying everyone was crying, that everyone was urinating.
morosco said: "I was listening to the City of Angels cast album for the first time, and in one song someone says "There wasn't a dry seat in the house," when I think the proper phrase would be "dry eye." It isn't a show I ever saw, so don't know if the line was a mistake or on purpose, but it sounds like instead of saying everyone was crying, that everyone was urinating.
You know that's a joke, right? Not a mistake."
As I said earlier, most of the stuff listed here are not mistakes.
In Who Will Love me as I am from the Side Show OBCR, at 2:17, the pianist makes a mistake, playing a short sour note. I have never read the sheet music of that song, but those notes are very dissonant and are not played in the revival cast recording, so I can only assume it was a mistake.
As a kid I listened to the ANNIE cast recording constantly. I swear there was an error in I Don’t Need Anything But You, with Daddy Warbucks singing a note but quickly realizing it’s Annie’s line, not his. Just listened to the track, first time in a long time, and it’s not there. Guess they edited it out on newer recordings.
In Hair’s original London cast recording, “Walking in Space” has a blip during the line “In this dive we rediscover sensation”. You can hear a male tribe member confidently sing “Our eyes are-“ before stopping entirely.
DMsquared2 said: "On theRentOBCR Wilson Jermaine Heredia sings:
Food of love, emotion, mathematics Isolation Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony And heavy competition
It should bepower, feeling. It was corrected forthe film soundtrack."
That's not a mistake. It was originally "feeling, power" but changed years into RENT's run. A cast member told me it was because there was confusion that they were singing "feeling power" instead of "feeling, power" so they swapped the words.
PatrickDC said: "As a kid I listened to the ANNIE cast recording constantly. I swear there was an error in I Don’t Need Anything But You, with Daddy Warbucks singing a note but quickly realizing it’s Annie’s line, not his. Just listened to the track, first time in a long time, and it’s not there. Guess they edited it out on newer recordings."
Pretty sure I still have my LP. Need to check it out.
ukpuppetboy said: "morosco said: "You know that's a joke, right? Not a mistake."
God help them with A LOT of City of Angels (if they finally get around to seeing) it if they don’t...
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Would it be clear if was a joke if you only heard the album, hadn't seen the show? The way, say, you don't need to see Company to get "She's tall enough to be your mother" is a joke, not a flub of the common phrase "She's old enough to be your mother"?
In the same "Quintet" number from the film, when the Sharks sing their first section, each time they sing the word "tonight" someone's voice is noticeably off key. I'm surprised that was left in.
The 1981 Korean cast recording of Evita is a doozie. It sounds like the orchestra and voices were recorded on different tracks in different sessions and then just sort of layered on top of each other, despite being different tempi. At least, that's what I think may have happened. I don't know. During Requiem for Evita, the chorus is WAY off from the orchestra. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. I can't remember if I ever made it through the whole recording. It's a train wreck.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
On the Wicked album, during "What Is This Feeling?" I always notice how the orchestra (more specifically a violin) gets momentarily out of sync with the singing at around 2:13.
Something happens between the 45 and 50 second mark in "There Is A Fountain/It Don't Make Sense" of the 2007 Donmar Cast Recording of PARADE. I don't know if it's a chair or feedback from a microphone but it is loud and pronounced.
That's not a mistake. It was originally "feeling, power" but changed years into RENT's run. A cast member told me it was because there was confusion that they were singing "feeling power" instead of "feeling, power" so they swapped the words.
Not mistakes, perhaps, but I love the use of alternate tracks, usually on Capitol in old LP days. They would often use different tracks for stereo and mono releases of the same album. Probably a question of frequency. And Thomas Shepard's quad mix of the COMPANY LP, and his more recent NIGHT MUSIC CD remix. Fun, fun, fun.
inception said: "I was listening to the City of Angels cast album for the first time, and in one song someone says "There wasn't a dry seat in the house," when I think the proper phrase would be "dry eye." It isn't a show I ever saw, so don't know if the line was a mistake or on purpose, but it sounds like instead of saying everyone was crying, that everyone was urinating."
Bless your heart. Bless it all, sweet summer child.
justoldbill said: "Not mistakes, perhaps, but I love the use of alternate tracks, usually on Capitol in old LP days. They would often use different tracks for stereo and mono releases of the same album. Probably a question of frequency. And Thomas Shepard's quad mix of the COMPANY LP, and his more recentNIGHT MUSICCD remix. Fun, fun, fun."
That sounds lovely, especially to get a favourite LP and go picking up the differences. Any idea if any of those made it to CD?
justoldbill said: "Not mistakes, perhaps, but I love the use of alternate tracks, usually on Capitol in old LP days. They would often use different tracks for stereo and mono releases of the same album. Probably a question of frequency. And Thomas Shepard's quad mix of the COMPANY LP, and his more recentNIGHT MUSICCD remix. Fun, fun, fun."
So I have a question about this. I owned an audio cassette of Company for years, and then the CD...and then the newer edition of the CD came out (the one with a Larry Kurt track) and the lines at the end of "Ladies Who Lunch" sound...different to me. Just that line "Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch" right before the "Everybody rise! Rise!...." I'd swear they tracked in an alternate take there. And I'm surprised, considering all the drama surrounding getting a usable take originally, they'd alter it thirty-odd years later.
Also speaks to my "Annie" issue above, where I know there was a mistake that no longer exists on later pressings of the CD. They -- whoever "they" are -- fixed it.
Reminds me of the OJ Simpson verdict, much in the news lately due to the 25th anniversary, when the court recorder originally called him "Orenjal J. Simpson." Sometimes when you see videos of the verdict that flub has been edited out and she only says his name correctly, "Orethanl J. Simpson."
That's bizarre, because they even recreated that flub in "The People vs. OJ Simpson". Not sure what kind of video would edit that out.
A cast recording, however, is another matter. Just like a typo in a novel being corrected in future printings, I could see them fixing a mistake. I can't for the life of me hear the "d" on Adam Pascal's "I have always loved you" in Your Eyes, but I'm not sure if they ever fixed that.
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