Reefer Madness Cast/Soundtrack Recording!

[Jovie24]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 3:55pm

Does anyone know if they finally made or released a recording of the Showtime movie-musical Reefer Madness with Christan Campbell, Kristen Bell and Neve Campbell? And if so, where can I get it! Love the songs and the music!

Updated On: 1/11/07 at 03:55 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 4:01pm

There's a recording of the L.A. cast, but some of the songs that were written for the movie are not on it.
It doesn't have "Mary Jane".
Anyway, I'm sure footlightrecords.com has it.

[tazber]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 4:03pm

Oops! I meant to write "Mary Lane".

[Jovie24]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 4:08pm

Cool the L.A Cast recording will do fine!

Thanks@!

[Jovie24]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 4:12pm

Thanks for the info...I just looked at AMAZON and they are selling the recording for $200.00 bucks!

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 4:13pm

Hah, this is too funny! I just watched Reefer Madness this afternoon for the first time. Quite an enjoyable, campy film!

I've definitely seen the L.A. cast recording for sale, though.

Amazon is extremely overpriced, but here's the offical site for the musical itself:

http://www.reefermadness.org/main.html


I don't think the movie has a recording, though, or at least not that I've seen.

Updated On: 1/11/07 at 04:13 PM

[AnaGFan]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 4:57pm

the dvd with kristin bell sells for just $10.99 at amazon.
Updated On: 1/11/07 at 04:57 PM

[maybethistime]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 5:02pm

That link is NOT the soundtrack. It was never released. The LA cast is--for some reason--very expensive these days, but it wasn't before.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 5:05pm

The show was a HUGE cult hit here in LA and I believe that is the ONLY available recording, which is why it's selling for so much.

[tazber]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 5:11pm

You can also get the dvd from amazon. It's only $10.99.

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 5:17pm

Hah, I bought my copy for $9.88 [at a local music store by me].

It was one of those things where I'd been thinking of buying it and there it was!

Updated On: 1/11/07 at 05:17 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 5:33pm

KYGuy, I hope that you are not advocating purchasing bootlegs copies...

Someone 'ripping' the song from the DVD and selling them on their own would be considered a bootleg.

And THAT would piss off Dan....

Posted: 1/11/07 at 7:07pm

It would Piss off Dan AND he posts on here!

I beleive the LA Cast is currently "Out of Print" and that is why it's so expensive--

[Broadway Bob*]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:57pm

There is one listed on eBay right now. It says it is a promo copy and still wrapped. The pic looks like it MIGHT be legit. If you wanna check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/REEFER-MADNESS-THE-MOVIE-MUSICAL-CD-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ230076842806QQihZ013QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 1:03pm

I just emailed Dan and amm waiting for a reply.

I've never seen or heard of this CD, so I'm not so sure. I thought the ONLY CD's were the LA cast recording.

As soon as I hear back from Dan, I'll let you know.

[achancetofly]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 1:09pm

I believe that there was a professional-style recording made, but it was never officially released. Shame, too. The movie's so wonderful. Gotta love me some Ana singing "The Stuff".

[tazber]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 1:10pm

just curious, if something is out of print is it still considered illegal to burn a copy for a friend?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 1:11pm

Yes, because it is stil copyrighted material.

[maybethistime]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 4:26pm

That eBay demo is the promotional CD they gave out to industry professionals and is just the songs exactly as sung in the film with some dialogue cut out. It sounds little better than a DVD rip and I wouldn't buy it. It's a shame the LA Cast has gone out of print--It's fantastic as well. Hopefully the soundtrack will be release one of these days, if only on iTunes, perhaps.

[saddle shoe side kick]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 5:22pm

"Q: WILL THERE BE A FILM SOUNDTRACK?
A: One actually exists, but we can’t legally sell it without first paying union fees to the singers. We’re looking for a record label to pick up the cost and distribute the album. We’re anxious to make the score legally available to the public, so check in periodically with this website for updates."

http://www.reefermadness.org/fack/fack.html
It's the 4th question down.

And some people selling the LA CD on eBay for obscene amounts ruined it for everyone else. That's when the price got jacked up. Unfortunate.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 6:18pm

Here is the OFFICIAL word from Dan Studney:

"Yes, that's authentic. Not sure it's legal to sell it as it should be labeled "for promotional purposes only not for sale or resale" yada yada, but that looks like the CD promo for the movie that was in the press packet. It has some internal cuts in the songs, but it's fairly accurate. Kevin and I are working on releasing the film soundtrack ourselves -- there have been many weird issues along the way, including some bonehead losing the original recordings!"

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 7:50pm

Well that's good to hear that they are trying to get a movie cd recording out. It would so well since this show/movie has become a cult hit. Yay Dan!

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:01pm

That would be awesome if they got to release a soundtrack! Those songs, sung by that cast are too good not to be released.

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:35pm

Awesome!

I just showed the movie to my friends and they liked it. One of them was asking about the movie soundtrack because he really enjoyed the songs... and is even thinking of asking his theatre chair if they can do the musical.