Carols for a Cure Vol. 10 (2008)

[Trailer Trash Jones]

Posted: 10/11/08 at 12:31pm

Hi - I thought I'd start this thread about the current CD, since the other place I posted was for Vol. 9.

I found this new track list on AmericanTheaterWeb this morning. The article also talked baout how the Billy Elliot track is a new song by Elton John being premiered on the album.

TRACK LIST:

1. Avenue Q - The Eight Loneliest Nights of the Year
2. Altar Boyz - Shepherd’s Fury
3. Billy Elliot - Cold Christmas
4. Grease - The First Noel
5. Gypsy - Room in my Heart
6. Hairspray - Santa’s Comin’ to Town
7. In the Heights - Los Peces en el Rio
8. Jersey Boys - The Birthday of a King/Go Tell It on the Mountain
9. The Lion King - Carol of the Bells
10. The Little Mermaid - Children Go Where I Send Thee
11. Little Shop of Horrors - This Little Light of Mine
12. Local 802 AFM - Holiday Reverie for Oboe and String Quartet
13. Martin Charnin & Richard Gray - Hanukkah Gloves
14. Mamma Mia - Jingle Bells
15. Mary Poppins - The Holly and the Ivy
16. The Phantom of the Opera - Away in a Manger
17. Rent - Seasons/Love Heals
18. Rosie’s Broadway Kids - (We Wanna See) Santa Do the Mambo
19. Monty Python’s Spamalot - Christmas Morning
20. Spring Awakening - I Wonder as I Wander
21. South Pacific - I Saw Three Ships
22. A Tale of Two Cities - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
23. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas - In The Bleak Midwinter
24. Wicked - The Coventry Carol (Lullay)
25. Xanadu - Hit the Deck (Deck the Halls, Disco Remix)
26. Young Frankenstein - O Tannenbaum
27. 1998 Sound of Music - Good King Wenceslas
28. 1999 Annie Get Your Gun - White Christmas
29. 2002 Beauty and the Beast - Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)
30. 2003 Nine - Los Peces En El Rio
31. 2003 Wicked - I Saw Three Ships
32. 2003 Hairspray - Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
33. 2004 Bombay Dreams - Joy to the World
34. 2005 The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Christmas in My Mobile Home
35. 2006 The Wedding Singer - The Hanukkah Song
36. 2007 Monty Python’s Spamalot - It was Simple Then


Updated On: 10/31/08 at 12:31 PM

[Elke]

Posted: 10/11/08 at 12:34pm

Does anyone know which performer(s) sang for each show? I checked bcefa.org but that site doesn't have more detailed info either.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 10/11/08 at 4:18pm

It's a shame [title of show] isn't going to be featured :/

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 10/11/08 at 4:42pm

Ordered my copy a half hour or so ago. :)

I notice that the track listing order is different in the BWW article than on the BCEFA Store page. Wonder if the article list is in alphabetical order, while the store page lists the actual order as on the CD?

List copy/pastes 'funny', therefore the link:

Broadway Cares Store - Carols for a Cure Vol. 10

[hermionejuliet]

Posted: 10/11/08 at 7:04pm

Looks like the track list posted here is in alpha order - I would assume the correct order is on the BCEFA website

[James2]

Posted: 10/11/08 at 7:39pm

I'd like to know if the Avenue Q track has Christy Carlson Romano on it, though I suspect it was recorded before she joined the cast.

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 10/11/08 at 7:43pm

I cannot wait to get it!!!

Sorry to threadjack, but does anyone know when they start and end BCEFA collections after the shows?

[musicalangel12]

Posted: 10/12/08 at 7:51pm

Oh, I hope I have a job soon so I could buy it. Eh, maybe I can convince my parents to give it to me...

[iluvcioffiiluvtea23]

Posted: 10/12/08 at 9:58pm

This year I'm going to get the first four Carols for a Cure CD. I don't want Volume 10 because I already will have some of the songs that are featured in Volume 10.

[Trailer Trash Jones]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 12:11am

Eh...I am guessing Vol 10 is more interesting than the first four volumes, bc it is so much more current and the original recordings were short (like 10-12 songs). Anyway, vol 10 is a regular all-new CD (26 new songs) with some extra, older tracks thrown in since it's the 10 yr anniversary.

[viola13]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 4:07am

Someone asked Jeff at [tos] on Thursday about Carols for a Cure, and he said they did one, but it was cut, so they'll be releasing it on the blog.

And anyone else notice there's two versions of Los Peces en El Rio and I Saw Three Ships with the old songs added?

[yankee_fan907]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 11:23am

I noticed that too.
I'm a little surprised they'd do that.

[Trailer Trash Jones]

Posted: 10/14/08 at 12:10am

Very different versions of each, let's hope!

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 10/14/08 at 10:08am

Thank you for the list

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 10/14/08 at 10:14am

I'm glad someone else pointed out the duplicate songs.

and I have to comment that "In The Bleak Midwinter" seems an interesting choice for White Christmas.

[EVIE]

Posted: 10/14/08 at 3:33pm

I love Los Peces en el Rio, can't wait to hear the cast of In the Heights perform it.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 10/27/08 at 5:39pm

My CD was waiting for me when I got home from work. I've only listened to a few tracks so far but it's a real treasure

But what show is "The Little Mermaind"?

Updated On: 10/27/08 at 05:39 PM

[JBSinger]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 11:23am

Received mine a day or two ago and have listened to it alot. what really "makes" the songs for me is if a) the show's composer wrote it or b) it sounds like it could be in the show.

Here are some highlights:
Cold Christmas (Billy Elliot) - Elton John's new song performed by the cast. sounds like it could be in the show very easily.

Away in a Manger (Phantom) - lovely arrangement and singing

Los Peces en el Rio (In the Heights) - smokin! muy caliente!amazingly sung.

I Saw Three Ships (South Pacific) - probably the best blended cast chorus.

Hit the Deck (Xanadu) - fun. clubby.

Christmas Morning (Spamalot) - Merle Dandridge sounds wonderful on this spritely song.

In the Bleak Midwinter (White Christmas) - Jeffry Denman sounds great on this arrangement.

I Wonder as I Wander (Spring Awakening) - another winning track. the show's music director and vocal arranger keep this track sounding like it could be in the show.

Birthday of a King/Go Tell it (Jersey Boys) - arranged by my friend Eric Svejcar, Michael Longoria tears this number up!

Shepherd's Fury (Altar Boys) - their tracks on these discs are always solid.

Season/Love Heals (Rent) - touching, lovely, made me cry.

Of the re-released tracks:
Hairspray's DREIDEL number, Idina's "I Saw three ships", and the little Nick Jonas singing "Christmas Prayer" are all nice to hear.

some misses and/or wasted opportunities:
-Tale of two cities - why so short? didn't anyone want to sing a song on this disc?
-Random Little Shop of Horror production - why?
-Martin Charnin song - what?
-Gypsy - I think we all would've preferred hearing Laura or Patti.
-any Broadway chorus that tries to sing a cappella and a classical style. too much vibrato, too bright, no blend. Your music directors picked bad songs for you.

-Strangely enough - there isn't a contribution from CHICAGO on this year's disc. weird.

Overall, the discs are a good purchase and at least as good as it's predecessors.
ENJOY and Merry ChristmaKwanzaKuh!
Updated On: 10/31/08 at 11:23 AM

[Trailer Trash Jones]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 12:00pm

Wow - great review! I agree on almost everything and cannot stop listening to In the Heights, Phantom, Spring Awakening, Lion King & Jeffry Denman for White Christmas.

My three comments to you review are these:

I'm sure everyone would have preferred to hear Patti or Laura B from Gypsy, but they can't be heard if they don't show up to record!! Neither of them ever do when they're in shows.

Secondly, I know the Little Shop thing is there bc that theater in Long Island helped out with fundraising last year during the strike and raised a lot of money for BC/EFA (check link below). It's not my fav track, not the worst, but it was nice of them to have helped. They're going to collect again this year too, so kudos to them.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Northport_LITTLE_SHOP_Cast_Joins_Bway_Casts_for_Carols_for_a_Cure_CD_20081016

Lastly, I totally agree that the quasi-classical, a capella tunes are always the weakest (YF). I would way rather hear something that captures the spirit of the cast. I don't know why anyone insists on doing those. This is an opoportunity to be creative and fun and I wish everyone would take it (listen up MDs)!!

[mijofly19]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 3:08pm

Great CD as usual but I was disappointed that A Tale of Two Cities was so short and kinda random. I was expecting a better song to end the first CD.

And if that is true I can't believe that they cut [title of show]'s song and kept the crappy Hanukah Song from The Wedding Singer. They could've at least picked a better song from that year, which had a ton of great songs.

[Trailer Trash Jones]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 11:58pm

The scoop I got on [tos] was that they submitted a song they had pre-recorded themselves but it was sort or dirty &/or inappropriate for a family audience so it couldn't be used.

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:52am

Is "In the Bleak Midwinter" sung by one person or a group of people?

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 11/8/08 at 5:26pm

Los Peces en el Rio (In the Heights) - smokin! muy caliente!amazingly sung.

Yes, and amazingly rapped by Lin-Manuel too.
I was boppin' along the whole time.

I knew they were going to use the Gipsy Kings version because it rocked really hard, as does their show.