Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
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#1Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:04pmWhat's the deal? I have the "old" version (With 'Being Bouvier' & the cut songs) and I decided to break down and get the new one and when I go to Amazon, it's the old version I already have. Does anyone know what the deal is? They can't really be selling that old version still, can they?
#2re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:11pmNo, it's essentially the same CD. The only things that were really re-recorded were songs that feature Erin Davie and the new songs. If you read in the booklet, it even says that Sara Gettelfinger is still singing the chorus parts of "House We Live In" and "Choose to Be Happy."
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#2re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:16pm
No, the one on Amazon is the original one. Joe is right.
Maybe try ordering it directly from PS Classics?
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#3re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:25pmOh, most of the songs are the same? I was sent a copy recently of the Broadway cast recording. I've had the Off-B'way recording since I saw the show and haven't been able to tell a difference, but just assumed they were different... shows you how little I listened to the Off-B'way recording :-/.
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#4re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:29pm
I think Barnes and Noble has the Broadway cast album.
Tracks 2, 6, 8, and 12-21 are taken from the Off-Broadway recording. See here: http://www.castalbums.org/recordings/4598
#5re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:36pmI got the OBCR from Amazon.
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#6re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:40pmThe tracks from the Off-Broadway album were significantly remixed for the Broadway recording. I think they sound much better on the Broadway album.
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#7re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:43pmI don't even see the Off-Broadway cast recording on Amazon anywhere.
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#8re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:44pm
Which one is this?
http://www.amazon.com/Grey-Gardens-Musical-Scott-Frankel/dp/B000G75A9I/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1230693400&sr=8-2
#9re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:46pm
Here's the problem.
The artwork they show for the album they're selling on Amazon is that of the Broadway cast album.
The tracklist is from the Off-Broadway recording.
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#10re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:48pm
I was just about to post the same as WannaBe. It's the cover from the OBC but the tracks are from the Off-Broadway album. The OP probably got this one thinking it was a different one.
I have both and prefer the Broadway cast recording by a hundred times. Erin Davie gave such a fantastic performance, can't believe she wasn't nominated for a Tony.
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#11re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:49pmSo the OP bought a digital copy of the Off-Broadway cast recording with the Broadway cast recording cover art and is not noticing a difference? That would make sense...
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#12re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:50pmI think all the people who get outraged about community theateres ripping off the pro designs need to channel that outrage and have them correct this travesty of misinformation immediately. Immediately!
#13re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:58pmitunes got it right. They have both the Broadway and Off-Broadway cast recordings matched with their appropriate cover art.
#14re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:08pmI think what happened is that the UPCs of the off-Broadway and the Broadway versions are the same. I work in the Music department at my local Barnes and Noble, and twice, I had to send back the Off-Broadway version to the vendor to get the Broadway version.
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#15re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:39pm
I thought I heard that they were going to phase out the Off-Bway Recording and only produce the OBCR. But where ever I went I could only find the Off-Bway CD which I'd already bought off iTunes. I had to order the OBCR directly from PS Classics.
I actually prefer Better Fall Out of Love to Goin' Places
I'm drawn between Being Bouvier and Marry Well though.
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#16re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:50pm
I got the Off-Broadway album for $5 from PS Classics when they were trying to sell it out.
Then I got the Broadway album on eBay, new, for $8 total.
I much prefer the Broadway version, but the other one is still great to have.
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#17re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 12:12amI agree. I prefer "Goin' Places" and "The Girl Who Has Everything".
#18re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 1:24am
I uploaded my OBC onto Itunes the other day and it gave me the cover work for the off-Broadway disc.
I agree, the OBC is a huge improvement quality wise. And Erin Davie is a huge improvement over the rather grating Sara Gettelfinger (who, for the record, I throughly enjoyed in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
#19re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 1:27am
Sarah is singing in the chorus of "Choose to Be Happy?"
They only supplemented in Davie's solo?
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#20re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:17am
Here's the scoop on the Grey Gardens albums:
They have the same UPC. When the Broadway album was recorded and released, it was to replace the off-Broadway album, which the authors no longer wanted sold, as it did not reflect the final version of the show (at the time the off-Broadway was recorded by us, who knew that it would transfer to Broadway and win two Tonys, or that Gettlefinger would be replaced?). The best way to do that was to recall and sell through the old version, and release the new version with the same UPC to effectively replace it. We at PS Classics did that, re-recording Erin Davie (and numbers that included Erin), but using some tracks where Sara was in the "chorus" ("Choose to be Happy"). The orchestra was sweetened with the Broadway orchestrations. The entire album was remixed to be of one whole cloth, redesigned, and issued. The off-Broadway album has been on sale for $4.95 exclusively at PS Classics until they are all sold. Once they are gone, they are gone forever, as it cannot be repressed in the "old" version.
Of all the e-tailers out there, only Amazon cannot seem to get it right. Either the track listing or the cover is wrong and when we request the change, the other one gets affected.
But, if you buy it from Amazon, you will receive the Broadway version of the album.
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#21re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 10:16amThanks guys, I think I am going to go ahead and try Amazon, I can't imagine they are still pressing the old version.
#22re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:08pmWe haven't pressed them since before it moved to Broadway, and have all of them in-house so the off-Broadway album is only available at PSClassics.com.
#23re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:12pmWhy isn't PSclassics.com doing websale during January?
#24re: Grey Gardens Broadway Cast Album
Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:20pm
But, if you buy it from Amazon, you will receive the Broadway version of the album.
That's if you buy the actual CD, though, right? If you buy it digitally from Amazon you're still getting the Off-Broadway cast recording which still features the Broadway cover art.
