Cast Recording Recommendations?

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 1:11pm

Okay. I am looking for some new "Sounds". lol. I have listened to the same cast recordings for a few years and am wanting to hear something new.

A CHORUS LINE
ALL SHOOK UP
ANNIE
APPLE TREE
AVENUE Q*
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
CATS
CHICAGO
DREAMGIRLS
GREASE
HAIRSPRAY
LEGALLY BLONDE
LION KING
LITTLE MERMAID
MAMMA MIA!
MARY POPPINS
ON THE RECORD
SHREK
SEUSSICAL
TARZAN
WEST SIDE STORY
WICKED
XANADU
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

These are what I have cast recordings or movie-musical soundtracks for and the one w/ the star means I only have a few songs from it, because I haven't listened to the others because of a personal "curse word" situation with 'rents! lol. Anyway, I am a little interested in Dirty Dancing and want to find that 16-track OCR but can't seem to find it in stores. I might just have to get it from iTunes. I am waiting on OBCRs and NCRs from 9 to 5, WSS, and some of the newer shows/revivals.
Updated On: 5/3/09 at 01:11 PM

[sgv123]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 1:25pm

new- Next To Normal

old- Tommy Updated On: 5/3/09 at 01:25 PM

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 1:27pm

Or branch out to some of the classics, Sound of Music, Funny Girl, South Pacific, The Wiz.

Or go off the beaten path, grab Adrift in Macao, Raisin, or Zanna Don't.

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 2:59pm

You MUST get:

OBC Into the Woods
OBC The Secret Garden
Jekyll & Hyde
OBC Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Children Of Eden
2008 Revival of South Pacific
Light in the Piazza
1976 Revival of Guys and Dolls
OBC The Wiz
OBC Thoroughly Modern Millie

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 3:15pm

I wouldn't listen to 'next to normal' it would give a way a lot of the show.

[theatre2]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 3:48pm

i am wait for cry baby and hope they make a cast cd of the show.

[Christina Cooper]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 4:01pm

Cry Baby already closed and they are not making a cast recording.. But you should get Millie.. it's really fun!

[wicked1492]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 4:06pm

Gypsy 2008 Recording (Patti Lupone)
Hair
Spring Awakening
In the Heights
The Last 5 Years
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revival)
The Drowsy Chaperone
Little Shop of Horrors

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 4:49pm

Based on wicked1492, would you recommend the OBC of Gypsy w/ Ethel Merman or the 2008 CR with Patti LuPone? I am a big fan of Merman, first seeing her on The Muppet Show, and do not know which one to get. I listened to Charlie Brown on iTunes and really like it! And Cheno's on it! A big bonus. And with Little Shop, should I get the OBC, the CR w/ Kery Butler, or the movie soundtrack? I MIGHT want In The Heights.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 4:56pm

re: Gypsy, get the Patti version

1999 revival of Kiss Me, Kate
Ragtime
Grey Gardens
Light in the Piazza

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 4:59pm

"The Wiz."

That's a classic, Husk??? Umm.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 5:20pm

"And with Little Shop, should I get the OBCR, the CR w/ Kery Butler, or the movie soundtrack?"

I have the new recording with Kerry and I love it. I'm sure the OCR is great too. The movie soundtrack...erm.

By the way, there wasn't an "OBCR" of Little Shop, it wasn't on Broadway for the original run.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 5:21pm

Oh, so it was just an "original cast", then?

[wicked1492]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 5:24pm

You got it.

Posted: 5/3/09 at 9:28pm

I second a lot of these
Little Shop with Kerry
Millie OBC
Into the Woods OBC (stay away from the 2002 revival)
Sweeney OBC
Bye Bye Birdie OBC (LOVE this!!!!)
Guys and Dolls 1992 Revival with Nathan Lane

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 9:43pm

You'd probably love "Ragtime" OBC, but it has a few bad words-- most of them are racial slurs, but the usage of them is NOT condoned in the context of the show. It also uses the word "masturbates" in the song, "The Night That Goldman Spoke".

One musical that I adore but that many people dislike is The Scarlet Pimpernel. Give the thirty second samples a listen at the very least. There are some h words and d words, but nothing extensive. Terrence Mann, who you might recognize as the Beast in Beauty and the Beast and the Rum Tum Tugger in CATS, does a great job as the villain, and Douglas Sills is truly fantastic in the lead.

I definitely suggest you give Les Miserables a try-- the Tenth Anniversary Cast recording is a good place to start.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 10:09pm

NO SONDHEIM?!?

Sweeney Todd
Follies
A Little Night Music
Into the Woods
Sunday in the Park With George
Assassins
Merrily We Roll Along
Company

I can't even do this. There are so many things you need to listen to. How about composers... you need to listen to Richard Rodgers, George Gershwin, Bock and Harnick, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Herman, Cole Porter, Kander and Ebb, Lerner and Loewe, Adam Guettel, Jule Styne, and so many more. Do some investigating for yourself.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 10:14pm

I can tell that you like the more... fun, bubbly musicals. I would HIGHLY suggest
in the Heights and the broadway Little Shop of Horrors. And if you want something a little different from your taste, get the 1998 Cabaret with Alan Cumming.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 10:37pm

AndAllThatJazz22, that DEFINITELY describes me! lol. I couldn't find the word or phrase for it. I might get In the Heights tomorrow. I got a couple today at the library and FYE. I had another question: Original London or Broadway cast of CATS? I think I asked this question before but different w/ the video "soundtrack" against the Broadway cast. I had no interest in OLCR until listening to :30s. I wanted to ask first.

What I DID get:
-Gypsy (Patti LuPone)
-Little Shop of Horrors (Kerry Butler)
-You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Kristin Chenoweth)
-More songs from Avenue Q (rechecked out from library! lol)

Thanks y'all! This is really helping alot!

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 10:46pm

Sondheim stuff!

Carousel
Showboat
She Loves Me
Fiddler on the Roof
My Fair Lady
Fiddler on the Roof
Caroline, Or Change
Nine
Urinetown
Parade
The Full Monty
The Fantasticks
Falsettos
The King and I

[PianoMan2]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 10:50pm

Last 5 Years?

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 5/3/09 at 11:10pm

Recent:
Next to Normal
Grey Gardens
In The Heights
The Light in the Piazza
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Urinetown

Less Recent:
Anything Sondheim (minus a few...)
Titanic
Evita
Once on This Island
My Fair Lady

Just a few I thought of.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 5/4/09 at 1:32am

Get the Original Little Shop. It's unpolished, and lovely. And Ellen Greene > Kerry Butler

OBC Cats. I have both, and prefer the OBC.

And I'm echoing TheActr, I started out liking the bubbly, and then I met Sondheim. And always go for the originals with him (the exception being Sunday, but I hate Patinkin on the OBCR)

And yes, I consider The Wiz a classic. Major hit, won the Tony, and totally enjoyable.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 5/4/09 at 3:05am

Jacob -

I am one of those hardcore collector types who wants EVERYTHING. A few years back I created a list of what I consider the basic library of 125 CD's covering musicals from the start of the 20th century onward.

Now you may not be looking to buy 100+ Cd's, but many of these are available at libraries. Have a look and (as others have suggested) explore more of the musical theatre's rich heritage.


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Updated On: 5/4/09 at 03:05 AM

[binau]

Posted: 5/4/09 at 3:24am

Frontrowcentre, do you happen to have an account on castalbums.org? I'd be interested to see what you have collected over the yers.