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	Detailed Review [Cast - Overall View] - ProgressoR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In 1993, at last, Cast completed the work at the creation of their own studio (and 'label') of the same name and starting from 1994 they have released a series of albums, most of which have already become real classics for the future.
		Although the musicianship of each separate Cast member then wasn't as masterly as in the middle of the 1990s, their excellent joint performance and brilliant arrangements make "Third Call" one of the five or six Cast best albums in their current discography (to me, this is the fifth best one).
		Cast didn't release their regular new album in 1998 for the first time since 1993 which was a year of the beginning of the band's feverish activity (for details click here: "Top").
	www.progressor.net /review/cast_overall.html (3338 words)

	Playbill News: Ken Mandelbaum's AISLE VIEW: Cast Album Wish-List
		Ever since labels began to reissue cast recordings on CD, most people I know have thrown their hats in the air, looked forward with almost terrifying excitement to each re-release, and eagerly plunked down their money to buy the CD versions of cast albums they have had on their shelves in LP form for years.
		This is the Columbia cast album that substitutes Eileen Rodgers for the show's Abbe Lane, whose label would not release her for the recording.
		The United Artists cast album deserves to be reissued simply because this is John Kander's first Broadway score (the show also became Hal Prince's first Broadway directorial contribution when he took over on the road from Word Baker).
	www.playbill.com /news/article/34310.html (3263 words)

	The Hand - Cast Album Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It's perhaps this that makes Cast sound a little bit tired, to be truthful they're still sounding like the 1996 Britpop scene when they first made their debut.
		This similarity between tracks is the main flaw of the album, although Magic Hour is a peaceful song that stands out from the album and is bound to be a future single.
		Cast need to find this 'new direction' they keep telling us they're going in with the release of every album.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /guy.walsh/cast.html (337 words)

	The Musical World of Rocky Horror - Reviews by Kevin Boycik
		His performance on this album is energetic, tough, and (in my opinion) better than his performances on the RHS Original London Cast album and TRHPS Original Soundtrack.
		I would assume that one reason this album has never been re-issued (and I honestly doubt that it ever will be) is because it is true that Lou Adler probably cringes in disgust at how badly this album rips off the Original Roxy Cast album.
		The album does however boast a divine performance by Rayner Bourton as Rocky Horror (he was the very first Rocky Horror in the Original London Cast but his performance on this album is even better).
	www.rockymusic.org /reviews/kevin-boycik/cast-old.html (3924 words)

	Original Cast Album - Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		While a proposed series of original cast recording sessions for documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (Don't Look Back) never materialized, Original Cast Album: Company survives as the first and only entry, and it was fortuitous that its subject was the 1970 musical Company.
		All the other cast members had been dismissed, so it was just Stritch, the orchestra, and the recording and creative teams.
		It is interesting to see the mechanics involved, naturally, but what sticks with you is the determination of these tired actors (they recorded on the Sunday after opening night, their day off) to get a permanent record of this brilliant, groundbreaking musical.
	www.upper-back-exercises.com /prod/B00004YKS8/Original_Cast_Album_-_Company.html (1681 words)

	The Cast Recordings FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This page is intended to answer as many questions as possible about existing cast recordings that remain unissued on CD, that have been issued but have subsequently disappeared, or that may be at risk of disappearing in the near future.
		What are the labels of interest to cast album collectors, and how can one characterize the attitudes of each of them towards their cast album catalogues?
		Special thanks are due to David Levy (originator of the Cast Recordings FAQ), Matt Kingston (originator of the Cast Recording Resource Guide, most of whose content has been absorbed into this site), Max Preeo and the members of the Cast Recordings mailing list, and the members of the internet newsgroup rec.arts.theatre.musicals.
	www.castalbums.org (664 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music: Cast of Thousands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Given the success of the last album with its Mercury Award nomination (which it should have won) and its brilliantly moody & brooding arrangement that coupled together anthemic melodies and claustrophobic neurosis, elbow were left to work under a bit of pressure to replicate what they had already achieved.
		Their debut album, Asleep at the Back was definately an album to play late at night when you want to get your emotion on.
		Some people say this album is more uplifting than the last, and, while that is true to an extent, the constant darkness of the first album is still here which is what I love.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009NQZC (1620 words)

	Cast Album CDs That Are Now Rare
		Albums without any additional identification are either OBCs (of the original Broadway cast, the default designation) or the only recording of the particular score.
		Most of these albums were licensed by DRG from the British Pye label and were deleted when the rights expired.
		Moreover, this album is one of relatively few for which there is no longer a replacement guarantee from the label.
	www.castalbums.org /rare.html (1489 words)

	Customer opinion: Cast album of the year! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The original Broadway cast album was meticulously produced at the very end of the LP era with the flawless original cast, but for obscure reasons (having to do with LP sound quality) only a fraction of the score made it onto record.
		This is a live recording, so the vocals sometimes lack the polish of the studio version, but the electricity of the occasion, the smart casting, and the thrilling playing of the orchestra more than make up for the occasional vocal glitch.
		Every member of the cast is a superb singing actor, but their strenuous efforts make you realize how wickedly difficult this score is to sing.
	cd-shop.waraxe.us /music~cd~review~show~16219.html (970 words)

	Aisle Say: HOW TO SUCCEED (New Cast Album) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		By the standards of what a cast album is meant to preserve, that alone makes this "How to..." a successful document.
		Certainly the new album is a pleasant experience.
		As typical these days, the album provides an amount of dialogue continuity that was prohibitive in the era of vinyl...
	www.aislesay.com /CD-HOW-TO.html (506 words)

	TYPICALLY petshopboys - closer to heaven cast album (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The original cast album for Closer to Heaven was released by EPIC/Sony on October 8th, 2001.
		In the end we decided to make the show and our album separate entities but we still included three songs from the show on the 'Nightlife' album: 'In Denial', 'Vampires' and 'Closer to Heaven'.
		Unlike more traditional cast albums, 'Closer to Heaven' works on it's own or as a companion piece to the show.
	home.conceptsfa.nl /~kmalda/c2halbum.htm (516 words)

	Playbill News: Zanna, Don't! Will Get Cast Album from PS Classics Come Summer
		PS Classics, which recently preserved the Broadway revival cast of Nine for a cast album, will release the original cast album of Zanna, Don't!, the pop-flavored, funky Off-Broadway musical about a universe where everyone is gay.
		cast goes into the studio in early June and a release is expected shortly after, PS Classics co-founder Tommy Krasker told Playbill On-Line.
		The cast includes Anika Larsen (as Roberta), Darius Nichols (as Buck), Amanda Ryan Paige (as Candy/Karla), Enrico Rodriguez (as Mike), Robb Sapp (as Tank), Shelley Thomas (as Kate) and Jared Zeus (as Steve).
	web.playbill.com /news/article/79620.html (1011 words)

	AsianConnections: Flower Drum Song Cast Album Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		David Chase, David Henry Hwang, Bobby Longbottom join the cast members inside the panel to arrange each singer in front of the right mike for the heartfelt moment when the actors reveal where they were born, America, Asia, and Canada.
		The cast lives out their own American stories on the stage of the Virginia Theatre every night and in the studio today there is a giddiness and a swell of Asian American pride in the air until I hear someone crying behind a music stand.
		Cast members are comforting petite ensemble member Yuka Takara who is so caught up in the moment that she has begun to cry.
	asianconnections.com /entertainment/events/flower.drum.song.cast.album (679 words)

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		A double-CD package (minus booklet and cover, but with full track sequencing) was sent to Tony voters last spring; while it is possible the recording has undergone further mixing since, this version sounds finished and fully releasable, so I thought it would be of interest to preview it at this stage.
		I suspect the score would have been well-received in such circumstances, and a live album of one of these concerts might have brought the piece widespread attention and acceptance.
		Second, Wahzinak's first Letter is not on the album at all!Her first appearance is the duet with Salvador.
	members.fortunecity.com /ewhans/PScapeman_cast.htm (1411 words)

	Eleanor Roosevelt - The Musical THE CAST ALBUM
		Now, the music and lyrics by Thomas Tierney and John Forster are preserved in this cast album of the 1999 staging at Ford's Theatre (Washington).
		The real benchmark of a good show album is the ability to 'see' the show with your ears.
		The original cast recording of Eleanor is a fine introduction to the talented composing team of Thomas Tierney (music) and John Forster (lyrics).
	www.eleanorthemusical.com /album.html (1233 words)

	My Cast Album Collection
		I also have a few cast recordings on LP, cassette and CD-R, and I should really get around to cataloging them.
		The PBS broadcast of Into the Woods was a lightning rod that introduced me to Sondheim, and sent me actively looking for more of his work — I was introduced to much of his cannon by reading librettos in the library well before I heard their music.
		As a collector I seem to always be racing the tide of albums lapsing out of print.
	www.ugcs.caltech.edu /~dlh/castalbums.htm (1741 words)

	Playbill News: Wicked’s Cast Album Wins Grammy Award
		The Grammy went to Schwartz, who was not only the composer/lyricist of the smash musical set in the land of Oz, but also produced the Decca Broadway recording.
		Assassins, Tommy Krasker, producer; Stephen Sondheim, composer-lyricist; The Broadway Cast Recording With Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Cerveris and Others on the PS Classics label.
		The awards go to album producer(s), and to the lyricist(s) and composer(s) of 51 percent or more of a new score.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/91197.html (416 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Avenue Q (2003 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The excellent cast, dominated by John Tartaglia and Stephanie D'Abruzzo, does it justice, milking the humorous numbers for all they're worth and finding pathos in the more straightforward ones.
		The cast album perfectly captures the show, including just enough of the dialogue to give you the gist of the entire production.
		This brilliant new Broadway show takes a cast of foam characters, who look suspiciously like the Muppets, and uses them to tackle decidely adult issues such as sex, pornography, racism, homosexuality, drug use, cruelty and cynicism.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000BZK1R?v=glance (1786 words)

	YES! New Cast Album (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Grr, what happened to the good old days when a cast album would be out within a few weeks of a show's opening?
		Sometimes, recording the cast album too close to opening doesn't give the cast a chance to gel their sound.
		But on the cast recording the number falls flat.
	www.sondheim.com /community/index.php?board=15;action=display;threadid=1654;start=30;boardseen=1 (649 words)

	Company, Original Cast Album
		Called a monumental achievement by the Los Angeles Times, Company is the extraordinary documentary capturing the explosive recording session for Stephen Sondheim’s landmark musical.
		On May 3, 1970, just a few days after its triumphant Broadway opening, the cast of Company gathered to record the Original Cast Album.
		Since its debut at the New York Film Festival, where a riot squad was called in to quell the outraged turnaways who couldn’t get into the theatre, Company has continued to arouse crowds with its remarkable fly-on-the-wall look at first rate talent performing the hits from the legendary Broadway show.
	www.docurama.com /productdetail.html?productid=NV-NVG-9456-NVG-9457 (333 words)

	Medialunchbox - Music : Little Shop Of Horrors: Original Cast Album (1982 Off-Broadway Cast) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This version of the soundtrack to the hit musical is from the stage production, which ended rather differently than the movie: just about the entire cast (except for the backup singers) winds up as lunch for the hungry plant.
		I love the way she speaks, in a tiny voice with that slight lisp, then when she really gets to singing, she just belts it out.
		I can't decide with cast album I like, 1982 or 2003.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/B000000OMF (480 words)

	Broadway Cast Album Database
		The 10th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (left) recording represents one of the best live albums with a phenomenal list of cast members from around the world.
		The ORIGINAL FRENCH CONCEPT ALBUM is also available at many music stores, but can be rather pricey for a single CD.
		Les Misérables follows this trend, as the JAPANESE RED CAST recording, which is available to order online at amazon.com (click for direct link), runs for a whopping $69.99 US.
	www.geocities.com /castalbums/lesmis.html (141 words)

	Original Cast Album: Seussical - PopMatters Music Review
		And learning that Eric Idle was also to be involved (his final credit is for "conceiving" the show with Ahrens and Flaherty) only increased my interest -- Idle and his former Monty Python colleagues being among my heroes as well.
		The extent of Idle's contribution is not detailed in the notes, but one finds oneself wishing he had been more involved, as the story presented on this album could have well used more of the twisted nature the coauthor of Monty Python & the Holy Grail could have brought to it.
		For whatever reason, this original cast album is most thoroughly unconvincing.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/soundtracks/soundtrack-seussical.shtml (1284 words)

	Mermaniac - A Show Tunes Weblog
		Innovative attempt to get the cast album into the hands of the public.
		The album is being produced by the show's producers, but Ghostlight Records is associated with the release.
		The recent Broadway revival (with B.D. Wong in the cast) will be released by PS Classics, which also recorded the Broadway productions of Sondheim's Assassins and the Frogs.
	www.mermaniac.com (937 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Into the Woods (1987 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Fortunately, this cast was also captured on video and DVD.
		The lyrics, as usual, are clever & the cast performances (namely, Bernadette Peters as the witch, Chip Zien as the baker, and the aforementioned Gleason as the baker's wife) are terrific.
		And a fun fact: This cast of INTO THE WOODS features cast members from Sondheim and Lapine's 1984 SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002WAB?v=glance (1679 words)

	A Shoggoth on the Roof: the Cast Album
		A Shoggoth on the Roof HPLHS Cast Album.
		Donate just $22.50 to the HPLHS Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Shoggoths and we'll send you the Shoggoth on the Roof Cast Album CD and the Libretto, and we'll throw in a free DVD of the documentary!
		The CD features a fully-orchestrated score and a cast including: Gordon Goodman, Susan Hegarty, Tanya Anton, Holly Long, Rebecca Marcotte, John Jabaley, Chad Fifer, Pascal Marcotte, Jonathan Nail, Andrew Leman, Sean Branney, Josie DiVincenzo, Leslie Baldwin, Dan Harper, Chris Lackey, Erika Zucker, Jon Beauregard and the HPLHS Zombie Chorale.
	www.cthulhulives.org /Musical/cdinfo.html (554 words)

	WWW&M Original Cast Album
		The cast reunited the following autumn of 2002 to record this original cast album under the creative, joyous and steady handed guidance of Peter Millrose at his studios.
		The cast (conspicuously minus Guildenstern) appears from all points of the house convening on the stage to warn of the folly of man and his dreams compared to the infinite powers of nature in Now The Hungry Lion Roars from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
		But all’s well that ends well, and this show ends well, as the cast joins hands for one last bow and round of Vaudeville pratfalls, reminding us that “all the world’s a stage” and “life is a cabaret!”
	milesphillips.com /page17.html (1429 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Seventh Heaven (Original Broadway Cast Album) [IMPORT] [CAST RECORDING] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		James' version of "Someone" is still available on her C.D. "Little Girl Blue." DeHaven's pretty original cast and single versions are on this C.D. and the song gets a great moment in the overture.
		Decca Broadway has reissued the cast album complete with 2 bonus tracks - "Blessings", cut from the score during tryouts (performed by Marian Caruso), and a studio cut of "Where Is That Someone For Me" again performed by Gloria De Haven, accompanied by Victor Young's orchestra.
		I have listened to this album, and I want to review it.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000CERN3 (626 words)

	Cast Album Grammy Nominations
		Avenue Q The Musical: Jay David Saks, producer; Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, composers/lyricists; iriginal Broadway Cast Recording with Rick Lyon, Jennifer Barnhart and others; on the Victor label.
		Wicked: Stephen Schwartz, producer; Stephen Schwartz, composer/lyricist; Original Broadway Cast Recording With Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel; on the Decca Broadway label.
		Wonderful Town: Hugh Fordin, producer; Leonard Bernstein, composer; Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyricists; The New Broadway Cast Recording With Donna Murphy on the DRG Theater label.
	soundtracks.monstersandcritics.com /news/article_2858.php (320 words)

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