By: SingingLibrarian | In: New Releases | News | Re-Releases
6 Nov 2010Recent months have seen quite a number of significant OLC recordings get their CD debut. November sees the release of two more very different shows of interest to collectors.
First, Sepia Records, a British public domain label, will release the London recording of Mary Rodger’s Once Upon a Mattress, the musical retelling of The Princess and the Pea. Due on 9th November, the recording includes the same numbers as the LP release of the original Broadway cast, interpreted by performers including comedian Max Wall as the Jester and character actress Jane Connell as Princess Winnifred. On CD, it is paired with the studio recording of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves 40, which Rodgers wrote with Sammy Cahn. Sung and narrated by Bing Crosby, this curiosity (intended for a child audience) is also making its CD debut.
Later in the month, Stage Door Records will release the original cast recording of Mutiny!, a show which starred David Essex, who also wrote the score with Richard Crane. Based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty, the show also starred veteran actor Frank Finlay and pop diva Sinitta just prior to her career-making meeting with Simon Cowell. It was modestly popular, running for over a year in the mid 1980s This release is remastered from the original tapes.
By: hitormiss | In: Re-Releases | Recording Labels
9 Jul 2010Masterworks Broadway continues to explore the rich history of its unequaled Broadway and Off-Broadway catalogue with the release of three highly requested classic cast recordings previously unavailable in the CD era: Regina, Song of Norway, and Make A Wish.
Beginning with the release of Regina on July 20, these titles will be available as digital downloads through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand, each with the original cover art and liner notes, exclusively through Arkivmusic.com. These cast recordings will be the first in a long-range plan to issue a “new” classic Masterworks Broadway title each month, transferred from the original masters in the Sony Music Archives. In most instances, these will be the first authorized releases of these recordings in the digital era, and the first time they have been available directly from the original masters since the LP era. Future releases will be announced in the fall.
By: hitormiss | In: Re-Releases | Stores
3 Feb 2008ArkivMusic.com has begun issuing CD-Rs of an out-of-print or otherwise generally unavailable recordings. For the usual cost of a CD, they’ll burn you a disc and include reproductions of the original artwork and liner notes. But unlike the bootleggers on eBay, the recordings are fully licensed from the record labels. Max Preeo hinted on CASTRECL that a major label is negotiating to use ArkivMusic to release its back catalog…
For now, the following recordings are available through Arkiv:
Canterbury Tales — Original Broadway Cast
Robert and Elizabeth — Original London Cast
Little Night Music, A — Original London Cast
Wildcat — Original Broadway Cast
Do Re Mi — Original Broadway Cast
Oliver! — Film Soundtrack
Finian’s Rainbow — Broadway Cast
Silk Stockings — Original Broadway Cast
Hello, Dolly! — Broadway Cast
Starting Here, Starting Now — Original Off-Broadway Cast
Legs Diamond — Original Broadway Cast
Roi Et Moi, Le — French Soundtrack
Little Me — Original Broadway Cast
How Now, Dow Jones — Original Broadway Cast
Darling of the Day — Original Broadway Cast
Broadway Showstoppers — Studio Cast
Kismet — London Studio Cast
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum — Original London Cast
Kwamina — Original Broadway Cast
Where’s Charley? — Original London Cast
Walking Happy — Original Broadway Cast
Goodtime Charley — Original Broadway Cast
Celebration — Original Broadway Cast
Zorba — Original Broadway Cast
St. Louis Woman — Original Broadway Cast
Tenderloin — Original Broadway Cast
That’s Entertainment III — Film Soundtrack
Chu Chin Chow — Studio Cast
White House Cantata, A — London Studio Cast
Magdalena — London Studio Cast
On the Town — London Concert Cast
Johnny Johnson — Studio Cast
Seventh Heaven — Original Broadway Cast
Street Scene — London Studio Cast
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