Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 7/9/24
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CDs Now Available:
Judy Garland - The Alternate "Judy" Album
(HDTT - new on CD)
First release of never-before-heard alternate takes of songs on Judy Garland's 1956 Capitol album "Judy." Also included: complete restored soundtrack from the April 8, 1956, CBS special episode of "General Electric Theatre" series for the album release hosted by Ronald Reagan. From acetate discs. HighDefTapeTransfers.ca
Blu-ray/DVDs Now Available:
Titanic
(Stage2View - new Blu-ray/DVD)
Filmed musical, with a score by Maury Yeston, that was shown in cinemas. Now streaming at BroadwayHD, to be available for global streaming 8/1/24, and released in physical format sometime in 2024 with Liberator Films and MVD Entertainment Group.
Music to Be Released This Friday, July 12:
Ladyship the Musical (Original Concept Recording)
(Whirligig Records - new digital album)
Score by Laura Good and Linda Good. Cast includes Maddie Shea Baldwin, Lisa Karlin, Savannah Frazier, Brandi Knox, Annie Sherman, and Trevor St. John-Gilbert, featuring Quentin Oliver Lee. Produced by Laura Good and Linda Good, mixed by Jakob Reinhardt. Bandcamp.com.
The Outsiders
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new on CD)
2024 OBC recording of score by Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine (the book is by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine). Three tracks released early. Cast includes Brody Grant, Sky Lakota-Lynch, Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Jason Schmidt, Emma Pittman, Daryl Tofa, Kevin William Paul, and Dan Berry. Released earlier in digital format
Parting Gift: The Songs of Gerald Ginsburg
(PS Classics - new on CD)
World Premiere recordings of lost treasures by composer Gerald Ginsburg (1932-2019). Two dozen musical settings of poetry by such luminaries as W. B. Yeats, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and E. E. Cummings. Shereen Ahmed, Mikaela Bennett, Philip Chaffin, Will Chase, Victoria Clark, Jason Danieley, Adrienne Danrich, Jordan Donica, Colin Donnell, Telly Leung, Paul Lincoln, Patti Murin, Kelli O'Hara, Elena Shaddow, Nathaniel Stampley, Elizabeth Stanley, and Lauren Worsham. Orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick, Doug Besterman, Larry Hochman, Michael Starobin, Chris Jahnke, and John Baxindine, among others, and performed by an orchestra of 17 under the baton of Richard Carsey. Produced by Tommy Krasker and Bart Migal. Digital released 6/21/24. PSClassics.com.
Newly Listed Recordings:
July 26:
Judy Garland: A Celebration: Classic & Collectable Performances
(Acrobat - new 3-CD set)
Unreleased recordings include overdubs from her 1956 album Judy, alternates, outtakes, rehearsals, and television appearances. It includes restorations and remixes by such audio engineers as Nick Dellow, who has remastered as well as repitched several tracks, and Brian Lee, who has done stereo remixes on many tracks. Curated by Lawrence Schulman, who wrote the liner notes for the booklet, which includes archival photos. 73 tracks. Also being released is Volume 1 of a two-volume LP containing selections from the set.
The Stationmaster
(Auburn Jam Records - new album)
Score by Tim Connor (book by Susannah Pearse). Orchestrations by Jason Carr. Cast includes Nigel Richards, Alex Young, Jessica Sherman, Nicola Sloane, John Coates as Martin Cartwright, Kailun Dennie as Davey, Abiona Omonua as Mrs. Teasley, Rhys Jennings as Inspector/Joe/Judge/Ghost, and Adam Stickler. The musical debuted at Tristan Bates Theatre in 2015.
Newly Listed Books:
October 8:
The Spamalot Diaries
(Crown - new Paperback Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Eric Idle shares original journal entries and raw email exchanges that reveal the sometimes bumpy, always entertaining path to the musical Spamalot's run. 208 pages.
