DRG Records 25th Anniversary: Show-Stopping Performances from Original Cast Albums [Cast Recording]

Frank Lazarus (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Jule Styne (Composer), Dan Goggin (Composer), Irving Berlin (Composer), Mark / Monk, Debra Hardwick (Composer), William Finn (Composer), Jerome Kern (Composer), Harvey Schmidt (Composer), Gary William Friedman (Composer), Betty/Green, Adolph Comden (Composer), Edward Kleban (Composer), Frank Loesser (Composer), Frandsen/Garin/Hipkens/Lockheart (Composer), Scott Joplin (Composer), Shepard N. Edmonds (Composer), Cy Coleman (Composer), Andre Previn (Composer), Gerard Alessandrini (Composer), Hugh / Blane, Ralph Martin (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Frank Lazarus, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne, Dan Goggin, Irving Berlin, et al.
• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B00005Q6IN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,815 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #88 in Music > Indie Music > Broadway & Vocalists

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great compilation, May 9, 2002

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Eric L. Magnus (Olathe, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DRG Records 25th Anniversary: Show-Stopping Performances from Original Cast Albums (Audio CD)

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

8 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, December 14, 2001

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S. Mathews (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DRG Records 25th Anniversary: Show-Stopping Performances from Original Cast Albums (Audio CD)

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.