[blue wind]

i know this has probably been asked before, but if i'm going to get either the OBC or the revival which should i get?

[Sweeney Hyde]

Probably OBCR...however, just out of curiosity, will it be your first exposure to the show?

[blue wind]

i've seen/heard clips and stuff. but i don't own a cast recording and i've never seen the whole thing.

[Joshua]

Get the OBCR but the Revival CR is amazing too.

[pish123c]

I'd go with the OBCR if the show is new to you.

[qmechanic]

Better yet, get the DVD. The DVD of the revival cast is not available on Amazon until May, but you can get it from PBS directly right now (for a few extra dollars compared to Amazon). Here's a link:

http://www.shopthirteen.org/product/show/31666

[Salome]

which revival?

the recordings in order of greatness..

OBC (no other recording even comes close)
1994 Revival
1996 London revival
2007 revival.

[Monsieur D'Arque]

If you're performing with a band, get the OBC and the 1996. If you're performing with a pianist, get the revival.

Although, to be honest, I like the Esparza revival best because I'm a big fan of his Bobby, and also because the original orchestrations, classic though they are, were a little ahead of their time. The song "Company" in particular now sounds far too much like the theme to a Seventies sitcom, and many of the other songs are orchestrated like a Tom Jones album.

As a trick with my Company cast, I slipped "It's Not Unusual" into the tracks of the OBC and someone thought it was part of the show.

[Salome]

WOW we diosagree completley here. thats all I wil lsay.

[Joshua]

[Salome]

i got it out fine. but still no one beats Dean Jones,Elaine Stritch and Co.

[Joshua]