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 enlarge | Artists: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, Charlotte D'amboise, Michael Berresse
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
Buy New: $9.77
You Save: $9.20 (48%)
New (35) Used (13) from $7.11
Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 8632
Format: Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 89785
UPC: 828768978528
EAN: 0828768978528
ASIN: B000HEZF8Q
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
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 A very good record of a great show! August 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Look - you can compare "original cast recordings" with "revival recordings" all you like but will you really find the true defining work.
I have seen this show a number of times including an early Broadway cast and I have to say that in my humble opinion this recording holds up very well indeed. It is great to have a more complete recording than the original. This one sparkles in its own way - but then so it should - after all recording techniques have changed over the years, and CD's allow more content than vinyl.
So which is better? I won't say - because each has its own appeal. So go like me and have both the OBC AND this revival!!!
You'll love both I am sure!
 This Show is AMAZING July 11, 2007
Although many other people have criticized this cast for its departure from the original production, I think this cast is awesome. Although you can never truly trump an original, the vocals in this cast are much more clear and they are truly amazing singers (and if you see the show, you'll know that they're also amazing dancers). The song, "What I Did for Love" is truly beautiful and a real tear jerker when you see it on the stage.
If you appreciate fine vocals, love A Chorus Line or love the sounds of the 1970's, this cd is perfect for you. I highly recommend that you buy this cd!!!
Spot the difference June 24, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The music for A Chorus Line sounded endearingly dated in 1975, so you can only imagine the impact it has today. All those harps, the wah-wah guitars, the twinkly flutes and the clunky percussion. Close your eyes and you can see the credits role to some early seventies TV sit com...
And yet... this is A Chorus Line, and we love it. Having just seen the show for the first time live (on Broadway, with this cast) I now undertand that the show really is as wildly inconsistent and totally odd as the movie suggests. But the cast give it their all and act like they at least pretend they know what's happening.
I've marked this down one star for Charlotte d'Amboise's rendition of The Music and the Mirror. Boy this lady can dance. In heels! But I can't admire her for the way she sings "Gimme a chaaaaance to come thruuuuuuu". It was even worse on stage, so we are spared at least some of the horror.
Other than that there are very few differences compared with the slightly better 75 OBC recording, just the muffled sound is removed.
Interesting both for novices and for those buying it just to compare to the original.
It's "A Chorus Line" June 4, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well, this is A Chorus Line. I don't hear much difference from the original. Sound quality is a little better, the voices are a little bit better, and there are a few added notes here and there, but overall I don't feel this is a must have if you already own the original. Now if you have to choose between which one to get, I would say get this one. As I've said the sound quality and some voices ARE better on this one, but not so drastically that you need this one. I like A Chorus Line and I am happy I got this CD, but it definitely doesn't wipe the original off the map. I suggest this for collectors, and younger new listeners. Favorite song: "What I Did For Love"
 "Dance 10, Voice 2" March 4, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you've seen the revival on Broadway, you know that the entire cast dances beautifully. Unfortunately, you can't see them dancing on the recording and while everyone always thinks of this as a "dancer's show" anyone who has seen the score knows how challenging the music is.
While there are a few cast members with exceptional voices, a few of them (including one in particular - you'll know who when you listen to the recording) fall a bit short of today's standards in the vocal department.
They should have added a song in this version called "Dance 10, Voice 2"...and not for Val!
I was disappointed when I saw the revival on Broadway (again, a few standouts like the actors who play Bebe, Don, Al, Val), but figured that they'd "correct" the vocal mistakes I heard while seeing it live on the recording (where they could do multiple takes). Alas, it's not any better on the recording.
The new orchestrations are nice and it's great that more of the amazing score was included, but this recording falls short. I'm sticking to the original.
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