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Post by singingbird on May 10, 2020 21:25:07 GMT
Oh my! I'm so happy to see this again! I used to love your website... I had no idea who had made it, but it was an amazing resource. I have never come across anyone else who shares with me the same passion for old ALW 1970s B Sides etc! Thank you! There is a small group of us, I think, who share this passion. It was harder to research 30 years ago, before the internet really took off. I remember advertising in Record Collector magazine asking for unusual ALW discs. Got some good stuff that way  Now everything can be found online in an instant. Not everything!! It's years and years since I've heard the recordings from Cricket, for example, and I've never tracked them down anywhere. But it is certainly a niche passion. Not sure how many out there ever feel compelled to listen to Seven and a Half Percent Swing, for example! (And that probably includes ALW and TR!) |
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Post by chernjam on May 11, 2020 1:11:23 GMT
Oh for you "kids" on here... you don't know what a treasure Steve is 24 years ago, his site was a daily "go-to" for ALW fans in the internet's infancy. He was as updated as twitter was when WDTW first opened - giving all kinds of updates and finding reviews. And his Tiretracks website was a TREASURE trove. Why RUG never hired him as one of their PR people is a mystery... Back to By Jeeves... "Female of the Species" and "Today" are two HUGE omissions to the revised By Jeeves Steve - did I read that correctly - the BY JEEVES recordings are 1 - the limited Scarborough CD (which I have) that there's TWO London cast recordings (only have one) the American one and a BBC one??? |
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Post by chernjam on May 11, 2020 1:13:16 GMT
Female of the species - original... another awesome tune:
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 8:26:38 GMT
Thank you! There is a small group of us, I think, who share this passion. It was harder to research 30 years ago, before the internet really took off. I remember advertising in Record Collector magazine asking for unusual ALW discs. Got some good stuff that way Now everything can be found online in an instant. Not everything!! It's years and years since I've heard the recordings from Cricket, for example, and I've never tracked them down anywhere. But it is certainly a niche passion. Not sure how many out there ever feel compelled to listen to Seven and a Half Percent Swing, for example! (And that probably includes ALW and TR!) Cricket Theme Melody and The Summer Game are both on youtube (the later of which is also Anything But Lonely from aspects!) |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 8:30:37 GMT
Not everything!! It's years and years since I've heard the recordings from Cricket, for example, and I've never tracked them down anywhere. But it is certainly a niche passion. Not sure how many out there ever feel compelled to listen to Seven and a Half Percent Swing, for example! (And that probably includes ALW and TR!) Cricket Theme Melody and The Summer Game are both on youtube (the later of which is also Anything But Lonely from aspects!) Scrub that the whole album is on there - look up Songs From Cricket Edit - AND on Spotify although these recordings don’t appear to be from 1986 and seems like a revival recording. Anyway ENJOYS!! |
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Post by partytentdown on May 11, 2020 9:02:08 GMT
CATS is next.
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Post by singingbird on May 11, 2020 10:13:17 GMT
Cricket Theme Melody and The Summer Game are both on youtube (the later of which is also Anything But Lonely from aspects!) Scrub that the whole album is on there - look up Songs From Cricket Edit - AND on Spotify although these recordings don’t appear to be from 1986 and seems like a revival recording. Anyway ENJOYS!! Thank you!! Sadly, that album is actually a collection of songs about cricket from different sources - only one of which is from the musical (and performed partly by Tim Rice to boot!). Once upon a time I had some of the demos from the show on a minidisc but that died long ago. Pretty sure they were never made commercially available, and of course a lot of the music appears in later ALW shows. I'm also wondering - were any of the songs from Jacob's Journey ever made available anywhere, even as unreleased recordings? (I know a couple of the tunes exist with other lyrics.) And was anything recorded from Come Back Richard except the title song (and, of course, the music that became Try It & See/King Herod's Song)? |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 11:57:12 GMT
Scrub that the whole album is on there - look up Songs From Cricket Edit - AND on Spotify although these recordings don’t appear to be from 1986 and seems like a revival recording. Anyway ENJOYS!! Thank you!! Sadly, that album is actually a collection of songs about cricket from different sources - only one of which is from the musical (and performed partly by Tim Rice to boot!). Once upon a time I had some of the demos from the show on a minidisc but that died long ago. Pretty sure they were never made commercially available, and of course a lot of the music appears in later ALW shows. Aw sorry to get your hopes up (I did think it was too good to be true finding something in 2 mins that u had been searching for for years!) Hope u manage to one day find a copy!! Good luck! |
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Post by singingbird on May 11, 2020 12:11:28 GMT
Thank you!! Sadly, that album is actually a collection of songs about cricket from different sources - only one of which is from the musical (and performed partly by Tim Rice to boot!). Once upon a time I had some of the demos from the show on a minidisc but that died long ago. Pretty sure they were never made commercially available, and of course a lot of the music appears in later ALW shows. Aw sorry to get your hopes up (I did think it was too good to be true finding something in 2 mins that u had been searching for for years!) Hope u manage to one day find a copy!! Good luck! That is so kind of you!! |
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Post by anthony40 on May 11, 2020 16:48:44 GMT
Is anyone else as disappointed with this whole thing as I am?
Now whilst I do not wish to come across as being ungrateful for the fact that they are free however before I get persecuted for such a comment, let me explain.
I am a theatre nerd and as such, with the exception of one or two, everything he's released I already have on DVD, so for me, he's released nothing new that I haven't already seen.
I have said it many times publicly and several time on thus forum anything that's going to attach a new fan base for live theatre, I'm all for. However, if you scroll back to the start of this thread people where hoping for things like Aspect of Love, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, Stephen Ward or something about Sunset Boulevard, but nothing. Not even a making of documentary.
No mention of Whistle Down the Wind or The Woman in White.
And they're only available for such a limited period of time.
Possibly I'm greedy but give us more.
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Post by steve10086 on May 11, 2020 17:20:33 GMT
Is anyone else as disappointed with this whole thing as I am? Now whilst I do not wish to come across as being ungrateful for the fact that they are free however before I get persecuted for such a comment, let me explain. I am a theatre nerd and as such, with the exception of one or two, everything he's released I already have on DVD, so for me, he's released nothing new that I haven't already seen. I have said it many times publicly and several time on thus forum anything that's going to attach a new fan base for live theatre, I'm all for. However, if you scroll back to the start of this thread people where hoping for things like Aspect of Love, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, Stephen Ward or something about Sunset Boulevard, but nothing. Not even a making of documentary. No mention of Whistle Down the Wind or The Woman in White. And they're only available for such a limited period of time. Possibly I'm greedy but give us more. hasn’t released anything. Universal released the ALW videos in their catalogue, just as ALW said they would in his initial announcement. Not sure where people suddenly got the idea ALW would be releasing private archive recordings of shows never previously made public. Seems a lot of people misunderstood “The Shows Must Go On” series. |
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Post by the_f_g_p on May 11, 2020 19:22:01 GMT
Is anyone else as disappointed with this whole thing as I am? Now whilst I do not wish to come across as being ungrateful for the fact that they are free however before I get persecuted for such a comment, let me explain. I am a theatre nerd and as such, with the exception of one or two, everything he's released I already have on DVD, so for me, he's released nothing new that I haven't already seen. I have said it many times publicly and several time on thus forum anything that's going to attach a new fan base for live theatre, I'm all for. However, if you scroll back to the start of this thread people where hoping for things like Aspect of Love, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, Stephen Ward or something about Sunset Boulevard, but nothing. Not even a making of documentary. No mention of Whistle Down the Wind or The Woman in White. And they're only available for such a limited period of time. Possibly I'm greedy but give us more. hasn’t released anything. Universal released the ALW videos in their catalogue, just as ALW said they would in his initial announcement. Not sure where people suddenly got the idea ALW would be releasing private archive recordings of shows never previously made public. Seems a lot of people misunderstood “The Shows Must Go On” series. As much as I would like it to be different, but I agree with steve10068. The "The shows must go on" program is not intended for us hardcore fans, but rather as an advertisement for musical theater for people who have not yet gone to the theater. |
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Post by ncbears on May 11, 2020 22:06:59 GMT
He hasn’t released anything. Universal released the ALW videos in their catalogue, just as ALW said they would in his initial announcement. Not sure where people suddenly got the idea ALW would be releasing private archive recordings of shows never previously made public. Seems a lot of people misunderstood “The Shows Must Go On” series. As much as I would like it to be different, but I agree with steve10068. The "The shows must go on" program is not intended for us hardcore fans, but rather as an advertisement for musical theater for people who have not yet gone to the theater. More specifically, an advertisement for people to buy DVDs/CDs from Universal.... |
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Post by danb on May 12, 2020 6:07:01 GMT
Whilst this is clearly the case, why as an example, was a picture of Ria Jones as Norma Desmond used in the promo for it? This gives hope to saddoes like me that think we might actually be getting something new to watch. 😔
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Post by anita on May 12, 2020 11:37:45 GMT
Will have to get out my copy of the original “Jeeves”.
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Post by TallPaul on May 12, 2020 11:42:26 GMT
Will have to get out my copy of the original “Jeeves”. Probably worth a few bob now, anita! 🙂 |
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Post by musicalmarge on May 14, 2020 2:56:33 GMT
I know it costs money but they REALLY should have filmed The Woman in White at Charing Cross - it’s the PERFECT production and cast of an average show.
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Post by olliebean on May 15, 2020 19:17:52 GMT
Took a little while to find this, as it was on a different YouTube channel, but here, for anyone who's interested, is ALW's live commentary on Cats:
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Post by distantcousin on May 15, 2020 19:25:25 GMT
Been really enjoying it! Watching my blu ray along with his youtube channel on my phone!
Some anecdotes I didn't know (many I did), plus there were some thinly veiled digs at the Tom Hooper film!
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Post by musicalmarge on May 15, 2020 19:27:26 GMT
WHAT WAS THE CURRY STORY? Haha
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Post by danb on May 15, 2020 20:05:05 GMT
Is it bad that I’m quite enjoying ‘Cats’? Is it my age? Desperation for a bit of theatre? The earworm ALW hooks repeating over & over?
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Post by fiyero on May 15, 2020 20:39:58 GMT
Been really enjoying it! Watching my blu ray along with his youtube channel on my phone! Some anecdotes I didn't know (many I did), plus there were some thinly veiled digs at the Tom Hooper film! Those digs were veiled? |
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Post by djp on May 15, 2020 21:08:06 GMT
Been really enjoying it! Watching my blu ray along with his youtube channel on my phone! Some anecdotes I didn't know (many I did), plus there were some thinly veiled digs at the Tom Hooper film! Those digs were veiled? Makes you wonder how the thing came to be. ALW can see whats wrong with it , and presumably had some say., i also recently listened to one of the good actors in it say they knew it was problematic filming it. And the bad actors/woefully misca(s)ts ones, all made fun of the mess they helped create. Who did think it was going well?
Watching tonight its plain that they could have done better with another MT cast and a few major actors like this version, and the recent tour version, with a current MT cast that was recorded, looks better still.
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Post by djp on May 15, 2020 21:20:06 GMT
Hasn't ALW got any more filmed shows he could put on? if he has why end the series now?
I see the Lambert Jackson/theatre cafe home Concert series also ends soon too . I would pay for another from the people i have seen, and there's plenty of other top stars who could do one.I could name half a dozen people i would pay to hear now.
Seems a bit odd to put some shows on to raise money for unemployed actors and support staff and to remind the public what they are missing, and then stop now ? There's not gong to be any theatre or cabarets otherwise till 2021. Perhaps they have to do what Leicester Curve and Chichester, have done - put on a recording of some standard shows that did really well and won't be back for a while?
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Post by theatremadness on May 15, 2020 21:24:01 GMT
Hasn't ALW got any more filmed shows he could put on? if he has why end the series now? As has been mentioned recently, I think that's due to it being Universal putting on their back-catalogue of ALW shows as opposed to ALW himself! I guess Universal must be all out now. |
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