Talk:Cast recording

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[edit] What exactly does this mean?

"In recent years, some cast recordings have been recorded live, but maintaining perfect quality. This is due to theaters that contain recording studios within."

This sounds interesting, so I'm leaving it in, but what, exactly, does it mean? To mean, "recorded live" means in front of a paying audience. Is the audience told to be perfectly quiet, or does the miking technique make audience noise inaudible? Or is it recorded in the theatre (hence on a full-sized stage with the full cast in the same blocking as in a performance) but with no audience? Or what? Dpbsmith (talk) 16:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I believe the writer is referring to the rise of in-audience recordings in fortunate spaces where a recording studio is in house at the theater. Such an example is the recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White. Refer to the liner notes of the cast recording for documentation GiosueCarr (talk) 23:01, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: POV of "Alternate Versions" Sections

"With rare exceptions, one should always look to the original Broadway cast recording over later revival and studio cast recordings. Though the alternates may offer a more complete reading and often better sound, only the premiere casts who had weeks of rehearsals and try-outs to shape the performances under the watchful eyes of the authors can provide the authentic document."

This assertation has no citation and no argument to back it up. Highly POV GiosueCarr (talk) 22:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

You're right. AJD (talk) 23:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)