Sunset Boulevard
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bayview-1 — 18 years ago(September 22, 2007 05:47 PM)
It's all a matter of taste. Recordings are only able to capture one performance, and since each performance differs, sometimes one is better than the other. Cutting down the London show for the recording was probably part of it, but I just didn't feel as much emotion for them as I did Close and Campbell. Not that LuPone and Anderson weren't good in their own rights, I just liked the other two better. Again, just my personal preference.
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ChristmasReviewer — 12 years ago(July 22, 2013 12:25 AM)
I do too however the musical was re-worked after the London Premiere because "Sunset" got bad reviews. After the LA production got rave reviews the London production was then re-worked to mirror the LA production. That is why when the London Recording is not as complete! Andrew Lloyd Webber edited out the parts that were now edited out of the London production.
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Chason_S — 11 years ago(December 10, 2014 02:59 PM)
Best Joe ever.
His voice has this underlying sadness to it, as if he already knows, right from the beginning, that it isn't going to end well. Gotta love him.
Well put. I've only heard the CD - but even from
that- you can tell it's a heart-breaking performance.