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[Jasmine]

I've just bought the cast recording and it's amazing! the whole cast are outstanding but hearing Jodie sing ALAHNM gives me goosebumps every time!

[Marius Pontmercy]

Have to disagree - I have this and I can't say I'm impressed. Many of the songs performed much too fast (except the title song, which is incredibly slow!), sound quality not good even for a live recording making a lot of the lyrics difficult to hear, and most of the singing just adequate, or worse in a few cases. To her credit, Jodie Prenger sounds a lot better here than she did on the day I saw the show, but still not great - although the end of the reprise of "As Long as He Needs Me" is excellent, very emotional.

[voyagerweb]

I thought that a lot of the songs had been slowed down, also noticed they didnt include Rum Tum Tum for some reason, agree live can sometimes be a bit annoying especially witht the applause but seems to give more feeling

[Marius Pontmercy]

Also, unless my memory is playing tricks on me and it was cut in the production itself, hasn't a huge chunk of "I Shall Scream!" been edited out, i.e. the first verse or two?

[Jasmine]

I also have to disagree, I was not impressed at all and have to agree with the post above.  Jodie sings the song well but it should be outstanding, she is not outstanding in any way.

I thought she was but that is just my personal opinion, I think the huskiness in her voice really adds to the character of Nancy and I love her version of Oom Pah Pah- you really feel like you're in the Three Cripples with them!

[James84]

Also, unless my memory is playing tricks on me and it was cut in the production itself, hasn't a huge chunk of "I Shall Scream!" been edited out, i.e. the first verse or two?

I'm pretty sure that in the current production "I Shall Scream" has been cut in half compared to the 1994 production.

[Marius Pontmercy]

OK, must be my memory then. Oh dear! (I hadn't listened to the score for ages before seeing this production so it wasn't fresh in my mind at the time, but I've been listening to the 1960 and 1994 albums a lot since then.)