Posted on Monday, August 23, 2010
making tracks
As we work feverishly to put the finishing touches on our New Broadway Cast Recording of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, we've finalized the track list. Congratulations to Chris Grum of Sugar Land, TX, R.J. Lowe of Vienna, WV, and Brandon T Miller of Harrisburg, PA, for coming closest to guessing the final track list. And thanks to all who entered our "guess the LA CAGE track list" contest (we had nearly 150 entries), and thanks for the enthusiastic and excited notes that often accompanied those entries. You can view the final track list, hear soundclips, and preorder here.

Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010
Love on a Summer Afternoon
We first worked with conductor Sam Davis a decade ago, when he joined us for some concerts celebrating Philip's first CD. But we really only began to focus on his gifts as a composer in the last few years: first when he co-authored two of the tracks on Georgia Stitt's THIS ORDINARY THURSDAY, then when he supplied the title track to Rebecca Luker's GREENWICH TIME. We asked Sam if he'd send along some other songs he'd written, and by the time we were on the third tune, we knew we had the makings of a beautiful album. more...

Posted on Saturday, August 7, 2010
21 Going on 22
Whenever we announce a new cast album, there's immediate speculation about the track list. As we've noted before, we have to set up new CDs in retail three months prior to street date, usually before we've even set foot in the studio, so what goes out to retail is a 'mock' track list -- often drawn from the show's Playbill. The final track list evolves over time. We can't tell you right now whether LA CAGE AUX FOLLES -- spectacularly preserved on disc by Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge and company last week -- will end up being 21 or 22 tracks. more...

Posted on Saturday, August 7, 2010
After the Desert Island List
Robbie Rozelle, who's been assisting us since 2003, read our July 4th column and chimed in with his own "Desert Island" list. Click here to view his choices.