BK - saw this on ATC. Does this sound like it could possibly be accurate?
re: "ALNM" NEW CAST ALBUM the real story
Posted by: castprod 12:28 am EST 01/07/10
In reply to: There is an upside for them as a promotional tool... - luckystars 10:15 pm EST 01/06/10
Time Life was tentatively contracted to the new recording. The money was there from Time Life and outside investors to produce the new recording. The show producers who had produced the Patti LuPone revival of "GYPSY" had asked Time Life to do if,,,,if they had the financing....which they did. All of this had been agreed to on several phone calls. Nonesuch had passed several times due to the lack of financing on their end. The weekend before the show opened the money for Nonesuch to do the recording had been finally raised. Sondheim had always wanted Nonesuch to do the recording since most of his recordings have been on that label....Good ,bad or indifferent....the producers backed out of the Time Life deal...which was a BETTER deal in the long run....and I think would have fared better for the production as well as for the recording's production values. Time Life did a great job on the Patti LuPone , "GYPSY:" with a GRAMMY nomination to boot.....Politics....in a word....Time LIfe really wanted this recording. They were there at the beginning and was there throughout....
