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Title: Lousy CD
Review: I also bought both the Pocket Songs version and this one, and without a doubt the Pocket Songs is infinitely superior. I haven't even bothered to listed to the vocal tracks, because of the TERRIBLE treatment of the orchestrations in the background tracks on this CD.There seems to be no effort made to even approximate the Broadway sound (yes, I have seen the show in NYC. I've also virtually memorized the music from the original cast album, and have read the vocal score). Sloppy playing by the musicians, absent orchestral parts (synthesized or not), whole gaps in the score, accompanied by strange phrasings that made me wonder if they had done a complete re-write, or were perhaps playing the music from memory. [...]The Pocket Songs CD may be missing "No One Morns the Wicked," but this Stage Stars version is so lousy that I couldn't even listen to that number all the way through. It set my teeth on edge.I'd love to get my money back, too.
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