Carrie - The Musical (Bootleg,Misc.

Tracks)
Track List:
01 - Author's Introduction - (128 Kbps, Workshop)
02 - Overture - (64 Kbps, 1988)
03 - In - (128 Kbps,OBC)
04 - Prelude - (128 Kbps,OBC)
04a - Taunting And Carrie Prelude - (80 Kbps)
05 - Dream On & Shower Scene - (160 Kbps)
05a - Dream On - (192 Kbps)
05b - Shower Scene - (128 Kbps,OBC)
06 - Carrie - [That's Not My Name] - (192 Kbps)
07 - Hey Tommy - (128 Kbps,OBC)
08 - Open Your Heart - (192 Kbps)
09 - And Eve Was Weak - (80 Kbps)
10 - Don't Waste The Moon - [end missing] - (80 Kbps)
11 - Evening Prayers - (128 Kbps,OBC)
12 - Apologies Scene - (160 Kbps)
13 - Unsuspecting Hearts - (160 Kbps,Remast. Live)
14 - Invited - [I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance] - (128 Kbps,OBC)
15 - I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance - (192 Kbps)
16 - Out For Blood - (64 Kbps, 1988)
17 - It Hurts To Be Strong - (96 Kbps)
18 - I'm Not Alone - (160 Kbps)
19 - Carrie (Reprise 1) - (128 Kbps,OBC)
20 - When There's No One - (80 Kbps)
21 - Wotta Night - (128 Kbps,OBC)
22 - Heaven - (128 Kbps)
23 - Alma Mater & The Destruction - (160 Kbps,Remast. Live)
23a - The Destruction - (128 Kbps,OBC)
24 - Carrie (Reprise 2) - (128 Kbps,OBC)
25 - Bows - (128 Kbps,OBC)
26 - Exit Music - (128 Kbps,OBC)
27 - Curtain Call - (128 Kbps, Workshop)
Carrie The Musical - Tommy's Poem - (128 Kbps, Workshop, Cut)
compiled by nomwl1 at http://youdonthavetovisit.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
Notes:
I got these tracks a very long time ago on p2p. They were more-or-less miscella
neous unordered tracks from multiple sources that I vaguely remember putting in
this order to reflect the sequence in the production (which if I also remember r
ight was no easy trick). Some are from the Workshop and some are from the Origi
nal Broadway production (OBC - original broadway cast) (and there may be other t
racks that come from other sources, as far as I know). Consider this the Franke
nstein's monster of cast recordings. They are mostly (if not all) live audio an
d generally poor audio quality for those who care about such things (well, reall
y, what do you expect from live audio? Ella Fitzgerald smashing a glass with he
r voice?).
I put them in this order a long time ago and some of the ordering may be wrong,
but that's the great thing about digital files - it doesn't really take a bulldo
zer to move them around. The tracks denoted with a's & b's are duplicate tracks

that I included in the same order as they would normally appear. I've also ind
icated the different bitrates (Kbps) for the different files and left the tags i
n mostly the same way that I found them so that if you want to extract the diffe
rent sources, you can. In other words, you can tell which files go with which v
ersions (and if you can, you're a better man than I, Gunga Din).
Carrie - The Musical opened on Broadway in 1988 and became one of the biggest fl
ops in Broadway history up to that point. It lost millions of dollars and becam
e a punchline for a long time after in the same way that, say, 'Ishtar' became a
film punchline. As you can tell from the music (and from various accounts), it
had moments of brilliance and real moments of incredible cheese.
The material between the mother and the daughter is some of the best and most in
teresting work (as is probably true of the film too) and is pop operatic in natu
re. It's juxtaposed with more pop-oriented musical numbers of leather-clad teen
agers in discos, towel-clad girls in shower rooms, and possibly the only musical
number I can think of that involves slaughtering pigs at a pig farm while dress
ed in leather. No, I take that back; I think there was one in 'The Sound of Mus
ic' too, but I'm not sure.
There was a workshop production in 1984 with Maureen McGovern and an out-of-town
production in 1988 (well, out-of-town in the sense that it was in England as a
co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, and Sha
kespeare couldn't be more proud!) with Barbara Cook, each respectively playing C
arrie's mother.
The music was by Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford, the same men associated with suc
h projects as 'Fame' & 'Footloose' and the book of the musical was by Lawrence D
. Cohen, the same man who wrote the film's script. The Broadway production star
red Betty Buckley as Mrs. White and Linzi Hateley as Carrie. I guess I don't re
ally need to mention that Betty Buckley also played the gym teacher in the film
(since if you were interested in this recording at all, you would probably alrea
dy know a lot about the film anyway). And if I remember right, music icon (and
Lethal Weapon wife) Darlene Love takes over the role of the gym teacher in the B
roadway production. If they make a film version of the musical, I fully expect
Darlene Love to play Mrs. White and Ronnie Spector to play the gym teacher. And
if they do a musical revival of the film, I expect Ronnie Spector to play Mrs.
White and Britney Spears to play the gym teacher.
And if I also remember right, Gene Anthony Ray, whom you may remember from the f
ilm and TV show, 'Fame' plays one of the teenagers. I'm guessing this isn't a c
oincidence since Gore & Pitchford did the music and Debbie Allen did the choreog
raphy.
I can't be absolutely sure with some of this live audio, but I put the most prob
able performers in the tag comments.
Well, I think you'll get a lot of enjoyment listening to this if you can picture
Betty Buckley dying on a giant white staircase like something out of 'An Americ
an in Paris' or her singing the number, 'When There's No One' in a low-cut negli
gee. Or you can chant, 'Kill the Pig' along with all the hip kids at the pig fa
rm in the song, 'Out For Blood' (well they have to get their prom gifts somewher
e, don't they?). Or you can voyeuristically (or the ear equivalent of that) lis
ten to teenagers trying to make out in their cars in the number, 'Don't Waste Th
e Moon' (if you don't mind it ending kind of abruptly........music interruptus?)
.
Well, maybe you'll enjoy the thought of a musical number with high school girls
in towels and underwear in a school shower room (and isn't that the way that mos
t women take showers?) taunting a girl who's just discovered her monthly friend.

And I can't help it, but the opening of the 'Apologies Scene' makes me want to
watch Dr. Who for some reason. (I'm picturing Carrie stepping out of a Tardis
right now.)
And you can picture Carrie making objects fly and dance around her room while sh
e sings 'I'm Not Alone'. Well, if you're gonna kill a bunch of people later on,
you really need a lighter Mary Poppins-type moment, don't you?
And just imagine all the laser beams shooting out of Carrie at the prom while pe
ople get trapped in the stage equivalent of a giant shower curtain during the 'D
estruction' number.
It's also interesting to hear the makers discuss the project in the Workshop int
roduction and to hear the curtain call at the end with such names as Donna Murph
y & Liz Callaway being mentioned. I've also included a cut number from the Work
shop, 'Tommy's Poem' in the folder as well.
Well, despite the way I made it sound there are actually some nice musical numbe
rs in here (like 'Evening Prayers', 'Carrie', and some of the other ones I've al
ready mentioned) and Betty Buckley in particular stands out, so enjoy listening
to a musical version of Stephen King's simple story of a girl and her mother!
P.S. And remember to treat all the telekinetic girls (with overly religious moth
ers) that you happen to meet along the way with care and kindness! I think that
's a good rule-of-thumb to follow whether you're going to the prom or not.