Scrooge: The Musical (1992 Birmingham Cast) [Cast Recording]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
This wonderful score brilliantly supplements the heartwarming story of how the miserly Scrooge is shown the error of this ways! Features Anthony Newley, Stratford Johns, Tom Watt and Jon Pertwee.

Scrooge: The Musical (1992 Birmingham Cast), Music, Leslie Bricusse, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Cheryl Jane King, Ciaran Brennan, David Oakley, Donna Bosworth, Elizabeth McTernan, George Asprey, Harry Dickman, Ian Cakkick, Ian Salter, James Brown, James Edge, James Head, Jerome Wallington, Joanne Heywood, John Clay, John Pertwee, John Wesley Lenegan, Jonathan Woolf, Kate Perkins, Leonie Prentice, Lorinda King, Natalie Horton, Paul Liburd, Sally Mates, Sarah Hay, Sarah Jane Jeffery, Sharon Buchanan, Simone Barnes, Stratford Johns, Stuart Cross, Tanya Cooke, Thomas Wilkins, Tom Stevens, Tom Watt, Tracey Buller, Christmas, Christmas / Chanukkah, Christmas Music, Music Theater, Musical Theater, Pop, Show Tunes, Xmas Classical Vocal
Scrooge: The Musical (1992 Birmingham Cast)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • But we WANT the soundtrack from the MOVIE!!!
  • If You've Seen The Albert Finney Film, Don't Buy This
  • Not as good as the film soundtrack
  • Interesting
  • Just OK.
 Scrooge: The Musical (1992 Birmingham Cast)

Manufacturer: Jay Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009QV5
Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

  1. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
  2. Scrooge: I Hate Christmas
  3. Scrooge: No Better Life
  4. Scrooge: Christmas Children
  5. Scrooge: I Hate Christmas (Reprise)
  6. Scrooge: Father Christmas
  7. Scrooge: Make The Most Of This World
  8. Scrooge: It's Not My Fault
  9. Scrooge: December The Twenty Fifth
  10. Scrooge: Happiness
  11. Scrooge: You... You
  12. Scrooge: It's Not My Fault (Reprise)
  13. Scrooge: I Like Life
  14. Scrooge: Entr'acte
  15. Scrooge: Good Times
  16. Scrooge: The Beautiful Day
  17. Scrooge: The Minister's Cat
  18. Scrooge: A Better Life
  19. Scrooge: Thank You Very Much
  20. Scrooge: I'll Begin Again
  21. Scrooge: Finale
  22. Scrooge: A Better Life
  23. Scrooge: I'll Begin Again

Album Description

This wonderful score brilliantly supplements the heartwarming story of how the miserly Scrooge is shown the error of this ways! Features Anthony Newley, Stratford Johns, Tom Watt and Jon Pertwee.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars But we WANT the soundtrack from the MOVIE!!!.......2006-12-03

The reason for all the negative reviews isn't necessarilly a reflection on the Birmingham cast. It's because the FILM was so wonderful and the songs were spectacular and memorable as done by THAT cast, and everyone is looking for a recording from THAT!!!

Unfortunately, unless you get the DVD and hook it up to make your own bootleg recording, there isn't any soundtrack from the film available.

This version isn't misleading - it clearly identifies itself as the STAGE soundtrack. But most likely, it isn't what you were looking for.

Let us all know when the Albert Finney film cast version is ready! It's long overdue for release.

1 out of 5 stars If You've Seen The Albert Finney Film, Don't Buy This.......2006-11-26

For all of you who carry the memories and the magic from the 1970 original musical film of Scrooge, this "production" will destroy that magic. Anthony Newly is indeed, wrongly cast, and is an absolutely horrendous, egotistical and overdone [his style] obscenity to the gorgeous songs of Leslie Bricusse and to Albert Finney's characterization of such.

3 out of 5 stars Not as good as the film soundtrack.......2006-03-04

This is rather a labored effort. Anthony Newley is not well-cast. The extra songs are nothing else but extra and take away from the story.

1 out of 5 stars Interesting.......2005-12-05

I have to agree with my collegues above...this is but a poor reflection of what the movie film conveys. I personally didn't like the "I hate Christmas" track either as compared to the "I hate people" track from the movie. It definately softened his hatred, which misses the mark completely. Alberty Finney plays an awesome role going from the most bitter and angry scrooge on film to the most jovial and friendly scrooge on film which is what makes the movie so great. As for the music, this disc lacks a passion that the movie disc has.

Apparently the CD of the movie musical does exist...there was someone selling it on Ebay and they claim it's not dubbed from an LP or taken from the movie. So who knows ;)

2 out of 5 stars Just OK........2004-01-27

Anthony Newly is a disapointing "musical Scrooge", and is really misses the mark here. Where's the "Scroogy-ness" here? And Newly's singing isn't able to give us the transition
of cranky old miser to being filled with the Christmas Spirit. Overall, this version of "Scrooge" is OK, but I feel it pales in comparison to the movie soundtrack featuring Albert Finney.
Unfortunately, the movie soundtrack is only available on LP I believe, but it's worth it!

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