Broadway Production/Cast Recording 1983

The Cast Recording of the Original Broadway Cast was released by Geffen Records on January 26, 1983. Two versions were released: a two-disc "complete" edition, and a single-disc "highlights" edition.

The album was recorded by the entire cast, including the swings, in October 1982. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 5, 1988, and has sold over 2 million copies. The recording also won Best Cast Show Album at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards.

Missing Songs

 * 1) "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles"

Peak Chart Positions

 * Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria): #5
 * New Zealand Albums (RMNZ): #17
 * US Billboard 200: #131

Trivia

 * Although the linear notes credit Growltiger and Griddlebone's duet as "The Ballad of Billy McCaw", the recorded deut is actually the Italian Aria "In Una Tepida Notte".
 * Cynthia Onrubia (original Broadway Victoria) was credited in this cast recording as singing the soprano solo in "Memory". However, some later re-releases of the same recording credit the solo to Whitney Kershaw (original Broadway Sillabub) instead. Kershaw's Sillabub also sang the solo at the 1983 Tony Awards performance, and Sillabub sang the solo in all subsequent years (by 1983 at least) of the original Broadway production.
 * Similarly, Janet L Hubert (original Broadway Tantomile) is credited in the opening night playbill and this cast recording as singing the soprano solo in "The Moments of Happiness", but by 1983 Sillabub was singing it permanently instead.