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Excellent Recording

A. Pena | New York, NY | 06/17/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this recording the first day it was released in New York City and was fortunate enough to attend the CD signing with some of the cast members who are heard on this album. Upon first listening to it, I was thoroughly impressed by how full the orchestra sounded. While no one is able to replace Andrea McArdle as Annie and Dorothy Loudon as Miss Hannigan, the performers on this disc still do a great job. I love the fact that the first disc has all the reprises and is as complete a recording of ANNIE as it can possibly be.



As a huge fan of flop musicals, when I heard that this recording was also going to include songs from ANNIE 2; MISS HANNIGAN'S REVENGE, I couldn't wait for it to be released. Well, some of these songs are fantastic. I am thrilled that they were recorded, and they all sound wonderful. I also love the commentary in between songs made by Carol Burnett and Martin Charnin...priceless.



Thank you so much to Time Life records for giving us this 30th anniversary recording of ANNIE. It is defintiely worth buying."

Two Good!

E. Abenheim | Los Angeles, CA | 06/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This two-disc CD set is a joy! I was not in the market for another recording of ANNIE, but when I saw that it was a "complete recording" and it had songs from ANNIE 2, I got it. And I was thrilled with it from the very beginning. The CD brought ANNIE to life again right in front of my ears. The orchestra sounds full, rich and bright, and while I haven't seen the 30th Anniversary production, the performers are all very entertaining on this CD. "NYC" is particularly good.



The second CD is ANNIE 2, the sequel to ANNIE that closed out of town. There are not too many of the traditional musical theatre composers like Charles Strouse working today, so it's a treat to be able to hear "new" old songs from him and Martin Charnin. Some of them are wonderful - "Coney Island" being the show-stopping standout. Plus, the three bonus songs at the end of disc 2 that were written for other productions of ANNIE and the ANNIE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL are really terrific.



And one more note - the whole package with the booklet with illustrations of the real performers and scenes from the show in the style of the ANNIE cartoon strip is very well and cleverly done and show the same care that went into this recording.



I, for one, miss the old-fashioned, big Broadway musicals. We're lucky that this season we are getting a number of rich sounding, well-produced CD's of revivals - SOUTH PACIFIC and hopefully GYPSY (due this summer and if it's anything like the show I saw on Broadway it will have dazzling performances and sound). This 30th Anniversary CD of ANNIE will be right up there on my shelf with the best of these revival recordings.



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Brilliant

chicklit | LA, CA United States | 06/21/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"wow! i was thrilled with this purchase. the kids voices are absolutely terrific...esp the little girl playing Molly in Annie. A must!!!!"