- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 1974
- Label: Ode Sounds & Visuals
- Copyright: (c) 1974 Ode Records
- Total Length: 49:05
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- ASIN: B001IMWI6I
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,132 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I originally picked up the original cast recording of "The Rocky Horror Show" when I got the four-CD set that had this, the soundtrack for "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Rocky Horror International: A Collection of Rocky Horror Tracks from Around the World," and "Songs from the Vaults: A Collection of Rocky Horror Rarities." If you have not heard the Mexican Cast singing "Un Relato Bien Extrano y Muy Pasado" or the Norwegian Cast doing "Alltid Lys Hos Frankenstein," not to mention Little Nell's "See You Round Like a Record" or Tim Curry's "Just," then you need to track these down. But this one will be the easiest to find besides the film soundtrack.
Tim Curry plays Frank N. Furter while Meatloaf does double duty as both Eddie and Dr. Scott, which means you get a nicely sung version of "Eddie's Teddy." Those who had the movie memorized long before they get to this album will be surprised to see that "Sweet Transvestite" comes before "Tim Warp," and that Brad (Bill Miller) has a really great song called "Once in a While." This would be his counterpart to "Toucha Toucha Touch Me" by Janet (Abigale Haness) and my favorite song on the album (Barry Bostwick did record it for the movie and it appears on "Rocky Horror International," but it is not half as good as Miller's version).
This is a high energy production and you can tell from the moment Jamie Donnelly, who plays Magenta, starts ripping through "Science Fiction/Double Feature." This continues through "Dammit Janet" and "Over at the Frankenstein Place." Fans of the film will also be happy to find versions of "Planet Schmanet Janet" and "Hot Dog/Frankfurter," which provides all the narrative links between "Eddie's Teddy" and "Rose Tint My World." At the end Brad, Janet and the Company sing "Superheroes." The rest of the Roxy cast consists of Bruce Scott as Riff Raff, Boni Enten as Columbia, Kim Milford as Rocky, and Graham Jarvis as the narrator.
I know it might be heresy, but in terms of the people doing the signing and wanting to sing along, I actually like "The Rocky Horror Show" cast album a bit better than "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" soundtrack album. With regards to the later, I would rather watch the film and sing along (while throwing toast and ringing a bell).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I first bought this, on vinyl, in 1975 and though I've had a range of versions of the stage show, this is still my favourite. In those days, Rocky Horror was playing at the King's Road Theatre where it had been running for some years and I say the first of many theatre versions. You could still sit and watch the show without people shouting and obscuring the dialogue, throwing things or ponceing about the theatre and to be honest, it was soooo much better as an experience. I can't go to the live show any more, since my last visit in 2006 in Manchester when I finally threw in the towel and left the drunk kids to it. But this album recaptures for me the golden years - when people shut their mouths and listened.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
Original Roxy Cast... just bought this a few weeks ago - the re-release version. A friend of mine had the original one and said I just *had* to listen to it, und I diiiiid... There's some really great versions of songs here, including some different lyrics (Charles Atlas Song etc) and musical arrangements - it seems to me like the special music in the Rocky Horror PC Game was based on this recording, also. Excellent cast... shame I wasn't even born to see it the first time!
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Fast paced rocky Horror as it should be heard
This is an album I remember from my youth - it's great. I have been to see the show several times through the years and it is not the same. Read more
Published 2 months ago by L. J. Nicholson
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Timeless version of the musical
It always amazes me just how different each show version of Rocky Horror is, but the Roxy cast version of RHS is my favourite. Read more
Published on 5 July 2003 by G. Ormrod
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The Original Roxy Cast feat. Tim Curry
The singing on this is absolutely fantastic! It's so good... It's even a bit better than the singing in the movie! Shock, horror!! Yes... It's THAT good! Buy it!
Published on 17 Dec 1999 by "grrrrrrruffruff"
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