Post by semmel on Jan 12, 2008 18:56:46 GMT
Hi,
my name is Richard.
I grew up in a small town in Southeastern Germany, and in 6th grade I had a life changing experience - the school performed Joseph (in English), and I was in my first year of the lower grade school choir.
This was over 20 years ago, and I still know about 80% of the lyrics.
I watched a performance in Brighton, England, during a vacation 15 years ago (I watched it 3 times!) and just last week in the Chanhassen Dinner Theater in Minnesota, USA.
I am still haunted by the record we used to rehearse 20 years ago, and I have been trying to locate it ever since. The music teacher from then is no longer with that school, so I can't ask him...
Here's details that I remember and that I think may make this recording different from others:
-It was a US recording.
-It has a male narrator.
-The background choir could be a child choir from the sound of it, but I'm not sure.
-Jacob and Sons - the introduction of every brother is sung by all the brothers together, not by the narrator with each brother saying their own name.
-Pharaoh's song was sang very true to Elvis. At the end of it, you hear the dialog between Joseph and Pharaoh (with quite a bit of reverb and no background noise/sound): "I say, Pharaoh?" - "Uh-huh?" - "What was that again?" - "Uh-huh?" - "No, not that bit, the other bit." And then the last part of the song "Hey hey hey Joseph" starts again. This bit has been different with the live shows I have seen, so maybe it is significant.
-Go Go Go Joseph - the baker pronounced his vowels in a very extreme way ("...floo too the baaaskit..."). Also, every chorus of the song is the same speed unlike in the last show I have seen.
-One More Angel in Heaven - the middle part "When I remember his last battle" (or similar) is spoken by a very deep voice, American yes, but not extremely Texan like the sound of the song suggests.
-Potiphar - the song is sung in harmony if I remember correctly, like two voices. Potiphar's voice is deep and roaring, but he seems to have slight trouble at the low range of his two lines ("beyond the pale-ah").
-Benjamin Calypso - the main singer also puts his vowels to the extreme, but then in this song you'd expect him to :-)
I doubt this is the right part of the forum to ask for help with this, but I couldn't find a better section that seemed like it was attracting a lot of views.
If you want to move this to another forum, please feel free, and I apologize if I am causing issues by posting here.
Hopefully, someone here can help me find that recording.
Thanks!
my name is Richard.
I grew up in a small town in Southeastern Germany, and in 6th grade I had a life changing experience - the school performed Joseph (in English), and I was in my first year of the lower grade school choir.
This was over 20 years ago, and I still know about 80% of the lyrics.
I watched a performance in Brighton, England, during a vacation 15 years ago (I watched it 3 times!) and just last week in the Chanhassen Dinner Theater in Minnesota, USA.
I am still haunted by the record we used to rehearse 20 years ago, and I have been trying to locate it ever since. The music teacher from then is no longer with that school, so I can't ask him...
Here's details that I remember and that I think may make this recording different from others:
-It was a US recording.
-It has a male narrator.
-The background choir could be a child choir from the sound of it, but I'm not sure.
-Jacob and Sons - the introduction of every brother is sung by all the brothers together, not by the narrator with each brother saying their own name.
-Pharaoh's song was sang very true to Elvis. At the end of it, you hear the dialog between Joseph and Pharaoh (with quite a bit of reverb and no background noise/sound): "I say, Pharaoh?" - "Uh-huh?" - "What was that again?" - "Uh-huh?" - "No, not that bit, the other bit." And then the last part of the song "Hey hey hey Joseph" starts again. This bit has been different with the live shows I have seen, so maybe it is significant.
-Go Go Go Joseph - the baker pronounced his vowels in a very extreme way ("...floo too the baaaskit..."). Also, every chorus of the song is the same speed unlike in the last show I have seen.
-One More Angel in Heaven - the middle part "When I remember his last battle" (or similar) is spoken by a very deep voice, American yes, but not extremely Texan like the sound of the song suggests.
-Potiphar - the song is sung in harmony if I remember correctly, like two voices. Potiphar's voice is deep and roaring, but he seems to have slight trouble at the low range of his two lines ("beyond the pale-ah").
-Benjamin Calypso - the main singer also puts his vowels to the extreme, but then in this song you'd expect him to :-)
I doubt this is the right part of the forum to ask for help with this, but I couldn't find a better section that seemed like it was attracting a lot of views.
If you want to move this to another forum, please feel free, and I apologize if I am causing issues by posting here.
Hopefully, someone here can help me find that recording.
Thanks!
