Dance Of The Vampires – Tanz
Der Vampire
Anything in BLUE has not been reviewed and any descriptions come
from the previous trader
Audios:
Dance Of The Vampires ;
July/August 2001.
Never before heard on-stage piano rehearsals and
read through tracks from Broadway - With the producers going through the songs,
just running through the lines and teaching the actors. Recorded
through soundboard checks. Some of the recordings on this CD originate
from Jim Steinman's own sound studio. Several versions of 'Logic', 'Books' and
'Angels Arise' are included as well as several read through and playback tracks
(including 2 playback tracks without lyrics of Braver Than We Are and Carpe
Noctem recorded in Stuttgart for Tanz Der Vampire and used in the Broadway
rehearsals for the dance choreography). Bonus track included is the song: A
Girl As Beautiful As She (There's Never Been A Night
Like This) partly sung by none other than Jim Steinman - at least I think its
him! 2CDS (11 tracks on CD1, 10 tracks on CD2) - Full track list is available
by email. Superb quality recordings.
2 CD's
Quality: A+
Dance Of The
Vampires:
Broadway,
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Extraordinarily clear sound from the
audience. As this is from the previews,
it includes some tracks that are not in the later recordings I am offering. The original version of "A Good Nightmare / Never Be
Enough" as well as others recognizable to those who saw the show early on.
Includes John Rando's speech at the beginning.
2 CD's
Quality A-
Dance Of The
Vampires:
Broadway,
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Clear sound from the
audience, but a bit heavy on the bass. As
this is from the previews, it includes some tracks that are not in the other
two recordings I am offering. The original version of "A
Good Nightmare / Never Be Enough" as well as others recognizable to those
who saw the show in it's earliest form. Made from VHS
original.
2 CD's
Quality B
Dance Of The
Vampires:
Unknown date, though I've been told it's from
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Clear sound from the
audience.
One note: During the Finale when the
Vamps sing "Nothing's gonna stop us" the recorder could not help but
shout that line along with them, otherwise, a perfect recording.
2 CD's
Quality A
Dance of the Vampires
Broadway,
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Good clear sound from the audience. I've not
listened to the whole thing, I've skipped around, but the audio seems solid except
for a small skip right before the bite.
2 CD's
Quality A-
Dance Of The
Vampires:
Broadway,
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Songs only, little to no dialogue, but crisp clear
sound, almost like a soundboard, but I don't think it really is.
1 CD
Quality: A-
Dance Of The
Vampires:
Broadway,
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Extraordinarily clear sound from the audience,
some bass overloading. Those of you who
heard about all the ad-libs that night . . . well, now you can hear them with
your own ears! Made from VHS video.
2 CD's
Quality B+
Tanz Der Vampire:
Cast: Aleksander di Capri (U/S), Lillemor Spitzer
(U/S), Aris Sas, Werner Bauer
There is some disagreement among Tanz fans on this
cast. Most traders list it as Kevin Tarte and Barbara Kohler, but recent information
I've received as well as a review of official clips I have dug up have
convinced me that it is NOT Tarte and Kohler, but diCapri
and Spitzer instead. A little heavy on the bass, but a solid
recording overall.
Complete recording
2 CD's
Quality: B
Tanz der Vampire
Cast: Michael Nicholson, Dominika Szymanska, Max
Niemeyer
Nice recording. I think Nicholson was an alternate
or under study, but I'm not sure. Either way, he's got a nice Krolock going,
and he harmonizes well with Szymanska in Total Finsternis.
A
2 CD's
Tanz der Vampire
Thomas Borchert
A
2CDs
Videos:
Dance Of The Vampires
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Quality:
B+
some spotlight washout, and
mostly wide to midrange zooms. I'd say taper didn't know the show very well,
but this was only the third preview, so no one knew the show at this point.
Medium:
NTSC VHS or 2 disk NTSC DVD set
Dance Of The Vampires
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Quality:
B
some gen loss, and mostly wide
to mid-range shots. Still early in the previews so no one knew the show very
well yet.
Medium: NTSC
VHS or 2 disk NTSC DVD set
Dance Of The Vampires
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
Quality:
B- Some shakiness in the recording,
and some pan outs, also some spot washout
Medium:
NTSC VHS or 2 disk NTSC DVD set
2 Disk VCD set or MPEG Data Disk also available
Dance Of The Vampires
Cast: Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzalez, Rene
Auberjonois, Max Von Essen, Leah Hocking, Ron Orbach, Liz McCartney, Mark
Price, Asa Somers, E. Alyssa Claar et all.
Quality: A- . . . crisp and clear shots, but a
minor amount of spot washout. Also of note, the person who traded this to me
had it on DVD. Now, he was unable to record it to DVD for me, but he included
all of the bonus stuff at the end that was on the DVD. I'd LOVE to get a hold
of the DVD, as it looks to be extraordinarily well authored, a lot better than
I could ever do myself. One other thing, the person who sent it to me split it
into two tapes . . . why, I'm not sure, when if they had used a T-160 it should
have fit, but oh well. Third to last show.
*** I have since put this onto one tape for my own
collection. As a warning to any possible potential traders . . . due to no
fault of my own, I edited it as best I could, but there is a pause in the scene
right near the end of the show, where Abronsius comes out of the inn with the
transfusion apparatus and tells Alfred and Sarah to get into the coach etc, etc
. . . a break where there's nothing but fuzz for a few seconds, then you will
see a blue screen and my VCR trying to adjust the tracking before the show
re-starts. From now on I know to ask people who are giving me stuff on two
tapes to make the tape break in between acts so I don't have this problem
again!***
*** I also have a replacement copy, on three
DVD's, which I do not think has this problem, but I've not sat down and watched
the whole thing yet. ***
Medium: NTSC VHS, NTSC DVD (two disk set and three
disk set)
Dance Of The Vampires
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Mandy Gonzales, Rene Auborjonios, Max Von Essen, Asa
Sommers, Ron Orbach, et all.
You've heard about the closing night ad-libs, now see them in full color!
Quality: A+
First Gen.
This video is amazing, tons of close-ups, crisp
and clear, though there are a few spots where there are obstructions from heads
in the way, I don't think those few times really detract from the amazing
quality of this video.
Medium:
NTSC VHS or 2 disk NTSC set
2 Disk VCD Or MPEG Data
Disk set also available.
Tanz Der Vampire
Cast: Steve
Barton, Lyn Liechty, Aris Sas, Gernot Kranmer, James Sbano, Anne Welte, Eva
Maria Marold (sp?), Frank-Heiko Lohmann
Quality: B- to C
The audio is solid, but the video has pixilation
issues, gen loss, and wash out, which I expected. Some good close-ups
however, and definitely worth saving.
Medium:
Three Disk VCD set
Tanz Der Vampire
Cast: Steve
Barton, Lyn Liechty, Aris Sas, Gernot Kranmer, James Sbano, Anne Welte, Eva
Maria Marold (sp?), Frank-Heiko Lohmann
Quality: B-
to C
The audio is solid, but the video has pixilation
issues, gen loss, and wash out, which I expected, still, a good video for those
who know the show.
Medium:
Three Disk VCD set
Tanz Der Vampire
Cast: Steve Barton, Alex Melcher, Corneila Zenz,
Jens Janke, Sasha Krebs
Quality: B-
solid audio track, some gen
loss and spot washout, and of course, the usual issues with a PAL to NTSC
conversion. Barton as always excels as Krolock.
Medium: NTSC DVD
Tanz Der Vampire
Cast: Nicholas Saverine (u/s), Corneila Zenz,
Harald Tauber, Werner Bauer
Quality: B+
This is a very solid recording of the show.
Downgraded though due to very minor gen loss, but a little conversion loss as
well from the PAL to NTSC
i.e., the usual problems with conversions. Saverine's Krolock
doesn't strike me as well as Barton's does, not quite as strong.
Medium: NTSC DVD
Tanz Der Vampire
Cast: Steve
Barton (Last performance), Bettina Oswald, Aris Sas, Gernot Kranmer
Quality:
C
Some low audio, and pixilation issues, gen loss
and wash out. I’ve seen this listed as Steve
Barton’s last performance. There is a lot of noise from either the tapers or
someone nearby, a lot of screaming as Barton is onstage. On third disk are
clips from German TV of the making of Tanz, and a bonus video of Steve Barton
and Sarah Brightman singing "All I Ask Of
You" from Phantom Of The Opera.
Medium:
Three Disk VCD set
Tanz Der Vampire
Kevin Tarte, Barbara Köhler, Aris Sas,
Werner Bauer
Quality is decent with some generation
loss. I'd call the quality just good, as there are some video dropouts
and speed problems. It was shot from the balcony and I can't remember any
obstructions. It's the only "common" video that I've seen of
Kevin Tarte. Others exist, but I've not been able to get my hands on any
In German
NTSC VHS
Tanz Der Vampire
Cast: Krolock: Charles Fornara, Sarah: Barbara Köhler, Alfred: Aris Sas, Professor: Werner BauerQuality: B- Solid audio track, but some gen loss and the usual PAL to NTSC conversion issues. There are song good close ups and the cast did an excellent job. Also, whoever made this DVD did a great job with the authoring. Includes a complete cast list in the menu options. I'd really like to find whoever originated the DVD, I'd like to find out what software they're using.Medium: NTSC DVD Tanz
Der Vampire
Cast: Krolock: Charles Fornara, Sarah: Barbara Köhler, Alfred: Aris Sas, Professor: Werner BauerQuality: B- Solid audio track, but some gen loss and the usual PAL to NTSC conversion issues. There are some good close ups and the cast did an excellent job. Also, whoever made this DVD did a great job with the authoring. Includes a complete cast list in the menu options. I'd really like to find whoever originated the DVD; I'd like to find out what software they're using. Made by the same person who made the May 6 video.Medium: NTSC DVD