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On March 22, 2006, Brian Michael Hoffman asked:

Any plans on releasing an "Urban Cowboy" cd?

To which Jason replied,

Not that I know of. The cast didn't go in to the studio to record the show, so there's no definitive document of the score as it was performed on Broadway. (I only wrote five of the songs in the show.) Because the show was such a big flop, the score was dispersed and now ownership of the songs has reverted to the original publishers and no one has any control over the entity as a whole. So trying to do a recording of the show would be a publishing nightmare. Like I said, I recorded my songs, though some of them have me singing instead of the original cast members, but I don't think those will be released any time soon ? who'd sell a record with five songs on it? Hopefully, I'll be able to broadcast them over time through my sound blog. I think Jeff Blumenkrantz has released some of his contributions to "Urban Cowboy" through his very entertaining podcast. Check it out here.

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