Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete)

Tracklist

Overture - Act 1 - Part 1
A1.a	We Sail The Ocean Blue
A1.b	I'm Called Little Buttercup
A1.c	The Nightingale Sighed
A1.d	A Maiden Fair To See
A1.e	I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
A1.f	Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
Act 1 - Part 2
B1.a	Over The Bright Blue Sea
B1.b	Sir Joseph's Barge Is Seen
B1.c	I Am The Monarch Of The Sea
B1.d	When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
B1.e	A British Tar Is A Soaring Soul
B1.f	Refrain, Audacious Tar
Act 1 [Conc]
C1.a	Can I Survive This Overbearing?
C1.b	Ah! Stay Your Hand!
C1.c	Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen
C1.d	This Very Night
C1.e	Entr'acte
Act II - Part 1
C2.a	Fair Moon To Thee I Sing
C2.b	Things Are Seldom What They Seem
C2.c	The Hours Creep On Space
Act 2 [Conc]
D1.a	Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
D1.b	Kind Captain, I've Important Information
D1.c	Carefully On TipToe Stealing
D1.d	He Is An Englishman
D1.e	Farewell My Own
D1.f	A Many Years Ago
D1.g	Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – London Records
• Distributed By – PolyGram Distribution, Inc., New York

Credits

• Chorus Master – W. Cox-lfe
• Conductor – Isidore Godfrey
• Directed By – Bridget D'Oyly Carte
• Orchestra – The New Symphony Orchestra Of London
• Vocals, Performer [Bill Bobstay] – George Cook
• Vocals, Performer [Bob Becket] – Eric Wilson-Hyde
• Vocals, Performer [Captain Corcoran] – Jeffrey Skitch
• Vocals, Performer [Dick Deadeye] – Donald Adams
• Vocals, Performer [Hebe] – Joyce Wright
• Vocals, Performer [Josephine] – Jean Hindmarsh
• Vocals, Performer [Mrs. Cripps (Little Buttercup)] – Gillian Knight
• Vocals, Performer [Ralph Rackstraw] – Thomas Round
• Vocals, Performer [The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.] – John Reed

Notes

Issued in a hinged box.

Comes with a 16 page printed insert containing a one page synopsis by George Baker, a one page list of dramatis personae, and the performance dialogue and lyrics (script). Page 3 identifies that the insert was published by London Records, Inc., New York, N.Y.

"Complete with Dialogue" is located under the title on the cover of the printed insert. "(Complete)" is shown on the box spine. (This was the first G&S opera ever to be recorded with the complete dialogue.)

London ffrr (Full Frequency Range Recording) logo on the cover and labels. Box spine has "London ffss Stereophonic". (ffss = Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound)

"Recorded under the direction of Bridget D'Oyly Carte".

"Act II" on side C label, "Act 2" on side D label.

Gold colored printing on the bottom of the box:
"Manufactured and marketed by London Records,
a division of Polygram Classics, Inc.
137 West 55th St., New York, NY 10019
Distributed by Polygram Distribution, Inc."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code (on box cover and printed insert): OSA 1209
• Label Code (on printed insert - refers to the mono release): A-4234
• Label Code (on all labels): OS 25127
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix label Side A): ZAL 4619
• Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp Side A): ZAL 4619 6X ∇ ED 121
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix label Side B): ZAL 4620
• Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp Side B): ZAL-4620-10G 119
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix label Side C): ZAL 4621
• Matrix / Runout (Runout written Side C): ZAL-4621-7G 5
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix label Side D): ZAL 4622
• Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp Side D): ZAL 4622 8G B ∇ ED 126
• Other (on all labels): Made in Holland. Mastered by Decca Recording Studio's UK.
• Other (on all labels in small print): The Decca Record Co. Ltd.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SPCA-12001	Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company	Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete) ‎(2xLP, Album)	Phase 4 Stereo	SPCA-12001	US	1960
473 638-2	Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company	Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete) ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Decca	473 638-2	UK	2003
SKL 4081, SKL 4082	D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The*	H.M.S. Pinafore ‎(2xLP, Album, Wid)	Decca, Decca	SKL 4081, SKL 4082	UK	Unknown
LK.4335, LK 4335	The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company*	H.M.S. Pinafore ‎(LP, Mono)	Decca, Decca	LK.4335, LK 4335	UK	Unknown
LK 4334, LK 4335	Gilbert And Sullivan*, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company*	Gilbert And Sullivan*, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company* - H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete With Dialogue) ‎(2xLP, Mono)	Decca, Decca	LK 4334, LK 4335	UK	1959

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