Sounds on CD VGS250

The G&S community greeted this recording of Cox and Box with comparative yawns. What really excited people was the world-premiere recording of The Zoo that came on the other side of the record. As for Cox and Box, consensus was that the 1961 recording had more dramatic spark. Both recordings are of the abridged "Savoy version" that D'Oyly Carte used as a curtain raiser. However, unlike the earlier performance, this recording includes the full sung finale, rather than just some dialogue sung over orchestral accompaniment.

Decca briefly re-issued this recording on CD erroneously (see comments on the 1961 recording). It is now available on CD once again—and for good—from Sounds on CD, coupled with the 1975 Trial by Jury.