G&S Compilations from the D'Oyly Carte Stereo Sets
The World of W. S. Gilbert & A. Sullivan

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Decca PA-28

The World of W. S. Gilbert & A. Sullivan, Volume 1

This disc contains highlights from the D'Oyly Carte stereo recordings of Pinafore, Mikado, Patience, Ida, and Gondoliers.

Issue History

Date	Label	Format	Number
1969	Decca	Mono LP	PA 28
		Stereo LP	SPA 28
		Cassette	KCSP 28
	London	Stereo LP	SPA 4003

Contents are as follows:

Side 1	Side 2
Pinafore "I am the monarch of the see"/ "When I was a lad" "I'm called Little Buttercup" "Never mind the why and wherefore" Princess Ida "For a month to dwell" "If you give me your attention" Mikado "A wandering minstrel, I" "Three little maids from school" "As some day it may happen" "On a tree by a river"	The Gondoliers "In enterprise of martial kind" "We're called gondolieri" "I am a courtier" "Take a pair of sparkling eyes" "Dance a cachucha" Patience "The soldiers of our Queen" "If you want a receipt" "Am I alone and unobserved"/ "If you're anxious for to shine" "So go to him and say to him" "When I first put this uniform on"

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Decca SPA-29

The World of W. S. Gilbert & A. Sullivan, Volume 2

This disc contains highlights from the D'Oyly Carte stereo recordings of Yeomen, Pirates, Iolanthe and Ruddigore.

Issue History

Date	Label	Format	Number
1970	Decca	Mono LP	PA 29
		Stereo LP	SPA 29
		Cassette	KCSP 29
	London	Stereo LP	SPA 4006

Contents are as follows:

Side 1	Side 2
The Yeomen of the Guard "Tower warders, under orders" "When maiden loves" "I have a song to sing, O" Iolanthe "Loudly let the trumpet bray" "When I went to the bar" "Tripping hither, tripping thither" "If you go in"	The Pirates of Penzance "I am the very model" "When the foeman bares his steel" "Oh, is there not one maiden breast" "Poor wandering one" "When a felon's not engaged" Ruddigore "When the night wind howls" "I know a youth" "My eyes are fully open"

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Decca SPA-147

The World of W. S. Gilbert & A. Sullivan, Volume 3

This is the third and last of the "World of...." series. Side 1 has highlights from Gondoliers, Trial, Ruddigore and Iolanthe. Side 2 has highlights from Mikado, Sorcerer and Patience. According to Chris Webster, it was the last of the series to be issued and the first to be deleted. There may have been other issues besides the one listed below, but none have come to my attention.

Issue History

Date	Label	Format	Number
1971	Decca	Stereo LP	SPA 147

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The World of Gilbert & Sullivan (David Jones)

This is a three-volume set published by David Jones', an Australian department store chain, comprising Decca SPA 28, SPA 29, and SPA 147 (all described above).