The 1931 D'Oyly Carte Pirates [abridged]
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company w/Orchestra
Recorded in London, |
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 EMI Music for Pleasure MFP 2143 |
This was the second of three abridged sets issued by HMV in 1931. The motivation behind this one, as the abridged Yeomen, was probably to capture the voices that were missed when the 1929 Pirates was recorded. The most significant of these were Darrell Fancourt (though he would record the role again), Sydney Granville and Bertha Lewis (although only the paradox trio and her lines in the finales are included). Baker, Robertson and Oldham reprised their roles from the complete set just two years earlier.
In addition, this and the other two abridged sets from 1931 were made just after the rival Columbia label made several similar recordings that, perhaps, were siphoning off business from the established D'Oyly Carte sets.
 Sounds on CD VGS 247 [Cover by Matt Bland] |
| Date | Label | Format | Number | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | HMV | 78rpm (10") | B3846-51 in Album 126 | Manual side couplings |
| ca. 1940 | HMV | 78rpm | B7006/11 | Drop auto side couplings |
| ca. 1970 | EMI Music for Pleasure | LP | MFP 2143 | |
| 1984 | Arabesque | LP | 8129-2L | With 1932 Ida |
| 1984? | Arabesque | Cassette | 9129-2L | |
| 198-? | Arabesque | CD | Z8129-2 (not verified) | |
| 2003 | Sounds on CD | CD | VGS 247 | Includes four HMV abridged sets: 1931 Pirates, 1931 Yeomen, 1931 Gondoliers, and 1933 Sorcerer |
| 2003 | 78s2CD | CD | GS22 | Includes four HMV abridged sets: 1931 Pirates, 1931 Yeomen, 1931 Gondoliers, and 1933 Sorcerer |
| Side Nbr | Matrix Number |
Selection | Rec. Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0B732-2 | Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry | 13 Apr 31 |
| 2 | 0B734-1 | Oh, is there not one maiden breast | 14 Apr 31 |
| 3 | 0B735-5 | Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name | 2 May 31 |
| 4 | 0B733-2 | Hold, monsters! | 13 Apr 31 |
| 5 | 0B731-1 | Oh, men of dark and dismal fate | 13 Apr 31 |
| 6 | 0B728-2 | You may go, for you're at liberty | 13 Apr 31 |
| 7 | 0B727-1 | Then, Frederic, let your escort | 13 Apr 31 |
| 8 | 0B730-1 | When you had left our pirate fold | 13 Apr 31 |
| 9 | 0B736-4 | Stay, Frederic, stay! | 2 May 31 |
| 10 | 0B729-2 | When a felon's not engaged in his employment | 13 Apr 31 |
| 11 | 0B737-2 | Hush, hush, not a word! | 14 Apr 31 |
| 12 | 0B726-2 | To gain a brief advantage you've contrived | 13 Apr 31 |
| Side Nbr | Matrix Number |
Selection | Rec. Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0B726-2 | To gain a brief advantage you've contrived | 13 Apr 31 |
| 7 | 0B727-1 | Then, Frederic, let your escort | 13 Apr 31 |
| 6 | 0B728-2 | You may go, for you're at liberty | 13 Apr 31 |
| 10 | 0B729-2 | When a felon's not engaged in his employment | 13 Apr 31 |
| 8 | 0B730-1 | When you had left our pirate fold | 13 Apr 31 |
| 5 | 0B731-1 | Oh, men of dark and dismal fate | 13 Apr 31 |
| 1 | 0B732-2 | Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry | 13 Apr 31 |
| 4 | 0B733-2 | Hold, monsters! | 13 Apr 31 |
| 2 | 0B734-1 | Oh, is there not one maiden breast | 14 Apr 31 |
| 0B735-1 … |
Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name | 14 Apr 31 | |
| 0B736-1 … |
Stay, Frederic, stay! | 14 Apr 31 | |
| 11 | 0B737-2 | Hush, hush, not a word! | 14 Apr 31 |
| 3 | … 0B735-5 |
Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name | 2 May 31 |
| 9 | … 0B736-4 |
Stay, Frederic, stay! | 2 May 31 |
Notes:
- The table above shows the published takes in the order recorded. Where a session produced both unpublished and published takes for the same selection, the unpublished matrix numbers are shown in italics. Where none of a selection's takes from a given session were published, the entire row is shown in italics, and the side number is blank. Where it is not possible to make a likely guess about the number of takes recorded at a session, this is indicated with "…" Where the published take was achieved without a make-up session being required, the unpublished takes for the same selection are not shown.
