G&S Discography Revision History
February 25 — June 9, 1996
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Version 4.2 — June 9, 1996 (192 pages)
- Added the Michael Sammes Singers Mikado
and Yeomen (but I have no detailed information
about these recordings, except for the list of singers).
- Numerous corrections to the dating and catalog numbers of the
Sargent "Glyndebourne" recordings:
- The date of the Gondoliers was
erroneously given as 1959. It should be 1957, making it the second entry in
the series, not the fifth. (Dan Kravetz
points out that Gondoliers must have come earlier in the series, because
it was one of the three operas in which Geraint Evans sang the patter baritone part
before he was replaced by George Baker.)
- Pirates came before
Trial, not after.
- The digital re-masterings of Pinafore,
Gondoliers and
Pirates were misdated.
- Added the catalog number of the 1963 monaural issue of the
Reader's Digest series.
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Version 4.1 — June 2, 1996 (190 pages)
- Added the 1966 BBC broadcasts of Pirates and
BBC Patience.
- Added a detailed list of selections to the World Record
Club Gondoliers and the World Record Club
Pirates. Thanks to J. Donald Smith
and one other correspondent who didn't sign his email. Also added ratings for the three
World Record Club recordings.
- Corrected the statement that
the Readers Digest higlights discs were made after 1967;
in fact, as was correctly stated elsewhere, they were made in 1963. (Thanks to Alwyn Lewis.)
- J. Donald Smith reports that the
1929 Iolanthe is back in print--a one-disc re-issue on
Intersound that makes numerous cuts. "Not worthwhile," says Don, "except that it's the only one
now in print."
- Added some comments on
Peter Dawson
to the page on the 1929 Pirates. Unfortunately, the
email in which I received these comments was unsigned, so I cannot give credit where it is due.
- Added comments on the Pearl and Arabesque transfers of the
1926 Mikado—from the same anonymous source.
- Added some comments on the Hot Mikado from
a Savoynet thread a few months
back.
- Corrected the date of the Everest re-issue of the
Allegro-Royale Mikado. Also, this issue is
not excerpts, as previously stated, but the complete recording; they managed
to fit the whole thing on a single disc. Also, added another re-issue of this recording,
with a different overture. (Thanks to J. Donald Smith.)
- Clarified casting details on the Al Goodman
Mikado. (Thanks to Dave Kehs).
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Version 4.0a — May 28, 1996 (188 pages)
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Version 4.0 — May 27, 1996 (188 pages)
- Added a 1994 recording of Pirates
from Australia. Thanks to Donald J. Gregory.
- Put a new logo at the top of all the pages.
- Restructured the home page, eliminating the use
of frames. Added "key subject" tabs at the left margin, instead.
- Restructured the artist index, adding "index tabs"
along the left-hand margin for easier traversal.
- Changed the extension of all files in the discography from ".html" to ".htm" (for
compatibility with the PC where the source files originate).
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Version 3.1b — March 8, 1996 (189 pages)
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Version 3.1a — March 4, 1996 (189 pages)
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Version 3.1 — March 3, 1996 (189 pages)
- Added a German recording, Der Mikado,
and the Mount Oread Grand Duke, recorded at the
1970 Kansas Conference. Thanks to J. Donald Smith
for details and reviews of these recordings.
- Added the 1966 BBC broadcasts of
Princess Ida,
The Mikado,
Utopia, Limited and
The Grand Duke.
Though these have never been released commercially, many fans have recordings taken off the air, and
they are famous for the quality of the casts and for including complete dialogue. Look for other entries in
this series to appear here shortly.
- Added reviews of the Washington Lyric Theater Company
Grand Duke and the Los Angeles Savoy-Artes
Utopia from J. Donald Smith.
- Added missing catalog numbers for the
G&S For All recordings. The dating for these recordings is
a bit of a jumble, and I'd be indebted to anyone who can clear it up. Thanks to
J. Donald Smith for the latest info.
- Added the 1950 Mikado cassette re-issue
on Price-Less. Re-dated all the Price-Less re-issues from 1960s to 1980s. (I don't think the cassette
format even existed in the 1960s, so the earlier dating can't have been right.) Thanks to
Phil Sternenberg.
- Added the 1969 release of highlights from the 1930
Pinafore on MFP. (Thanks to Stefan Pilczek.)
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Version 3.0 — February 25, 1996 (183 pages)
- The artist index has been divided into two
levels. The main level lists all artists and is in a more compressed format
than before. Artists who made four or more recordings are covered at the "detail" level and
are referenced by hot-links from the main level. (This change was made to reduce the download
time for any given page, and to reduce the amount of space taken up by artists whose
recorded output is small.)
- The home page now uses HTML frames. (You will only see a difference
if you are using a frame-enabled browser, such as
Netscape 2.0.) Expect to see more, and better,
use of frames in forthcoming versions.
- Added a detailed side breakdown and cast list to the
Al Goodman Pinafore. (Thanks to
Dave Kehs.)
- Added the 1970s re-issue of the 1968
Pirates and some comments from J. Donald Smith.
- Added the cassette re-issue of the 1931
Ruddigore on Arabesque. (Thanks to Dave Sommerfield for pointing this one out.)
- Added J. Donald Smith's
comments to the Marriner Yeomen.
- Added the artists from the following recordings to the Artist
Index:
- Added a comment to the C&B Productions
Mikado that the recording includes both instances of the "n-----" word.
- Corrections of typos on the 1962 World Record
Club Mikado, 1962 World Record Club
Gondoliers, and 1978 Zoo.
- Added a pointer from the home page to
the Savoynet Home Page.
- Updated the revision history to show the number of web pages in each version.
