G&S Discography Revision History
May 23, 2000 — Present
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Version 19.13 — December 2, 2000 (551 pages)
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Robert Morrison has provided background on the 1934 G&S parody,
"Perseverance." (Chris Webster will be issuing it on CD next year.)
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Robert Morrison has provided several photographs pertaining to
Henry Lytton's post-D'Oyly Carte career,
which he in turn obtained from Chris Webster.
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Version 19.12 — November 28, 2000 (549 pages)
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Added the Pearl CD re-issues of the 1949 D'Oyly Carte recordings of
Trial,
Pinafore and
Pirates.
Incorporated reviewers' comments on the
Pinafore page.
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Added the following album cover scans:
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Version 19.11 — November 27, 2000 (549 pages)
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Version 19.10 — November 26, 2000 (549 pages)
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The discussion of the Brent Walker Yeomen
has been considerably expanded.
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Robert Morrison has made a number of contributions, including:
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A background article on the
J. C. Williamson Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
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An article on Sydney Granville's
1926 Australasian tour.
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A series of articles on
Sir Henry Lytton's stage farewell.
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An article on the 1930 Mikado broadcast.
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Biographical details on several of the artists in the
1922 HMV Pinafore, especially
James Hay and Frederick Ranalow.
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A discussion of Gregory Stroud, who played Pish-Tush in the
1939 Mikado film.
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Comments on the inclusion of "Come, mighty must" in the
1924 HMV Ida.
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Catalogue numbers for the Australian World Record Club releases
of many recordings from the Sargent and D'Oyly Carte stereo series.
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Clemence Bettany's comments on the G&S
television broadcasts and films the D'Oyly Carte made in the 1960s, from the
1975 centenary souvenir booklet.
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Added the release details of the Walker videos
on the Roadshow label in Australia. (Thanks to Mel Moratti and Robert Morrison.)
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Added the following album scans (credits in parentheses):
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Version 19.00 — November 22, 2000 (545 pages)
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Added Chris Webster's latest issues, including:
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Added Jim Lockwood's latest issues, including:
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Added Jim Craig's vintage CD of recordings of non-G&S
material by original Savoyards, The Savoy Connection.
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Added Jim Broadbent's recording of The Bab Ballads,
with reviews by Stan DeOrsey and Lisa Berglund.
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Added the DVD issues (U.S. and U.K.) of
Topsy-Turvy.
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Added the 1968 Bavarian television production of Die Piraten,
which the Gala label has published on CD.
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Added the new orchestral compilation
from Chandos (Richard Hickox, BBC Philharmonic), which includes
the Suite from The Tempest, the Overture "In Memoriam," and
the Symphony in E. Thanks to Mel Moratti for the CD cover scan.
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Added EMI's latest compilation from the Sargent series,
The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan (3 CDs).
Thanks to Mel Moratti for the information and Tim Devlin for the cover scan.
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Added several album cover and/or record label scans (credit in parentheses):
- 1930 D'Oyly Carte Pinafore, long-playing record label (Bruce Miller)
- World Record Club Gondoliers, cassette issue (Bruce Miller)
- World Record Club Mikado, r-2-r tape issue and Vox re-issue (Bruce Miller)
- G&S Overtures w/Fiedler, lp issue (Bruce Miller)
- D'Oyly Carte Overtures w/Godfrey, 10" lp issue (Bruce Miller)
- Mitch Miller G&S Album, 45rpm issue (Bruce Miller)
- 1953 D'Oyly Carte Sorcerer, original Decca issue (Harry Covington)
- Allegro-Royale Mikado, CD re-issue (Tim Devlin)
- Michael Sammes Pinafore, Fontana issue (Mel Moratti)
- Michael Sammes Pirates, Fontana issue (Mel Moratti)
- Songs and Snatches, NZ/Aussie CD reissue (Mel Moratti)
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There are several corrections and additions to Stan DeOrsey's
Lost Songs page.
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Bruce Miller has updated his review of the Civic Light
Opera Pirates.
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Bruce Miller has provided a number of corrections to the
1907 Odeon Pinafore,
1908 Gramophone Company Pinafore, and
Al Goodman Pinafore pages.
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Added some reviews of the Groucho Marx Mikado.
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Added some new reviews of the
1974 D'Oyly Carte Iolanthe.
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Made extensive corrections to
Gilbert and Sullivan Go Kosher and
The Best of Goldberg and Solomon, No. 2
(thanks to a recent Savoynet thread).
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Added a press photo
of the 1926 Mikado broadcast.
Thanks to Chris Webster.
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Edgar Samuel, who is apparently a descendant of the inventor of the
original Decca "Dulcephone," weighed in on the meaning
of the word "Decca." Given the authority, I would have to view this as the
definitive resolution of the matter.
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Version 18.00 — May 23, 2000 (535 pages)
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A search capability has been added, in partnership with
Searchbutton.com.
A search box appears on the bottom of every page (except
on the home page, where it is more prominently displayed).
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George Low has provided a number of correstions to the discussions of the
early HMV acoustical recordings. See, in particular, his comments on the
1922 Pinafore and
1924 Ida.
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The Recording Details for the 1920 Yeomen
have been expanded, and a Recording Sessions table added.
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Jeff Trim has contributed a superb review of the
1989 BBC broadcast of Ruddigore.
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Bruce Miller and Michael Walters have added discussion material and
corrections to the 1907 Russell Hunting Company
Pinafore.
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Jamie Moffat, Ray Walker, and Chris Webster have contributed reviews of
the Ohio Light Opera Ida.
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Jamie Moffat also contributed insightful reviews of
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan and
the 1939 Mikado film.
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Michael Walters contributed the story of the discovery of the Rutland
Barrington cylinder. It is posted on the
Art of the Savoyard page.
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James Tappin contributed cover scans for the
1950 Mikado (Ace of Clubs re-issue) and the
1955 Ida (original Decca issue).
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Bruce Miller contributed a cover scan for the 1953 Victor re-issue of the
1936 Mikado.
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Bruce Miller contributed a program scan for the Civic Light Opera Company's
Mikado (Boston, 1931).
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Bruce Miller contributed an album cover scan for the 1953 RCA Victor
re-issue of the 1930 Pinafore coupled
with the 1927 Trial by Jury.
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Christopher Dixon has contributed some comments on the
D'Oyly Carte 1949-55 monaural series.
