G&S Discography Revision History
May 12, 2001 — October 17, 2001
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Version 20.62 — October 17, 2001 (558 pages)
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A number of reviews have been added:
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Robert Morrison has also added a page of Views of W. S. Gilbert by Ellaline Terriss and Seymour Hicks, as a companion to his review of A Disagreeable Man.
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On a technical note, I am experimenting with a new style sheet, which will be evident on the above pages (as well as on this page and the home page. Comments are welcome.
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Version 20.61 — October 15, 2001 (557 pages)
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Significant updates to these pages:
Most of these pages now have a "recording sessions" table. Thanks to Howard Friedman and Bruce Miller for their contributions.
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Version 20.6 — October 10, 2001 (557 pages)
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Howard Friedman has been helping me clean up errors on the pages for several
of the early 78rpm recordings. Among those that have benefitted from his suggestions are:
Further changes to these pages are forthcoming, but I wanted to get out today's update,
with appropriate credit for the work so far.
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Bruce Miller has updated his report on the Warner Brothers
promotional discs
that were issued in the USA for the
1966 Mikado film.
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Stan DeOrsey has supplied several changes to his Lost
Songs page.
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Album cover scans have been added [version in brackets] (credits in parentheses) for:
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Version 20.5 — July 15, 2001 (557 pages)
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Version 20.4 — June 17, 2001 (557 pages)
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Added the joint Chris Webster / Jim Lockwood compendium of
alternative takes from the HMV 1917-25 recordings,
Where Shall I Find Another?
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Added these album covers from Chris Webster's latest issues:
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Version 20.3 — June 16, 2001 (556 pages)
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Version 20.2 — May 31, 2001 (556 pages)
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Version 20.1 — May 15, 2001 (555 pages)
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Version 20.0 — May 12, 2001 (553 pages)
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The search capability has with regret been deleted, after the service
provider stopped offering it for free.
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Newport Classic has published a new recording of
Utopia, Limited, with complete dialogue,
from Ohio Light Opera.
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Three publishers are now re-issuing the D'Oyly Carte post-war recordings
from 1949-50. Of these, the transfers by Chris Webster
Sounds on CD have generally received the
most favorable reviews. The reissues are:
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From Sounds on CD, the 1950 recordings of
Mikado,
Ruddigore,
Yeomen, and
Gondoliers.
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From Pearl, the same four recordings. Pearl has taken a different
approach, pairing Mikado with Yeomen, and Yeomen
with Gondoliers, in 3-CD sets. Pearl's coupling (Act I of
each opera on a separate disc, and both Act II's on a third disc)
has come in for considerable criticism.
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From Regis Records, a 2-CD set coupling Trial and
Mikado, and a
1-CD sampler of the 1949-50 sets.
Chris Webster reported that these were lively transfers, although there has
been no attempt to correct some of the pitch problems and awkward joins of the
original pressings.
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Mel Moratti contributed a comparative review of the CD re-issues of
the 1950 Ruddigore.
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Chris Webster Sounds on CD has re-issued the HMV
1928 Yeomen,
1931 Ruddigore and
1932 Ida in superb transfers from the original
masters sourced from EMI's Abbey Road Studios.
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J. C. Lockwood "78s2CD" has issued:
Note that Webster has had access to masters from EMI, whereas Lockwood has not.
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Chris Webster Sounds on CD has re-issued the four
Columbia abridged sets together in a two-CD set.
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Chris Webster and J. C. Lockwood have co-issued a CD called "Where Shall I Find
Another?" This CD contains all of the published alternate takes from the
HMV acoustic sets. Any buyer of the nine
acoustic sets from Webster and/or Lockwood will receive this CD for free,
on payment of postage & packing. You will receive the free CD from the
publisher from whom you bought a majority of the sets.
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There is a controversy amongst my correspondents about whether the
Columbia abridged sets were
issued on 10" discs to cater to a population of record-buyers whose
equipment could not play 12" discs. As I cannot now recall my source
for this claim, and the experts are not in agreement, I have placed
a note on the page and let the comment stand.
