G&S Discography Revision History

July 8 — October 27, 1997

Version 11.1 — May 4, 1997 (365 pages)

• Added a page covering the early Sullivan/Burnand collaboration The Contrabandista. There is, unfortunately, only one known recording of this opera, from the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, and I don't have a review of it as yet. Thanks to Chris Webster for pointing out this recording.
• Added another issue to the Mitch Miller Child's Introduction album. The issue is on A. A. Records, catalog number LP 11 a/b. Thanks to Dean Wall.
• Added contents of the The World of G&S, Vol. 3. Thanks to Elizabeth Pugh.
• Added contents of the Malcolm Sargent's 1961 More Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures disc. Thanks to Chris Webster. Chris also had some minor corrections to a number of other overture discs.
• Added reel-to-reel tape issues of the 1962 Ruddigore and the 1964 Yeomen. I suspect there were other D'Oyly Carte issues on reel-to-reel tape, but these are the only ones I know about. Thanks to Bob Lang.

Version 11.0 — April 26, 1997 (364 pages)

• Redesigned the navigation panel at the top of each page.
• Added two new navigation aids, the site map and the series index.
• Split the very large vintage compilations section into multiple pages.
• Added The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan, an LP compilation of vintage-era recordings. This is an extremely popular album title, having been used independently on a number of occasions. Thanks to Chris Webster.
• Added significantly to the issue histories of the three World Record Club recordings. Also, moved these in the historical tour from the monaural section to the stereo section, as I now realize these recordings came out in stereo from the beginning (despite also being offered in mono). Thanks to Chris Webster.
• Added a review of the 1977 Charles Mackerras recording of suites from Pineapple Poll and Verdi's The Lady and the Fool.
• Added two 10" LP highlights discs supplied by Chris Webster: highlights from the 1958 Mikado and a D'Oyly Carte overtures disc.
• Added the vintage compilation Peter Dawson "On Stage". Thanks to J. Donald Smith.
• Added the Pearl re-issue of the 1907 Odeon Mikado. Thanks to J. Donald Smith.
• Added the Promotional Music, Ltd retail release of the D'Oyly Carte Last Night. Thanks to J. Donald Smith.
• Added the 1994 re-issue of H.M.S. Gilbert and Sullivan titled "Operettas: The Greatest Hits." Thanks to J. Donald Smith.
• Added a six-inch 78rpm disc containing excerpts from the Mitch Miller Child's Introduction to G&S album. Thanks to J. Donald Smith.
• Corrected the issue history of the Lyric Theater Company Mountebanks, which erroneously stated that this recording had been released on the Pearl label. Also, expanded the history of the Lyric Theater Company. Thanks to J. Donald Smith.
• Corrected the dating of numerous issues, particularly the vintage sets issued on Pearl and Arabesque in the 1970s and '80s. Thanks to J. Donald Smith.

Version 10.1 — April 12, 1997 (357 pages)

• Reorganized the opera index page, which now lists Gilbert & Sullivan, Sullivan without Gilbert, and Gilbert without Sullivan operas separately.
• Updated the issue histories of the Brent Walker videos. Thanks to Peter Parker and Chris Webster for filling in the complex U.K. history of these videos, which required a separate page to describe in detail.
• Updated the video issue history, and added some additional comments on The Cool Mikado
• Added a number of items supplied by Chris Webster:
  • The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan, a 1973 album of duets featuring James Griffeth (tenor) and Christina Clark (soprano).
  • The Very Best of Gilbert and Sullivan, a 1978 album of concerted highlights featuring the Morriston Orpheus Choir and the Band of HM Royal Marines.
  • Gilbert and Sullivan Overture / Musical Comedy Melodies, an album of G&S overtures and musical comedy arrangements conducted by Arthur Fiedler.
  • Gems From The Savoy, a compilation of the World Record Club recordings.
  • Den Gode Fregat Pinafore, H.M.S. Pinafore in Danish.
  • Pinafore highlights featuring the Chorus and Orchestra of the Knightsbridge Light Opera Company conducted by Lionel Peterson, which turns out to be another re-issue of the National Musicale Pinafore.
  • Favourite Songs From Gilbert and Sullivan, a 1978 album of concerted highlights arranged by one L. Muller, featuring the so-called London Operetta Ensemble and Chorus.
• Added Gilbert and Sullivan Go Kosher, an album by the "Goldberg and Solomon" duo.
• Added the recording of The Rose of Persia made by the St. Alban's Amateur Operatic Society in 1963, and issued on the Rare Recorded Editions label in the 1970s.

Version 10.0 — April 6, 1997 (349 pages)

• The historical tour has been completely redesigned, to spread the information out over more pages, and make it appear less "cramped."
• The home page has also been redesigned, to be a bit more compact and inviting. (At least, I hope so.) This is very much work in progress.
• Added the 1996 Lamplighters Music Theatre recording, A Song To Sing, O!.
• Added reviews of the video versions of the Gilbert and Sullivan For All films.
• Moved the 1963 Reader's Digest Best of Gilbert and Sullivan set onto a single page, in place of the six separate pages on which formerly it had resided.
• With lots of help from Chris Webster, fixed up the National Musicale Company recordings. The performance previously listed as the Allegro-Royale Pirates is, in fact, the National Musicale Pirates. The National Musicale Pinafore has been added. The Society re-issues of these recordings erroneously state that Martyn Green performs on them.
• Added the Brookledge Classics issue of Donald Adams Sings Sullivan & Gilbert, and moved this item to its own page. (Thanks to Seth Schneider and J. Donald Smith.)
• Fixed up the dating of the Michael Sammes recordings and added one more of these, Iolanthe.
• Fixed the dating and issue histories of the Al Goodman recordings. Thanks to J. Donald Smith, for pointing out that the original dating I gave (1958) was incorrect.
• Added several CD highlights discs; thanks to Mitchell Orman.

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