G&S Discography Revision History
March 7, 1998 — Present
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Version 13.5 — July 7, 1998 (436 pages)
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Verison 13.41 — June 11, 1998 (434 pages)
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Version 13.4 — June 10, 1998 (434 pages)
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Version 13.3 — June 1, 1998 (432 pages)
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Version 13.2 — May 28, 1998 (431 pages)
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Version 13.13 — May 18, 1998 (429 pages)
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Chris Webster has discovered that items I had previously listed
separately —
"Gilbert & Sullivan For Orchestra"
(conductor: "Eric Johnson") and "The Best Loved Melodies of Gilbert and
Sullivan" (conductor: Malcolm Hughes) — are in fact the same item.
The listings have been consolidated, and I've added Chris's guess about
why this came about.
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Updated my review of the
Opera Australia Patience,
now that I've seen the video.
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Added Chuck Mathias's comments to the
1939 Mikado film.
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Version 13.12 — May 14, 1998 (428 pages)
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Made additional corrections to the
1921 Patience,
thanks to Chris Webster.
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Added a discussion of sides conducted by Harry Norris vs.
George W. Byng on the 1922 HMV Iolanthe.
Thanks to James Tappin and Chris Webster.
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Added a discussion of Leonard Osborn, from a recent Savoynet thread,
to the 1950 D'Oyly Carte Ruddigore.
Thanks to Michael Rice, Chris Webster, Tom Shepard, and Michael Walters.
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Version 13.11 — May 13, 1998 (428 pages)
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Added additional comments from Bruce Miller to the
1955 Ida. Also, added
Don Smith's comments to
Michael Walters's review
of this recording.
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Made several additions and corrections to the
1921 Patience,
thanks to Michael Walters and Chris Webster.
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Don Smith clued me into what's really going
on in the video of Der Mikado.
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Corrected various typos, thanks to Bruce Miller
and Don Smith.
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Version 13.1 — May 12, 1998 (428 pages)
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Added a section on the
Essgee Videos of
Pirates,
Mikado and
Pinafore.
The review of Mikado has been added, and those of
Pirates and Pinafore greatly expanded.
Also, incorporated additional comments from Eleanor Dugan,
Jon English (who appears in these videos), and Frank Shann.
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Added a comprehensive historical overview of
Ida recordings
through the years, by Michael Walters.
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Added my own review of Der Mikado.
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Added significant new information to the
acoustical Patience.
(Thanks to Chris Webster and Michael Walters.)
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Added Daryll Winston's and Eleanor Dugan's comments to
the Nelson Eddy page.
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Added Michael Walters's comments to the
The Pearl/Lyric Theater Company Utopia.
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Added Bruce Miller's comments to the
1974 Iolanthe.
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Other miscellaneous corrections: Thanks to Lisa Berglund, Eleanor Dugan,
Paul Grist, Bob Lang, Bruce Miller, Frank Shann, and James Tappin.
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Version 13.01 — March 8, 1998 (421 pages)
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Added the ca. 1969 issue of highlights from the
1936 Mikado on the EMI
Music For Pleasure label. (Thanks to James Tappin.)
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Version 13.0 — March 7, 1998 (421 pages)
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All of the recordings pages for Cox and Box
have been slightly reformatted to take advantage of style sheets, and
generally to improve readability. Some of the improvements will be
visible on all browsers, while others require a style-sheet-capable
browser. I shall eventually reformat all the other pages this way,
unless readers report problems.
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Added considerably to the recording details of the
1920 Pirates. Now
included are:
- A detailed description of the contents of each side
- Who is singing on each side, including (for many of
numbers) the chorus
- A Recording Sessions table, which shows the order of the
recorded takes, including rejected takes.
Chris Webster assembled most of this information, with
an assist from the researches of Michael Walters and
Brian Rust.
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Added the Essgee Pinafore,
with a detailed review by Frank Shann.
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Added the 1931
Victor / Civic Light Opera Pirates.
(Thanks to Bruce Miller.)
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Added a considerably improved explanation of the
slide automatic
side coupling system. (Thanks to Bruce Miller.)
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Added Bruce Miller's comments on Russell Hunting
to the Russell Hunting Company Pinafore.
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Added scanned album covers to El Mikado
and the Allegro-Royale Mikado.
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Add Richard Simonton's comments to
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
and The Return of Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Thanks to Chris Webster for the following:
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Added the reel-to-reel tape issues of the
1976 D'Oyly Carte Grand Duke
and the 1961 Patience.
(Thanks to Bob Lang.) There is also now an icon for
reel-to-reel, which you'll see on the summary pages
for Grand Duke,
Patience, or any
other opera with recordings that were issued in
that format.
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Added the cassette issue of the San Francisco Lamplighters'
A Song To Sing, O!
(Thanks to Bob Lang.)
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Added the circa 1953 Philips U.K. issue of the
Anna Russell album. (Thanks to
Peter Parker.)
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Added the release of Papp's Pirates
on CD. (Thanks to Mark Mones.)
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Added the Decca catalog number for the
1977 Gondoliers.
(Thanks to James Tappin.)
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Added the name of the actor who played the Notary
on the Brent Walker Sorcerer.
(Thanks to Geoff Dixon.)
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Added the catalog number of
Anna Russel's First Farewell Special.
(Thanks to John Taylor.)
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The acoustical Ida has been
re-dated from 1925 to 1924. Only one side was recorded in 1925,
and that was clearly a re-take, so 1924 is the more accurate
date.
