This recording is one of three sets of G&S excerpts recorded in 1964 and re-issued on various labels since then. No version identifies the soloists, and only the Presto re-issue identifies a conductor (which might, or might not, be fictitious).

Despite coming from Great Britain, the singers all seem to be Americans, a few of whom attempt English accents not entirely convincingly. The souped-up orchestrations are skillfully played, but sound like they were written by a frustrated tympanist. Most of the singing is competent, but unidiomatic, and the conductor takes none of the standard rubatos. The Yum-Yum has a heavy, mezzo-voiced vibrato unsuited to this type of music. The Mikado's song includes the "n-----" word, unusual for a 1960-ish recording.

The patter baritone is the same Vincent Price sound-alike heard on the National Musicale Pinafore and Pirates. He trips over his words in places but actually delivers one of the best "tit-willows" on record, full of camp characterization. It is not enough, however, to rescue a dreary recording. The selections include:

There apparently was a re-issue on the Presto label, with the artists identified as the Knightsbridge Light Opera Company conducted by Lionel Peterson. This is mentioned on the jacket of the same label's re-issue of the National Musicale Pinafore.