The G&S For All Pirates

The G&S For All Pirates (1972)

***Cast***
Major-General	John Cartier
Pirate King	Donald Adams
Samuel	Michael Wakeham
Frederic	Thomas Round
Sergeant of Police	Lawrence Richard
Mabel	Valerie Masterson
Edith	Anna Cooper
Kate	Vera Ryan
Isabel	Elizabeth Lowry
Ruth	Helen Landis

G&S Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Conductor: Peter Murray

Sounds on CD VGS 239

***Related Pages***
Other Pirates Recordings
G&S for All Recordings
G&S for All Films
G&S Archive's Pirates Page

Donald Adams as the Pirate King
Everest 3454

This is an abridged recording and companion film by Gilbert and Sullivan For All, the G&S touring company founded by Donald Adams and Thomas Round. Three of the principals here — Adams, Round and Masterson — recorded these same roles with D'Oyly Carte. Several of the others are former D'Oyly Carte small-part players.

All of the G&S For All recordings feature reduced orchestrations, but for some reason it was more noticeable to me on this recording than most of the others. The recent video transfer by Musical Collectables is in such excruciatingly bad condition that it is nearly unwatchable.

Issue History

Date	Label	Format	Number	Comments
1972	Pye/PTE	Stereo LP	NSPH 14
1975	PRT	Stereo LP	WGAS 6753	with Pinafore
1975	PRT	Cassette	ZCGS 6753	with Pinafore
1979	Everest	Stereo LP	3454
1979	Murray Hill	Stereo LP	974193/8	Boxed set called "Greatest Operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan," eight discs comprising the entire Gilbert and Sullivan For All output
1979	Murray Hill	Stereo LP/ Cassette	974193/8	Boxed set called "Greatest Operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan," eight discs comprising the entire Gilbert and Sullivan For All output. Apparently available under the same catalog number on both LP and cassette.
2002	Sounds on CD	CD	VGS 239	Also includes Iolanthe