The New Pop-Rock Pirates

The New Pop-Rock Pirates (1970s)

The Pirates of Penzance in the
New Pop-Rock Sound

Spindrift Liberate

***Credits***
Tom Gravitte	Lead and background vocals
Dave Zarefoss	Lead, background vocals and chipmunk vocal parts
John Saputo	Organ, piano, harpsichord, saxophone and background vocals
Doug Martin	Guitar and trumpet
Tommy Prince	Drums and assorted percussion
Tom Costello	Leader, arranger, lead and background vocals, bass, piano

***Related Pages***
Other Recordings of Pirates
The G&S Archive's Pirates Page

This is a "rock" version of The Pirates of Penzance performed by a group called Spindrift Liberate. It is not in my personal collection, but J. Donald Smith says, "This was done at a time when the Rock beat was being put to everything. Well, the words are all there, but after a few minutes everything sounds the same." The selections (including a few that seem to have nothing to do with G&S) include:

Introduction
Pour Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry
Better Far to Live and Die
Is There Not One Maiden Breast
Away, Away, My Heart's On Fire
I Am a Very Model of a Modern Major-General
Frederic's Rain
A Policeman's Lot is Not a Happy One
Sighing Softly to the River
With Cat-Like Tread
How Beautifully Blue the Sky
When the Foreman [sic] Bares His Steele [sic]
Farewell to Cornwall

Dan Kravetz wrote:

I own a copy of the LP, purchased for 50 cents without a jacket some 20 years ago. I listened to it once and do not intend to do so again. It consists of Gilbert's lyrics shouted by a few men over the worst dissonant heavy metal garbage I've ever heard. There is no trace of anything faintly resembling Sullivan's tunes, and the effect isn't clever, funny or even interesting — only painful.

***Issue History***
Date	Label	Format	Number
Early 1970s	Steady Records	Stereo LP	111

The New Pop-Rock Pirates (1970s)

The Pirates of Penzance in the New Pop-Rock Sound Spindrift Liberate

The Pirates of Penzance in the
New Pop-Rock Sound

Spindrift Liberate