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Title: Songs from Kermit Goell's Pocahontas: The West End Musical - Original Demo Cast Recording Condition: New Format: CD Edition: Album No Of Discs: 1 Record Label: Stage Door MPN: STAGE9049 Release Date: 24/03/2017 Composer: Kermit Goell Genre: Soundtracks Style: Original Cast Recording EAN: 5055122190493 Description: Over 50 years since Kermit Goell's 'Pocahontas' was last heard, Stage Door present the first opportunity to hear selections from this lost score.
Recently discovered studio demos of the show, recorded in 1962 with a company of Broadway singers, now make their debut on CD accompanied by a selection of piano instrumentals from the score played by the composer. As a special bonus, the CD concludes with a newly recorded interview with Anita Gillette, the star of 'Pocahontas', reflecting on her memories of the production.
The London Cast Album of 'Pocahontas' was scheduled to be released by Decca, however the recording sessions were subsequently cancelled following the show's swift closure and the work became a forgotten memory in a long list of lost West End musicals, the score presumed unrecorded.
'Pocahontas' opened at London's Lyric Theatre in November 1963, featuring music, book and lyrics by Kermit Goell and starring Anita Gillette in the title role alongside Terence Cooper playing both roles of John Smith and John Rolfe. The musical encompassed all aspects of Pocahontas' life story, from her beginnings in Virginia to her death in Gravesend in March 1617. The production first opened as 'The Princess Pocahontas' at the Glasgow Alhambra Theatre on October 8th 1963, later playing theatres in Leeds and Liverpool before transferring to London's Lyric Theatre, opening on November 14th 1963 and closing after just 12 performances.
The 'Pocahontas' CD release continues Stage Door's commitment to preserve "lost" British theatre scores of the past 50 years and coincides with the 400th anniversary of Pocahontas' death in March 2017. Artist: Original Demo Cast Recording Release Year: 2017 Tracks: 1: Free As a Bird 2: She Fancied Me 3: You Have to Want to Touch Him 4: Too Many Miles from London Town 5: I Love You Johnny Smith 6: Things 7: Virginia 8: Oranges and Lemons 9: I Have Lost My Way 10: Love Thy Neighbour 11: Oranges and Lemons (Reprise) 12: I Have Lost My Way (Reprise) 13: Finale: Virginia 14: She Fancied Me 15: Free As a Bird 16: You Have to Want to Touch Him 17: Free As a Bird 18: I Love You Johnny Smith 19: Things 20: Virginia 21: Oranges and Lemons 22: I Have Lost My Way 23: Love Thy Neighbour 24: Interview Missing Information?
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