Grab Me a Gondola > Original London Cast

Show Details

Show: Grab Me a Gondola
Music: James Gilbert (4)
Lyrics: James Gilbert (4), Julian More (18)
Book: Julian More (18)

Recording Details

Date: 1956
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: UK / England / London
Conductor: Frank Cordell (13)
Performer: Joyce Blair (19), Peter Brett (3), Jay Denyer (3), Jane Dore (2), John Griffin (5), Ina de la Haye (2), Joan Heal (12), Donald Hewlett (3), Roy Jameson (2), Trefor Jones (11), Johnny Ladd (2), Guido Lorraine (2), Frances Pidgeon (2), Mary Preston (10), Denis Quilley (57), Tom Shaw, Una Stubbs (11), Terence Theobald (3), Valerie Walsh (8), Jane Wenham (10)
Shortcode: [r1945]

Releases (6)

Format: CD
Label: Soundtrack Classics
Released: 2012-06-12
Barcode: 884385450212
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# Tracks: 15
Lists: 5 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl44141]

1. Grab Me A Gondola
2. That's My Biography
3. Plain In Love
4. The Motor Car Is Treacherous
5. Cravin' For The Avon
6. Bid Him A Fond Goodbye
7. Lonely In A Crowd
8. Jimmy's Bar
9. Man, Not A Mouse
10. Star Quality
11. Chianti
12. What Are The Facts?
13. Rig O' The Day
14. Rockin' At The Cannon Ball
15. When I Find That Girl

Title: British Musicals of 1957
Format: CD
Label: Must Close Saturday MCSR 3042
Released: 2008-06-10
Barcode: 5060112530166
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Also Contains: The Good Companions - 1957 Soundtrack
Harmony Close - 1957 Original London Cast
Vocal Gems from Free As Air - 1957 The Peter Knight Singers
Lists: 6 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl19763]

Format: CD
Label: Sepia Records SEPIA 1101
Released: 2007-09-04
Barcode: 5055122111016
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Also Contains: Pal Joey - 1954 Original London Cast
Wonderful Town - 1955 Original London Cast
Performer: Shani Wallis (24)
Notes: GRAB ME A GONDOLA issued in stereo for the first time.
# Tracks: 28
Lists: 89 collectors / 5 wish lists
History: 3 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl10170]

1. Grab Me a Gondola - Company
2. That's My Biography - Joan Heal
3. Plain In Love - Denis Quilley
4. The Motor Car Is Treacherous - Denis Quilley
5. Cravin' For the Avon - Joan Heal
6. Bid Him a Fond Goodbye - Jane Wenham
7. Lonely In a Crowd - Guido Lorraine
8. Jimmy's Bar - Company
9. Man, Not a Mouse - Denis Quilley
10. Star Quality - Guido Lorraine
11. Chianti - Trefor Jones & Company
12. What Are the Facts? - Denis Quilley
13. Rig O' the Day - Joan Heal & Company
14. Rockin' At the Cannon Ball - Joyce Blair
15. When I Find That Girl - Denis Quilley
16. That Terrific Rainbow - Jean Brampton
17. What Is a Man - Carol Bruce
18. Bewitched - Carol Bruce
19. Take Him - Carol Bruce & Sally Bazely
20. Ohio - Pat Kirkwood & Shani Wallis
21. One Hundred Easy Ways - Pat Kirkwood
22. A Little Bit In Love - Shani Wallis
23. A Quiet Girl - Denis Bowen
24. Swing - Pat Kirkwood
25. It's Love - Denis Bowen
26. The Wrong Note Rang - Pat Kirkwood & Shani Wallis
27. Heart Of My Heart - Shani Wallis

28. Bell Bottom Blues - Shani Wallis [*]

Title: British Musicals of 1957
Format: CD
Label: Must Close Saturday MCSR 3042
Released: 2007
Barcode: 560112530166
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Also Contains: The Good Companions - 1957 Soundtrack
Harmony Close - 1957 Original London Cast
Vocal Gems from Free As Air - 1957 The Peter Knight Singers
Producer: Alan Bunting (8)
Lists: 15 collectors / 3 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl12615]

THE GOOD COMPANIONS [film]: Rossi-Roberts-Parsons / Incidental music by Laurie Johnson, Musical director: Lou Levy with the Associated British Studio Orchestra
1. Good companions
2. This kind of love
3. Where there's you there's me
4. If only
5. Round the world in eighty minutes
HARMONY CLOSE: Book and lyrics Charles Ross Music Ronald Cass and Charles Ross, Original London cast Musical director: Leonard Morris
6. Opening / Good morning
7. Getting nowhere fast
8. Undesirable elements
9. Great big city / London is a village
10. Don't knock
11. Goodbye to all that
12. I go round in a whirl
13. Nothing to do in London
14. Goodnight until today
15. Lovely weather for ducks
16. Why should I care?
17. Exercising the dog
18. Life should be a lively thing
GRAB ME A GONDOLA: Book by Julian More " Lyrics by James Gilbert and Julian More, Music by James Gilbert, Original London cast Musical director: Frank Cordell
19. Grab me a gondola
20. That's my biography
21. Cravin' for the Avon
22. Man, not a mouse
FREE AS AIR: Book and lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade, Music by Julian Slade, Vocal Selections by the Peter Knight Singers & Orchestra
23. I'm up early
24. Let the grass grow
25. Nothing but sea and sky
26. The boat's in
27. Man from the mainland
28. Free as air
29. Holiday island
30. I've got my feet on the ground
31. Testudo
32. Terhou
33. Finale

Format: LP
Label: AEI 1119
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Notes: U.S. issue
# Tracks: 15
Lists: 6 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl17862]

Side A:
1. Grab Me a Gondola (Company)
2. That's My Biography (Joan Heal)
3. Plain in Love (Denis Quilley, Jane Wenham)
4. The Motor Car is Treacherous (Denis Quilley, Jane Wenham)
5. Cravin' for the Avon (Joan Heal)
6. Bid Him a Fond Goodbye (Jane Wenham)
7. Star Quality (Guido Lorrane, Joan Heal)
Side B:
1. Man, Not a Mouse (Joan Heal, Denis Quilley)
2. Lonely in a Crowd (Guido Lorraine)
3. Jimmy's Bar (Donald Hewlett, Johnny Ladd)
4. Chianti (Trefor Jones)
5. What are the Facts? (Denis Quilley)
6. Rig o' the Day (Joan Heal, Starlets)
7. When I Find That Girl (Denis Quilley)
8. Rockin' at the Cannon Ball (Joyce Blair, Jay Denyer, Company)