Pieces of Eight > Original London Cast

Show Details

Show: Pieces of Eight
Music: Laurie Johnson (9)
Lyrics: Various (581)
Book: Peter Cook (18)

Recording Details

Date: 1959
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: UK / England / London
Producer: Hugh Mendl (14)
Liner Notes: Adrian Wright (22)
Conductor: Frank Horrox (3)
Orchestrations: Laurie Johnson (9)
Performer: Josephine Blake (17), Peter Brett (3), Fenella Fielding (9), Myra de Groot (3), Frank Horrox (3), Don Lawson, Chick Norton, Peter Reeves (18), Terence Theobald (3), Valerie Walsh (8), Kenneth Williams (13)
Shortcode: [r2266]

Releases (3)

Format: CD
Label: Must Close Saturday 3006
Released: 2003-12-16
Barcode: 0741117734227
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# Tracks: 14
Lists: 26 collectors / 6 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl4626]

1.	Revive Your Spirits -- Company
2.	True Blue Love Song
3.	Not an Asp -- Kenneth Williams
4.	Beast in Me
5.	If Only
6.	Power of Love -- Josephine Blake, Valerie Walsh,
7.	Our Beeby Frisky -- Company
8.	We're Going to the Moon
9.	Last to Go -- Peter Reeves, Kenneth Williams
10.	Outdoor Girl -- Fenella Fielding
11.	Buy British -- Peter Reeves, Valerie Walsh, Kenneth Williams
12.	A Man Is
13.	The Laughing Grains -- Peter Reeves
14.	Goodnight -- Company

Format: CD
Label: Jasmine Records JASMCD2784
Released: 2023-06-23
Country: UK
Barcode: 0604988278422
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Also Contains: One Over The Eight - 1961 Original London Cast
Notes: Missing: "True Blue Love Song," "Our Beeby Frisky," "We're Going to the Moon" from PIECES OF EIGHT and "Stop Following Me Around," "I Like It," "Send Me" from ONE OVER THE EIGHT.
Lists: 4 collectors / 2 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl73150]

PIECES OF EIGHT
1. REVIVE YOUR SPIRITS
2. NOT AN ASP
3. THE BEAST IN ME
4. IF ONLY
5. THE POWER OF LOVE
6. THE LAST TO GO
7. OUTDOOR GIRL
8. BUY BRITISH
9. A MAN IS
10. THE LAUGHING GRAINS
11. GOODNIGHT
ONE OVER THE EIGHT
12. ENTRACTE MUSIC
13. HAND UP YOUR STICKS
14. THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
15. TAKE OVER BID
16. NIGHT LIFE
17. LOST ART
18. EVILS OF THE WEED
19. PERFECT HOST
20. CRITICS CHOICE
21. PEACE
22. INTERESTING FACTS
23. I'M BEAUTIFUL
24. ONE LEG TOO FEW
25. VACANCY
26. SEX
27. BIRD WATCHING
28. PLAYOUT MUSIC

Format: CD
Label: Bayview RNBW 004
Released: 2000-01-01
Barcode: 660355705120
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Also Contains: Call It Love - 1960 Original London Cast
Musical Gems from Divorce Me, Darling! - 1964 Sandy Wilson
Sandy Wilson At The Players - 1972 Sandy Wilson
Notes: Bonus tracks include the complete Original London Cast recording of CALL IT LOVE, rare DIVORCE ME DARLING EP, and Fenella Fielding’s "Outdoor Girl" from PIECES OF EIGHT.
# Tracks: 25
Length: 78:59
Lists: 29 collectors / 10 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl9729]

1. I Could Be Happy With You (The Boy Friend)
2. The You-Dont-Want-To-Play-With-Me-Blues (The Boy Friend)
3. Thank You Ladies
4. Medusa (Slings And Arrows)
5. Gaiety Gloom (See You Later)
6. 1930s Girl (See You Later)
7. Behind The Times (The Buccaneer)
8. The Boy Friend -- Medley (The Boy Friend/Fancy Forgetting/A Room In Bloomsbury/Its Nicer In Nice/Poor Little Pierrette/Its Never Too Late To Fall In Love)
9. Only A Passing Phase (Valmouth)
10. I Will Miss You (Valmouth)
11. Blondes For Danger (Divorce Me Darling)
12. Dont Say Goodbye To Berlin (Goodbye To Berlin)
13. It Might Have Been Worse (Goodbye To Berlin)
14. Marriage (His Monkey Wife)
15. Take Me Home To Cleves (Oh Henry!)
16. Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark (See You Later)
CALL IT LOVE -- Original London Cast
17. Love Play -- Richard Owens
18. Love Song In Rag -- Penelope Newington/Karin Clair/Jacqueline Guise/Richard Owens/Roderick Joyce/Norman Warwick
19. I Know, Know, Know -- Penelope Newington/Jacqueline Guise/Norman Warwick/Roderick Joyce/Karin Clair/Richard Owens
20. Hate Each Other Cha-Cha-Cha -- Penelope Newington/Jacqueline Guise/ Roderick Joyce/Norman Warwick
21. Call It Love -- Richard Owens/Company
Musical Director: Jack Drummond
DIVORCE ME DARLING!
22. Divorce Me Darling!
23. Whatever Happened To Love?
24. Together Again
PIECES OF EIGHT
25. Outdoor Girl -- Fenella Fielding