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27 Feb, 2008
Pretty good for what it is
I like fairground organs. The sound of one of these roaring rattling monsters takes me back to the gaudily painted rides of my youth, with all the smells and sights of the fairground....
This is a good compilation. The only problem I've had is that since Hallmark licensed the tracks from the Thursford collection, I have several tracks duplicated on a CD I bought at Thursford itelf....
But given the scarcity of organ CDs and the low price / decent sound quality of this compilation, I don't think one can go wrong buying it.
28 Mar, 2008
They don't make them like this these days
I bought it primarily for the single "Part Of The Union" but listening to it in the car I can only say that this disc is the sort of intricate, otherworldly psychedelic stuff we haven't heard for 25 years.... and it's flippin' brilliant. Fantastic, leaves you feelin' fine. I don't regret a penny spent here!
28 Mar, 2008
Right in the D'Oyly Carte
What's to say? The CD is of the 1970's version under Royston Nash - it's currently possible to hear the 1960's one that originally took 3 LPs (and had a 10" LP highlights disc) as well as the 1950's version. The D'Oyly Carte Co. had a monopoly of Gilbert and Sullivan performance and while this led to a great tradition of performances, it also led in someways to some irritating "business" - for instance, when the Mikado professes a desire to let the "punishment fit the crime" his laughter by the '70s was a forced cackle more like asphyxiation than hilarity. (On stage if not CD the practice of "encores!" of favourite numbers tended to disrupt performance; one wonders what Gilbert - notorious for suppressing unofficial "business" would have made of it). The lyrics have been corrected for modern sensibilities - the lady is painted with vigour and permanent walnut juice, but that amendation applies to all post WW2 recordings. I'd like CD's of the pre-war versions, but that is by the by. One serious omission is that of dialogue. The D'Oyly Cartes with dialogue have always been easier to follow unless one is a G&S buff, and it's a pity they left it off in '73.
Overall an excellent performance, demoted to good by the omission of dialogue and the hamminess of the Emperors laughter.