5055122190493

Songs From Kermit Goell's Pocahontas - The West End Musical

Original Demo Cast Recording

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Format: CD

Cat No: STAGE9049

Release Date:  24 March 2017

Label:  Stage Door

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5055122190493

Genres:  Soundtracks  Musical  

  • 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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 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. Too Many Miles from London Town
      • 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. Anita Gillette 2016 Interview (Bonus Track)