Grab Me a Gondola

Grab Me a Gondola may possibly be the most amusing title ever created for a Musical! Although instantly recognisable in Musical Theatre circles, this hugely successful international 1950s British Musical Comedy by James Gilbert and Julian More has all but been forgotten, until an acclaimed revival in 2025 by the Guildford School of Acting.

Stewart Nicholls, Associate Professor and Programme Leader of the Ba (Hons) Musical Theatre Course at Guildford School of Acting/University of Surrey comments:

"The original 1956 London cast recording is a complete delight, but due to restrictions of a long-playing vinyl disc, several songs were severely truncated and others remaining unrecorded, so we are thrilled andare proud to have recorded the complete score of Grab Me a Gondola with the 'Musical Theatre Stars of Tomorrow' from our BA Musical Theatre course. We are delighted to collaborate with Stage Door Records to release this disc and bring back this delightful British Musical to an international platform".

This professionally recorded cast album preserves the complete score of Grab Me a Gondola:

* Premiere recordings of 2 songs, 4 reprises, Finale, Bows and a Ballet
* 5 songs previously recorded in truncated form now recorded in their entirety
* Extensive sleeve notes and synopsis
* Multiple production photographs

The BA (Hons) Musical Theatre course at Guildford School of Acting is situated on the campus of University of Surrey andis arguably the leading Musical Theatre school in the world. Following its production of Grab Me a Gondola, the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre course collaborated with University of Surrey's world-famous Tonmeisterr BSc/BMus course to record and preserve the complete score of the Musical. The recording was made possible by generous donations from: ATG Productions and University of Surrey internal Arts and Humanities Impact Acceleration Account & Teaching and Learning Funds.

1: Overture
2: Grab Me a Gondola
3: My Biography
4: My Biography (Reprise)
5: Plain On Love
6: The Motor Car Is Treacherous
7: Cravin' for the Avon
8: Bid Him a Fond Goodbye
9: Lonely in a Crowd
10: Jimmy's Bar
11: Man Not a Mouse
12: Star Quality
13: Intermission Music
14: Chianti
15: New to Me
16: Where Are the Facts?
17: Show Page Ballet
18: Bid Her a Fond Goodbye (Reprise)
19: Rig O' the Day
20: The Worst Thing That Happened to Me
21: New to Me (Reprise)
22: Rockin' at the Cannon Ball
23: When I Find That Girl
24: Plain in Love (Reprise)
25: Finale: Cravin' for the Avon
26: Bows
27: Playout

Number of Discs: 1

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