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The official release date for Worzel Gummidge is November 10 but we’ll have our copies MUCH SOONER thanks to Tim at Stage Door Records! FEEL FREE TO PLACE YOUR ORDERS TODAY!
Following the successful UK television series based on Barbara Euphan Todd’s children’s classic, writers Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall and composer Denis King created a new stage musical adaptation of the story of ‘Worzel Gummidge’. The naughty, petulant, greedy, yet always lovable scarecrow was reimagined for the stage with all the familiar characters: Aunt Sally, The Crowman, Sergeant Beetroot and Sue and John.
Featuring the principal cast members from the TV series (Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs and Geoffrey Bayldon), the ‘Worzel Gummidge’ musical was first staged at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre over the 1980 Christmas period, receiving sensational reviews from the press. The production transferred to London’s Cambridge Theatre for the following Christmas season, opening on December 22nd, 1981 and by popular demand extended its run through till February 27th, 1982.
An original cast album produced by Norman Newell was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the weeks preceding the London opening. The Original London Cast Recording now makes its debut on CD and is accompanied with the ‘The Worzel Gummidge Christmas Maxi Single’ featuring songs from the 1980 Christmas TV spectacular ‘A Cup Of Tea And A Slice Of Cake’.
With special thanks to Denis King and Anna McCorquodale for making this album release possible.
‘WORZEL GUMMIDGE’
ORIGINAL 1981 LONDON CAST ALBUM
MUSIC: DENIS KING | BOOK & LYRICS: KEITH WATERHOUSE / WILLIS HALL
PRODUCED BY NORMAN NEWELL
1. OVERTURE – Orchestra
2. SCARECROW HYMN – Geoffrey Bayldon, Company
3. IN THE COUNTRY – Villagers
4. ONE ‘EAD AN’ AN ‘EAD – Jon Pertwee, Lucy Baker, Jonathan Byatt
5. AUNT SALLY’S SONG – Una Stubbs, Jon Pertwee
6. WHY SHOULD SHE CHOOSE A SCARECROW – Jon Pertwee
7. CHASE HIM – Villagers
8. A SLICE O’ CAKE AN’ A CUP O’ TEA – Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs
9. IT’LL SUIT US – Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs
10. SCARECROW DAY – Scarecrows, Lucy Baker, Jonathan Byatt
11. MAKE YOURSELF A FRIEND – Geoffrey Bayldon
12. WE’LL BE THERE – Bill Pertwee, Jonathan Stephens, Mike Finesilver
13. HE IS GUILTY! – Scarecrows, Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs, Geoffrey Bayldon
14. IT’S ME BIRTHDAY! – Jon Pertwee, Lucy Baker, Jonathan Byatt
15. A SLICE O’ CAKE AN’ A CUP O’ TEA (Reprise) – Entire Company
THE ‘WORZEL GUMMIDGE’ CHRISTMAS MAXI SINGLE
MUSIC: DENIS KING | LYRICS: KEITH WATERHOUSE / WILLIS HALL
PRODUCED BY DENIS KING
16. CHRISTMAS ISN’T CHRISTMAS – Jon Pertwee
17. AUNT SALLY’S SONG – Una Stubbs
18. SCARECROW’S CAROL – Geoffrey Bayldon
19. A SLICE O’ CAKE AN’ A CUP O’ TEA – Jon Pertwee, Bill Maynard, Company)
•FIRST TIME ON CD!
•FULL COLOUR 8 PAGE BOOKLET
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