Funny thing about DOTV. The "Preview" version, in its earliest incarnation, is a different show than the "Final" Version. The "Final" version is the one that is sticky bad, and the "Preview" version, in my opinion, is the definitive, intended by Jim to be, show, which has a much misunderstood quality, in that it is confused with the "Final" version.
That said, there are only two words: carpe jugulum. You can find the music in all its forms there.
Back when my cat Simon died in January I was in the process of transcribing the Preview version but, as one could imagine, I got highly distracted and did not return to it yet. If I ever get around to it I hope some people may be interested in reading it.
> I have just been notified by Amazon that a soundtrack for
> a musical called The Pirate Queen has been released. This
> is a show I never heard of. The thing that caught my
> interest was that it only lasted 85 performances. Since
> DOTV ran longer than that (if you include the full dress
> "preview") might there be a possibility that we get a
> recording in English of Jim's beautiful music and
> lyrics?Yeah, I know I have to take Crawford's renderings
> but I'm getting too old to be waiting this long.
> Failing this, are there any plans to bring the show to
> London, in English but in the form Jim wants? It's been in
> a bunch of different languages and I fel we English
> speaking folk are getting short shrift on this point. (No,
> I have no idea what a shrift is.)
> While I'm on the subjec of musicals, has there been an
> official posting of the "Whistle" tour yet?
> Thank you in advance.
> The Count
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