TOD:As the Alphabetical Musicals Project has been interrupted by Kritzerland, this morning I listened to Mila Ilieva
Taking a Chance on Love on the way into work. I must say, I never expected to hear a cabaret performance of "When Does the Ravishing Begin", which is one of my favorite rape songs.
Back in the days when I lived in Pasadena, there was a thing called FM radio, which was distinctly different from AM radio. Mainly bacause the FCC was very persnickity about the licenses it granted and there were no rock stations on FM. Classical, jazz, news, talk radio (which was not, of course, the mud-wrestling event it has become today).
One station had a daily cast album show, and as the host was British, I managed to record a number of English musicals on my trusty old Wollensack, shows which most Americans had never heard of:
Belle, Virtue in Danger, Fing Ain't What They Used to Be, Lock Up Your Daughters. The latter, based upon Henry Fielding's story "Rape Upon Rape", has a delightful naughty score by Lionel Bart, including the above-mentioned ravishing number.
By now, most of them have been issued on CD--including
Blitz!, which I hadn't heard until the CD was issued. I think I am missing
Virtue in Danger.
Anyway, kudos to Mila for singing it, and kudos to BK for recording it. This evening, on my way home,
Evening Primrose is up. How delicious. btb, after all these years of that broadcast being the Golden Fleece of collectors, it is surprising how many numbers from the original telecast are up on youtube. I guess it is only a matter of time before various large video corporations launch their Copyright S*W*A*T* teams in a massive sweep of the site.
