Mutiny! Concept Recording
- Produced and Directed by David Essex.
Book by Richard Crane
Music by David Essex
1983 -
Fletcher Christian . . . . . . David Essex
Captain Bligh . . . . . . Frank Finlay
Mr. Fryer . . . . . . Victor Spinetti
The Bos'n . . . . . . Nicky Henson
Cabin Boy . . . . . . Charles Mindenhall
Miamiti . . . . . . Doreen Chanter
Featured members of the Bounty's crew:
Glyn Bailey, Bob Davenport, Richard Manuel, Paddy Wilkes and Stanley Fleet.
Orchestral score, Conductor and Musical Director . . . . . . John Cameron
Assistant Musical Director . . . . . . Paul Maguire
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader . . . . . . Barry Griffiths
The Ship's Band and Chamber Orchestra Leader . . . . . . Pat Halling
Choir . . . . . . The Ambrosian Singers Directed by John McCarthy
Orchestra Management . . . . . . John Watson
Cathedral Choir (Master of the Choir Barry Rose)
Recorded by John Richards at CTS Studios assisted by Paul Hulme
The song Tahiti produced by Mike Batt
Advisers to the project . . . . . . Glynn Christian and Professor G. B. Milner
"My sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone involved in this project for their dedication and interest far beyond the call of duty. A special 'thank you' to Derek Bowman for suggesting the idea and for his help in getting together this terrific cast" David Essex.
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Musical Numbers:
1. Overture - Orchestra
2. Sailing for a New World - Christian, Fryer & Bounty's Crew
3. Setting Sail / Sky Was Clear - Bounty's Crew / Cabin Boy
4. Six Weeks Late - Bligh and Christian
5. Pumpkin - Fryer, Bos'n & Crew
6. The Lash - Crew Member
7. Cape Horn - Cabin Boy & Crew
8. Doldrums - Fryer, Elphinstone
9. Failed Cape Horn - Bligh, Christian
10. The Letter - Bligh, Fryer, Elphinstone
11. He Was Born Nowhere / Three Weeks From Paradise - Bos'n, Bligh, Christian and Crew
12. Land Ho! - Bligh, Christian & TahitianS
13. Tahiti - Christian, Miamiti & Tahitians
14. Observe These Men - Bligh
15. Slow We Moved - Cabin Boy
16. Captain's Table - Bligh, Fryer & Elphinstone
17. Hell - Christian & Mutineers
18. Mutiny - Bligh, Christian, Loyalists & Mutineers
19. Return to England / We Prayed For a Ship - Cabin Boy, Heywood, Millward, Bos'n & Fryer
20. Prisoner at the Bar - Fryer
21. Bligh's Speech
22. I'll Go No More A-roving - Christian
23. Finale - Company