THE HOT MIKADO

Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Lyricist: W.S. Gilbert with revisions by David Gregory and William Tracy

Opened: March 23, 1939, Broadhurst Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 85

Note: The show subsequently transferred to the New York World's Fair for an extended run. A London production entitled THE HOT MIKADO was mounted and recorded in 1995, but it employed lyric revisions by David H. Bell. No attempt has been made to compile discological information for recordings of songs from THE MIKADO except for those purported to be performed in the manner or style in which they were performed in this particular production. A radio transcription of the original Broadway cast performing excerpts from the show is known to exist.

Flowers That Bloom In The Spring:

1. 78/Bluebird B-10305 (Eddie Williams and Don Redman with Don Redman and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1939, CD/Encore ENCDNO1/2; The Chronological Don Redman And His Orchestra 1936-1939, CD/ Classics CLASSICS 574]
2. 78/Bluebird B-10395 (Billy Bunch and His Smoking Rhythm)


Hurrah For The Homeward Bound:

1. Stars Over Broadway, Star Tone (M) ST 214 (Bob Parrish and chorus with orchestra conducted by William Parson)

I, Living I:

1. 78/Bluebird B 10218 (Ida James with Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Erskine Hawkins, CD/Collectables 2814]
2. The Broadway Musicals Of 1939, CD/Bayview RNBW025 (Darius de Haas with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


A More Humane Mikado:

1. Stars Over Broadway, Star Tone (M) ST 214 (Bill Robinson and chorus with orchestra conducted by William Parsons)


My Object All Sublime (aka "Let The Punishment Fit The Crime"):

1. 78/Bluebird B 10218 (Jimmy Mitchelle with Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Erskine Hawkins, CD/Collectables 2814]
2. Stars Over Broadway, Star Tone (M) ST 214 (Bill Robinson, Rose Brown, and chorus with orchestra conducted by William Parsons)
3. Mike Todd's Broadway, Everest (M) SDBR-1011 (Jack Saunders Orchestra)
4. The Broadway Musicals Of 1939, CD/Bayview RNBW025 (Bryan Batt, Darius de Haas, and Rob Gallagher with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


Three Little Maids:

1. 78/Bluebird B-10305 (The Three Little Maids with Don Redman and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1939, CD/Encore ENCDNO1/2; The Chronological Don Redman And His Orchestra 1936-1939, CD/ Classics CLASSICS 574]
2. 78/Bluebird B-10395 (Billy Bunch and His Smoking Rhythm)
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1939, CD/Bayview RNBW025 (Amanda McBroom, Annie Golden, and Marie Danvers with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


Titwillow:

1. Stars Over Broadway, Star Tone (M) ST 214 (Eddie Green with orchestra conducted by William Parson)


The Troups Of Tittipoo:

1. Stars Over Broadway, Star Tone (M) ST 214 (Bob Parrish and chorus with orchestra conducted by William Parson)


A Wandering Minstrel I:

1. Stars Over Broadway, Star Tone (M) ST 214 (Bob Parrish and chorus with orchestra conducted by William Parson)


Unrecorded Material:

Behold The Lord High Executioner
Braid The Raven Hair
Comes A Train Of Little Ladies
Dance #1
Dance #2
Finale Act 1
Finale Act 2
Here's A How-De-Do
If You Want To Know Who We Are
I'm The Emperor Of Japan
I've Got A Little List
The Mikado
The Moon And I
Our Great Mikado
So Pardon Us
Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted?
Young Man Despair