WAIT A MINIM!

WAIT A MINIM!

Composer: Jeremy Taylor
Lyricist: Jeremy Taylor

Opened: March 7, 1966, John Golden Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 457

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below. However, I have not attempted to provide discological information for non-African folk songs beyond those found on the London and South African cast albums.

Ag Pleez Deddy (cut from London version prior to Broadway):

1. 45EP/Decca DFE8581 (Jeremy Taylor)
2. 45/Decca F11502 (Jeremy Taylor) [reissued on Cavalcade Of London Theatre, Decca D150D4]
3. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Jeremy Taylor with guitar) [reissued on CDr/CDAMS 88022 (bonus track)]
4. The Winds of Change: Words and Music of a Free South Africa, CD/African Cream 023 (Jeremy Taylor) (likely CD reissue of one of the above recordings)

Ballad Of The Southern Suburbs (M/L: Jeremy Taylor) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Jeremy Taylor with guitar)

The Bold Logger (Canadian Folk Song) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Paul Tracey, guitar; Andrew Tracey, guitar; and Jeremy Taylor, mouth-resonated linguaphone)

Celeste Aida (M: Giuseppi Verdi):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Michel Martel)
2. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Michel Martel)

The Charwoman (sketch) (assumed part of "North Of The 'Popo"):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey, Jeremy Taylor, Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Zelide Jeppe, Dana Valery, and Jeannette James)

Cingoma Chakabaruka (Tumbuka/Henga, Nyasaland):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey, Jeremy Taylor, Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Zelide Jeppe, Dana Valery, and Jeannette James)

Confession (M/L: Jeremy Taylor) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Jeremy Taylor with guitar)

The Crow (Danish Folk Song) (cut from London version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Paul Tracey with guitar)

The Cruel Youth (British Isles Folk Song) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Paul Tracey with guitar)

Deutches Weinlied (German/Austrian Folk Song):

1. Anbu Engey, CD/Saregama (T.M. Sounderarajan) (as "Dingiri Dingale") (unverified)

Eine Kleine Bombardonmusik (M: Mozart) (assumed part of "Deutches Weinlied …Watschplattltanz" recorded segment):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Jeanette James, Paul Tracey, Andrew Tracy, Zelide Jeppe, Marina Christelis, and Jeremy Taylor with clarinet, tuba, and guitar)

Gretl's Cow (German/Austrian Folk Song) (assumed part of "Deutches Weinlied …Watschplattltanz" recorded segment):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey, and Jeremy Taylor with guitars)
2. Afrikaans Children's Folksongs, Folkways 7201 (Dr. O. Dryer) [reissued as CD/Folkways 7201]

Hush Little Baby (American Folk Song) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Andrew Tracy and Paul Tracey with guitars)

I Came Home (American Folk Song) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Andrew Tracy, Jeanette James, Pual Tracey, and Jeremy Taylor, guitars)

Jo'burg Talking Blues (M/L: Jeremy Taylor) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Jeremy Taylor, guitar)

Last Summer (Let's Twist Again):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Kendrew Lascelles, trumpet; Jeremy Taylor, clarinet; Andrew Tracey, trombone; and Paul Tracey, double B flat monster)

Lalirette (French Folk Song):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Paul Tracey, Andrew Tracey, and Jeremy Taylor, guitars, with Michel Martel)

Little Sir Hugh (Barbadian Folk Song) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey with African timbila and guitar)

Mgeniso WaMgodo WaShambini (Chopi Timbila Xylophones) (possibly dropped during the run):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey, Jeremy Taylor, Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Zelide Jeppe, Dana Valery, and Jeannette James)
2. Musica Chope De Mozambique, CD/Music & Words 3018 (as "Mgenisso") (unverified)

Opening Knight (sketch):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey with lute, Dana Valery, Jeremy Taylor, Paul Tracey, and Michel Martel)

Professor Piercing (sketch) (assumed part of "North Of The 'Popo"):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey, Jeremy Taylor, Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Zelide Jeppe, Dana Valery, and Jeannette James)

Samandoza-we! (Ndau, Southern Rhodesia) (assumed part of "This Is South Africa"):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Jeanette James, Paul Tracey, Andrew Tracy, Zelide Jeppe, Marina Christelis, and Jeremy Taylor with guitars, melodica, penny whistle, and tea-chest bass)
2. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey, Jeremy Taylor, Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Zelide Jeppe, Dana Valery, and Jeannette James)
3. Other Musics From Zimbabwe, CD/Sharp Wood 12 (as "Samondoz Iwe") (unverified)

Single Girl (American Folk Song) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Jeanette James and Andrew Tracey with guitar)

The Strangest Dream (Nuclear Folk Song) (cut from South African version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Gallotone (M) GALP-1221 (Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey with guitars)

Subuhi Sana (Swahili):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey with umakhweyana bow)

This Is Worth Fighting For (dropped during the run):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Jeannette James)

Transkei Xha Xha (cut from London version prior to Broadway):

1. Wait A Minim!, Decca (S) SKL-4610 (Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey, Jeremy Taylor, Kendrew Lascelles, Michel Martel, Zelide Jeppe, Dana Valery, and Jeannette James)

Watschplattltanz (German/Austrian Folk Song):

The Wee Copper O' Fife (Dorie Didding):

1. 45EP/Decca DFE8581 (Jeremy Taylor)

Other Material Not Found On Broadway Cast Album:

Ajade Papa (Tamil Lullaby)
Aria
Buttermilk Hill (Irish-American) (cut after opening; replaced with "Johnny Soldier")
Cool (M/L: Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey)
The Gentle Art (sketch)
Home Sweet Home (added during the run)
Hoshoryu (Japanese Folk Song)
Kupura Kupika (Pounding Song, Nyasaland)
Le Roi A Fait Battre Tambour (Medieval ballade)
The Love Life Of A Gondolier On Guard (sketch)
Out Of Focus
Over The Hills
Red, Red Rose (Robert Burns)
Snap Happy (sketch)
Tour De France (sketch)
Tuba Man