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    A new UK release (the CD premiere) of this 1957 West End Cast recording

    featuring Gerald Harper (tv's Adam Adament Lives!, Hadleigh, and various film roles) and Patricia Bredin (her films include: Make Mine a Million, The Bridal Path, Desert Mice)



    As Gerald Haper reveals in the songs 'Her mummy doesn't like me any more'

    and 'I've got my feet on the ground' he has a very pleasant musical comedy singing voice !

    The CD is worth buying for these two numbers alone if you are a fan of Gerald .....





    FREE AS AIR [Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds]

    MCSR 3040

    Available to order now at:

    http://www.must-close-saturday-records.co.uk/html/pages/freeasair.html



    The musical with which Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds followed Salad Days

    has one of the team's finest scores, orchestrally rich and tuneful. Produced

    at the Savoy Theatre in 1957, FREE AS AIR ran for a year. The story follows

    the adventures of a young heiress, Geraldine Melford, who escapes the

    attentions of the popular press by sailing away to a Channel island,

    Terhou,occupied by eccentrics and a young island girl, Molly (played by

    Patricia Bredin) who yearns for a man from the mainland. Slade's music is as

    'open-air' as he ever wrote, in a score that he never eclipsed, including

    the immortally relevant 'Let the grass grow'. This issue includes orchestral

    dance music from the show by Tommy Kinsman and His Band, and Slade's own

    piano selection.

    Sound restoration by Alan Bunting.



    With: Patricia Bredin, Gerald Harper



    Tracks:



    1. PIANO SELECTION from FREE AS AIR



    FREE AS AIR Original London Cast



    2. I'm up early

    2. Let the grass grow

    4. Nothing but sea and sky

    5. The boat's in

    6. A man from the mainland

    7. Free as air

    8. Her mummy doesn't like me any more

    9. The girl from London

    10. A man from the mainland [reprise]

    11. I'd like to be like you

    12. Testudo

    13. I've got my feet on the ground

    14. Holiday island

    15. Geraldine

    16. We're holding hands

    17. Terhou

    18. Let the grass grow [reprise]



    19. ORCHESTRAL MUSIC from FREE AS AIR

    Tommy Kinsman and His Band : 'Perfect for Dancing' :

    Free as air; I'd like to be like you; I've got my feet on the ground;

    Nothing but sea and sky; Terhou; The boat's in; Holiday island; Let the

    grass grow





    MUST CLOSE SATURDAY RECORDS website:

    http://www.must-close-saturday-records.co.uk/html/home.html

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    The cast list also includes Michael Aldridge as Lord Paul Postumous, Josephine Tewson as Ivy Crush, and Len Rossiter as John and a reporter. Gerald Harper is listed as Jack Amersham.



    My Mum has the original cast list LP and I've made a recording from this, so I'll be interested to see what the CD is like. And I've an idea for a Christmas present.



    Nick

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    Here are some more details taken from the LP cover.















    Nick

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