Robert and Elizabeth: Discography

The Third Kiss – c.1960 New York demo recording

Selections from Fred G. Moritt’s score for his unproduced musical version of The Barretts of Wimpole Street were recorded at the Bell Sound Studios at 237 West 54th Street in New York City around 1960 with musical accompaniment arranged by Ray Ellis and featuring mezzo-soprano Kay Armen (who performed the songs allotted to Elizabeth Barrett), and vocalists Rosemarie Jun and Bernard Knee (who chiefly sang the lighter numbers in Moritt’s score). The resulting non-commercial Demonstration Record was issued on a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record with the assigned inventory number of FM 10764-B. (After auditioning Moritt’s libretto and score for The Third Kiss, Martin Landau considered it unsuitable for production and contracted Ron Grainer and Ronald Millar to write a new musical version of the Besier play with the additional credit “from an original idea by Fred G. Moritt.”)

Kay Armen

Rosemarie Jun

Bernard Knee

Audio from the demo recording of The Third Kiss made available to THA by permission of Kurt Gänzl for Talent Artists.

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1964 HMV Lp

1981 Australian World Record Club reissue

Robert and Elizabeth – 1964 original London cast

U.K. His Master's Voice catalogue nos.: HMV CSD 1575 (stereo) & HMV CLP 1820 (mono)

Released as a 12” 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing record

Australian issue: Cat no.: EMI OCSD 1575 (stereo)

Vocal Gems (including “I Said Love”, “I Know Now”, “Escape Me Never” & “The Girls That Boys Dream About”) issued on a 45 rpm Ep (Extended Play) – cat. no. His Master's Voice 7EG 8897

Reel-to-Reel tape recording, 3¾ ips, ¼”, 2-Track mono - cat. no.: His Master’s Voice TA-CLP 1820

Original cast member June Bronhill also recorded solo cover versions of “I Know Now” and “You Only to Love Me” with Alyn Ainsworth & His Orchestra issued on an HMV 45 rpm. single record with cat. no.: POP 1349

1980 Lp reissues
Cat. no.: EMI ON532

Cat. no.: Stet DS 15021
Notes: U.S. release by Stet Records

1981 Lp reissue
Cat. no.: WRC R 09096
Notes: Australian issue by World Record Club

1982 Lp reissue
Cat. no.: AEI 1111
Notes: U.S. reissue by The Council for Musical Theatre

1993 EMI CD reissue
Label: West End Angel – UK: CDANGEL 2
Cat. no.: 0777 7 89059 2 9
Release Date: 9 November 1993
Notes: U.K. release

Cat. no.: ZDM 7243 5 65069 2 3
Notes: U.S. release

Audio from the original London cast recording may be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTWT7p-szqEnO89LxmdeU-PhzIGRUlKiz

2007 EMI CD selections
Six songs from the 1964 original London cast recording were included on the 3 CD set: June Bronhill – The Platinum Collection (compiled by Tony Locantro) issued by EMI Australia

Cat. no.: EMI Classics 0946 3891632 1

Release Date: 17 April 2007

Notes: includes June Bronhill’s solo version of “I Know Now” and cover version of "You Only to Love Me" with Alyn Ainsworth & His Orchestra (originally issued on a 45 rpm single) plus Angela Richard’s London cast recording of “You Only to Love Me” mistakenly in place of "The Real Thing", which was otherwise omitted, although listed in the CD booklet and rear jewel case insert.