Vinyl: "The Golden Knight" 1962 Original Cast Recording, SIGNED by Glenn Wescott, RARE!

Title: The Golden Knight

Subtitle: An Original Musical Fantasy

Music and Lyrics by Glenn Wescott

Book by Loyette Martin

Directed by Joanne Hockaday Carden

The cast included: George Dains, Lorraine Kemp, Art Sherman, Betty Peck, Paul Martin, Bob Wentz, Bob Storr, and Jeff MacNeill. (The actual cast may have been larger, as other names are mentioned as singing certain songs. See below.)

NOTE: There are photos of all of the above individuals on the back cover of the album.

A Sound, Inc. Recording, supervised by Ron Welsh, Jr. This record is number SI-1205-A/B.

Side One tracks:

All's Well Tim Mills, Pete Ostling, and Chorus

Too Lovely For Words George Dains

Something In Your Eyes George Dains

Pledge Bill Carden, Ernie Brockett, Dale Woolley, Art Sherman

What a Woman's For Betty Peck

The Way You Looked Last Night Paul Martin and Betty Peck

I'm a Ne'er Do Well Art Sherman, Tim Mills, Ernie Brockett, Don Hentrich, Pete Ostling

Side Two tracks:

I'll Remember You George Dains

But He's Not the Right One Lorraine Kemp

A Dragon Just A-Waggin' His Tail Jeff MacNeill

The Way You Looked Last Night (reprise) Paul Martin

Ting-A-Ling Bob Wentz and Chorus

I Can Just Imagine Lorraine Kemp and George Dains

Pretty Girls Bob Storr and Chorus

The Golden Knight premiered on October 4, 1962 at the Orange Theater in Orange, California.

Composer and lyricist Glenn Wescott was then 30 years old. He had grown up and been educated in the Bay Area, where he was active in variety shows and theater while at City College of San Francisco. He moved to Orange County in 1957 and had written background scores for productions of the Newport Harbor Community Players. On the front of the jacket Wescott has written: "To Bill Donaldson in remembrance of the good days on the ranch. Glenn Wescott".

My research shows that Wescott followed up on The Golden Knight with 1966's "little man in search of his serious side" (based on the work of cartoonist Jules Feiffer), 1971's "Irving" (about a computer with a mind of its own), and 1990's "Flapdoodle!" (a musical review). Wescott eventually became an elementary school teacher in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. He has written over 700 songs.

The Golden Knight is a light hearted musical comedy, possibly a spoof of the then enormously popular Lerner and Loewe Broadway show, Camelot (which had premiered in 1960). It is set in the Kingdom of Hysterilee, in the year 1262, and features characters with such silly names as Princess Prim, Sir Sneakabout, Hopeaheap, Gripealot, Laughalot, and Lady Mirror. The songs on this record are sung by the original cast, accompanied by piano. The tunes are quite charming.

Please see above for complete description of photos. Sold as is.

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