The Golden Screw
1967 cast recording by Tom Sankey
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The Golden Screw was an Off-Off-Broadway folk rock musical written and performed by Tom Sankey which premiered at the Theatre Genesis in September 1966.[1] It ran again from January 30, 1967 to March 5, 1967 at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village. The show's cast album was the first rock theatrical recording of its kind.[2] The play follows a Bob Dylanesque singer figure from folk music roots to commercialization. A subsequent production was mounted at Toronto's Global Village Theatre in 1972. Directed by Sankey, the cast included Elan Ross Gibson, Francois Regis-Klanfer and Yank Azman with music by Larry Wells (piano) and Fergus Hambleton, (guitar.)
| Tom Sankey sings the songs from The Golden Screw | |
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| Cast recording by | |
| Released | 1967 |
| Recorded | 1967 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Label | Atco |
Play
The play was directed by David Eliscu, produced by Paul Stoudt, and the cast included: Tom Sankey, Janet Day, Patrick Sullivan and Murray Paskin. The musicians were Tom Sankey (autoharp), Jack Hopper (guitar) and members of The Inner Sanctum: Kevin Michael (lead guitar), Gerry Michael (drums), Vince Taggart (rhythm guitar).[3] The script was published as The Golden Screw, Or That's Your Thing, Baby (1968).
Track listing
- Bad Girl
- New Evaline
- You Won't Say No
- The Beautiful People
- I Heard My Mother Crying
- I Can't Make It Anymore
- Jesus Come Down
- 2000 Miles
- Trip Tick Talking Blues
- Can I Touch You
- That's Your Thing, Baby
- I Can't Remember
- Bottom End of Bleecher Street
- Flippin' Out - Little White Dog
See also
- Hair (musical) The Golden Screw opened nine months before Hair.[4]