Recordings

For Heaven's Sake » Original Cast

Date: 1961
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Notes: From the back cover: "In August, 1961, on the campus of the University of Michigan, 2000 young people met to discover what God is calling them to be and do within the North American setting. The Planning Committee for this North American Ecumenical Youth Assembly agreed that the drama should be one of the modes for considering the Assembly theme, "Entrusted with the Message of Reconciliation." Some 30 denominations, representing many agencies within the total framework of the Church in Canada and the U.S.A., participated in commissioning two dramas for this Assembly: one (BREAK THEM IN PIECES written by Fred Myers) serious in nature, picturing the reconciliation of men in terms of the risk of death; and the other (FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!) highly satirical in nature, attacking frankly and humorously "things as they are" in the World and in the Church. This was a direct effort both to engage the Church with the creative artist and the Assembly delegate with what such artists might be attempting to say through their particular media and contribution. As a part of the projection of the Assembly experience, into the life of the churches of North America, this recording of the music from FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! has been made for a limited subscription edition."
Added by: IrwinK

Format: LP
Label: North American Ecumenical Youth Assembly
Released: 1961
Added by: IrwinK
Tracks: 1. Prologue (0:54)
2. A Mighty Fortress is Our Church (1:41)
3. The Inchworm (0:39)
4. The Death House (8:45)
Man-in-Box
Girl-with-Knife
Man and Woman Chained together
Man-with-Noose
Girl-in-Ice
Girl-on-Hook
I'd Rather be Dead
5. I Open My Mouth to Speak (2:11)
6. Seven Steeples (2:37)
7. Some Career (3:33)
8. The Rap (0:20)
9. Use Me Lord! (3:14)
10. Aim for Heaven (3:46)
11. Gimme God Blues (6:50)
12. A Drop in the Bucket (0:28)
13. I'm Nothing, Nobody, No One! (3:03)
14. The Repair Job (3:21)
15. For Heaven's Sake! (2:14)