LIFT OFF LIVE

Songs from the Musical

Recorded & mixed in October-November 1995
at Artec Studios and The Living Room, Sydney

Produced by: the Australian Children's Television Foundation
Label: ACTF Records 00195.2
Tracks: 16

Music: Chris NEAL
Script of the Musical: Garth BOOMER, Robert GREENBERG, Sue AMODDIO & Chris ANASTASSIADES

 FEATURED SINGERS:

Mr Fish Mark MITCHELL
Boss Toni LAMOND
Lonely Philip QUAST
Zelda Monica TRAPAGA
Wolf Toni SHELDON
Boris Bob BAINES
Morris David WHITNEY
Doris Linda NAGLE

Lift Off Live is a musical play starring characters from the internationally acclaimed educational television series Lift Off. The series in general centres around a group of children who live in the same neighbourhood, and share a world of fun and imagination. The CD focuses on the regular characters at the Wakadoo Cafe: a debonair Wolf (Tony Sheldon) and the three pigs: Morris (David Whitney), Doris (Linda Nagle) and Boris (Bob Baines); Zelda, the wise waitress (Monica Trapaga), the haughty Boss (Toni Lamond) and Mr Fish, the security officer (Mark Mitchell). Then there's Lonely (Philip Quast) who spends a lot of time at Wakadoo Café looking for someone to talk to and a friend to arrive.

"The atmosphere is always wacky, energetic and chaotic at Wakadoo Café. Everyone knows that all you need to do to get there is to shout WAKADOO!!!! It's more than imaginary! It's a place to meet your friends, talk, sing and dance. It's a place to meet fantastic creatures and characters who are in the biz of showbiz, who all hang out at Wakadoo Café to rehearse their lines, their performances and talk over new ideas!
Tempers fly, spirits soar at Wakadoo."

(Source: ACTF website)

TRACK LIST

1. Do the Wakadoo - Zelda, Boss, Wolf, Pigs (2:20)
2. Waiting for a Friend - Lonely     (2:15)
3. Rules Rule OK - Mr Fish, Pigs (1:49)
4. E.C. - Instrumental (2:22)
5. Same Again - Mr Fish, Boss (2:01)
6. Rule the World - Mr Fish, Lonely, Boss, Zelda (1:55)
7. Gotta Get Back - Boss, Wolf, Pigs (3:59)
8. Lotis Lifts Off - Instrumental (1:40)
9. Yucky Poo at Wakadoo - Zelda, Mr Fish, Boss, Pig (2:41)
10. Waiting for a Friend (reprise) - Lonely & Zelda (1:26)
11. Pig Heaven - Pigs (2:09)
12. I'm Sorry - Boss, Pigs, Zelda & Lonely (2:10)
13. My Name is Wolf - Instrumental (2:39)
14. The Tummy Ache Song - Mr Fish, Zelda, Pigs (2:02)
15. Do the Wakadoo (reprise) - Lonely, Zelda, Pigs, Wolf, Boss (2:23)
16. Lift Off Theme - Instrumental (2:02)


Philip Quast, Toni Lamond and Tony Sheldon are among Australia's notable theatre talents. They are heard on this album, a stage version of a popular kids' TV puppet show series. It's a fun album, with energetic pop-type music by Chris Neal and various lyricists. Using their character voices, the performers get the most from the material, including the ballad 'Waiting for a Friend' the best song of the lot.

Peter Pinne
in his review of the album

The Album Lift Off Live has won several awards: an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Children's Television Drama; a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award; an Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Award and the Hoso Bunka Foundation Prize for Excellence in Pre-School Programming at the prestigious Japan Prize.

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Last modified: 21-May-2007

 

 

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