SMOKE RISE Survival Of Saint Joan Orig US 2-LP + Booklet - Prog Psych Hard Rock

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SMOKE RISE

The Survival Of Saint Joan

Original US Double LP released on Paramount Records in 1971. Gatefold sleeve. Includes booklet.

The Survival of St. Joan is a rock opera by Smoke Rise (Gary Ruffin, Hank Ruffin, Stan Ruffin, and Randy Bugg—music composed by Hank and Gary) from an original concept and libretto by playwright and screenwriter James Lineberger.

It was first produced as a concept album on Paramount Records by Stephen Schwartz in 1971. A concert version ran eight performances at The Playwrights Unit. Lineberger's fully scripted musical play with spoken dialogue, directed by Chuck Gnys was produced at the Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, New York, November, 1970. Facing a taxi strike and the dubious support of the local Hell's Angels, which adopted Joan as their warrior princess, the production had 16 performances Off-off-Broadway at the Anderson Theatre, directed by Gnys and produced by Haila Stoddard and Neal Du Brock with a cast that included Gretchen Corbett, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Bright, and Janet Sarno. Smoke Rise performed all the singing, while the actors handled the dialogue.

Possibly inspired by Operation Shepherdess: The Mystery of Joan of Arc by André Guérin and Jack Palmer White, a revisionist history alleging that Joan of Arc escaped execution and later married a nobleman named Robert des Armoises, an idea rejected by historians, the notion of a legendary Joan who lived on in secret has persisted. Certainly inspired by the Vietnam War, the opera tells of the government of France and Pierre Cauchon, Archbishop of Beauvais releasing Joan of Arc and allowing a double, also believed to be a witch, to burn in her place. She is sent to live with a mute farmer, who falls in love with her, as he elucidates in songs performed in soliloquy toward the audience. Realizing that there is no end in sight to the Hundred Years' War, the first act ends with Joan seeking to rejoin the army, despite the fact that she is no longer hearing her voices.

In Act II, Joan learns that she has lost the respect of the army, who attempt to rape her. (The libretto in the concept album has her get raped about halfway through the act; this was changed when stagings went beyond a band performance to a full-fledged play.) She meets with some deserters who no longer understand the meaning of the war, and reject its former religious purposes, complaining that only their generals and the nobility can live above suffering. Alone and anonymous, Joan is eventually found by villagers who mistakenly decide she has put a hex on their cow, tie her to a tree and immolate her, thus ending her life almost as history would have it. Upon her death, Joan re-establishes contact with her three voices, St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret.

Tracks Are :-

Record One

The Prison
Survival
Someone Is Dying 
Run, Run
Back In The World
I'm Here
Love Me

The Submission
It's Over
Darkwoods Lullabye
You Don't Know Why
Propitious
Burning A Witch
Love Me

Record Two

The Farm
Stonefire
Love Me
Lady Of Light
Country Life
Run, Run
Precious Mommy

The Encounters
Medley
Survival
Run, Run
Back In The World
Lonely Neighbors
Cornbread
This Is How It Is
Cannonfire

Released on 'Paramount Records' in 1971

Catalogue No. PAS 9000

Discs are in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in VG+ condition (light wear / small sawcut)

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