Songs from "Star Trek: Live On Stage"

STAR TREK: LIVE ON STAGE thrilled fans in downtown Springfield, Missouri from 2011 to 2013. It was a labor of love and dedication. Each month, "A Class Act Productions" produced an entirely new, often slapstick, sometimes bintersweet, parody episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. At the heart of it all though, was the original music composed and performed by David Greathouse. At the beginning of each episode, he played "The Prime Directive (Back in the Day)". It's a nostalgic piece that reminds the listener of sitting in front of the TV as a child, watching our gallant ship and crew prove week after week that, while the program may sometimes be broadcast in black and white, life, culture, and the core of our very humaniry is never as cut and dried. This silly show, full of blinking lights and cardboard sets, allows us, as all good science fiction does, to observe the human condition from a much broader perspective. As you listen to these songs, keep the individual stories they're based on in mind. Remember Kirk's pain and hurt as he was forced to kill his friend, Gary Mitchell, on Delta Vega. Think about how fun it was watching our heroes battle the Klingons! Remember the grief and agony of our brave captain, as duty required him to sacrifice the woman he loved with all his heart. A sacrifice required in order to undo a rift in the fabric of time/space, which set our universe right again, but left a rend of much larger proportions in his very soul. Piease enjoy these original songs created for STAR TREK: LIVE ON STAGE, and remember that while our show was a parody, its spirit will always be a loving homage to a cultural phenomenon that made us examine ourselves and our hearts. ~ Timothy Piland

The Prime Directive (Back in the Day) - David Greathouse: guitars, Iead & harmony vocals, enthusiastic crowd. Cindy White: tambourine. enthusiastic crowd. Sarah Crocker: enthusiastic crowd.

Into A God - David Greathouse: acoustic & electric guitars. bass, lead & harmony vocals, synths.

A Situation Here - David Greathouse: acoustic & electric guitars, lead & harmony vocals, synths. Sarah Crocker: harmony vocals.

Edge of Forever - David Greathouse: acoustic & electric guitars, lead & harmony vocals, synths. Jessica Torres-Kelderhouse: Iead & harmony vocals.

Front cover art by D.A. Frizell. Yes. THE D.A. FRIZELL! Norman Rockwell can suck it - like the vacuum of space!

Jacket photography by Cindy White, Louise Stanley, and various anonymous donors. Jacket design by David Greathouse. Song introductions and foreword translated from Klingon by Timothy Piland.

Recorded, mixed, & mastered in the Man Cave by David Greathouse for Sourdough Music.

Copyright 2013, Sourdough Music, ASCAP

"Star Trek: Live on Stage" was produced by George Cron for A Class Act Productions.

Parody scripts adapted, extended and twisted to our liking by the tireless Michael Frizell. Someday, we’ll buy him tires.