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The musical revue At The Drop Of A Hat opened at the New Lindsey Theatre on New Year s Eve, 1956. The show proved an instant success and was subsequently transferred to the Fortune Theatre in the West End a little over three weeks later. The show would go on to run for 808 performances before switching to New York and the Golden Theater, where it managed a further 215 performances. Eventually, the show would be performed some 1,700 times between the launch in 1956 and 1967. The album, which features many of the highlights of the show, hit the Top Ten on the UK album charts.
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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I grew up with this record, through the 1960s. It is witty without being vulgar, charming without being coy, very intelligent without ever being pedantic or condescending, and all in all lots of fun. The songs are delightful and singable. It's adult humour, but a child can enjoy it. I revelled in it at the age of six, and can still listen to it and get more out of the jokes, nearly 40 years later! Some of the humour is topical, but the gentle satire has a universality to it that seems to have lasted. Highly recommended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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2 chaps and a piano...with some chat and some songs = genius. As always Flanders and Swann delight. It was interesting to hear the full version of the stage show rather than just the songs themselves. The version we had when I was young only had the songs. The spoken interludes put the songs into context and you realise just how talented they were.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Memories of childhood come flooding back. A chorus of yums running round the table...come and get it roast leg of insurance salesman. Mud mud glorious mud. A big six wheeler scarlet painted london transport diesel engine 97 horsepower omnibus. The list goes on. A true pleasure and delight in a very old fashioned gentler humour.
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Published 6 days ago by Mr. A. Marsden
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This is sheer joy! I came to know these men in my childhood via the Radio, and then forgot - except of course for... Read more
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Published 5 months ago by Mrs. R. P. Meinke
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This an augmented version of the original album that helped make Flanders and Swann a household name in the early 1960s. Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. HOPKINSON
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Timing is superb, as always with this pair. If you saw them on stage this will bring back happy memories. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by Northern Exile
At The Drop Of A Hat
I have this on cassette, but thought I might upgrade, and I'm glad I did. It's a good-quality remastering of a classic, and I'd forgotten how funny they were. And topical... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by A. Willcox
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