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Flanders & Swann Audio CD
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The British duo Flanders and Swann were the actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922–1975) and the composer, pianist and linguist Donald Swann (1923–1994), who collaborated in writing and performing comic songs.

Between 1956 and 1967 they performed some of their songs in their long-running two-man revues At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat. Both revues were recorded in concert along… Read more in Amazon's Flanders & Swann Store

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  • Audio CD (14 Oct 1991)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
  • Label: EMI Records
  • ASIN: B000006T4S
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 77,395 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. A Transport Of Delight 5:53£0.89
Listen  2. Song Of Reproduction 7:06£0.69
Listen  3. The Gnu Song 3:26£0.89
Listen  4. Design For Living 3:52£0.69
Listen  5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux 2:27£0.69
Listen  6. Songs For Our Time (Philological Waltz/Satellite Moon/A Happy Song) 4:16£0.69
Listen  7. A Song Of The Weather 2:05£0.89
Listen  8. The Reluctant Cannibal 3:55£0.89
Listen  9. Greensleeves 7:51£0.69
Listen10. Misalliance 3:55£0.89
Listen11. Kokoraki 5:05£0.69
Listen12. Madeira M'Dear? 3:52£0.89
Listen13. Too Many Cookers 3:12£0.89
Listen14. Vanessa 3:55£0.69
Listen15. Tried By The Centre Court 3:45£0.69
Listen16. The Youth Of The Heart 4:17£0.89
Listen17. The Hippopotamus Song 3:12£0.89


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Listen  2. Sounding Brass 2:53£0.89
Listen  3. Los Olividados 6:38£0.69
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Listen  5. Ill Wind 5:01£0.89
Listen  6. First And Second Law 2:56£0.89
Listen  7. All Gall 3:53£0.89
Listen  8. Horoscope 1:10£0.89
Listen  9. Friendly Duet 2:20£0.89
Listen10. Bedstead Men 3:16£0.89
Listen11. By Air 6:17£0.69
Listen12. Slow Train 5:26£0.89
Listen13. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice 2:51£0.89
Listen14. Built Up Area 3:22£0.89
Listen15. In The Bath 2:34£0.89
Listen16. Sea Fever 3:55£0.69
Listen17. Hippo Encore 1:16£0.69


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Listen  2. The Sea Horse 1:31£0.69
Listen  3. The Chameleon 1:01£0.69
Listen  4. The Whale (Mopy Dick) 3:29£0.69
Listen  5. The Sloth 3:15£0.89
Listen  6. The Rhinoceros 2:35£0.89
Listen  7. Twosome: Kang And Jag (Kangaroo Tango/Jaguar) 2:04£0.69
Listen  8. Dead Ducks0:40£0.69
Listen  9. The Elephant 2:40£0.69
Listen10. The Armadillo 3:52£0.89
Listen11. The Spider 2:21£0.89
Listen12. Threesome: The Duck-Billed Platypus/The Humming Bird/The Portugese Man-O-War 1:05£0.69
Listen13. The Wild Boar 2:23£0.69
Listen14. The Ostrich 2:56£0.89
Listen15. The Wompom 5:52£0.69
Listen16. Twice Shy 4:12£0.89
Listen17. Commonwealth Fair 4:06£0.69
Listen18. P** p* B**** B** D****** 6:20£0.89
Listen19. Paris 4:05£0.69
Listen20. Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Cha Cha Cha0:31£0.89
Listen21. The Hundred Song 1:09£0.89
Listen22. Food For Thought 3:55£0.69
Listen23. Bed 3:19£0.89
Listen24. Twenty Tons Of Tnt 2:30£0.69
Listen25. The War Of 14-18 2:15£0.89


Product Description

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Fantastic three CD box set of the recorded works of one of Britain's most popular comedy duos. Their keen observations of everyday British life and abilities to exemplify them in song made them the darlings of the UK. Cleverness, wit and absolute hilarity were the order of the day, in just about any style of music. Pure comic genius on three discs!

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68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of British Satire, 14 Feb 2001
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This review is from: The Complete Flanders & Swann (Audio CD)
The genius that is Flanders and Swann lives on in this boxed set of their complete works. One cannot help but wonder how they might have changed the historical course of musical satire had Michael Flanders lived longer and they had continued writing and recording their songs. This is musical satire at its very best, and along with Tom Lehrer are memorable examples of the genre. Even though I already own the three individual analogue recordings that comprise this set, the compulsion to hear the recordings without the crackles, hisses, pops and squeaks of black plastic was overwhelming. As a bonus, there are some previously unreleased songs on the last CD....fine examples of what might have been. Gone, but not ever forgotten, these two great artists have their rightful place in the history books for their contribution to music and comedy.
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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Example of the Genre, 3 Sep 2001
This review is from: The Complete Flanders & Swann (Audio CD)
Flanders and Swann epitomise the 1950s and 1960s revue and (gently but somehow more powerfully) satirical comedy (c.f Tom Lehrer). The context is amazing (brought together in the booklet and with sleeve notes compiled by John Amis, an erstwhile friend and colleague of them both) - they wrote songs for other people and then decided they would hire a theatre and invite a few friends to hear them sing "At the Drop of a Hat"! There is also one video (EMI/PMI MVP 9913393 - it may no longer be available) to feature them with COLOUR footage recorded in the US in April 1967 which contains some of the old favourites and a few of the newer songs. CD set is well worth having even if you have them on analogue.
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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars They make an old fan very happy, 17 Jun 2003
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S. Powell "Zteve" (Hursley, Hampshire UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Flanders & Swann (Audio CD)
Flanders, the perfect after dinner speaker with a delightfully mellow and versatile baritone voice; Swann, the supreme partner, both on the keyboard and in the singing. Michael Flanders is expert with language, Donald Swann with music: the latter achieving the highest art -- that of singing counterpoint with MF while playing the perfect accompanist on the piano to them both. All this, and it is VERY funny: even when the jokes are dated they retain their punch and they are told and sung so well that they still convey their humour, and, on occasion, biting satire. These are timeless pieces with duets, solos, monologues and instrumental displays linked by MF in inimitable form. There will never be the like again.
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