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| 1. Cheeky Chappie - Miller, Max | |||
| 2. First Time I've Done That - Robey, George | |||
| 3. Get Me To The Church On Time - Holloway, Stanley | |||
| 4. Leaning On The Lampost - Formby, George | |||
| 5. Biggest Aspidistra In The World - Fields, Gracie | |||
| 6. Me And My Tune - Wall, Max | |||
| 7. Der Fuehrer's Face - Trinder, Tommy | |||
| 8. Laughing Policeman - Penrose, Charles | |||
| 9. She Was Poor But She Was Honest - Bennett, Billy | |||
| 10. Joe Ramsbottom Buys A Piano - Evans, Norman | |||
| 11. Doris The Goddess Of Wind - Byng, Douglas | |||
| 12. Run Rabbit Run - Flanagan & Allen | |||
| 13. Home Guard - Wilton, Robb | |||
| 14. Surrealist Alphabet - Clapham & Dwyer | |||
| 15. Just A Wee Deoch And Doris - Lauder, Harry | |||
| 16. Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo - Coborn, Charles | |||
| 17. Yodelling Goldfish - Lillie, Beatrice | |||
| 18. Bee Song - Askey, Arthur | |||
| 19. Everything Stops For Tea - Buchanan, Jack | |||
| 20. It's My Mother's Birthday Today - Tracy, Arthur | |||
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The tradition of Music Hall lasted for over 100 years until the TV became a staple household item in the 1960s. Born in the London pubs, an often raucous clientele enjoyed a variety of acts that included popular songs of the day, comedy and drama. The form was nostalgically remembered in the long running BBC series The Good Old Days that recreated the acts and the vibe of the shows of yesteryear. Featured here are 24 classic performances by the masters of the genre. * All original recordings digitally remastered * Strong artist list featuring legends of the era such as Max Miller, George Formby, Flanagen & Allen, Harry Lauder, Charles Penrose and many more
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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have a large number of music hall CDs, some good, some bad and I'd say that (for the most part) what defines a good music hall CD is a decent variety of tracks selected, a reasonable price, good transfers from decent original copies for the material and for preference one or two tracks that are out of the ordinary, that provide the "hook", that mean you buy THIS disc to add to all the others you have.
This disc fulfils that criteria even if not all the tracks date back to before the Second World War (after which music hall became a turn in and of itself with performances such as those at the Players Theatre (when will the Decca LP recorded there come out on CD, eh?)and on the BBC's "Good Old Days" at the Leeds City Varieties being trotted out to show us "What It Was All About"). Certainly I would not call Stanley Holloway's number from "My Fair Lady" a music hall song.
There are some interesting tracks here; Trinder rendering "Der Fuhrer's Face" rather than a reiteration of one of the Spike Jones versions (oh, yes, there are more than one!) is of interest....
There are tracks of course that one will find on quite a few compilations, Buchanan's "Everything Stops For Tea", Clapham & Dwyer's dreadfully unfunny "Surrealist Alphabet" (your mileage may of course vary)
Arthur Askey's trademark "Bee Song", the lugubrious Robb Wilton on the subject of the Home Guard (guarding the coastline in a little hut behind the Dog & Pullet) and the omnipresent Charles Penrose's "Laughing Policeman" (he made a living from endless laughing records from the days when discs were recorded through a horn as well as played that way!).
Overall I would rate this record as good value, there are better ones but it will please any sensible seeker of the comic muse.
SO! Buy it and still keep 'em peeled......
This disc fulfils that criteria even if not all the tracks date back to before the Second World War (after which music hall became a turn in and of itself with performances such as those at the Players Theatre (when will the Decca LP recorded there come out on CD, eh?)and on the BBC's "Good Old Days" at the Leeds City Varieties being trotted out to show us "What It Was All About"). Certainly I would not call Stanley Holloway's number from "My Fair Lady" a music hall song.
There are some interesting tracks here; Trinder rendering "Der Fuhrer's Face" rather than a reiteration of one of the Spike Jones versions (oh, yes, there are more than one!) is of interest....
There are tracks of course that one will find on quite a few compilations, Buchanan's "Everything Stops For Tea", Clapham & Dwyer's dreadfully unfunny "Surrealist Alphabet" (your mileage may of course vary)
Arthur Askey's trademark "Bee Song", the lugubrious Robb Wilton on the subject of the Home Guard (guarding the coastline in a little hut behind the Dog & Pullet) and the omnipresent Charles Penrose's "Laughing Policeman" (he made a living from endless laughing records from the days when discs were recorded through a horn as well as played that way!).
Overall I would rate this record as good value, there are better ones but it will please any sensible seeker of the comic muse.
SO! Buy it and still keep 'em peeled......
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The sound on this cd is excellent considering age of songs. I agree with other reviewer there is enough good songs to make it worth buying not all to my taste. I recommend A NIGHT AT THE MUSIC HALL CD a great buy with 100 songs, sound not as good as GLORY OF THE MUSIC HALL but a great buy and historic, from an golden era never to be repeated.
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