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Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure of Your Company [Cast Recording, Original recording remastered]

Joyce Grenfell (Artist), Original London Cast (Artist), Beatrice Lillie (Performer) | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (18 Dec 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Sepia
  • ASIN: B0007X9URO
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 220,223 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Welcome/The Music's MessageJoyce Grenfell 6:48£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Mrs. MendlicoteJoyce Grenfell 3:21£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. The Understanding MotherJoyce Grenfell 3:15£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Three BrothersJoyce Grenfell 2:59£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Palais DancersJoyce Grenfell 3:17£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Ordinary MorningJoyce Grenfell & Irving Davies 3:28£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Shirley's GirlfriendJoyce Grenfell 4:49£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Folk SongJoyce Grenfell 1:31£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Songs My Mother Taught Me: Hand Me Down My Bonnet / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Since Bacon Has Gone Up / All Night / Sit Down, SisterJoyce Grenfell 7:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Hostess/FarewellJoyce Grenfell 3:09£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Du Maurier (Bonus Track)Joyce Grenfell 3:15£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. The End Of The News (Bonus Track)Joyce Grenfell 3:15£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Maud (Bonus Track)Joyce Grenfell 3:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. I Don't 'Arf Love You (Bonus Track)Joyce Grenfell & Norman Wisdom 2:36£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Narcissus (Bonus Track)Joyce Grenfell & Norman Wisdom 2:58£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. I'm Going To See You Today (Bonus Track)Joyce Grenfell 2:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. Drifting (Bonus Track)Joyce Grenfell 2:57£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. Wind Round My Heart (Bonus Track)Beatrice Lillie 3:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen19. Honey Ma' LoveBeatrice Lillie 3:12£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen20. Clop Clip ClopBeatrice Lillie 3:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen21. Lady Windermere's FanBeatrice Lillie 2:23£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen22. The Yodelling GoldfishBeatrice Lillie 2:28£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen23. Oh, For A Night In The BallroomBeatrice Lillie 2:22£0.89  Buy MP3 

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Conceived as an intimate revue for four people, Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure highlighted the talents of Joyce Grenfell and a trio of dancers known as Three's Company. This 1954 revue was a hit in the West End and ran for 276 performances before transferring to Broadway.

It was the last time that Joyce Grenfell would appear in a revue, for after this her career was as a solo performer. She was to become a British institution, a star who retained an amateur persona throughout her career whose characters and wit were always gentle and spot on but never cruel.

First time on CD this re-mastered cast recording features Joyce singing from the show 'Three Brothers', 'Ordinary Morning' and traditional American folk songs taught by her American-born mother ('Songs My Mother Taught Me'). Bonus tracks include Joyce's "Du Maurier" and "The End of The News" from the 1945 revue Sigh No More; her duets with Norman Wisdom "I Don't 'Arf Love You", "Narcissus" and the Joyce Grenfell classic "I'm Going To See You Today". We end the CD with six songs by Beatrice Lillie to illustrate her unique appeal.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting period piece 22 Dec 2008
By Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da)
Format:Audio CD
If you are looking for Joyce Grenfell's trademark monologues of mimicry, this is not the CD for you, though there are one or two items of this type. It is a remastered recording of an early show, where the emphasis is on the music. The sound quality is extremely high, and we often forget what a beautiful singing voice she had. Some of the items are entirely serious, like her songs from the American South; where there is a comic element, at this distance in time we often can't see the point.

There are several bonus tracks added, mostly by Beatrice Lilley. So if you are interested in the period, this is an important item for your collection; but for vintage Grenfell you should look elsewhere.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great nostalgic trip 19 Jan 2011
By D. K. Grant
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
How good,for those of us of a certain age, to be able to hear Ms. Joyce Grenfell again, also the added delight of Ms. Bea Lillie. Two great British Artists. I was never a fan of Norman Wisdom so could have down without those tracks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars entertaining & hilarious 7 Dec 2010
By tony
Format:Audio CD
Considering a lot of the material is about 60yrs old, it is so funny.
I particularly like tracks 13&15. I keep playing them to give me a boost.
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