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Track Listings
| 1. Leaning On A Lamppost |
| 2. When I'm Cleaning Windows |
| 3. Chinese Laundry Blues |
| 4. Auntie Maggie's Remedy |
| 5. Hi-Tiddley-Hi-Ti-Island |
| 6. Bless 'Em All |
| 7. Mr Wu's A Window Cleaner Now |
| 8. With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock |
| 9. Riding In The TT Races |
| 10. In My Little Snapshot Album |
| 11. It's Turned Out Nice Again |
| 12. The Emperor Of Lancashire |
| 13. The Mad March Hare |
| 14. Bell Bottom George |
| 15. Fanlight Fanny |
| 16. You Don't Need A Licence For That |
| 17. It Could Be |
| 18. Saving Up For Sally |
| 19. Happy-Go-Lucky-Me |
| 20. Banjo-Boy |
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The great George Formby, what can one say about him? Alright, we can all admit that he is hardly the world's greatest singer, but that isn't why people still listen to him. From doing a tribute act of his father, the great George Formby Senior, he ultimately developed his own style. Learning to play the ukelele he started to play the bajolele on stage, and then in films. The difference between the two instruments is only the round resonator (I think it is called). So I have been told, the reason for this is simply because as you didn't have microphones in the old music halls, the banjolele is louder and is better heard throughout the theatre.
Why so many people love his songs is because they are funny, risque and full of double entendres, so much so that the BBC originally banned 'When I'm Cleaning Windows' from the radio. Along with his fantastic mastery of the ukelele as well, George rightly became a comic legend.
With twenty tracks on this album, which have been digitally remastered you do get quite 'clean' songs, there is not a lot of static here. If you have never heard to George Formby before, then now is a good time as any. He may have died before I was even conceived, but like many other people of my age I know quite a lot of his songs, as they really are timeless.
Why so many people love his songs is because they are funny, risque and full of double entendres, so much so that the BBC originally banned 'When I'm Cleaning Windows' from the radio. Along with his fantastic mastery of the ukelele as well, George rightly became a comic legend.
With twenty tracks on this album, which have been digitally remastered you do get quite 'clean' songs, there is not a lot of static here. If you have never heard to George Formby before, then now is a good time as any. He may have died before I was even conceived, but like many other people of my age I know quite a lot of his songs, as they really are timeless.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Great .c.d. With most of his hits on. I think fanlight fanny is the funniest song I have heard. It's full of nostalgia, and even my children like it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Bought this CD as a present for a family member for Christmas...they were very pleased with the CD and the sound quality was better then expected. Has the song Happy go lucky me that was the theme to this years Sainsburys adverts.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The FABULOUS GEORGE FORMBY!!!!
ADORE George Formby Songs and Movies. His Cheeky Grin and FABULOUS Lancashire Accent made him a BELOVED National Treasure.
This CD is FAB!. Read more
This CD is FAB!. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Rach
Memories of childhood
Can remember sitting in back kitchen listening to this sort of music from earliest childhood, most of the adults were singing along with it, especially at christmas
Published 5 months ago by happy reader
great cheery CD
this CD is very cheery and brings a smile to any one who listens to it. Heard it on the TV advert and was delighted to find that it could be purchased so cheaply and easily on... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Pollyann
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