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At The Drop Of A Hat (Donald Swann, 1992)
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Title: At The Drop Of A Hat
Artist: Donald Swann
Record Label: EMI Comedy
Release Year: 1992
EAN: 0077779746521
Genre: Comedy
Product ID: EPID4031472
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Classic comedy - an essential addition to a collection
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8 of 11 people found this review helpful.
One of the all time classic vintage comedy duos, Flanders and Swann's dry wit and clever humour still sound as funny as they did when they were first released on an unsuspecting public several decades ago.
This CD collects together the best of their various shows and recordings. If you've never heard Flanders and Swann before, then this could be one of the best investments you'll ever make. If you'v heard them before, you won't need any more convincing!
This CD collects together the best of their various shows and recordings. If you've never heard Flanders and Swann before, then this could be one of the best investments you'll ever make. If you'v heard them before, you won't need any more convincing!
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At the Drop of a HatReview created: 19/04/09
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) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
I hoped this would be the original LP recording of 1957, but it isn't.
This one was recorded on the closing night at their 2.4 year run at
the Fortune Theatre in 1959.
By comparison, it has lost the freshness and spontaneity of the
original recording.
I suspect the audience felt this too as generally speaking the gags failed to raise quite the level of laughs. The atmosphere is less electric.
Nevertheless, this highly talented duo perform a wonderful (now classic period)
piece of smart, witty, endearing, sometimes irrestistibly childlike humour.
'Song of reproduction', Misalliance','Design for living 'Songs for our time' and 'Kokoraki' in my opinion, are still the funniest.
Definitely innocent humour from a former age as today's young
may not be amused.
Excellent value disc barely costing more than the 52-year-old album.
This one was recorded on the closing night at their 2.4 year run at
the Fortune Theatre in 1959.
By comparison, it has lost the freshness and spontaneity of the
original recording.
I suspect the audience felt this too as generally speaking the gags failed to raise quite the level of laughs. The atmosphere is less electric.
Nevertheless, this highly talented duo perform a wonderful (now classic period)
piece of smart, witty, endearing, sometimes irrestistibly childlike humour.
'Song of reproduction', Misalliance','Design for living 'Songs for our time' and 'Kokoraki' in my opinion, are still the funniest.
Definitely innocent humour from a former age as today's young
may not be amused.
Excellent value disc barely costing more than the 52-year-old album.
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You should know them.
) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Even if you've never heard of Flanders and Swann, you'll have heard there songs - from friends, parents, parodies and covers. Superb. Funny. A joy.
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Having bought a used LP of them quite by chance, I wanted a more usable cd. They are immensely entertaining and funny ... once you have found the written texts in the net!
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