Research Catalog

Title

The complete Flanders & Swann [sound recording] / [Donald Swann, music ; Michael Flanders, words]

Author

Swann, Donald, 1923-1994.

Publication

London : EMI : Parlophone, p1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Flanders, Michael.

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Songs

Alternative Title

• Songs
• At the drop of a hat.
• At the drop of another hat.
• The bestiary of Flanders and Swann.

Subjects

• Nonsense songs
• Humorous music
• Animals > Songs and music
• Revues
• Humorous songs

Performer (note)

• Donald Swann, piano-vocals ; Michael Flanders, vocals.

Event (note)

• "At the drop of a hat" recorded during the final performance at the Fortune Theatre, London on May 2, 1959. "At the drop of another hat" recorded during a performance by the author and composer at the Theatre Royal, London. "The bestiary" recorded in 1961.

Contents

• At the drop of a hat (disc 1). A transport of delight -- Song of reproduction -- The gnu song -- Design for living -- Je suis les ténébreux -- Songs for our time (Philological waltz ; Satellite moon ; A happy song) -- A song of the weather -- The reluctant cannibal -- Greensleeves -- Misalliance -- Kokoraki -- Madeira m'dear? -- Too many cookers -- Vanessa -- Tried by the Centre Court -- The youth of the heart -- The hippopotamus song.
• At the drop of another hat (disc 2). The gas-man cometh -- Sounding brass -- Los olividados -- In the desert -- Ill wind -- First and second law -- All gall -- Horoscope -- Friendly duet -- Bedstead men -- By air -- Slow train -- A song of patriotic prejudice -- Built up area -- In the bath -- Sea fever -- Hippo encore.
• The bestiary of Flanders and Swann (disc 3). The warthog (The hog beneath the skin) -- The sea horse -- The chameleon -- The whale (Mopy Dick) -- The sloth -- The rhinoceros -- Twosome - Kang & Jag (Kangaroo tango and Jaguar) -- Dead ducks -- The elephant -- The armadillo -- The spider -- Threesome - The duck-billed platypus ; The humming-bird ; The Portuguese man-o'-war -- The wild boar -- The ostrich -- The wompom -- Extiary. Twice shy -- Commomwealth fair -- p**p*B****B**D****** -- Paris -- Eine kleine Nachtmusik cha cha cha -- The hundred song -- Food for thought -- Bed -- 20 tons of TNT -- The war of 14-18.

Call Number

*LDC 10009 (F)

OCLC

• 27672120
• NYPG96-R355

Author

Swann, Donald, 1923-1994.

Title

The complete Flanders & Swann [sound recording] / [Donald Swann, music ; Michael Flanders, words]

Imprint

London : EMI : Parlophone, p1991.

Cast

Donald Swann, piano-vocals ; Michael Flanders, vocals.

Event

"At the drop of a hat" recorded during the final performance at the Fortune Theatre, London on May 2, 1959. "At the drop of another hat" recorded during a performance by the author and composer at the Theatre Royal, London. "The bestiary" recorded in 1961.

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Added Author

Flanders, Michael. Performer

Added Title

At the drop of a hat.

At the drop of another hat.

The bestiary of Flanders and Swann.

Publisher No.

CDFSB 1 EMI

CDS 7974642 EMI

CDP 7974652 EMI/Parlophone

CDP 7974662 EMI/Parlophone

CDP 7974672 EMI/Parlophone

CDFSB 11 EMI/Parlophone

CDFSB 12 EMI/Parlophone

CDFSB 13 EMI/Parlophone

S 36112 Angel

S 36388 Angel

S 35797 Angel

PMC 1033 Parlophone

PCS 3001 Parlophone

Research Call Number

*LDC 10009 (F) Program notes on file.