Glorious Mud ! – The Best of Flanders & Swann

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:41:51 +0000

“Their performances together were likened to ‘Falstaff singing duets with Hamlet’” (Parlophone). “the songs and sketches became household favourites throughout the English-speaking world and a hugely successful USA tour began in 1959. A second show later toured other British cities, Australia, New Zealand, North America and Hong Kong. …Flanders’ spoken introductions were intimate and ahead of their time, and the show as a whole, 50 years on, remains strikingly topical” (James Murray)

At the Drop of a Hat (Fortune Theatre, London)

[1] A Transport of Delight (London Omnibus) 4:35
[2] Song of Reproduction 3:29
[3] A Gnu 6:09
[4] Design for Living 4:29
[5] Je Suis Le Ténébreux 2:13
[6] Songs for Our Time
(Philological Waltz; Satellite Moon; A Happy Song) 5:38
[7] A Song of the Weather 1:52
[8] The Reluctant Cannibal 4:22
[9] Greensleeves 6:08
[10] Misalliance 3:54
[11] Kokoraki – A Greek Song 3:11
[12] Madeira, M’Dear? 5:42
[13] Hippopotamus 4:19

The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann – Excerpts

[14] The Warthog (the Hog Beneath the Skin) 4:10
[15] The Whale (Mopy Dick) 3:26
[16] The Rhinoceros 2:32
[17] The Elephant 2:37
[18] The Armadillo 3:48
[19] The Spider 2:16
[20] The Ostrich 2:53

Flanders & Swann – Alto CD

Glorious Mud ! – The Best of Flanders & Swann