bobsterkent

I Have one 78rpm record of Reginald Gardner doing train impressions, lots of diddly dums etc and 'Halladada halladada' (train going past another) and he ends the record with "thats all folks, back to the asylum"

bhowells

I heard a good comedy record on Rusell Davies's programme last night it was one of Allen Shermans parodies, couldnt remember the name of the song but it was about dentistry.

It occured to me that there cant be many songs serious or comic about dentistry, hes a bit dated now but Sherman was a funny guy in his heyday.

Mr Pastry Time

My pal has loaned me a LP of Wheel Tappers & Shunters Club LP recorded in 1976. A fun little item whichraises a smile or two.
Love the TV series which always reminds me of my time in the 70's playing guitar in my Dads dance band in Kent. Organ-Drums-Guitar.. Great fun and most clubs were like Wheels Tappers then.

Caine

Don't know if anyone will remember this, I loved it when I was a nipper....



I also loved Bernard Cribbins stuff.

SirOllyBolly

There is also this offering on Amazon.co.uk:

You Are Awful: Various Artists: Music:...

Includes a couple of tracks featuring the late, great Oliver Reed in his 'pop star' career before he turned to acting.

SirOllyBolly

"What fresh lunacy is this?"

bhowells

I can imagine that the Wheeltappers L.P. would be very entertaining, that reminded me that there was also a spin-off album from another great Granada series, The Comedians.

bhowells

Did you hear the Richard Hearne documentary on Radio Four last year, a very interesting programme.

The Midlands based singer-songwriter contributed to the programme he wrote and recorded a song about Hearne entitiled Mr Pastry.

bhowells

The great jazz singer Blossom Dearie has recorded many amusing songs, especially by the composer Dave Frishberg. She has also recorded a song written by Alan Clare the pianist who was a member of Spike Milligans Q Team.

I have been playing a lot of Blossom Dearies cd.s lately and have mangaged to convert my wife, I dint think that she would be her cup of tea.

Russell Davies can always be relied upon to play some Blossom Dearie tracks on his Sunday evening show. I think I first heard of Blossom Dearie in the seventies when Peter Clayton would play sessions by her on Jazz Club (NICE!) on Radio Two.

Dame Starry

Do you mean this one:

The Painless Dentist Song

DS x.

The Christmas countdown has begun - don't leave it all until the last minute!

bhowells

Yes D.S. that the one, I had forgotten the title after I heard the radio show and was going to look at the tiltle on the playlist on the programmes website, thanks very much hugely ejoyable.

CHEERS

B.H.

shaun brown

FUN AT ONE
Paul Burnet was the DJ. I still have the audio casstte of it. Les Dawson, Alan Bennet, Pete and Dud, Jules and Sandy etc.

Ahh good days

shaun brown

Blossom Dearie; A track of hers called Im Hip is the most underrated comedy record ever! Very witty.

Shaun

Anorak 1960

I liked many of them, and only recently discovered the '2days Monday' a boy at school used to sing was an obscure early record by The Scaffold, which I found at a prohibitive cost. I also liked Black Lace (well someone had to with the number of record sales...) and the many soft records released by Private Eye in their magazines, now worth quite a bit, especially Willy Rushton's 'Neasden' as I live over the river from it (the Brent that is).

Most of the music now seems to be about violence or depressing subjects and seems to reflect the state of society in general at any era. I liked Frank Skinners comedy song about terrorists last night though in The Secret Policeman's ball. It was as good as any during the last war.

Betsy

I've come late to this thread so apologies if this one has already been mentioned...just love this man........

Bernardo

You simply must listen to Tom Lehrer's work, a brilliant satirist. Don't Drink the Water (or breathe the air), I hold your hand in Mine, The Old Dope peddlar etc.