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Love that pyramid chord after the vocal. no-one could play those like Ray Noble, and the final chorus is brilliant. What an ensemble!

Having just made that comment about the recording quality of these old Monseigneur tracks, I've got to say that the transfer quality here is probably the best I've heard. I have quite a few of these old Roy Fox 78s myself, so I know the pressings are like old Tarmac. How did you do it, Klaus?

Drop- dead gorgeous! I feel like I've just eaten a large box of very expensive chocolates, except that chocolate doesn't work on such a spiritual level

A few months ago at work, I trotted this phrase out as a throwaway to someone. Since then, several times a day at least, you'll hear someone, somewhere in the building squeaking "Yr wasting yr tyme!" Wish I'd never started it!

first time I saw this I literally wept with laughter. Its wonderfully observed

That "Goodbye" music brings a lump of forgotten innocence to my throat- what is it? it sounds a bit like the Listen with Mother theme, which was by Faure- anyone know?

Even as a 3 year old, there was something slightly irritating about Andy Pandy- perhaps it was the womans shrill BBC voice, that they were always so well behaved, or that you never got to see what went on in the basket. And Looby Loo was a bit of a wet blanket- a bit like an older sister that too...

She's a good vocalist- definitely not Helen Forrest, more languid and nicer phrasing. interesting to hear one of the earlier Shaws for a change, and an interesting comparison to the Ray Noble version, which had the distinct advantage of having Al Bowlly as the singer

This could never have been made in America with the prevalent attitudes of the time. For A British musical its amazingly ambitious, and wonderful to be able to actually see Alberta Hunter on film. She was in this country for most of 1934, also headlining with Jack Jacksons orchestra at the Dorche...

@mojoman4147 So its one of his later ones. That s fascinating. Thanks for shaing that

@mymusicdaze You have so many wonderful things to discover- I "found" Al over 30 years ago, and am still discovering him bit by bit. He does draw you in, doesnt he? especially in something as hypnotic and ethereal as this. Anything by Ray Noble (before 1937) and anything by Lew Stone & his Monsei...

@emmalemmadiification Lucky you! He's such fun- have you checked out "N or NW" yet? To me its a very cute and stylish film, and shows that he could work just as innovatively with live action, too, and heavily influenced by Man Ray. You say he's inspirational- thats exactly the right word for him!...

In my school libraray was a wonderful 2- volume book on fighting ships, (not Janes)published sometime in the late 30s. I wish I could find out what it was, and how to find a copy. In it was a colour plate of a painting of Hood. Part of the caption read "due for replacement in 1941" How prophetic.

When Nicholas Van Hoogstraten wanted to become a Brighton gangster, he must have modelled himself on Colleoni

For the muso's present, the 2 musical influences here are 1)- the vamp which runs throughout is from Duke Ellingtons "The Gal from Joes" and the horn riffs are from Count Basies "Ev'ry Tub", both from 1938

It is a truely brilliant film, but heres so much in the book that was far too graphic for the screen version. All these episodes had their own macabre names "The dead helmsman", "The burnt man", "The skeletons" and grimmest of all "The burning tanker" Truely harrowing reading. Get it if you can. ...

Those recording engineers at Abbey Road certainly knew what they were doing, nearly 80 years ago.

Apparently, since its release in 1932 this recording has never been out of print. Its easy to understand why.

I was introduced to this glorious performance by a cultured girlfriend one romantic winters afternoon many years ago, and it is for her perfect taste and timing that I am entirely gratef...

Got to say, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Walton fan, but this doesnt seem to work. Perfect for Kenneth More striding down Whitehall after sinking the Bismark, but not in this Teutonic setting. Walton himself admitted it was a rehash of Orb and Sceptre, though that should in no way detract from "Battle ...

Witness the birth of a legend

First time I've heard this, the original rendition, and Sir Ted takes it at a fair old clip- he must knock almost a couple of minutes off the famous Adrian Boult 1944 version which Im used to- I kept waiting for the huge musical detonations and crescendos, and instead they are almost glossed over...

@BlazingFerret I couldnt agree more- I was just throwing out a number to see if anyone could rationalise it.

Maybe it would work in a Die Hard movie, but real life has a way of defying the script, no matter how many re-writes you give it

@lcspies Its true- they (CT's) nearly always edit out the first part of the collapse in their postings, as it doesn't fit the "theory". It wasnt a symmetrical fall at all, it was an E-W chain reaction caused by the catastrophic failiure of the floors below the E penthouse depriving the main suppo...

It IS beautiful. But I'm another of the "Listen with Mother"-ers. When your formative years were spent hearing this daily at a lullaby tempo, with all its associations of absolute childhood security and innocence, it sort of gets into your DNA. What long roads we've all travelled since that time.

@zarathustra2k1 I am certainly NOT calling anyone from FDNY a liar. All I know is, when I watch this, all I get are sound pauses at the alleged peaks. I can hear the rest just fine, so I'm not deaf. I have a degree, so I guess I'm not that stupid, and I don't know what a shill is. I do know that ...

That really was worth watching! A great, witty song performed by an unforgivably forgotten talent. Am now tracking down anything I can find on Frances Day. Ive had a 30's fixation since I was about 16, and can't believe how Ive managed to miss her all this time, but what a strange, deeply unsett...

The 2 top British sex symbols of the time on the same record. If only it had been filmed. Totally enchanting antidote to the present day

Oh this is brilliant- this lady is seriously overdue a re-evaluation. Theres very few women who can still come over as sexy 80- odd years later. Ga-raand!

This is the BBC Home Service- Does anyone know when this was recorded?

God- the moment the Listen With Mother theme started, it was like plunging through a 50 year old door into a land of lost content. The lunchtime of a 3 or 4 year old. Bright, spring afternoons spent in Hove Park, Mum close at hand, and a world of absolute security. Guess thats whats called nostal...

Pre- CGI innocence- silver painted washing up liquid bottles wobbling across grainy back projection. Then a Vesta beef curry washed down with a pint of Watneys. Who said the 70s were our cultural nadir?

Didn't she go on to become Rebecca Brooks?

Oh yes! Sue Stranks- the perfect antidote to Valerie Singleton. Jenny Handley was every bit as hot, too! Posh Tottie.

Who was "Archie!"?