The Bricklayer: 17 Comedy Classics
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Label: Alto
Cat No: ALN1929
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 7th November 2011
About
1. Goodness Gracious Me (Lee/Kretzmer)
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren / Orchestra conducted Ron Goodwin
Rec.1960
2. The Bricklayer (Hoffnung)
Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union
Rec.1958
3. The Blood Donor – Excerpt (Galton & Simpson)
Tony Hancock with Patrick Cargill
Rec.1961
4. Hand Up Your Sticks (Cook) (From “One over the Eight”)
Kenneth Williams and Lance Percival
Rec.1961
5. The Ballad Of Bethnal Green (Roberts) Paddy Roberts
Rec.1959
6. The Critics (Goodwin/Schreiner)
Peter Sellers and Irene Handl
Rec.1959
7. French Widows (Hoffnung)
Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union
8. Shadows On The Grass (Handl)
Peter Sellers and Irene Handl
9. Aftermyth Of War (from ‘Beyond The Fringe’)
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller & Dudley Moore
Rec.1961
10. Not An Asp (Cook) (from “Pieces of Eight”)
Kenneth Williams and Peter Brett
Rec.1959
11. Bangers And Mash (Lee/Kretzmer)
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren / Orchestra conducted Ron Goodwin
Rec.1960
12. Madeira M’Dear (Swann/Flanders)
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Rec.1959
13. Bus Drivers’ School (Newhart)
Bob Newhart
Rec.1960
14. Department Store (Berman)
Shelley Berman
Rec.1959
15. The Elements (Lehrer)
Tom Lehrer
Rec.1959
16. Misalliance (Swann/Flanders)
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Rec.1957
17. The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz (Lehrer)
Tom Lehrer
Rec.1953
‘Gerard Hoffnung was a true original, in his brief 34 years he negotiated careers as a schoolmaster, cartoonist, music festival organizer, exhibited painter and tuba player, produced five best-selling books of humorous drawings about music and become an accomplished raconteur and broadcaster. We sample a brace of his immortals in The Bricklayer and French Widows, both from his speech to the Oxford Union.' - J Tracy
Time: 78mins
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