For the serious collector there are two Box Sets of Flanders & Swann material; THE COMPLETE FLANDERS & SWANN (1991) and HAT-TRICK: FLANDERS & SWANN COLLECTOR'S EDITION (2007). Between them they reissue all the material released in the vinyl era plus many private and off-air recordings. There are many CD derivates from these box sets for those who only want samplers and highlights. Unless issued by HMV or EMI they are likely to be home-made efforts by companies attempting to clean up their scratchy LPs. All the EMI CDs are derived from the original Master Tapes, and are to be recommended.
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At the Drop of a Hat (1991)
At the Drop of Another Hat (1991)
The Bestiary of Flanders & Swann (1991)
A box set of three CDs & a 36 page booklet.
For track listing see individual CDs below.
EMI CDFSB 1
Issued 14 Oct 1991
The 3 CDs combine recordings from US & UK LPs and EPs and incorporate
tracks from the LP TRIED BY THE CENTRE COURT.
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At the Drop of a Hat (1991)
(Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
1. A Transport of Delight
2. Song of Reproduction
3. The Gnu Song
4. Design for Living
5. Je Suis le Ténébreux
6. Songs for our time
i. Philological Waltz (Tonga)
ii. Satellite Moon
iii. A Happy Song
7. A Song of the Weather
8. The Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Kokoraki
12. Madeira M'Dear
13. Too Many Cookers
14. Vanessa
15. Tried by Centre Court
16. The Youth of the Heart
17. The Hippopotamus Song
EMI CDFSB 11 (CDP 7974652)
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At the Drop of Another Hat (1991)
(Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
1. The Gas-man Cometh
2. Sounding Brass
3. Los Olividados
4. In the Desert
5. Ill Wind
6. First and Second Law
7. All Gall
8. Horoscope
9. Friendly Duet
10. Bedstead Men
11. By Air
12. Slow Train
13. A Song of Patriotic Prejudice
14. Built up Area
15. In the Bath
16. Sea Fever
17. Hippo Encore
EMI CDFSB 12 (CDP 7974662)
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The Bestiary of Flanders & Swann (1991)
(Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
1. The Warthog
2. The Sea Horse
3. The Chameleon
4. The Whale (Mopy Dick)
5. The Sloth
6. The Rhinoceros
7. Twosome (Kang & Jag)
8. Dead Ducks
9. The Elephant
10. The Armadillo
11. The Spider
12. Threesome
i. Duck Billed Platypus
ii. The Humming Bird
iii. The Portuguese Man-o'-War
13. The Wild Boar
14. The Ostrich
15. The Wompom
EXTIARY
16. Twice Shy
17. Commonwealth Fair
18. P*P*B*B*D*
19. Paris
20. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Cha Cha Cha
21. The Hundred Song
22. Food for Thought
23. Bed
24. 20 Tons of TNT
25. The War of 14-18
EMI CDFSB 13 (CDP 7974672)
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At the Drop of a Hat (2007)
Hats Around the World (2007)
And Then We Wrote… & More Out Of Another Hat (2007)
Bonus disc: Hats Off (2007)
A box set of four CDs containing a 36 page booklet with track by track annotation & a 28 page illustrated lyrics booklet.
For track listing see individual CDs.
EMI 5078012 / 5099950780129
issued 5 Nov 2007
The 4 CDs combine recordings from US & UK LPs and EPs, as well as live recordings, out-takes and private tapes.
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At the Drop of a Hat (2007)
(Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
AT THE DROP OF A HAT – 1957
Recorded live at the Fortune Theatre 21 & 25 Feb 1957
Issued May 1957
1. Introduction
2. A Transport of Delight
3. Song of Reproduction
4. A Gnu
5. Design for Living
6. Je Suis le Ténébreux
7. Songs for our time:
Philological Waltz
Satellite Moon
A Happy Song
8. A Song of the Weather
9. The Reluctant Cannibal
10. Greensleeves
11. Misalliance
12. Kokoraki – A Greek Song
13. Madeira M'Dear
14. Hippopotamus
15. The Public May Leave
AT THE DROP OF A HAT – 1959
Recorded live at the Fortune Theatre 29 April – 2 May 1959
Issued Oct 1959
16. In the Bath
17. WomPom
MORE OUT OF THE HAT – 1957
UK EP Parlophone GEP 8636
Recorded live at the Fortune Theatre 29 April – 2 May 1959
Issued Oct 1959
18. Vanessa
19. The Youth of the Heart
20. Tried by the Centre Court
21. Too Many Cookers
22. Grandma
EMI 5099950780228
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Hats Around the World (2007)
(Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
Live recordings from all over the civilised world – and in America…
AT THE DROP OF A HAT
Fortune Theatre 24 March 1958 (400th performance)
1. Play-in
New Lindsey Theatre 13 Jan 1957 (2nd house)
2. The Warthog
3. Topical Song (Harold Macmillan)
4. Mopy Dick
Fortune Theatre 24 March 1958 (400th performance)
5. The Elephant
6. Hippopotamus (French Chorus)
7. Tried by the Centre Court
8. Grandma
Fortune Theatre 11 Apr 1959
8. Miranda
9. Ko Ko Ra Ki
10. Madeira M'Dear
Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, Illinois 2 Feb 1961
11. Down Below (Carter)
O'Keefe Centre, Toronto 9 March 1961
12. 100 Song
13. The Great New Gardiner Expressway
14. Good Literature (Carter)
Theâtre de la Cour St Pierre, Geneva 16 May 1961
15. Gnu
AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT
Haymarket Theatre, London 12 March 1964
16. Say Who You Are (Carter)
17. Transport of Delight
AT THE DROP OF A HAT
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide 6 Nov 1964
18. Sing a Song of Fivepence
19. Russia is Red, Dilly Dilly
20. The Great New Sydney Opera House
21. Commonwealth Fair
22. Happy Song
23. The Lord Chamberlain's Regulations:
Smoking is Permitted
The Safety Curtain
The Public May Leave
Play-Out
AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT
Globe Theatre, London 1 Dec 1965
24. Hippo Encore
EMI 5099950780327
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AND THEN WE WROTE &
MORE OUT OF ANOTHER HAT
Hat-Trick CD 3
And Then We Wrote &
More Out Of Another Hat (2007)
(Julian Orchard, Pat Lancaster, Charlotte Mitchell, Anne Rogers, Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
AND THEN WE WROTE
Recorded at BBC Paris Theatre 26 May 1974
Issued 1975
1. In the D'Oyly Cart
2. Prehistoric Complaint
3. The Album
4. There's a Hole in My Budget
5. The Seven Ages of Woman
6. Fragments:
It's a Dog's Life
Survival of the Phew
Beau Brummell
7. Pillar to Post
8. Guide to Britten
9. Excelsior
10. Rain on the Plage
11. Last of the Line
12. Rockall
13. The Lord Chamberlain's Regulations:
Smoking is Permitted
The Safety Curtain
The Public May Leave
More Out Of ANOTHER HAT
Haymarket Theatre Oct 16* & 18** 1963
14. Play-in*
15. Haymarket introduction*
16. Sloth**
17. Take Me Back to Byker* (Carter)
18. Nursery Rhymes:*
Nicky & Neddy
Currency Reform
Pop Goes the Weasel
19. Ostrich*
20. Bring Back the Birch**
21. Armadillo**
EMI 5099950780426
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Flanders & Swann Bonus Disc: Hats Off (2007)
(Tom Madden, Michael Shepherd, Charlotte Mitchell, Shirley Hall, Gervase de Peyer, Harold Goodwin, John Schlesinger, Rose Hill, Max Adrian, Denis Quilley, Peter Reeves, Charles Ross, Bernard Hunter, Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
Private recordings, try-outs & commissions
FIRST RECORDINGS
Michael Flanders at Oxford (1941)
1. For The Forces
Donald Swann at Oxford (1946)
2. Je Suis le Ténébreux
REQUEST THE PLEASURE (1950)
3. Prehistoric Complaint
4. Surly Girls
5. Strike
PRIVATE VIEW (1950)
6. Private View
7. The Valley
8. Survival Of The Phew
9. Pillar To Post
VOICES IN THE AIR (1951)
10. I Couldn't Care Less
11. Trunk Call
12. A Word on My Ear
13. Ballad Of The Rich
AIRS ON A SHOESTRING (1953)
14. Airs on a Shoestring
15. Guide to Britten
16. Brave New Wordling
17. The Man From Aix-Les-Bains
FRESH AIRS (1955)
18. Overture: More Strings to Our Bow
19. Miss Fraser's Dresses
20. Bi-Party Line
21. Rain on the Plage
22. Interim Report
23. Capital Charge
Bottom Five
24. You (aka Satellite Moon)
25. Anyone Will Do
26. Death Wish
27. Jaguar (Car version)
28. The 100 Song
29. Vendor Librorum Floreat (1961)
EMI 5099950780525
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Stefan Bednarczyk in An Evening of Flanders & Swann (1999)
Recorded live at the Jermyn St. Theatre, 5/6 February 1999.
1. Sea Fever
2. A Transport of Delight
3. Capital Charge
4. The Gas-Man Cometh
5. In the Bath
6. Misalliance
7. Guide to Britten
8. The Sloth
9. Pillar to Post
10. Programme Note No.3 (The Interval)
11. I Loved You Once
12. a. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Cha Cha Cha
b. Tonga
c. I Want to Love Somebody
d. Rockall
13. Joyful Noise
14. The Armadillo
15. The Youth of the Heart
16. The Elephant
17. Slow Train
18. The Wom Pom
Dress Circle Records SMBCD01
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At the Drop of a Hippopotamus (2004)
Recorded live at Malvern Theatres
Tim FitzHigham & Duncan Walsh-Atkins
1. Song of Patriotic Prejudice
2. The Gnu
3. The Gasman Cometh
4. Afterwords
5. The Ostrich
6. Philological Waltz
7. Madeira M'Dear
8. Ill Wind
9. Happy Song
10. The Warthog
11. Omnibus (Transport of Delight)
12. The Hippopotamus
Infinitenumberofmonkeys INOMCD1
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The Best of Flanders & Swann – A Transport of Delight (1994)
(Michael Flanders & Donald Swann)
1. Act One: Introduction
2. A Transport of Delight
3. Song of Reproduction
4. The Gnu Song
5. Songs for our Time
i. Philological Waltz (Tonga)
ii. Satellite Moon
iii. A Happy Song
6. A Song of the Weather
7. Greensleeves
8. Misalliance
9. Madeira M'Dear
10. The Hippopotamus Song
11. Act Two: Introduction
12. All Gall
13. Horoscope
14. The Gas-Man Cometh
15. Sounding Brass
16. Ill Wind
17. First & Second Law
18. By Air
19. A Song of Patriotic Prejudic
20. Hippo Encore
21. Encore: Wom Pom
EMI Stereo 8 29399 2 – 1994
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THE FLANDERS & SWANN COLLECTION (1999)
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
1. A Transport of Delight
2. Song of Reproduction
3. The Gnu Song
4. Design for Living
5. Songs for our Time
i. Philological Waltz (Tonga)
ii. Satellite Moon
iii. A Happy Song
6. A Song of the Weather
7. The Reluctant Cannibal
8. Greensleeves
9. The Hippopotamus Song
10. The Gas-Man Cometh
11. Sounding Brass
12. In the Desert
13. Ill Wind
14. First & Second Law
15. All Gall
16. Horoscope
17. Friendly Duet
18. Bedstead Men
HMV EASY 5 22237 2 – 1999
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A Drop of Hilarity from Flanders & Swann (2000)
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
1. A Transport of Delight
2. Song of Reproduction
3. The Gnu Song
4. Design for Living
5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux
6. Songs for our Time
i. Philological Waltz (Tonga)
ii. Satellite Moon
iii. A Happy Song
7. A Song of the Weather
8. The Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Madeira M'dear
12. The Hippopotamus Song
EMI COMEDY 7243 5 28596 2 7
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Amiscellany (1992)
Vocals: John Amis & Donald Swann. Piano Donald Swann
Track 20. Joseph Wonders (Flanders & Swann)
Track 21. Bilbo's Last Song (Tolkien & Swann)
Nimbus Records NI 5342
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The Best of Ian Wallace: nothing quite like it (1994)
Vocals: Ian Wallace.
Piano: Various
Track 2. Transport of Delight
Track 3. The Gay Gondolier
Track 4. The Income Tax Collector
Track 5. Down Below (Sydney Carter & Donald Swann)
Track 15. The Hippopotamus
Track 16. The Rhinoceros
Track 17. The Warthog
Track 18. The Elephant Song
EMI 7243 8 28370 2 2
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Mud Glorious Mud (1997)
Vocals: Ian Wallace. Piano: unattributed
Track 6. The Elephant Song
Track 8. Margate 1940 (Betjeman & Swann)
Track 15. The Armadillo
Track 18. Ill Wind
Track 20. The Hippopotamus
Hallmark 306732
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The Very Best of English Song (2003)
CD 1
Track 31. Popular Song (FACADE No. 19 - Sitwell & Walton)
Michael Flanders (Reciter)
Members of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Conductor. Neville Marriner
CD 2
Vocals: Ian Wallace
Piano: Donald Swann
Track 23. Down Below (Sydney Carter & Donald Swann)
Track 24. Transport of Delight
Track 25. The Warthog
Vocals & Piano: Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Track 26. The Hippopotamus
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Mud! Glorious Mud! (2007)
The Best of Flanders & Swann, with Ian Wallace
Reissue of AT THE DROP OF A HAT LP (1957
plus tracks from MORE OUT OF THE HAT EP (1957)
and WALLACE's PRIVATE ZOO EP (1956)
1. A Transport of Delight
2. Song of Reproduction
3. A Gnu
4. Design for Living
5. Je Suis le Ténébreux
6. Songs for our time:
Philological Waltz
Satellite Moon
A Happy Song
7. A Song of the Weather
8. The Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Kokoraki – A Greek Song
12. Madeira M'Dear
13. Hippopotamus
The Public May Leave
14. Vanessa
15. Too Many Cookers
16. The Hippopotamus Song (with Ian Wallace)
17. The Rhinoceros Song
18. The Warthog
19. The Elephant Song
FORUM FRD 6127
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Was My Brother in the Battle? – Songs of War (2008)
Baritone: Stephen Swanson. Piano: David Gompper
Track: The Ostrich
ALBANY RECORDS TROY 1056
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