Flanders & Swann – EPs

A GNU/MISALLIANCE

A Gnu/Misalliance (c1957)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Parlophone 4354

1. A Gnu
2. Misalliance

MORE OUT OF THE HAT

More Out of the Hat (1957)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Parlophone GEP 8636
Studio Recording 12 July 1957; issued Oct 1957

1. The Youth of the Heart
2. Too Many Cookers
3. Vanessa
4. Tried by the Centre Court

Excerpts from
AT THE DROP OF A HAT

Excerpts from At the Drop of a Hat (1959)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Parlophone GEP 8725
Issued Feb 1959
4 songs from the LP of same name

1. The Gnu Song
2. A Transport of Delight
3. Song of Reproduction
4. The Hippopotamus Song

More excerpts from
AT THE DROP OF A HAT

More excerpts from At the Drop of a Hat (1959)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Parlophone GEP 8769
Issued Nov 1959
4 songs from the LP of same name

1. A Song of the Weather
2. Design For Living
3. Kokoraki
4. Madeira M'Dear

Two excerpts from
AT THE DROP OF A HAT

Two excerpts from At the Drop of a Hat (1959)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Songs from the Angel LP for radio airplay
Angel Records PRO 1026; issued October 1959

1. Song of Reproduction
2. Gnu

Favourites from
AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT

Favourites from At the Drop of Another Hat (1964)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Parlophone GEP 8912
Issued June 1964

4 songs from At the Drop of Another Hat LP.

1. The Gasman Cometh
2. Ill Wind
3. All Gall
4. A Song of Patriotic Prejudice

MORE OUT OF THE NEW HAT

More out of the New Hat (1964)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Parlophone GEP 8900
Recorded 18 Oct 1963 (songs not on Another Hat LP)
Issued April 1964

1. Built Up Area
2. In the Bath
3. Sea Fever

 

A TRIP TO BATH

A Trip to Bath (1958)

Words from Moncrieff's Comic Songs (c.1840)
Composed by Donald Swann and sung by Michael Flanders
Used by the Lanchester Marionette Theatre at The Pump Room, Bath
5-7 June 1958 (copy not yet traced)

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY/
THE STORKE CAROL

The Little Drummer Boy/The Storke Carol (1959)

Michael Flanders with Donald Swann
& the Michael Sammes Singers
Recorded 26 Jan 1959
EMI Studios. George Martin. Parlophone GEP 4528
Advance copy only, recoupled prior to issue (see next entry)

The Little Drummer Boy
The Storke Carol

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY/
THE YOUTH OF THE HEART

The Little Drummer Boy/The Youth of the Heart (1959)

Michael Flanders with Donald Swann
& the Michael Sammes Singers
Recorded 26 Jan 1959
Issued Feb 1959 – Parlophone GEP 4528 (also on 78 – Parlophone R4528)

'Little Drummer Boy' recorded 26 Jan 1959
'The Youth of the Heart' from More Excerpts from
AT THE DROP OF A HAT EP (1959)

The Little Drummer Boy
The Youth of the Heart

VENDOR LIBRORUM FLOREAT

Vendor Librorum Floreat (1960)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Recorded Gotham Studio NY 27th April 1960
'A Musical Tribute to the American Bookseller'

Vendor Librorum Floreat

THE BESTIARY OF FLANDERS & SWANN

The Bestiary of Flanders & Swann (1962)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Parlophone GEP 8779
4 songs from the LP of same name: Issued Nov 1962

1. The Warthog
2. The Spider
3. The Rhinoceros
4. The Armadillo

THE WAR OF 14-18/
TWENTY TONS OF TNT

The War of 14-18/Twenty Tons of TNT (1967)

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Orchestra conducted by Arthur Harris
Recorded 6 Feb 1967 Capitol Studios, NY
Released 10 April 1967. Capitol Records 5884

The War of 14-18
Twenty Tons of TNT

Flanders & Swann EPs with Other Artists

WALLACE'S PRIVATE ZOO

Wallace's Private Zoo (1956)

Ian Wallace & Donald Swann (piano)
EMI GEP 8581
Issued Oct. 1956

1. The Hippopotamus Song
2. The Rhinocerous Song
3. The Wart Hog
4. The Elephant Song

THE WALLACE COLLECTION
(OF HUMAN PORTRAITS)

The Wallace Collection (1957)

Ian Wallace & Donald Swann (piano)
EMI GEP 8642
Recorded 16 July 1957

1. Transport of Delight
2. The Gay Gondolier
3. The Income Tax Collector
4. Down Below (Carter)

WALLACE IN WONDERLAND

Wallace in Wonderland (1963)

Ian Wallace with orchestral accompaniment
Decca DFE 8517

The Wild Boar