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Transport of Delight: The Best of Flanders & Swann
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Track Listing
- Act 1/Introduction
- Transport Of Delight
- Song Of Reproduction
- Gnu Song
- Songs For Our Time Philological Waltz Satelite Moon Happy
- Song Of The Weather
- Greensleeves
- Misalliance
- Madeira M'dear
- Hippopotamus Song
- Act 2/Introduction
- All Gall
- Horoscope
- Gas Man Cometh
- Sounding Brass
- Ill Wind
- First And Second Law
- By Air
- Song Of Patriotic Prejudice
- Hippo Encore
- Encore
- Wompon
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #812 in Music
- Released on: 1994-08-15
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
- Running time: 77 minutes
Customer Reviews
Delightful indeed.
This recording comprises 19 selections (plus two intros) taken from the three CDs available as a boxed set. Nine of Hat's 17 selections, nine of Another Hat's 17, and only one of Bestiary's 25. (Several of the omitted items from the two Hat albums include spoken pieces by Flanders, and pieces played and sung by Swann alone.) Purchasing this album will get you the most good F&S for your money, particularly if you have a special interest in just one of the selections -- every hornist aware of its existence wants his/her own copy of "Ill Wind." But if you want a gem like "Los Olivados" you must still buy the set. Many of the omitted selections are quite good, and EMI would have done better to have simply offered Another Hat for sale separately. EMI has also failed us on a second count. As with the three complete albums, the tracks on this CD are separated so that Michael's prefatory remarks for a song appear at the end of the prior track, rather than at the beginning of the track to which they pertain, so one is unable to program a meaningful selection of tracks to be played, or to simply call up "Ill Wind" or "Song of Patriotic Prejudice" and hear the entire "bit" without pressing the fast-reverse button.
Nostalgia at its best
I only bought this album for a couple of tracks, but, having played it all I love it all!!!
The quality of some of the tracks hints at the age of the recordings, but what can you expect?
A brilliant album!
Dated, but that's part of the fun
A reasonably-priced compilation featuring all their best; I purchased it for:
Madeira M'dear
The Gnu
The gas man cometh
The Hippopotamus
Patriotic Prejudice
There are some other gems on there, but the interspersed bits of stand-up are quickly tiring, and the subject matter of much of the satire has become obscure.
