Track Listing

1. Welcome / The Music’s Message
2. Mrs. Mendlicote
3. The Understanding Mother
4. Three Brothers
5. Palais Dancers
6. Ordinary Morning - Joyce & Irving Davies
7. Shirley’s Girlfriend
8. Folk Song
9. Songs My Mother Taught Me: Hand Me Down My Bonnet / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Since Bacon Has Gone Up / All Night / Sit Down, Sister
10. Hostess / Farewell
11. Du Maurier (Bonus Track)
12. The End Of The News (Bonus Track)
13. Maud (Bonus Track)
14. I Don’t ’Arf Love You - Joyce & Norman Wisdom (Bonus Track)
15. Narcissus - Joyce & Norman Wisdom (Bonus Track)
16. I’m Going To See You Today (Bonus Track)
17. Drifting (Bonus Track)
18. Wind Round My Heart - Beatrice Lillie (Bonus Track)
19. Honey Ma’ Love - Beatrice Lillie (Bonus Track)
20. Clop Clip Clop - Beatrice Lillie (Bonus Track)
21. Lady Windermere’s Fan - Beatrice Lillie (Bonus Track)
22. The Yodelling Goldfish - Beatrice Lillie (Bonus Track)
23. Oh, For A Night In The Ballroom - Beatrice Lillie (Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117215 in Music
• Released on: 2005-03-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

Interesting period piece
If you are looking for Joyce Grenfell's trademark monologues of mimicry, this is not the CD for you, though there are one or two items of this type. It is a remastered recording of an early show, where the emphasis is on the music. The sound quality is extremely high, and we often forget what a beautiful singing voice she had. Some of the items are entirely serious, like her songs from the American South; where there is a comic element, at this distance in time we often can't see the point.

There are several bonus tracks added, mostly by Beatrice Lilley. So if you are interested in the period, this is an important item for your collection; but for vintage Grenfell you should look elsewhere.