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At The Drop Of A Hat

Flanders & Swann Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 A Transport Of Delight
2 Song Of Reproduction
3 A Gnu
4 Design For Living
5 Je Suis Le Tenebreux
6 Songs For Our Time (Philological Waltz; Satellight 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

Product description

The musical revue At The Drop Of A Hat opened at the New Lindsey Theatre on New Year s Eve, 1956. The show proved an instant success and was subsequently transferred to the Fortune Theatre in the West End a little over three weeks later. The show would go on to run for 808 performances before switching to New York and the Golden Theater, where it managed a further 215 performances. Eventually, the show would be performed some 1,700 times between the launch in 1956 and 1967. The album, which features many of the highlights of the show, hit the Top Ten on the UK album charts.

Product details

  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.4 x 12.7 x 0.99 cm; 79.95 g
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Hallmark
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 15709509
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Hallmark
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004SBIMRU
  • Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Netherlands
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 145 ratings

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Top reviews from United Kingdom

  • IMS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2024
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    This is Flanders and Swan at their best. What more can I say? It brought back wonderful memories.
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  • K M
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great service
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2023
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    Prompt service and delivery, a great choice of rare recordings
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  • Len Rushton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Where are you when we need you
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2013
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    Ah Flanders & Swann!

    How I love to re-discover them to save me from tedium.

    Not forced, but just an insouciant release of their proverbial headgear. What can we say except, oh where are they now, when our need is greater than ever. I have loved this stuff from early childhood and it has to be said, that period in my life is far from adjacent now.

    The Hippopotamus (three 'p's, two 'o's, an 'h', an 'i', a 't' and an 'amus') brought tears to my eyes, although the audience might have joined in with more gusto, even after paying a shilling for the programme.

    Precious laughter for ours and future generations who might appreciate intelligence and wit.
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  • Janet C
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lighthearted songs
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2024
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    Very nostalgic, love the CD
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  • Mrs. Rp Meinke
    5.0 out of 5 stars At the Drop of a Hat
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2011
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    At the Drop of a Hat ; CD Hallmark Music and Entertainment
    This is sheer joy! I came to know these men in my childhood via the Radio, and then forgot - except of course for the Hippopotamus Song, which I sang to my children.
    I was thrilled to find them again on CD. Such wit and beautifully-crafted words brought instant happiness. Every word counts and fits perfectly. The observations on life are brilliant, and life doesn't change much in essence. There should br a revival of popularity for this pair!
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  • Mr. A. Marsden
    5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome reminders from the past
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2012
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    I used to have the origional 75 records of F & W's collaborations but over time they went the way olf all flesh. Until I was present at a Probus Dinner when two of the guests combined to resurrect some of their past favourites. This stimulated me to immediately get on to ÍøÆغÚÁÏ and buy the two I PARTICULARLY WANTED - tHIS ONE AND "THE bEST OF F & W". from the latter , don't miss " a SONG OF PATRIOTIC PREJUDICE . It is a howl!!.
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  • UWAS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2020
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    This is a CD version of the original Parlophone pre-recorded tape, which isn't quite the same as the later performance originally on vinyl and transferred to the CD in the three-disc boxed set. I happen to prefer this version (which I remember from childhood) and thoroughly enjoyed having it available again.
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  • Daisy May
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic CD which is still hilarious
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2021
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    I have clung onto 2 cassettes of this performers who are no more. So many of their pieces are well known classics such as The Gas Man Cometh. So pleased to find a CD
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  • darrell worsfold
    5.0 out of 5 stars There's No Place Like Home Sweet Home
    Reviewed in Canada on 24 September 2021
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    I was maybe five or six when I first heard Flanders and Swann's At The Drop of a Hat, and always loved it immensely. I come from English stock and was able to appreciate the English brand of humor. Years later, I bought the complete Flanders and Swann which did not contain the original Fortune Recording from 1960, but rather an uninspired sounding remake with Vanessa and The Center Court. It did not contain The Public May Leave. I was very disappointed. I was so delighted when I received this cd and found it to be The Original Fortune recording as I had listened to as a kid. The Public May Leave is there on The Hippopotamus Song Track. This was George Martin before we ever heard of The Beatles. All the fun, charm and wit is here once again. Very much like years later when I heard Tom Lehrer's albums. Thanks! Just what I had hoped for. Folks. If you're looking for the original At The Drop of a Hat recorded at The Fortune in 1960, this is the one
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  • J. Ware
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!
    Reviewed in the United States on 11 October 2011
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    This recording is hilarious!

    The British accents require some effort to understand, and there are a few truly obscure references, but overall the show is still quite amusing for American audiences.

    I think that the program is very similar to the circa 1960 LP album, which did not have the encore, however.

    Regrettably, the liner notes from the original LP album are missing, although the cover shot was preserved.

    NOTE:
    The performance includes 13 listed songs, plus an encore, and is presented all as one long cut, so if you want to listen to any particular song you will need to skip to time points which you have derived, manually -- the individual song timings are not shown on the jacket.
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  • Scott Bain
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in Canada on 16 February 2021
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    As good as the original
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  • john s.
    5.0 out of 5 stars so you may have to study a bit of history to enjoy it. At least one of the songs on ...
    Reviewed in the United States on 8 July 2014
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    This is an album of comedy songs recorded live in England decades ago. I first heard it in the late sixties, and have wanted a copy ever since. Now I have it! It is reminiscent of the type of music created by Tom Leherer in the same era, though not nearly as political. The humor is subtle and timely for that era, so you may have to study a bit of history to enjoy it.

    At least one of the songs on this album was performed by an American folk group in the early sixties.
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  • Sheena Jarvis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great comedy
    Reviewed in Canada on 10 November 2019
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    Cute, gentle comedy that ages so well. These men were genius.
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