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Gracie Fields - Gracie Fields: Sing As We Go, Vol. 1
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Gracie Fields - Gracie Fields: Sing As We Go, Vol. 1

Facts

Artist(s)Gracie Fields
StudioNaxos
Release DateOctober 17, 2000
UPC Code636943250327
 

Tracks

  1. Sing As We Go
  2. The Biggest Aspidistra In The World
  3. Rochdale Hounds
  4. What's The Good Of A Birhtday? (The Birthday Song)
  5. In A Little Lancashire Town
  6. She Fought Like A Tiger For 'Er 'Onour
  7. One Of The Little Orphans Of The Storm
  8. Little Pudden Basin
  9. Walter, Walter
  10. The Trek Song
  11. I Took My Harp To A Party
  12. He Forgot To Come Back
  13. Home
  14. I Never Cried So Much In All My Life
  15. A Nice Cup Of Tea
  16. Will You Love Me When I'm Mutton?
  17. Look To The Left And Look To The Right
  18. Clogs And Shawl

User Reviews

Average user review: 5.0 (1 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteA joy foreverQuote
Naxos has begun a most welcome new series called "Nostalgia Naxos," the first two of which entries I have heard and love! Both have great similarities and both exhibit the triumph of style over vocal abilities.

<"Sing As We Go": Gracie Fields, Vol. 1> (8.120503) gives us 18 examples of the English musical hall/film star that was idolized by millions, mostly in her own country. Recorded between 1932 and 1940, these selections are perfect examples of not only English Musical Hall fare but the inimitable way in which Fields "put over" such crowd-pleasers as "She Fought Like a Tiger for 'Er Honour," " I Took My Harp to a Party," "Will You Love Me When I'm Mutton," and the one your heard in the film "The Dresser", "A Nice Cup of Tea." Her enthusiasm is infectious, her delivery delightful, and this Naxos offering a winner.

Although this is the webpage for Gracie, I must mention the second CD. <"A Gay Caballero": Frank Crumit> (8.120502) features a personality much known and loved on old-time radio. His songs are the American equivalents of those Fields popularized--most written by Crumit himself ("A Gay Caballero," "I Married the Bootlegger's Daughter") or with co-workers ("Donald the Dub," "The Song of the Prune") some traditional ("Bohunkus"), some by other composers ("I'm a Specialist," "Plink!Plunk!"). His style is more laid back than Fields' and offers an interesting contrast. I think I have caught quite a few pre-echoes of Cole Porter.

By the way, his extremely funny monologue "No News" comes from the same source as the popular French song "Tout va tres bien." In fact, that cut alone is worth the low price of this CD. But by all means, purchase this and the Gracie Fields too. November 28, 2000

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