Various - "Oh! It's A Lovely War" : Songs And Sketches Of The Great War 1914-18 (Vol 2) (2xCD) (Mint (M))

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Brand New Sealed Stock. notes: product Code: CD41-003 updated 020324
 

Notes:

jewel case with 8pp booklet. Total durations: 75:04 & 73:57. Track durations from the discs. Made in the UK.

Full credit for 1-2 is: ‘Mr Arthur Boyton’ (Jack Charman). [this will be [a732762
For 1-6: ‘Mr W Thorpe’ (Robert Howe). [this will be [a4735215
& for 2-21: ‘Archie Munroe’ (Harry Cove). [[a3676157

Other credits that give additional information:
1-10: Billy Whitlock and Company.
1-13: Kirkby & Cove, Duet. 
1-14: William Thomas, Tenor with Orchestra.
1-15: Orpheus Quartette, with Orchestral accompaniment. 
1-25: Mr Wilfred Shepherd, baritone with Organ accompaniment.
2-1: Billy Williams, comedian with Orchestral accompaniment.
2-4: Maggie Teyte, soprano with Orchestra.
2-10: Jay Laurier, Comic Song.
2-16: Alfred Lester, from ‘Round the Map’ Review.
2-18: An Air Raid. Descriptive sketch, ‘somewhere on the south coast’.
2-20: Harry Marlow, baritone with Orchestra.
2-23: Jay Laurier, Comic Song.
2-24: Frank Miller, baritone.

corrections:
2-13: is credited: Mr Stanley Kirkby. Composer: Howard. Scala Records 791. 
But the song is known to have been composed by [a1928364 and [a5638566.
2-17: is credited: The Cossack Band. Composer: Bliss. Winner 2760-1460.
But the composer credit is incorrect as Sir Arthur Bliss's incidental music to the film ‘War In The Air’ was written in the 1950's. 

. Disc One: With Our Boys At The Front
1-1. "The Boys Of The Old Brigade" Ensemble - The Boys Of The Old Brigade 4:26
1-2. Mr Arthur Boyton - Are We Downhearted? 2:36
1-3. Jack Charman - Mademoiselle From Armentieres 2:55
1-4. Florrie Forde - Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty 2:32
1-5. Kate Moore (7) - Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy 3:16
1-6. Mr W Thorpe - Soldiers Of The King 3:05
1-7. Robert Carr (2) - The Old Contemptibles 3:00
1-8. Harrison Latimer - Bravo! Territorials 2:50
1-9. Royal Court Orchestra - Our Whistling Tommies 2:47
1-10. Billy Whitlock - Tommy In The Trenches 2:45
1-11. John McCormack (2) - There's A Long, Long Trail A-Winding 3:12
1-12. Peter Dawson - Little Grey Home In The West 2:32
1-13. Kirkby & Cove - When You're A Long Way From Home 3:12
1-14. William Thomas (3) - The Rose Of No-Man's Land 3:08
1-15. The Orpheus Quartette - Just Before The Battle, Mother 2:55
1-16. “The Big Push (Descriptive Sketch)” Ensemble - The Big Push (Descriptive Sketch) 3:37
1-17. “British Troops In Action (Descriptive Sketch)” Ensemble - British Troops In Action (Pt 1) (Descriptive Sketch) 3:09
1-18. “British Troops In Action (Descriptive Sketch)” Ensemble - British Troops In Action (Pt 2) (Descriptive Sketch) 2:55
1-19. Stanley Kirkby - We Didn’t Want To Fight, But By Jingo - Now We Do 3:02
1-20. Fanning & Fortune - The Tanks That Broke The Ranks 2:39
1-21. Stanley Kirkby - When We’ve Wound Up The Watch On The Rhine 3:03
1-22. Band Of H.M. 1st Life Guards - Colonel Bogey March 2:56
1-23. The Band Of The Irish Guards - Regimental Marches (Pt 1) 2:42
1-24. The Band Of The Irish Guards - Regimental Marches (Pt 2) 2:47
1-25. Wilfred Shepherd - Abide With Me 3:06
. Disc Two: Till The Boys Come Home
2-1. Billy Williams (9) - Since Father Joined The Territorials 3:22
2-2. Robert Carr (2) - We Must All Fall In 2:59
2-3. Harry Macdonough - Goodbye Dolly Gray 2:59
2-4. Maggie Teyte - The Homes They Leave Behind 2:46
2-5. Mark Sheridan (2) - Belgium Put The Khibosh On The Kaiser 2:50
2-6. Violet Loraine - Three Cheers For Little Belgium 3:07
2-7. Whitlock And Penrose - Special Constable Smith Pt 1 3:20
2-8. Whitlock And Penrose - Special Constable Smith Pt 2 2:59
2-9. Jack Charman - Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers 2:37
2-10. Jay Laurier - I Saw Six Short Soldiers 3:13
2-11. Ella Retford - Mary Told The Story To The Soldier 2:31
2-12. Ella Retford - They All Look Alike In Khaki 2:53
2-13. Stanley Kirkby - Somewhere In France, Dear Mother 3:07
2-14. Robert Carr (2) - Laddie In Khaki 3:06
2-15. Stanley Kirkby - Till The Boys Come Home 2:54
2-16. Alfred Lester - A Conscientious Objector 3:02
2-17. The Cossack Band - War In The Air 2:43
2-18. “An Air Raid (Descriptive Sketch)” Ensemble - An Air Raid (Descriptive Sketch) 3:00
2-19. Billy Whitlock - The Kaiser In A Zeppelin 3:05
2-20. Harry Marlow - When Tommy Comes Marching Home 3:06
2-21. Archie Munroe - Marching Back To Blighty 2:57
2-22. “Blighty Leave (Descriptive Sketch)” Ensemble - Blighty Leave (Descriptive Sketch) 2:11
2-23. Jay Laurier - Our Heroic Family 3:02
2-24. Frank Miller (12) - Stony Broke In No-Man’s Land 3:10
2-25. London Regimental Band - Rule Britannia / God Save The King 2:52

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 5 019148 630975
Matrix / Runout CD-003/1 01 6 MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
Matrix / Runout CD-003/2 01 6 MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
Mastering SID Code IFPI L136
Mould SID Code IFPI 04E4
Mould SID Code IFPI 04H2

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