Talk:Flanders and Swann
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[edit] British Motorway
I removed the following: "The British Motorway" — written and performed in 1959 to celebrate the partial opening of the M1, Britain's first motorway. The title was also the entire text of the song, after which Flanders said apologetically "Of course, it isn't very long yet". I can find no reference for this (a Google search of +"Flanders and Swann" +"British Motorway" returns no hits. --RobertG ♬ talk 09:00, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
- I actually saw them make this little joke at the Fortune Theatre in 1959, but I have to agree it's unverifiable.
El Ingles 16:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Surviving Film Recording
I have moved my contribution here because as afr as I knoe ther are no published sources for this. The statement comes from my own knowledge of the BBC's archive. If anyone can provide a reference then I would be grateful... meanwhile I hope that this can remain here bcause this is important background information. jennyd60 ==
A complete film recording copy of this show does still exist in the BBC film and videotape archive at Windmill Rd Brentford but like many archival recordings from the time it was never intended to be preserved for the longterm and only survived by a happy accident. Consequently it suffers from many complex legal issues surrounding its copyright and rights ownership. Sadly these are likely to prevent it from being ever shown again (or released on video).[citation needed]
I'm not sure of the context for Jennyd60's remarks but I do remember seeing one programme about Flanders and Swann shown on BBC2 in the early nineties. If I remember correctly, it featured colour video of a Canadian show and was presented by Ian Wallace. It was remarked in the programme that footage of the two performing is very rare.
[edit] Discography?
Wouldn't it be an idea to combine the listing of songs with a listing of the contents of the discs. I think I've got the listing from the EMI set somewhere, and modifying it up into a table with song type, maybe credits, duration, date recorded. The EMI set includes some of the more uncommon material (e.g. The War Of...) which wasn't on the old LPs.
A Karley 12:58, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- I have the 3-CD set and could take on part of the work.
- El Ingles 17:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit by 82.41.227.67 on 14 dec 06
I sure don't remember 4 different LPs. AFAIK there was just one. Anybody else? El Ingles 16:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- I take that the anon was trying to point out that not all the recorded songs from the "Hat" shows appeared on the two "Hat" LPs; some of them were on the miscellany LP whose title I forget. I don't think the anon's comment helps the reader in any way, however, and it could be removed. --RobertG ♬ talk 17:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- It has. — Grstain | Talk 18:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
This edit spurred me to do some additions, and group the tracks in a better way. El Ingles 19:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
