The fostering of musical foundlings: 78s, rare vinyl and oddities, mostly. Updated with monotonous regularity.
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Danby and the Sparrows’ Nest – Historic Rotherhithe Organ – Nicholas Danby (1960-1970)
Published on 2012-02-08 12:45:00
Two organ pieces by English composers of different eras. If you like the sound of an eighteenth-century English organ untainted by German influence, this will be your sort of thing. Gramophone, again, is quite helpful here: Noel Mander’s sympathetic restoration ten years ago in no way changed its tonal qualities, and it remains an instrument of great historic interest and beauty. The trumpet is quite as good as any continental reeds of the period, although completely English in treat
Another Talbot O’Farrell Video – Little Green Heaven
Published on 2012-01-29 06:22:00
Again, from the Pathe website. Before singing ‘Little Green Heaven’ he gives us some comic patter about the use of microphones on stage: “God’s gift to the anaemic terror.” Other posts on Tablot O'Farrell, including those with mp3s: The Great Tablot O’Farrell An Encounter with Talbot O’Farrell Talbot O’Farrell: Yorkshireman or Irishman?
The Voice of the Iron Lady
Published on 2012-01-21 03:31:00
My Great Web page After watching The Iron Lady, about which I suppose my feelings are about as mixed as they are about Thatcher herself, I was almost entirely consumed by one conviction: that hers is the most recognisable voice ever in British politics (no doubt partly because she is still probably the most discussed – and most polarising – woman in the Western world). During the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, Wendy Richard was a frequent and conspicuous sup
