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Billy Bennett: Almost a Gentleman
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Almost a Gentleman Topic Records 12T387 (LP, UK, 1978) |
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Years before Monty Python, a red-nosed comedian in disreputable tails and an improbable moustache created a world all his own. With his spoofs of well-loved poems, raucous street-corner singing and surreal narratives of life in the saveloy-and-gin class, Billy Bennett, billed as almost a gentleman, brought a spirit of daring and rebellion to English music hall and variety stages in the 1920s and '30s.
Production for CD by Tony Engle;
Remastered from original 78s by John R.T. Davies;
Original 78s from Roger Thorne;
Notes by Tony Barker, editor of Music Hall Magazine;
Digital design by John Haxby, Art Surgery
Musical Traditions CD review by Dan Quinn
Tracks
LP side 1 | LP side 2 |
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CD bonus tracks | |
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All tracks by Billy Bennett except
Tracks 7, 14 Bob Weston, Bert Lee;
Track 12 Cook, Hall