Comic monologues and songs. Anna Russell, vocals, piano, guitar; Jimmy Carroll and his Miserable Five (track 1); José Rodriguez Lopez (track 2). Tracks 1 and 3 recorded at Town Hall, New York, Apr. 10, 1958; tracks 2, 4, and 5 recorded at the Johannesburg Music Festival Witwatersrand University, Great Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 12-16, 1956. Originally released 1957-1958. Booklet with original liner notes by Anna Russell in English with German and French translations (16 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Poetry in the cellar: My ear ; The Rubens woman (10:26) -- Backwards with the folk song: A lily maid sat making moan ; Old Mother Slipper Slopper ; Ricky ticky ; I'm sittin' in the bar all alone ; Jolly old Sigmund Freud (17:56) -- The French horn (10:53) -- How to enjoy your bagpipe (9:39) -- Hamletto, or Prosciuttino (27:39).
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