LATE JOYS - MCSR 3026

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To several generations the Players’ Theatre under the arches in Villiers Street London was the outstanding exponent of Victorian music-hall, with its flair and taste for period, and its bevy of first-class performers. This Decca recording from the 1960s is undoubtedly the finest ever done, with a stellar cast led by such Players’ favourites as Hattie Jacques, Stella Moray, Clive Dunn and Bill Owen. Within its unique atmosphere, the songs of the music-hall are caught on the wing, ranging from the raunchy ‘Waiting at the church’ and the timid confessions of ‘The Muffin man’ to the coy sexuality of ‘When I take my morning promenade’. In newly remastered sound, and with the crystalline accompaniment of Peter Greenwell and Geoffrey Brawn, this disc is offered in tribute to a sadly vanished landmark of London theatre.

With: Hattie Jacques, Bill Owen, Clive Dunn, Stella Moray, Patsy Rowlands