[78-L] George Formby on the other side of the pond

[Steve Ramm]

The George Formby Society also sells DVDs of many of his films. There was a guy on Ebay selling them - Region Free too. I reviewed them years ago. There is a WONDERFUL one (I can't remember title now and no time to look) in which he works in a recording studio and breaks the master recording of an opera singer and has to remake it! A must see for any 78-Ler!
 
I love Formby and every record he made - along with some alternate takes are on the TWO JSP boxes. And the "Cleaning Windows" is on there about three times. It was one of his major hits!
 
Steve
 
> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:44:23 -0700
> From: alanbuntinguk at yahoo.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] George Formby on the other side of the pond
> 
> Not sure if it's been mentioned here before but the most comprehensive George Formby Discography (and everything else!)may be found here:
> 
> http://www.georgeformby.org/
> 
> A truly amazing achievemnt!
> 
> Alan Bunting
> 
> --- On Sat, 16/4/11, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] George Formby on the other side of the pond
> > To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Date: Saturday, 16 April, 2011, 19:38
> > Not surprising..Sparton released a
> > lot of Formby discs here in the early 40s. 
> > First pressings are the soft unlaminated ones, very easily
> > broken, but they 
> > stayed in print long enough to be laminated by the mid 40s.
> > 8 sides were 
> > reissued in an album on blue label MASTERWORKS (!) in 1950
> > when Formby came 
> > here. What is also odd is that I saw my first Canadian
> > Formbys in New York, at 
> > Merit. For some reason The Window Cleaner (RZ MR 2199)
> > wasn't issued here 
> > (although the later Decca/London version was).
> > 
> > You're a Li-a-ty was originally RZ MR 2430, flip is When We
> > Feather Our Nest. 
> > RZ flip of Lamp Post is Hi-Tiddley-Hi-Ti Island (info from
> > Rust's Music Hall book).
> > 
> > Columbias were imports till CBS set up Sparton as its
> > Canadian presser and 
> > distributor in late 1939.
> > 
> > dl
> > 
> > On 4/16/2011 2:29 PM, agp wrote:
> > > Paid a visit to Whistin' Willies today. Among the
> > goodies I was
> > > surprised to find a George Formby 78 on Canadian
> > Columbia --
> > >
> > > Columbia C670 - Leaning on a Lamp Post (mx. CAR 4655)
> > b/w You're a
> > > La-i-ty (mx. CAR 4407)
> > >
> > > Its a Sparton pressing that is a bit ugly with a few
> > 'bumps and
> > > dings' in the run in grooves! (Could this mean it was
> > not a 1937 pressing?)
> > >
> > > These look to match Regal Zonophone mx numbers. I see
> > that Leaning
> > > was on Regal Zonophone  MR.2490. Can anyone tell
> > me what the original
> > > Regal Zonophone release was the Canadian B-side? Was
> > this Columbia
> > > release in parallel with the UK release - as I see it
> > says its from
> > > the 1937 the film Feather Your Nest? Not even sure if
> > the film came
> > > out in the USA.
> > >
> > > so -- Second question -- did he see any releases in
> > the USA.
> > >
> > > I am in particular looking for the scandalous and
> > banned When I'm
> > > Cleaning Windows - -anyone have a catalogue number for
> > that
> > >
> > > T
> > >
> 
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