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The Best of George Formby

by: George Formby

Release Date February 05, 2003
If you like George Formby, you are going to like this album. All his hits are here: When I'm cleaning Windows to Mr Woo.

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England's Famed Clown Prince of Song

by: George Formby

Release Date April 12, 2004
Five CDs that can't help but make you smile. Look, it's George Formby, you know what you're going to get. But on so many levels I was still suprised. Once I got used to the scratchy recordings (especially on his earlier work) and put it in the context of 1920s/30s music hall it became very obvious exactly why Formby had such a huge following. His syncopated banjolele style is a joy to listen to - the boy could play. There is far more depth to these recordings than is first apparant. Oooh Mother!

CD-Charts Position 3
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Formby Favourites

by: George Formby

Release Date August 28, 2000
Five CDs that can't help but make you smile. Look, it's George Formby, you know what you're going to get. But on so many levels I was still suprised. Once I got used to the scratchy recordings (especially on his earlier work) and put it in the context of 1920s/30s music hall it became very obvious exactly why Formby had such a huge following. His syncopated banjolele style is a joy to listen to - the boy could play. There is far more depth to these recordings than is first apparant. Oooh Mother!

CD-Charts Position 4
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The Very Best of George Formby: 20 Great Songs

by: George Formby

Release Date March 08, 2005
Five CDs that can't help but make you smile. Look, it's George Formby, you know what you're going to get. But on so many levels I was still suprised. Once I got used to the scratchy recordings (especially on his earlier work) and put it in the context of 1920s/30s music hall it became very obvious exactly why Formby had such a huge following. His syncopated banjolele style is a joy to listen to - the boy could play. There is far more depth to these recordings than is first apparant. Oooh Mother!

CD-Charts Position 5
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The War and Post-War Years: the Later Recording Years of a Showbiz Legend

by: George Formby

Release Date October 31, 2005
Well, nearly 2 years after submitting my review for the first box set from JSP records, I thought I would do likewise for Volume II.

There are again 5 CD's, this time totalling 109 tracks. The first 4 CD's take us in chronological order from "Swinging along, singing a song" (first time on CD) to "Come hither with your zither".

The fifth CD carries on from there, including all the songs from "Zip Goes A Million", even going so far as to include a couple of tracks which George was not involved with ("It takes no time to fall in love" and "Nothing breaks but the heart").

We then have 16 alternative takes of songs included either in the first box set or elsewhere within this one (including 3 I'd never heard ... Read More:

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I'm the Ukelele Man

by: George Formby

Release Date October 23, 2006
Well, nearly 2 years after submitting my review for the first box set from JSP records, I thought I would do likewise for Volume II.

There are again 5 CD's, this time totalling 109 tracks. The first 4 CD's take us in chronological order from "Swinging along, singing a song" (first time on CD) to "Come hither with your zither".

The fifth CD carries on from there, including all the songs from "Zip Goes A Million", even going so far as to include a couple of tracks which George was not involved with ("It takes no time to fall in love" and "Nothing breaks but the heart").

We then have 16 alternative takes of songs included either in the first box set or elsewhere within this one (including 3 I'd never heard ... Read More:

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When I'm Cleaning Windows

by: George Formby

Release Date March 04, 2008
Well, nearly 2 years after submitting my review for the first box set from JSP records, I thought I would do likewise for Volume II.

There are again 5 CD's, this time totalling 109 tracks. The first 4 CD's take us in chronological order from "Swinging along, singing a song" (first time on CD) to "Come hither with your zither".

The fifth CD carries on from there, including all the songs from "Zip Goes A Million", even going so far as to include a couple of tracks which George was not involved with ("It takes no time to fall in love" and "Nothing breaks but the heart").

We then have 16 alternative takes of songs included either in the first box set or elsewhere within this one (including 3 I'd never heard ... Read More:

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The Ultimate Collection

by: George Formby

Release Date October 13, 1997
Edna owns three other toothy George CDs and this is arguably the best - cheap at half the price! There are occasional duff tracks like "The Ghost" and "Baby" but there's a lot of great stuff here too: greatest hits and also rarer songs that don't appear on any other albums I've seen. Sample line from "The Left Hand Side of Egypt": "I found the gold watch case all right, but she gave me the works on the following night." GENIUS!

CD-Charts Position 9
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It's Turned Out Nice Again

by: George Formby

Release Date January 29, 2007
Edna owns three other toothy George CDs and this is arguably the best - cheap at half the price! There are occasional duff tracks like "The Ghost" and "Baby" but there's a lot of great stuff here too: greatest hits and also rarer songs that don't appear on any other albums I've seen. Sample line from "The Left Hand Side of Egypt": "I found the gold watch case all right, but she gave me the works on the following night." GENIUS!

CD-Charts Position 10
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When I'm Cleaning Windows

by: George Formby

Release Date July 08, 2002
Edna owns three other toothy George CDs and this is arguably the best - cheap at half the price! There are occasional duff tracks like "The Ghost" and "Baby" but there's a lot of great stuff here too: greatest hits and also rarer songs that don't appear on any other albums I've seen. Sample line from "The Left Hand Side of Egypt": "I found the gold watch case all right, but she gave me the works on the following night." GENIUS!