This appears to be a live recording of a show "Vote for US' also issued as a Long Playing record. Contents were relevant to the pending United Kingdom 1964 election Besides Leon Rosselson, performers on the record include Stephen Sedley, the respected songwriter Sydney Carter, fellow Three City Four member, Ralph Trainer, plus Alan Twelftree, Liane Aukin, Sam Hutt, Chris Hilton and James E. Butchart. The LP itself is credited as being by Herbert Floog, "a pseudonym which conceals 7 of Britain's top comedians, 6 of whom are not Peter Sellers (The seventh is not Peter Sellers either)". 1. Tories All Out (Stephen Sedley) 2. Flagging 3. Battle Hymn of the Liberal Revival 4. Listen With Granny (Stephen Sedley/Liane Aukin/Sydney Carter/Nathan Joseph) [Spoken piece] 5. Foot in Mouth Disease (Maudling/Macleod, etc) [Spoken piece] 6. Ballad of the Crutty Men 7. It's All Relative (MacMillan et al) [Spoken piece] 8. Ever Been Ad! (Leon Rosselson/Nathan Joseph/Alan Twelftree) 9. To Deter or Not to Deter [Spoken piece] 10. Stand Firm 11. Party Pops (Nathan Joseph) [Spoken piece with song snippets] 12. A Few Home Truths (Stephen Sedley/Nathan Joseph/Leon Rosselson) [Spoken piece] Broadcast date before 15th October 1964 General Election. https://lrsc.weebly.com/vote-for-us.html

A programme of satirical political songs

Primary Title
  • Vote for Us
Secondary Title
  • United Kingdom Election Satire
Date Broadcast
  • 1964
Duration
  • 32:29
Broadcaster
  • British Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
  • A programme of satirical political songs
Episode Description
  • This appears to be a live recording of a show "Vote for US' also issued as a Long Playing record. Contents were relevant to the pending United Kingdom 1964 election Besides Leon Rosselson, performers on the record include Stephen Sedley, the respected songwriter Sydney Carter, fellow Three City Four member, Ralph Trainer, plus Alan Twelftree, Liane Aukin, Sam Hutt, Chris Hilton and James E. Butchart. The LP itself is credited as being by Herbert Floog, "a pseudonym which conceals 7 of Britain's top comedians, 6 of whom are not Peter Sellers (The seventh is not Peter Sellers either)". 1. Tories All Out (Stephen Sedley) 2. Flagging 3. Battle Hymn of the Liberal Revival 4. Listen With Granny (Stephen Sedley/Liane Aukin/Sydney Carter/Nathan Joseph) [Spoken piece] 5. Foot in Mouth Disease (Maudling/Macleod, etc) [Spoken piece] 6. Ballad of the Crutty Men 7. It's All Relative (MacMillan et al) [Spoken piece] 8. Ever Been Ad! (Leon Rosselson/Nathan Joseph/Alan Twelftree) 9. To Deter or Not to Deter [Spoken piece] 10. Stand Firm 11. Party Pops (Nathan Joseph) [Spoken piece with song snippets] 12. A Few Home Truths (Stephen Sedley/Nathan Joseph/Leon Rosselson) [Spoken piece] Broadcast date before 15th October 1964 General Election. https://lrsc.weebly.com/vote-for-us.html
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Music
  • Politics
Contributors
  • Leon Rosselson (Writer)
  • Leon Rosselson (Musician)
  • Stephen Sedley (Musician)
  • Sydney Carter (Songwriter)
  • Ralph Trainer (Musician)
  • Alan Twelftree (Musician)
  • Liane Aukin (Musician)
  • Sam Hutt (Musician)
  • Chris Hilton (Musician)
  • James E. Butchart (Musician)