[ Post a Response | Lonnie Donegan Discussion Forum ]
Posted by ROGER RETTIG on October 28, 2008, 11:16 pm, in reply to "Re: That EP...."
76.7.32.87
Tony
My pleasure.
The four Donegan tracks are available on any number of CD compilations - the best (in my opinion) is 'Lonnie Donegan - Just About As Good As It Gets' (SCCD 1123), because not only does it contain those four tracks, it also has any number of other early and relatively obscure Lonnie recordings ('On A Christmas Day'/'Passing Stranger' - an old Columbia release that I recall being a real 'find' back in the '50s! are two of them); good sleeve notes, too, that claim that the CD contains virtually all his earliest and hitherto-unavailable stuff.
'The Early Years: Lonnie Donegan' (Delta Music 26533) has the same four songs included, but is filled out with Chris Barber Jazz Band tracks with LD on banjo - good fun, but not (for me) vital listening.
The four tracks on the Chris Barber Skiffle Group EP including those great Duncan vocals are contained within SCCD 1122 from the same source as the first CD I mentioned; it's 'Great British Skiffle - As Good As It Gets', and has some Lonnie cuts as well as a bunch of other lesser recordings that may pique a nostalgic interest for you (Vipers, Ken Colyer, City Ramblers, etc).
I hope this will help. You may prefer to obtain the songs on vinyl, of course, and Ebay is a reliable source.
RR
157
Message Thread:
« Back to thread