TIPPING THE VELVET
CD41-005


TIPPING THE VELVET is a charming collection of 24 camp music hall songs recorded between 1915 and 1938, inspired by the acclaimed historical novel by Sarah Waters. Among the featured artists are Vesta Tilley, Gwen Farrar, Cicely Courtneidge, Ella Shields, Hetty King, Douglas Byng and Norah Blaney, many of them male impersonators whose artistry nonetheless extends beyond mere novelty and caricature. Songs include: Masculine Women! Feminine Men!, The Moon is Low, If I Had a Girl Like You, Piccadilly, Give Me a Million Beautiful Girls, I'm a Bird, Ukelele Lady and What Angeline Says, Goes. The CD has been brilliantly curated by specialist jazz archivist Andrew Simons.

Full tracklist:

1 Gwen Farrar and Billy Mayerl - Masculine Women! Feminine Men! (1926)
2 Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar - They All Fall In Love (1930)
3 Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar - Ukelele Lady (1925)
4 Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar - What Angeline Says, Goes (1930)
5 Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar - The Moon Is Low (1930)
6 Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar - Maybe I'm Wrong Again (1935)
7 Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar - Moanin' for You (1930)
8 Gwen Farrar - If I Had A Girl Like You (1931)
9 Cicely Courtneidge - The Moment I Saw You (1933)
10 Cicely Courtneidge - There's Something About A Soldier (1933)
11 Hetty King - Piccadilly (1934)
12 Hetty King - Tell Her the Old, Old Story (1934)
13 Hetty King - Down Beside the Riverside (1934)
14 Fred Barnes - Give Me A Million Beautiful Girls (1922)
15 Douglas Byng - She May Be All That's Wonderful (But She Doesn't Appeal To Me) (1929) 16 Douglas Byng - I'm a Bird (1938)
17 Douglas Byng - The Mayoress of Mould-on-the-Puddle (1938)
18 Douglas Byng - I'm a Mummy (An Old Egyptian Queen) (1935)
19 Randolph Sutton - Oh Georgie! What a Fine How Do You Do (1934)
20 Vesta Tilley - Jolly Good Luck To The Girl Who Loves A Soldier (1915)
21 Ella Shields - If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie (1925)
22 Ella Shields - Everybody's Singing (1927)
23 Ella Shields - Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (1924)
24 Ella Shields - Burlington Bertie From Bow (1934)


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