In 1909, The Follies, directed by H G Pelissier were at the height of their popularity. More than a concert party, Pelissier writing in the Pall Mall Gazette, stated: I have created a new School of Humour. What I have sought to give the public has been the revival of the true spirit of burlesque suited to the quicker inteligece of the day. The Odeon Company decided to record their songs and monologues and subsequently issued what was probably the first record album which contained a selection of six discs. Other records were available and this CD comprises 17 of their rare original recordings.
Track Listing
H G Pelissier: Back to the Land
Gwennie Mars: Ypsilanti
Dan Everard: Yes, I don't think so
Ethel Allandale &The Follies: Contrary Mary
The Nicotine Quartette: Cigarettes
Douglas MacClaren: Li -Ti -Ti (Burlesque of a Music Hall)
Ethel Allandale: Mother's Maxims
Gwennie Mars, Douglas MacClaren & The Follies: I worship the Ground!
Gwennie Mars, Douglas MacClaren & Dan Everard : Down by the Wangaroo
Lewis Sydney: That makes my Dreams come true
Gwennie Mars: The Flower Girl
The Follies: A Burlesque Glee
Ethel Allandale & The Follies: Teddy Bear
Lewis Sydney: Tells a few Stories
Morris Harvey: Indulges in the sincerest flattery
Muriel George: My Moon
Effie Cooke Acc. by H G Pelissier: In my Garden of Roses
Bonus Tracks:
Morris Harvey & Eric Roper: Wilkinson, the Ledger Clerk
Ernest Crampton & Marjorie Vernon: An Old Spinet, Great Gran' Mamma
