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Barry Humphries takes listeners back to the first half of the Twentieth Century with a selection of his favourite 78 r.p.m. recordings. Through his unique commentary, Barry demonstrates the songs of the past are still relevant today and offer important musical lessons for life! As well as Barry's own musical memories from growing up in Melbourne during in the 1930s and 40s, this programme is full of entertaining, atmospheric and thought-provoking tracks from the Depression Era, early days of the wireless and the Second World War... Each track offers fascinating (and sometimes astounding!) snapshots of social history. Highlights include: 'My Wife's On a Diet' performed by Jack Hylton and His Band with a vocal by Leslie Sarony and refers to Philip Snowden (who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1929 during the Wall Street Crash), Rudy Vallee's atmospheric 1931 version of 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime?' is a moving tale of an American ex-solider down on his luck during the Depression, Beryl Davis with Geraldo and His Orchestra perform 'I'm Old Fashioned', Layton and Johnstone's 'I'm in the Market for You' is packed-full of economic analogies and Dick Bentley's song 'Are You Having Fun?' poses a question which is as important today as when it was written nearly 80 years ago! Also, the American Tenor Billy Murray's 1920 recording of the song 'I'll See You in Cuba' is a musical time capsule. In prohibition era America, it encourages Americas to meet up in Cuba for an alcoholic drink... Barry says, "not only are you hearing good tunes, but each song is a little story, a miniature adventure!" Barry does not have a 麻豆约拍 e-mail address, however he may be contacted by pigeon post or Morse code!