On Wed, 10 Jun 2015, Dennis Boone wrote:
> The Limeliters covered it in the US in 1961, so apparently not. :)
Yes, but that was about five years after the Flanders and Swans LP and who
knows how long after they first performed it live. I have never heard the
Limelighters version, up here in the
- Original Message -
From: "Dennis Boone"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
Posts"
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: Madeirs (was 80 column (un)punched
cards)
> The 'All unperforated...' line (my favourite)
> w
> The 'All unperforated...' line (my favourite) was in the English
> versions but for some reason they (and the Limeliters) left it out of
> the American version.
For the Limeliters, I don't believe I've ever heard it without. I'm
hardly an encyclopaedic reference to all their performances and
- Original Message -
From: "Dennis Boone"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
Posts"
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: Madeirs (was 80 column (un)punched
cards)
> "all unperforated - ha ha ha!" (obscure and
> lame r
> "all unperforated - ha ha ha!" (obscure and lame reference to a line
> in Flanders and Swann's 'Have some Madeira, M'dear!' that was
> apparently too risque for the American sensibility ;-).
The Limeliters covered it in the US in 1961, so apparently not. :)
De
