Here's another radio profile from the "How Tickled I Am" series, this time of Les Dawson. "Les Dawson (2 February 1931 - ...

I have a few old radio shows , mostly profiles of british comedians and so I thought I would air a few of them here as the boot sales and ch...

Go to Swapatorium to hear Ken Dodd profile "How Tickled I Am".

I've mentioned Al Jolson before but I found another CD of his "Very Best Of....." on the Music Club label the other day in a c...

A CD from the local library sale I bought yesterday. Its on the Living Era label from 1985 and most of the songs were recorded in the 1930...

Bootsalesounds .The English artist Michael Leigh roots for its AUDI whether log boat Sale sound forgotten beads from the depths of flea mark...

A comedy genius and inspiration. From the incredible ground breaking Goon Shows to his hilarious wartime autobiographies and TV shows like ...

Billy Costello from an old cassette tape that someone sent me years ago - sorry about the crackles and pops. Requested again by a few people...

A CD on the Happy Days label from 1993 with novelty songs mostly from the 30's and 40's. Lots of firmiliar names here like George Fo...

A cheap CD on the Delta Music label released in 2002. Mostly live concert material from the Finsbury Park Empire and Holborn Empire at the ...

Another great track animated by Ron Bookless from Big Al's CD "Feztastic" which you can buy HERE .

A CD originally released in 1987 but re-released on the Sugar Hill label in 1995. Leon Redbone continues to amuse and delight with his choi...

A cheap CD from 2003 on the Memory Lane label found at a boot sale or market - I forget which. A child star from the golden age of Hollywoo...

I found this CD at a charity shop today for 99p. I'm a big fan of Ry Cooder and remember him playing some of Gabby's music when he ...

I can't belive I havent featured Leslie Sarony on this blog before now as he is one of the most prolific comedy and novelty song writers...

I have managed to compile two volumes of "laughing songs" from various sources - many are from the golden age of shellac like the ...

A couple of monologues here from Al Read who I remember from the radio in the 60's and 70's where he used to have a regular show. ...

Tommy's singing voice was even worse than his terrible magic tricks but despitethat he made several records and even reached the charts ...

Some scratchy old 78's dubbed to minidisc here courtesy of Angel Radio who kindly sent me these when I was searching for novelty songs a...

Somebody reminded me of the genius that was Max Wall the other day when directed to a certain video clip of his eccentric dancing on You Tub...