The War and Postwar Years

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Swinging Along
  2:59
• 2
  A Lad From Lancashire
  2:43
• 3
  The Lancashire Romeo
  3:17
• 4
  Imagine Me in the Maginot Line
  2:49
• 5
  Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt
  3:07
• 6
  Mr. Wu's a Window Cleaner Now
  2:47
• 7
  Count Your Blessings and Smile
  2:50
• 8
  Oh! Don't the Wind Blow Cold?
  3:07
• 9
  You've Got Something There
  2:42
• 10
  I Always Get to Bed by Half-Past Nine
  3:13
• 11
  On the Wigan Boat Express
  3:05
• 12
  Down the Old Coal Hole
  3:18
• 13
  I'm the Ukelele Man
  3:09
• 14
  On the Beat
  3:21
• 15
  Letting the New Year In
  2:58
• 16
  Bless 'em All
  3:04
• 17
  Guarding the Home of the Home Guards
  2:42
• 18
  I Wish I Was Back on the Farm
  2:43
• 19
  Formby Favourites for the Forces
  5:55
• 20
  Thanks, Mr. Roosevelt
  2:59
• 21
  Bless 'em All No. 2
  3:11
• CD 2
• 1
  It Might Have Been a Great Deal Worse
  3:04
• 2
  You'd Be Far Better Off in a Home
  3:05
• 3
  I Did What I Could With My Gas Mask
  2:51
• 4
  Delivering the Morning Milk
  2:55
• 5
  The Emperor of Lancashire
  2:57
• 6
  You Can't Go Wrong in These
  3:08
• 7
  Auntie Maggie's Remedy
  3:25
• 8
  You're Everything to Me
  3:36
• 9
  I'd Do It With a Smile
  2:53
• 10
  The Left-Hand Side of Egypt
  3:23
• 11
  Who Are You A-Shoving Of?
  3:36
• 12
  The Barmaid at the Rose and Crown
  3:13
• 13
  I Played on My Spanish Guitar
  3:15
• 14
  Swing Mama
  3:31
• 15
  George Formby's Crazy Record, Parts 1/2
  6:51
• 16
  Formby Film Favourites, Parts 1/2
  6:15
• 17
  Katy Did, Katy Didn't
  2:59
• 18
  Frank on His Tank
  3:06
• 19
  Smile All the Time
  3:17
• 20
  Out in the Middle East
  3:07
• CD 3
• 1
  Andy the Handy Man
  2:52
• 2
  They Laughed When I Started to Play
  3:22
• 3
  Talking to the Moon About You
  3:09
• 4
  Go to Get Your Photo in the Press
  3:22
• 5
  Mr. Wu's an Air Raid Warden Now
  2:45
• 6
  Sally the Salvage Queen
  3:00
• 7
  Thirsty Thirsty Sailors
  2:48
• 8
  Hold Your Hats On
  2:51
• 9
  The Cook House Serenade
  3:04
• 10
  You Can't Love Two Girls at the Same Time
  3:05
• 11
  Under the Blasted Oak
  3:24
• 12
  Then the Lads of the Village Get Crackin'
  3:20
• 13
  When the Waterworks Caught Fire
  2:52
• 14
  The Baby Show
  2:43
• 15
  Home Guard Blues
  3:06
• 16
  Oh! You Have No Idea
  3:12
• 17
  Spotting on Top of Blackpool Tower
  3:01
• 18
  Sentimental Lou
  2:58
• 19
  British Isles (medley)
  3:04
• 20
  American (medley)
  2:57
• 21
  On the HMS Cowheel
  2:57
• 22
  Bunty's Such a Big Girl Now
  2:58
• CD 4
• 1
  It Serves You Right (You Shouldn't Have Joined)
  2:56
• 2
  If I Had a Girl Like You
  2:48
• 3
  Swim, Little Fish
  2:50
• 4
  Bell Bottom George
  3:07
• 5
  The "V" Sign Song
  3:06
• 6
  The Old Cane Bottom Chair
  2:53
• 7
  Our Fanny's Gone All Yankee
  2:54
• 8
  Unconditional Surrender
  2:50
• 9
  Blackpool Prom
  2:31
• 10
  Mr. Wu's in the Air Force
  2:46
• 11
  The Daring Young Man
  2:52
• 12
  I'd Like a Dream Like That
  3:05
• 13
  She's Got Two of Everything
  3:12
• 14
  Up in the Air and Down in the Dumps
  2:48
• 15
  Excerpt From "Get Cracking"
  1:24
• 16
  You Don't Need a Licence for That
  3:14
• 17
  The Mad March Harae
  3:04
• 18
  It Could Be
  2:49
• 19
  We've Been a Long Time Gone
  2:32
• 20
  Auntie Maggie's Remedy
  2:49
• 21
  Leaning on a Lamp Post
  3:08
• 22
  When I'm Cleaning Windows
  2:50
• 23
  Come Hither With Your Zither
  2:10
• CD 5
• 1
  Saving Up for Sally
  2:14
• 2
  Pleasure Cruise
  2:43
• 3
  Ordinary People
  3:20
• 4
  Zip Goes a Million
  3:04
• 5
  It Takes No Time to Fall in Love
  3:28
• 6
  Nothing Breaks but the Heart
  3:23
• 7
  Do de o Do
  3:29
• 8
  Chinese Laundry Blues
  2:26
• 9
  Baby
  3:04
• 10
  You Can't Keep a Growing Lad Down
  2:52
• 11
  You Can't Keep a Growing Lad Down
  2:54
• 12
  It's No Use Looking at Me
  3:04
• 13
  John Willie's Jazz Band
  2:59
• 14
  There's Nothing Proud About Me
  2:49
• 15
  Madame Moscovitch
  2:53
• 16
  Sitting on the Sands All Night
  2:43
• 17
  Dare-Devil Dick
  3:05
• 18
  The Ghost
  3:43
• 19
  Mother, What'll I Do Now?
  2:55
• 20
  Hitting the High Spots
  2:36
• 21
  Under the Blasted Oak
  3:21
• 22
  Oh! You Have No Idea
  3:14
• 23
  The "V" Sign Song
  3:08

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Issues

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  The War and Postwar Years

  5x CD
  2006