Name: Laughter With A Bang
Brand: Topic Records Ltd
SKU: 129727772
Price: 13.43 USD
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Laughter With A Bang

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Album: Laughter With A Bang
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction; Hints On The Use Of Explosives	More Info...	0:05
2)	Big Mack From Connemara	More Info...	0:02
3)	Island In The River Dane	More Info...	0:02
4)	The Pub That Changed Colour	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Hunt	More Info...	0:07
6)	Oulton Park; The Naming Of 'Knicker Brook'	More Info...	0:07
7)	Saltworks And Canal	More Info...	0:06
8)	The Shower Of - Over Cheshire	More Info...	0:08
9)	Batesy In The Graveyard	More Info...	0:04
10)	Widening The A5	More Info...	0:03
11)	Mammy	More Info...	0:05
12)	All Our Heads Will Roll	More Info...	0:06

Album: Laughter With A Bang
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction; Hints On The Use Of Explosives	More Info...	0:05
2)	Big Mack From Connemara	More Info...	0:02
3)	Island In The River Dane	More Info...	0:02
4)	The Pub That Changed Colour	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Hunt	More Info...	0:07
6)	Oulton Park; The Naming Of 'Knicker Brook'	More Info...	0:07
7)	Saltworks And Canal	More Info...	0:06
8)	The Shower Of - Over Cheshire	More Info...	0:08
9)	Batesy In The Graveyard	More Info...	0:04
10)	Widening The A5	More Info...	0:03
11)	Mammy	More Info...	0:05
12)	All Our Heads Will Roll	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

Best remembered, perhaps, as the first demolition expert ever to become a comedy star, Blaster Bates was very much an acquired taste, even in his English homeland. Specializing in long-winded anecdotes about his work and career, most of which concluded with something either getting blown up by accident, or not getting blown up at all, he was already regarded as old-fashioned by many people when his recording career got underway. But listen without the baggage of more contemporary comedians hanging around your ears, and Bates effortlessly transports you back to an earlier time -- a quieter, gentler one, and that despite all the explosions! Recorded in front of a live audience, presumably at one of the club dates that sustained his career, Laughter with a Bang is meandering, irreverent, shocking in places, and probably not for the easily offended. Political correctness had not even been invented when Bates learned his trade, and it shows. If you can withstand the shocks, though, it's an aptly titled record that will soon have you seeking out further nuggets from the Bates catalog. They're all dynamite! ~ Dave Thompson