{"product_id":"noel-coward-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-cd-memory-lane","title":"Noël Coward: Mad Dogs and Englishmen CD - Memory Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo listen to Noël Coward is to be reminded that wit and sentiment are not opposites — that a song can make you laugh and ache in the same breath, and that the English language, in the right hands, is capable of almost anything. \u003cstrong\u003eMad Dogs and Englishmen\u003c\/strong\u003e, presented here as part of the \u003cstrong\u003eMemory Lane\u003c\/strong\u003e archive series with digitally enhanced sound, gathers twenty-four of Coward's finest recordings into a single disc that serves as both a definitive introduction and a deeply pleasurable revisit for those who already know his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe range is characteristic: from the affectionate mockery of \u003cem\u003eMrs Worthington\u003c\/em\u003e — his celebrated plea to a stage mother of catastrophic ambition — to the imperial absurdity of the title track, \u003cem\u003eMad Dogs and Englishmen\u003c\/em\u003e, which remains one of the most perfectly observed comic songs in the English repertoire. There is the wartime defiance of \u003cem\u003eLondon Pride\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDon't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans\u003c\/em\u003e, the wistful romanticism of \u003cem\u003eA Room With a View\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWorld Weary\u003c\/em\u003e, and the gentle melancholy of \u003cem\u003eThe Party's Over Now\u003c\/em\u003e — a song that closes an evening as gracefully as any ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Coward's voice — clipped, precise, and capable of conveying entire emotional landscapes in a single raised eyebrow of a phrase — is in complete command. These archive recordings, digitally enhanced for this release, preserve the essential character of performances that have never dated. A disc to return to again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Is a Changing World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMrs Worthington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMad Dogs and Englishmen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'd Best Nice to Come Home To\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis Excellency Regrets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStill Away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Travel Alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLondon Pride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNever Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoor Little Rich Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet's Say Goodbye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFare Thee Well\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCould You Please Oblige Us With a Bren Gun?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorld Weary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Room With a View\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Last Time I Saw Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Let Me Look at You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImagine the Duchess's Feelings!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAny Little Fish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Fashioned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Party's Over Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Wonder What Happened to Him?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dream Is Over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Noël Coward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Memory Lane Presents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Memory Lane \/ Pickwick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e PCD 829\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTracks:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e British Vocal \/ Comedy \/ Cabaret \/ Archive \/ 1930s–1940s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRecording Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Archive recordings, digitally enhanced\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 127 g (4.48 oz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions (standard jewel case):\u003c\/strong\u003e 142 mm × 125 mm × 10 mm (5.6 in × 4.9 in × 0.4 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5034504285923\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Preloved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Preloved","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56957956686199,"sku":"13z","price":0.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/5969\/8476\/files\/IMG-20260331_192352273_MFNR.jpg?v=1774986478","url":"https:\/\/wesellit.uk\/products\/noel-coward-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-cd-memory-lane","provider":"WeSellit.UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}