Listen & tracks
13 works · 37:04
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1 Love potion No. 9 Jerry Lieber 2:21
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2 Delilah Barry Mason 2:27
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3 They can’t take that away from me George Gershwin 2:20
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4 The truth about you Daryl Emmerson 4:14
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5 Milk bar Fay White 2:49
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6 The wheels of industry Michael Livett 3:41
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7 Yesterday John Lennon 2:27
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8 The continuing story of Bungalow Bill John Lennon 3:22
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9 Moondance Van Morrison 4:45
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10 Sweet and low Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2:29
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11 Contrappunto bestiale alla mente Adriano Banchieri 1:08
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12 Deck the halls Gioachino Rossini 2:20
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13 BBQ song Eric Bogle 2:41
The Phones began in 1978 as a classical choir called Polyphony and later became a comedic a cappella group under the new name. The album pairs knockabout humour with delicate vocal harmonies. Many of the songs were arranged by members of the group.
It takes in original compositions and covers such as The Beatles’ Yesterday and Delilah by Barry Mason and Les Reed, together with Australian songs BBQ song by Eric Bogle and Milk bar by Fay White.
Artists
The Phones
ensemble
George Gershwin
composer
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose music spanned popular song, Broadway and the classical concert hall, leaving melodies that remain widely known.
Ira Gershwin
composer
Ira Gershwin wrote the words that made twentieth-century American song unforgettable: sly, tender, and built to swing. His lyrics for George Gershwin and others still give singers and jazz ensembles their sharpest material.
John Lennon
composer
John Lennon's songs cut through styles and decades with plainspoken hooks and melodies that refuse to age. From Beatles classics to the solo anthem Imagine, his writing keeps finding new voices in jazz rooms, a cappella circles and the concert hall.
Paul McCartney
composer
Paul McCartney's songs travel far beyond their rock origins. Melodic, singable and built for reinvention, they turn up here in jazz sets, a cappella harmony, intimate guitar ballads and even harpsichord with drums and bass.
Cole Porter
composer
Cole Porter wrote both the tunes and the words: urbane, sharp-edged songs built for the stage and still at home in the jazz room. From Night and Day to You're the Top, I Get a Kick Out of You and I Concentrate on You, his catalogue keeps singers circling back.
Gioachino Rossini
composer
Rossini's operas crackle with melodic invention and theatrical pace: comic peaks such as The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola sit beside grand statements like Guillaume Tell, all driven by rhythmic snap and bright instrumental colour.
Fay White
composer
Fay White is an Australian singer, songwriter and workshop leader whose work ranges from children’s songs to Landcare and inward adult writing, heard in cafés, concert halls, conferences and community houses.
Adriano Banchieri
composer
Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634) was an Italian composer, organist, music theorist and poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque.
Joseph Barnby
composer
Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) was an English composer and conductor. His hymn tunes, anthems and partsongs include the enduring lullaby Sweet and Low.
Eric Bogle
composer
Reg Ellery
composer
Daryl Emmerson
composer
Daryl Emmerson is a composer and arranger with the a cappella ensemble The Phones.
Jerry Lieber
composer
Michael Livett
composer
Barry Mason
composer
Van Morrison
composer
Van Morrison is the composer of the song Moondance, recorded on Move in a cappella and jazz settings.
Thomas Oliphant
composer
Les Reed
composer
Trevor Sheean
composer
Mike Stoller
composer
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
composer
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) was an English poet and Poet Laureate whose verse has long been set to music. His lyrics remain among the most frequently chosen texts in the English art-song and choral repertory.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- The Phones · ensemble
Technical credits
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Producer
Martin Wright
The Phones
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
Details
- List price
- $20.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 37 minutes 4 seconds
- Release date
- 1984
- Category
- Vocal
- Genre
- Vocal & Opera
- Musical work copyright
- © 1984 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1984 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3055
- EAN
- 9314574305524
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