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1979 Pontins Flexi Disk MP3
After digging through our old collection of vinyl, I happened upon this tremendously cheesey song, "Thumbs up, book early" performed by Franki Woods (well my copy says Franki Woods, but apparently his name is Frankie Woods) who was children's entertainer at Prestatyn for 30 years. He wrote many works in that happy chappy George Formby style.
The flexi disk originally came with a colour brochure...
Pontins was/is an institution in British holiday making, seaside resorts resembling brightly painted detention centers with free ice cream and the best in talent, nobbly knees and limbo contests!.. wheeeeee, what fun!
If you are interested here's a "A Brief History of Pontins"
Anywho....(right click, Save target/link as...)
Click here to watch '1979-PONTINS-Flexi-Disk---SIDE1'
1979 Pontins Flexi Disk SIDE 1 MP3
1979 Pontins Flexi Disk SIDE 2 MP3
Enjoy!
Posted by mrmule at May 2, 2006 10:55 AM
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Mr Mule. It's a jaunty little tune even though the banjo appears to be playing a different song entirely. Had to double the speed in Cool Edit to hear it correctly though or is that part of the joke????
Posted by: NB at May 2, 2006 8:19 PM
hmmm I'll check the speed issue for you now.. but yes the banjo appears totally out of time!
thanks
mrmule
Posted by: mrmule 
at May 2, 2006 8:21 PM
OK well I have tested on Windows Media Player Classic, I tunes and Media Player Classic... all seem to play at normal speed. The MP3 codec used is 'Lame', the codec can be found here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm
HTH
mrmule
Posted by: mrmule at May 2, 2006 8:33 PM
Well, Mr Mule,
I've not heard this for a few years. I was the pianist that worked with Frankie Woods for months on this project prior to recording. Although I would emphasise that this is not my composition! Not exactly my style! I do not know who the Copyright belongs to. Frankie died in 2005. I presume it belongs to Pontins. Anyway, good to hear the old song again.
Tony Gayle
http://www.londonpianobar.co.uk
Posted by: Tony Gayle at October 5, 2006 8:26 PM
