Al Bowlly radio transcription - Pennies From Heaven

[@anthonyfrew1571]

Believed lost for years - Al Bowlly - Pennies from Heaven - how apt

[@Matt78collector]

Recorded August 22nd of 1936 while Al Bowlly and Ray Noble were visiting London

[@michelles2299]

My dad was a 1 year old when this, was broadcast, expect the radio was playing in the house, my dad passed away esrlier this year I hope he is in heaven and has seen his mum again who passed away when he was 14 bless you 🌹

[@johnreed8336]

The definative singing voice of the 30's & 40's

[@Matt78collector]

More like 20s and 30s, Al Bowlly started singing in the early 20s and stopped singing in the early 40s when he died.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Good old Al. He always delivers. I can hear the hearts fluttering from here :-)

[@timefortea1931]

Al still makes our hearts flutter in the 21st century! Perfect voice x

[@denverdubois5835]

Imagine turning on the radio and hearing this instead of crappy rap and middle of the road garbage pop. Just imagine. This is magical. Thanks so much for posting.

[@nickdellow6073]

Rap isn't my thing, but it isn't all "crappy". Middle of the road pop, churned out from the commercial sausage machine, often leaves me cold, and a lot of it is 'garbage' but that was also the case in the 1930s to a certain extent. What we tend to do is extract the best stuff from the past, like panning for gold! I certainly do that as a record collector. To my mind, there's some good stuff in terms of pop music right up to the end of the 20th Century, but I must admit that these days there seems to be fewer and fewer nuggets and more and more commercial sludge! Maybe I'm just getting old! When you get to a certain age, one tends to pop on the rose-tinted glasses and view the past in a warmer light than the present.

[@MyRuno]

Right on man.

[@timefortea1931]

I have heard this song sung by a 1950s doo wop group and other people, but oh my Al's is by far the best!

[@williamoneill9573]

Real actual music.

[@JohnDrago-eq2od]

So sad that this great music has disappeared😅

[@phaasch]

I don't know how I missed this first time around, but I'm sure glad I found it, now! Nick, like you say, Al is right at the top of his game, here. The orchestra is pretty delicious, too. Gold dust, and such stuff as dreams are made on.

[@chris1961grams]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

[@heloise1787]

Once you hear Al you're hooked. HIs version of Blue Moon has a dramatic final note.

[@timefortea1931]

Ha ain't that the truth! He was so captivating.

[@petertaylor3600]

I used to hear him on radio in the days when these recordings were made. I was about 3 and I wasn't impressed. But that was then! I'm in love now, what a waste of those years between.

[@ladycavalier]

Oooo 👀 I'll go listen!

[@anthonyfrew1571]

I wonder if there any more lost broadcasts and recordings -- not least Stardust - he recorded it - but it is missing

[@timefortea1931]

What a gem. Thank you for sharing this.

[@jjakiefte2165]

What a splendid find! Hope there are more of these!

[@PiccDan]

Wonderful 30s music, inimitably sung by the great Al B. Thank you for sharing this great rarity, Nick.

[@nickdellow6073]

It's a pleasure Michael.

[@essexpeter6116]

Nick another good piece of history with the right up. Billy Munn was another musician from that era who lived in to relatively modern times. I am sure I heard interviewed on a radio program. Billy crops up on a Pathe reel with Jack Hylton that can be found on youtube.

[@robnroth]

Gorgeous stuff. Thanks!

[@SuperVirginiaRose]

When ever I hear this music sung only b6 Al Bowlly I have to go to the piano and play my version x

[@GinoCerutti-z5f]

❤❤❤

[@nickdellow6073]

Thank you @user-ud1nr7ek6g , or may I call you @user?

[@johngray1439]

Wow, time machine.😊

[@geoffreypowell9220]

HE WAS WONDERFUL. SUCH A TRAGIC END RIP

[@dorothywells-wz5nr]

Wow another way to look at Helene. We will help them recover D