The sound you hear is my jaw hitting the floor. I’ve been the one monitoring our gmail account (losthunderlads at gmail dot com) lately. So today I opened it and saw two messages from George Hinchliffe. As in the co-founder of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. He made some kind remarks about this blog.
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Brush with greatness
Posted by acilius on September 7, 2010
http://losthunderlads.com/2010/09/07/brush-with-greatness/
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain rereleases two early albums
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will soon be making its entire back catalog available for purchase in the form of mp3 downloads; despite this, they have reissued two of their early albums as CDs, Pluck (1997) and Hearts of Oak (1989.) A copy of each came to our house came a couple of weeks ago. Mrs Acilius and [...]
Posted by acilius on July 27, 2010
http://losthunderlads.com/2010/07/27/the-ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britain-rereleases-two-early-albums/
Prom Night: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Live at the Royal Albert Hall
On Tuesday, 18 August 2009, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain was a headline act at the BBC Proms, an annual festival more formally known as the Henry Wood Promenade. The BBC Proms goes on for about ten weeks and includes dozens of concerts in London’s Royal Albert Hall, as well as chamber music performances [...]
Posted by acilius on December 15, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/12/15/prom-night-the-ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britain-live-at-the-royal-albert-hall/
New UOGB Video
The DVD of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s triumphant performance at August’s BBC Proms is available for preorder at their site. They’ll start shipping the discs on 3 December. They’ve posted this audience-member video to entice you: We’ve placed our order, of course. Look for a review in this space, likely sometime after Christmas.
Posted by acilius on November 19, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/11/19/new-uogb-video/
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s second live album
Day before yesterday, Mrs Acilius and I received our copy of the latest Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain CD release, Live in London 2. We’ve been listening to it ever since. Because of their showmanship, the best introduction to the UOGB is a live show, and the next best is a video. That’s why youtube [...]
Posted by acilius on October 3, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/10/03/the-ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britains-second-live-album/
The UOGB (or a piece of it) plays “I’m Gonna Be”
I’ve been looking for this clip for quite a while now. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (well, four members of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, and someone else) plays The Proclaimers‘ “I’m Gonna Be” on the BBC. UPDATE: The “someone else” is Leisa Rea of “Adams & Rea.”
Posted by acilius on April 7, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/04/07/the-uogb-or-a-piece-of-it-plays-im-gonna-be/
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