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This collection contains a 36 page booklet with track by track annotation and a 28 page lyrics booklet
Number of Discs : 4

Disc 1- At The Drop Of The Original Hat
01. Introduction (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
02. A Transport of Delight (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
03. Song Of Reproduction (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
04. A Gnu (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
05. Design for Living (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
06. Je Suis Le Tenebreux (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
07. Songs For Our Time (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
08. A Song Of The Weather (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
09. The Reluctant Cannibal (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
10. Greensleeves (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
11. Misalliance (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
12. Kokoraki - A Greek Song (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
13. Madeira, M`Dear (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
14. Hippopotamus (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
15. The Public May Leave (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
16. In the Bath (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
17. Wom Pom (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
18. Vanessa
19. The Youth of the Heart
20. Tried By The Centre Court
21. Too Many Cookers
22. Grandma

Disc 2-Hats Around The World
01. Play-in (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
02. The Warthog (Live At The New Lindsey Theatre)
03. Topical Song (Harold Macmillan) (Live At The New Lindsey Theatre (2nd House)
04. The Whale (Mopy Dick) (Live At The New Lindsey Theatre)
05. The Elephant (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
06. Hippopotamus (French Chorus) (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
07. Grandma (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
08. Miranda (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
09. Kokoraki (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
10. Madeira M`Dear (Live At The Fortune Theatre)
11. Down Below (Live In Chicago)
12. The 100 Song (Live In Toronto)
13. The Great New Gardiner Expressway (Live In Toronto)
14. Good Literature (Live In Toronto)
15. A Gnu (Live In Geneva)
16. Say Who You Are (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
17. A Transport Of Delight (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
18. Sing A Song Of Fivepence (Live In Adelaide)
19. Russia is Red, Dilly Dilly (Live In Adelaide)
20. The Great New Sydney Opera House (Live In Adelaide)
21. Commonwealth Fair (Live In Adelaide)
22. Happy Song (Live In Adelaide)
23. The Commissioner (Live In Adelaide)
24. Hippo Encore (Live At The Globe Theatre)

Disc 3-And Then We Wrote
01. In The D`Oyly Cart
02. Prehistoric Complaint
03. The Album
04. There`s A Hole In My Budget
05. The Seven Ages Of Woman
06. Fragments
07. Pillar To Post
08. Guide To Britten
09. Excelsior
10. Rain On The Plage
11. Last Of The Line
12. Rockall
13. The Lord Chamberlain`s Regulations
14. Play-in (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
15. Haymarket Introduction (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
16. The Sloth (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
17. Take Me Back To Byker (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
18. Nursery Rhymes (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
19. The Ostrich (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
20. Bring Back The Birch (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)
21. The Armadillo (Live At The Haymarket Theatre)

Disc 4-Bonus Disc-Hats Off
01. For The Forces (Michael Flanders At Oxford)
02. Je Suis Le Ténébreux (Donald Swann At Oxford)
03. Prehistoric Complaint
04. Surly Girls
05. Strike
06. Private View (Private View)
07. The Valley (Private View)
08. Survival Of The Phew (Private View)
09. Pillar To Post
10. I Couldn`t Care Less
11. Trunk Call
12. A Word on My Ear
13. Ballad For The Rich
14. Airs On A Shoestring (Airs On The Shoestring)
15. Guide To Britten (Airs On The Shoestring)
16. Brave New Wordling
17. The Man From Aix-Les-Bains
18. Overture: More Strings to Our Bow
19. Miss Fraser`s Dresses
20. Bi-Party Line
21. Rain On The Plage
22. Interim Report
23. Capital Charge
24. You (AKA Satellite Moon)
25. Anyone Will Do
26. Death Wish
27. Jaguar (Car Version)
28. The 100 Song
29. Vendor Librorum Floreat

This has the good mono performances, before Flanders got sick of doing the same material in repeat performances recorded in stereo. The original "At the Drop of A Hat" directed by THE George Martin is one of the great comedy records ever and is worth the price of the package. A complete listing of the four CD's in the set appear in another review. The linear notes are a feast for the devotee. The perfect $50 gift for the British comedy fan.I got it for $51.93 including standard shipping on amazon from ImportCDs.