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Looking for CHARLES COBORN - THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO
I suppose you could file this under "Must Have That Record". I understand that there are numerous pressings of this record. Alas, I don't possess any of them. I would appreciate any leads as to how I can purchase a copy (or maybe different versions). Overseas offers are welcome. Many thanks.
Here he is billed as "Chas." Coborn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8KnWn4QbVQ

The UK is probably your most likely source for this record, which was a best seller over here. I am not a collector of music hall records, but this is such a classic that it deserves a place in any collection.

Here is the electrically recorded version released in 1930, when Coborn (1852-1945) was still active :

epigramophone wrote:I am not a collector of music hall records, but this is such a classic that it deserves a place in any collection.

Here is the electrically recorded version released in 1930, when Coborn (1852-1945) was still active :

I am not a fan of the genre either however, like yours, my collection needs it. Peter Sellers must have been a fan also. I swear he must have based his Major Bloodnok on Charles Coborn.