Albums
Sydney Opera House (DVD 2012)
This DVD is a recording of the concert on the 6th Mar 2012 at the Sydney Opera House with many extras and clips from the Australia tour 2012, as well as optional onscreen music notation.
Tracklist:
- Greener (UOGB )
- Born to be Wild (Bonfire)
- Slave to the Rhythm ( Woolley, Darlow, Lipson, Horn)
- Mirsirlou (trad. arr. UOGB )
- Hot Lips (Daniel Högberg & Björg Synneby)
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Dury)
- Tears on my Pillow (Bradford, Lewis)
- Born This Way (Gaga, Laursen)
- Vertigo (UOGB )
- Rock Around the Clock (Freedman, Myers)
- Orange Blossom Special (trad. arr. UOGB )
- Waltzing Matilda (trad. arr. UOGB )
Special Limited Edition CD Berlin Admiralspalast (CD 2012)
This is a special limited edition CD, which has ben produced especially for the concert at the Admiralspalast in Berlin on the 11th Nov 2012. The CD contains four pieces, which most likely will be on the upcoming album "Ukewerk". Everyone of the 250 copies is numbered and the cover has been sprayed by hand by the grafitti artist Traian Oala.
Tracklist:
- Should I stay or should I go? (Strummer, Jones)
- Berliner Luft (Lincke)
- Cancion Mixteca (Alaves, arr. Hinchliffe, Lux)
- König von Deutschland(Reiser)
Still Live (Audio CD 2011)
This is the third compilation of live recordings from various concerts. "Still Live", which sounds quite intentinally similar to the word "still life", of course can be seen as a kind of "still life" or a snapshot of the UOGB's previous life on tour.
Still Live is available from the 28th Apr 2011 on iTunes or the CD can beordered from the 5th May 2011 on the
website of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
Tracklist:
Prom Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms 2009 (DVD 2009)
On 18th Aug 2009 the Ukes gave their debut at the BBC Proms, the famous annual concert series in the Royal Albert Hall in London
They not only played a selection of their greatest classics, but also some new pieces, that had been arranged especially for this concert and 1000 people in the audience had brought their ukuleles to play along the "Ode to Joy", the famous piece from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
This DVD contains a recording of the complete concert and offers some extras, like for example backstage interviews with the Ukes from before the concert and the dress rehearsal for the play-along piece with the audience.
Tracklist:
- Puffin' Billy (White)
- Anarchy in the UK (Cook, Jones, Matlock, Lydon)
- Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner arr UOGB)
Silver Machine (Brock, Calvert) - Life on Mars (Bowie arr UOGB )
- Thunderball (Barry, Black)
- Teenage Dirtbag (Brown)
- Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns arr UOGB )
- Jerusalem (Blake, Parr arr UOGB )
- Psycho Killer (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth)
- Ode to Joy (Beethoven arr UOGB )
- Pinball Wizard (Townshend)
- Dambusters (Coates)
- Melange (arr UOGB )
- Wuthering Heights (Bush)
Live in London #2 (Audio CD 2009)
This CD has been recorded at various concerts in London and like 'Live in London #1' it offers 16 more popular Ukes tracks.
Buy Live in London #2 on the UOGB website
Tracklist:
- Dr. Jazz (Morton, UOGB)
- Silver Machine (Brock, Calvert)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Morricione)
- Rock Around the Clock (Freedman, De Knight)
- America (Sondheim, Bernstein)
- Theme from "Shaft" (Hayes)
- Slave to the Rhythm (Woolley, Darlow, Lipson, Horn)
- Two Pints of Lager (Splodge)
- Only You (Ram, Rand)
- On the Beach at Waikiki (Kailimai, Stover)
- Je t'aime (Gainsbourg, Langolff)
- Rikki Don't Lose That Number (Fagan, Becker)
- Limehouse Blues (Furber, Braham)
- Thunderball (Barry, Black)
- Leaning on a Lampost (Gay)
- Fly Me Off the Handel (arr UOGB)
Christmas with The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (Audio CD 2008)
This compilation of traditional Christmas carols and Christmas pop songs will be available from end of November 2008. The CD can be pre-ordered on the
Website des Ukulele Orchestra.
Tracklist:
Live in London #1 (Audio CD 2008)
This is a compilation of live recordings from different concerts of the last years.
Buy Live in London #1 on the website of the Ukulele Orchestra.
Tracklist:
Precious Little (Audio CD 2007)
With typical Ukes-style their newest CD touches quite simply at least 100 years of musical history. You can order this fantastic CD directly at the website of the UOGB.
Buy Precious Little at the UOGB website
Tracklist:
- Finlandia (Sibelius)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Cobain/Novoselic/Grohl)
- Sneako(Hinchliffe/Goodman/Suich/Bankes)
- Theme From Shaft (Hayes)
- Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down (Bono)
- Psycho Killer (Byrne/Frantz/Weymouth)
- (He Played Real Good) For Free (Mitchell)
- Caroline (Young/Rossi)
- Tiptoe Through The Tulips (Burke/Dubin)
- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Gibb)
- The Girl From Devizes (Hinchliffe/Lux/Goodman/Suich/Brooke-Turner/
Grove-White/Bankes/Williams) - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (Ballard/Stanley/Simmons/Ezrin)
- You'll Never Know (Hinchliffe/Lux/Goodman)
Top Notch (Audio CD 2006)
Top Notch - quite confident describes the title, what the listener can expect and it lives up to what it promises. A quite colorful collection of fantastic recordings of the previous years. You can order this CD directly at the website of the UOGB.
Buy Top Notch at the UOGB website
Tracklist:
- Devil's Gallop (Charles Williams)
- Yes Sir (That's My Baby) (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Topper Headon, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones)
- I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (A. J. Peron)
- (The Dance of the) Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovski George Hinchliffe)
- My Baby Does Good Sculptures (Jo Callis)
- I Think You're Neat George Hinchliffe, Kitty Lux
- Another Girl Another Planet (Peter Perret)
- The Dambusters March (Eric Coates)
- The World's Greatest Scat Singer (George Hinchliffe)
- Western Lands (George Hinchliffe)
- Completely Broken Hearted (George Hinchliffe, Kitty Lux)
- In A Monastery Garden (Albert W. Ketèlbey)
- Kiss (Prince Rogers Nelson)
- Wuthering Heights (the version from A Fistful of Ukuleles Kate Bush)
- Teenage Kicks (John O'Neill)
- Try Hard (George Hinchliffe)
- Cancion Mixteca (José López Alavez)
Anarchy In The Ukulele (DVD 2005)
If you like to listen to the Ukes, then you will love to watch them! This DVD is currently the only available one and it is available again:
Buy Anarchy in the Ukulele at the UOGB website
Tracklist:
- Antiphon (George Hinchliffe/Kitty Lux)
- Devil's Gallop(Charles Williams)
- Leaning on a Lamppost (Noel Gay)
- Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl)
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Neil Diamond)
- Life on Mars (David Bowie)(simultaneously with My Way1, For Once in My Life2, Born Free3, Substitute4)
- Hard to Handle (Otis Redding, Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell)
- McArthur Park (Jimmy Webb)
- Orange Blossom Special (Ervin Rouse, Jack Rouse)
- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
- Hot Tamales (They're Red Hot) (Robert Johnson)
- Satellite of Love (Lou Reed)
- Fly Me Off The Handel (original melody upon an old chord sequence, written by George Hinchliffe) (simultaneously with Fly Me to the Moon5, (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story6, Autumn Leaves7, Killing me Softly8, Hotel California9, I Will Survive10)
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Mick Jones, Joe Strummer)
- Le Freak (Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers)
Miss Dy-na-mi-tee (Single CD 2005)
Miss Dy-na-mi-tee, the single-extraction from the album 'The Secret of Life' reached #81 in the UK single charts in 2005. Besides this CD offers the only publication of George's fascinating rendition of 'Natural Woman'. You can order this CD directly at the website of the UOGB.
Buy Miss Dy-na-mi-tee at the UOGB website
Tracklist:
- Miss Dy-na-mi-tee (Ms Dynamite)
- (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
- Wonderful Land (Jerry Lordan)
The Secret of Life (Audio CD 2003)
A potpourri, like you can expect only from UOGB. Pop, Soul, Funk, Blues... and again some fascinating own compositions. You can order this CD
directly at the website of the UOGB or
buy it at amazon UK or
download it from iTunes.
Tracklist:
- Miss Dy-na-mi-tee (Ms Dynamite)
- Leaning on a Lamppost (Noel Gay)
- Hard to Handle (Otis Redding/Allen Jones/ Alvertis Isbell)
- Wonderful Land (Jerry Lordan)
- Je T'aime.. Moi Non Plus (Serge Gainsbourg)
- MacArthur Park (Jimmy Webb)
- Le Freak (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards)
- Only You (Buck Ram)
- Antiphon (George Hinchliffe/Kitty Lux)
- The Stage (Peter Brooke Turner aka Tony Penultimate)
- You Talk About My Drinking (Dave Suich aka Joe Bazouki)
- The Secret of Life (George Hinchliffe/Kitty Lux)
Anarchy in the Ukulele (Audio CD 2000)
This cd is an homage to the Punk music of the late seventies, it's sadly no longer available.
Tracklist:
- My Baby Does Good Sculptures (Jo Callis)
- Teenage Kicks (John O'Neill)
- Pretty Girls (original artist: Sheeny & the Goys)
- Another Girl, Another Planet (Peter Perret)
- Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (Max Splodge)
- Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll (Ian Dury, Chaz Jankel)
- Napalm Loop (UOGB )
- Anarchy in the UK (Johnny Rotten, Stephen Philip Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Thomas Cook)
- One Chord Wonders (T.V. Smith)
- No Peace for the Wicked (Peter Perrett)
- Oh Bondage Up Yours (Poly Styrene)
- Really Free (John Otway)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Mick Jones, Joe Strummer)
Pluck (Audio CD 1998 - reissue 2010)
...was recorded in 1997 in the orchestra's studio, amid the dust and detritus of a decade long backlog of filing and correspondence, the fruiting bodies of various fungi peering down on the seated orchestral ranks, from walls running with damp.
Only weeks later, the studio site was demolished to become a cash and carry supermarket. With impeccable ukulele logic, the title track will appear on a subsequent album.
Tracklist:
- Try Hard (George Hinchliffe)
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
- Life on Mars (David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust)
- The Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein)
- Completely broken hearted (George Hinchliffe wrote it from a Colombian folk song)
- I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (A. J. Peron)
- Whistling Bach11 (Bach)
- Devils Gallop12 (Charles Williams)
- Can I break your heart (George Hinchliffe from a melody by
Fibich) - When you’re smiling (Fisher Goodwin Shay)
- In a monastery garden (Albert W. Ketèlbey)
- Dr Jazz (Morton)
- I think you’re neat (Kitty Lux)
- Bebobalola (Gene Vincent / Tex Sheriff)
- (You make me feel) Like a Natural Woman (Carole King)
- Hot Tamales (Robert Johnson)
A Fist Full of Ukuleles (Audio CD 1994)
Sadly this wonderful compilation of incredible interpretations is no longer available.
Tracklist:
- Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1(Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
- Ironing my Goldfish (Bill Oddie)
- A Case of You (Joni Mitchell)
- The Dambusters March (Eric Coates)
- Masks and Faces ('La Cumparsita', Gerardo Matos Rodríguez )
- Kiss (Prince Rogers Nelson)
- Perfect Day (Lou Reed)
- Wuthering Heights13 (Kate Bush)
- Cancion Mixteca (José López Alavez)
- The TimeWarp (Richard O'Brien, The Rocky Horror Show)
- Berceuse(Faure's Dolly Suite)
- Night and Day (Cole Porter)
- Yes Sir That's My Baby (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
- I (Who Have Nothing) (Carlo Donida14)
- Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke, combined with some jazz ad-libbing)
- The ON riff, Silver Machine (Dave Brock)
- Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
Hearts of Oak (Audio CD 1990 - reissue 2010)
... From toe-tapping country swing to hilarious vintage jazz, from stately classsical sounds to Japanese koto effects, from the heartbreak of the title track to the Brechtian anguish of "Easter Sunday", this recording shows a variety of moods and styles, each track at the top of its game, and all giving us views of the world of music through the magic keyhole of the ukulele. ...
Tracklist:
- Chord Trick (George Hinchliffe & Kitty Lux, using the tune from a funeral march by Henry Purcell Henry Purcell)
- Just a Game (George Hinchliffe)
- Whatever it takes (George Hinchliffe & Kitty Lux)
- There was a Man (George Hinchliffe)
- Anything is beautiful Which... (George Hinchliffe & Kitty Lux, using found texts from "The meaning of meaning", a book on logic and the naval signals manual. )
- The World's No.1 Scat Singer (George Hinchliffe)
- Easter Sunday (Berthold Brecht & Hans Eisler )
- Hearts of Oak (George Hinchliffe & Kitty Lux)
- Western Lands (George Hinchliffe & Kitty Lux)
- Nevada (Kitty Lux)
- The Moon & Ruined Castle (Rentaro Taki)
- Formica Top (George Hinchliffe)
- Minimal Rag (George Hinchliffe)
- Karaoke Corral (George Hinchliffe, based on track 11)
- The Con Man's Chord Trick (George Hinchliffe, based on track 1)
Ukulele Variations (Audio CD/LP/Cassette 1988)
"The advantage of the absence of any traditional repertoire for the Instrument is the freedom this gives the Listener, Player, Composer and Tunesmith to hear any style or idiom as though it were fresh." (notes by E. Perouk at the cover of this album)
Half of it being their own imaginative compositions, half of it being fascinating cover-versions of well-known songs they demonstrate their creativity and versatility most aestetically in their very first album already. Sadly this album isn't available any longer.
Tracklist:
- Red Cross (Tiny Grimes & Charlie Parker)
- Candy Says (Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground)
- Tosto Che L'Alba (The Ukulele Orchestra of G.B.)
- Four Men in Big Hats (UOGB )
- Satisfaction (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)
- Before the Conifers (George Hinchliffe)
- Nobody's Child (Cy Coben and Mel Foree)
- Still Life with Ukulele (A. Astle)
- On Suicide (Hans Eisler & Berthold Brecht)
- Presto Tango (UOGB )
- Presto Tango Variations (UOGB )
- Hymn (George Hinchliffe)
- The Trout by Schubert (Franz Schubert)
- Midnight in Moscow (Vassili Soloviev-Sedoy & Brand Nassau Additional words M & C Fitton)
- Dance Music (UOGB )
- Born to be Wild (Mars Bonfire)
- The Labours of Hercules (UOGB )
- Home on the Range (Traditional)
small fry (Audio CD 2012)
Will's second solo album.
Tracklist:
- Driving Me Crazy (Will Grove-White)
- The Cooking Song (Will Grove-White)
- Stops (Will Grove-White)
- What Do You Want? (Will Grove-White)
- They Swims (Will Grove-White)
- Rusty Razor Blades (Will Grove-White)
- A Piece of String (Will Grove-White)
- Ho Hum (Will Grove-White)
- My Dog (Will Grove-White)
- La Vie en Nose (Will Grove-White)
- Tiny Blues (Will Grove-White)
- You'll Do (Will Grove-White)
- One Note Man (Will Grove-White)
Dave Suich's Bass Camp (Audio CD 2012)
This is the first album, that bears Dave Suich's name.
It's a compilation of recordings, that have accumulated over the years, recorded with different bands in different studios, the newest recordings from 2007 at the same time being the oldest songs - written in 1974.
Besides his lead vocals, you can hear Dave here in an -for UOGB fans- unfamiliar position at the bass on all songs (except track 10). Moreover he's responsible for harmonica, cuatro and bouzouki. There are no ukuleles and UOGB support only comes from George Hinchliffe at the keyboard.This album can be ordered
on the website of the Ukulele Orchestra.
Tracklist:
- Window box song (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
- Personal sponge (Dave Suich/Richie Budd)
- Song in purple (Dave Suich/Greg Ogden)
- The FGT (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
- Terry Blade (Dave Suich/Greg Ogden)
- Brixton Hill (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
- What can you do? (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
- A lot of people say (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
- Man alive (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
- Ruthie B (Dave Suich/Bob Kitcher/Richie Budd)
- Peter takes his time (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
- Something I need (Dave Suich/Bob Kitcher/Richie Budd)
- Bigger house (Dave Suich/Richie Budd)
- Billy said to Atlas (Dave Suich AKA Joe Bazouki)
Hester Goodman - You Could At Lest Smile (Audio CD 2010)
This is the first solo project of Hester Goodman.
Hester Goodman (Vocals, ukulele, Bones), Andy Hamill (double bass), Justin Woodward (Drums, Vibes, Marimba), Dan Teper (Accordion), und George Hinchliffe (ukulele, piano). Lizzy O'Connor, Rebecca Hollweg and Pando (backing vocals). Lucas Hollweg (trombone).
Buy Hesters CD from the UOGB web shop
Tracklist:
- Wall of death (Hester Goodman)
- Love in a cafe (Hester Goodman)
- Low down dirty blues (Hester Goodman)
- Dartington waltz (Hester Goodman)
- Moon song (Hester Goodman)
- Dracula (Hester Goodman)
- Sleep tight (Hester Goodman)
- Enrico (Hester Goodman & Ali Milne)
- Love in a diner (Hester Goodman)
- Somnambulaire (Hester Goodman)
- Hat song (Hester Goodman)
- Lady On a bicycle (Hester Goodman)
- Drifter (Hester Goodman)
- Chanson (Hester Goodman)
Will Grove White (Audio CD 2008)
This is the first solo project of Will Grove-White.
Besides the ukuleles there are a tuba, melodica, clarinette, cardboard boxes and a musical saw. Valuable contributions came from the rest of the Ukulele Orchestra and many others.
This album can be ordered
via the website of the Ukulele Orchestra or downloaded from
iTunes or from
cdbaby.com.
Tracklist:
- Cor Blimey (Will Grove-White)
- Hot Skin (Will Grove-White)
- Holding On (Will Grove-White)
- From the Inside Out (Will Grove-White)
- Sally-Ann (Will Grove-White)
- Fafashifoo (Will Grove-White)
- Bent Ear Blues (Will Grove-White)
- The Incombustibles (Will Grove-White & Ali Milne)
- I Was Sure (Will Grove-White)
- Sit and Think (Will Grove-White)
- I Just Wanna Die (Will Grove-White)
- Sunglasses (Will Grove-White)
- Insomniac (Will Grove-White)
- Weeping Saws (Will Grove-White)
Soppy and the Sentimentals (Audio CD 2003)
This is the second solo CD of Peter Brooke-Turner. In contrast to the first album there are guitars (played by Bruce Knapp) One of the piano players for this album is George Hinchliffe. It was produced by Jonty too.
This album can be ordered on the
website of The Ukulele Orchestra or as download from
iTunes.
Peter has kindly published all his lyrics on the net, you can read them on the
Lyrical Legend website
Tracklist:
- TWYL (Bibbely Babbely) (Tony Penultimate)
- I Made You Love Me (Tony Penultimate)
- Julio (Tony Penultimate)
- Money Or The Sun (Tony Penultimate)
- Soppy And The Sentimentals (Jaroslav Jezek (1906-1942) lyrics: Tony Penultimate)
- Love Took Us For A Ride (Jeremy Leahy)
- Rock 'N' Roll Soldier (Tony Penultimate)
- The Stage (Tony Penultimate)
- Suffer No More (Jeremy Leahy)
- Lighthouse (Tony Penultimate)
- The Love That Built That Day (Tony Penultimate)
Mainly Manly Music (Audio CD 1998)
Mainly Manly Music is the debut album of Peter Brooke-Turner, aka "Tony Penultimate" and his band "The Ukulele Kings", where Jonty Bankes played too.
No guitars have been used for this album, instead there were acoustic and electric ukuleles.
This album can be ordered on the
website of The Ukulele Orchestra or as download from
iTunes.
Peter has kindly published all his lyrics on the net, you can read them on the
Lyrical Legend website
Tracklist:
- The Power and Glory of Nature (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- The Back Streets of Turin (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- A Passionate Man (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- Amo Amas Amat (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- I Go For A Chauffeur (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- Playboy (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- Firing Squad (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- Easy Listening Man (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- Apres Ski (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- It Was Agreed (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- Summer Boogie (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- For the Children (Tony Penultimate/Jeremy Leahy)
- 1
- Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka
- 2
- Ron Miller
- 3
- John Barry/Don Black
- 4
- Pete Townshend
- 5
- Bart Howard
- 6
- Francis Lai
- 7
- Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert
- 8
- Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox
- 9
- Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley
- 10
- Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
- 11
- Jonty's audition piece: The 'Badinerie' from J. S. Bach - completely whistled!
- 12
- the theme for Dick Barton, Secret Agent
- 13
- Peter's version
- 14
- italian original: 'Uno dei tanti' by Carlo Donida Labati, the English version has been performed by many famous artists, among them Ben E. King, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond and Joe Cocker



