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- AE dunno where 'e are
- BThe coster's muvver
Gus Elen, a celebrated British coster-song comedian, performing two signature monologues for Decca in the 1930s.AI summary
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- AE dunno where 'e are
- BMrs Carter
Gus Elen, the great cockney coster singer, performs his own ''E Dunno Where 'E Are' and 'Mrs Carter' on Sterno, a British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
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- AIf it wasn't for the 'ouses in between
- BE dunno where 'e are(31)
Gus Elen, the great cockney character comedian and music-hall star of the Edwardian era, recorded his signature material for Regal; a collector's item of British variety history.AI summary
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- AIt's a great big Shame
- Barf a pint of ale
Gus Elen was one of Britain's greatest music-hall stars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his cockney character songs and his influence on British popular song; this Decca side captures him late in his career.AI summary
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- AIt's a great big Shame
- Barf a Pint of Ale
Gus Elen, the legendary Victorian and Edwardian music-hall star, performing two of his signature comic songs 'It's a Great Big Shame' and 'Arf a Pint of Ale' on Decca F2721, a reissue or late-era recording.AI summary
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- ANice Quiet Day
- BGolden Dustman
Gus Elen, a legendary Cockney music-hall star of the Edwardian era, recorded for Decca: 'Nice Quiet Day' and 'Golden Dustman', both character songs in his tradition.AI summary
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- APretty Little villa down in Barking
- BDon't stop my arf a pint o' beer
Gus Elen was a famous British music-hall singer and comic. Ariel 2177 records 'Pretty Little Villa Down in Barking' and 'Don't Stop My Arf a Pint o' Beer'; a small early label.AI summary
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- AWait till the work comes round
Gus Elen, the great cockney coster singer of 'It's a Great Big Shame' and 'If It Wasn't for the 'Ouses in Between', sings 'Wait Till the Work Comes Round' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
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- AWait till the Work comes round(06)
- B(G Robey)Mormon's Song
Gus Elen, one of the greatest coster comedians of the Victorian and Edwardian music hall — whose 'Wait Till the Work Comes Round' and 'It's a Great Big Shame' defined the genre — appears here alongside George Robey performing 'Mormon's Song' on HMV B466. Elen is a major collected music-hall name, and a coupling with Robey on an early HMV pressing is doubly desirable.AI summary
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- AWait till the Work comes round(06)
- B(G Robey)Mormon's Song
Gus Elen on His Master's Voice B466, a British music-hall comedian and character vocalist, with 'Wait Till the Work Comes Round' and a piece credited to George Robey.AI summary