Beau Hunks

The Beau Hunks are a Dutch revivalist music ensemble who have performed and recorded the vintage works of composers Leroy Shield, Raymond Scott, Edward McDowell, Ferde Grofé, and others. They have been referred to as a "documentary orchestra," because they perform note-perfect renditions of music which is obscure and often commercially unavailable. For some projects for which no sheet music was known to exist, they had to reconstruct charts from original recordings extracted from films. (Read more at Wikipedia.)

Links to Peel
In summer 1998, the programme of the Meltdown arts festival curated by Peel featured the Dutch revivalist ensemble playing Laurel And Hardy film music. The same year, the DJ also featured tracks from their album of restored versions of music from the comedy duo's films.

Festive Fifty Entries

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Sessions

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Other Shows Played

 * 03 February 1998: Bells (2xCD – The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music ) Movies Select Audio
 * 15 January 1998: We're Just A Happy Family (Various Artists CD - Basta Music Sampler - Sense And Sensitivity) Basta
 * 12 March 1998: Stage-Coach Conversations (2xCD – The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music ) Movies Select Audio
 * 01 July 1998 (BFBS): 'Stage-Coach Conversation (2x CD-The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel And Hardy Music)' (Basta Music)