Dolly Allen produced a self titled LP under Broadside in 1978, at the time all material on the album was previously unrecorded, however much of the material was eventually re-used on 'The Best of the Black Country Night Out' as well as the Black Country Night Out VHS special.
Tracks:
00:00 - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
15:47 - The Village, Newport
Dolly Allen - BBC TV 'Off the Cuff' Comedienne of The Original Black Country Night Out Show
Comediennes are few and far between and good ones even rarer but the Black Country can claim to have one of the very best in its own Dolly Allen. Even as a young girl Dolly had a yearning for appearing on stage and began to do local talent contests at the tender age of eight years. Later, as a fourteen year old factory worker, she began composing monologues and eventually her own brand of hilarious and dead pan humour brought her to wide and appreciative audiences throughout the West Midlands. Dolly, like the rest of the 'Black Country Night Out' team has now chalked up quite a few radio and T.V. broadcasts and along with the other four she made a very successful appearance on the B.B.C.1. T.V. "Off the cuff" programme. No one would dispute the fact that she is the first lady of Black Country Comedy.
Notice: The echo ring on the Wulfrun hall part of the recording (Side 1) is due to the public address system and is NOT a fault on the record.
Front Sleeve Photograph: Foto Aid, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton
Rear Sleeve Figure: John Crane
Sleeve Notes: Jon Raven
Layout and Design: Publicitywise Ltd. Wolverhampton
Recorded Live at: The VIllage, Newport, 13/12/77
and The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton 13/11/76
Recording Engineer: Johnny Haynes, Zella Studios, Birmingham
Cutting: Barry Shiers, MRS, Coventry
Pressing: John Edwards, Plastic Sound, Newtown, Powys
Production: Jon Raven
Approximate running time 35 minutes.
All the material on this album is previously unrecorded.
Published by Broadside Records. BRO 129 1978.