The Childrens Hour

Highly accomplished English pianist, composer and arranger who shined from the 1930s through to the '80s.
Although the third finger of his right hand was amputated following a playtime accident as a child, McGuffie persevered with his music studies, and at the age of 11 was awarded the Victoria Medal for his piano proficiency by the Victoria College, Glasgow. A year later he made his first broadcast on Childrens’ Hour, and at the age of 14 was playing regularly with the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra. For a while he studied to be a naval architect, before moving to Ayr to join the Miff Hobson Orchestra. Early in 1944, he moved to London and played with Teddy Foster at the Lyceum, and then spent four years with Joe Loss, before joining Maurice Winnick and Sidney Lipton…

After 25 years and over 499 releases, this is the first-ever FLYING NUN box set!
The amazing package contains 4 CDs & a 100-page coffee table book. The deluxe 100-page booklet features graphic novel format liner notes, illustrations and photos created by each musician/band who has a track on the box set. Over 80 songs chosen and put in a chronological order by Roger Shepherd, founder of Flying Nun.