In July 1949, shortly after their "Ray's a Laugh" debut, the duo's first recordings in over ten years were issued on the Parlophone label. Occasionally working with a young producer named George Martin, who had joined EMI in 1950, their regular single releases included recordings of songs such as "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", "Careless Hands" and "In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)", a song composed for the Coronation of Elizabeth II. They also recorded a number of medleys: at the time, the LP and 7-inch single, which had longer playing times, and could thus contain more tracks, were still fairly new. The 10-inch 78rpm disc was still dominant at the time, but could typically only hold three minutes on each side. A medley featuring several songs on each side of a disc could therefore allow the listener to hear half a dozen songs on record. Continuing a theme of their earlier records, Bob and Alf released a number of medleys in series' such as "In Big Bits of Big Hits" and "Family Favourites". Their final recording was a two-sided medley, "Christmas Favourites For Children", issued in December 1953. Around this time, they also toured with a stage version of the radio show "Take It from Here".