When is a comeback too far not a comeback too far? When it's not a comeback too far, obviously!  For some artists, the 1980s was a nonstop farewell tour. And by 'some artists', one can only mean Mildred Pilf.  Released for the lucrative Christmas market in 1989, Demented Power Ballads saw one of the most controversial performers of the century returning to the stage for the latest final time at the age of 80.  Born in the Lancashire sootmining town of Blackworth in 1909, Mildred Pilf became one of Britain's best-loved entertainers during the War, but her career fizzled out in the 1960s when news of an affair with Rudolph Hess became public knowledge.  Former fans destroyed their elderly 78-inch records, and Pilf was officially 'finished'. But after years of lying low, the elderly diva eventually resurfaced and became a surprising counter-cultural heroine, though her drug of choice was typically nothing stronger than expired Lemsip.  Recorded over two nights at ...