Dead Parrot Society: The Best of British Comedy

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Annotation

track 14 includes "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" by George & Ira Gershwin
track 17 includes "Anything Goes" by Cole Porter.
track 18 from the rock opera Tommy.
track 28 also performed by the entire cast of A Poke in the Eye (members not listed in notes).

Annotation last modified on 2013-07-14 11:43 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Also sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001)
recording of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1896)
part of:
Also sprach Zarathustra (op 30; TrV 176)
The Portsmouth Sinfonia2:01
2The Dead Parrot
Monty Python6:12
3The Courtroom, Scene I: “The Charges”
Monty Python4:31
4Memoirs of a Miner, Part I: “Which One’s Marcel Proust?”
Peter Cook2:23
5Protest Song
recording of:
Protest Song
writer:
Neil Innes
Neil Innes3:21
6Happy, Darling?
Eleanor Bron & John Fortune1:00
7The Courtroom, Scene II: “Counsel for the Defense”
Monty Python1:31
8Psychedelic Baby
Dudley Moore0:57
9Crunchy Frog
Monty Python4:19
10Memoirs of a Miner, Part II: “Sex and Violence Down the Mines”
Peter Cook4:35
11The Oral Majority! Part I
Graham Chapman0:22
12The William Tell Overture (Theme from The Lone Ranger!)
recording of:
William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace) (Lone Ranger theme)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture
The Portsmouth Sinfonia2:00
13The Courtoom, Scene III: “Police Constable Pam Am”
Monty Python2:21
14The Audition
John Bird & John Fortune2:09
15Top of the Form
performer:
John Cleese
John Cleese & Company5:35
16Transcendental Mastication
Peter Cook0:58
17The Courtroom, Scene IV: “Counsel for the Prosecution”
Monty Python2:52
18Overture / Pinball Wizard (Live!)
recording of:
Overture (Tommy)
orchestrator:
Wil Malone
lyricist:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!)
instrumental recording of:
Pinball Wizard
lyricist:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) and Towser Tunes, Inc.
The Portsmouth Sinfonia6:45
19The Penultimate Supper?!
John Cleese & Jonathan Lynn4:00
20Take Off Your Clothes! “John & Yoko”
Private Eye1:06
21The Courtroom, Scene V: “Very Expensive Gaiters”
Monty Python1:37
22Memoirs of a Miner, Part III: “Final Judgement”
Peter Cook1:50
23The Oral Majority! Part II
Graham Chapman1:26
24Balls!
Listen With Mother3:28
25The Courtroom, Scene VI: “There Goes the Judge”
Monty Python1:45
26The Argument Clinic
Monty Python3:58
27Classical Massacre!
arranger:
Robin Mortimore
The Portsmouth Sinfonia3:11
28The Lumberjack Song
Monty Python & the entire cast of A Poke in the Eye2:23