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Bill's Solo Works
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Nothing Better To Do / Traffic Island
Artist: Bill Oddie
Parlophone R 5153. Copyright
1964?
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The Knitting Song / Ain’t Got Rhythm
Artist: Bill Oddie
Parlophone R 5346. Copyright 1965.
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I Can’t Get Through / Because She Is My Love
Artist: Bill Oddie
Parlophone R 5433. Copyright 1966.
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Five Feet Two / If You Knew Susie
Artist: Spencer’s Washboard Kings.
Rayrik LCR 1001. Copyright
1966.
Bill Oddie performs the lead vocal on Five Feet Two. Jean Hart provides the lead vocal on If you Knew Susie.
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Distinctly Oddie
Polydor 582 007. Released
1967.
Bill Oddie’s pre-Goodies solo album of humorous songs, some of
which appeared in the radio show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
Includes the tracks: I’m Small, Square Bashing
Dance, Old Boutique, The Lawman, A Man’s Best Friend, Rhubarb Tart Blues, The Wind, Recorded Live, Take It Off, Ferrets
of Old England, L.O.V.E.?, Beethoven’s Fifth, Stop It I Like It, Family Favourites, and When You Come To The
End.
Jimmy Young / Irish Get Out
Artist: Bill Oddie
Decca F 12903. Copyright 1969.
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On Ilkla Moor Baht’at / Harry Krishna
Artist: Bill Oddie
Dandelion 4786. Copyright
1970.
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On Ilkla Moor Baht’at / Harry Krishna
Artist: Bill Oddie
Epic S EPC 3793. Copyright 1970.
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Superspike (Part
1) / Superspike (Part 2)
Artist: Bill
Oddie and the Superspike Squad (Featuring John Cleese)
Bradley’s Records 7606. Copyright
1976.
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It’s A Live-In World
EMI - AHP LP 12. Copyright 1986.
This two album set was released in aid of The Anti-Heroin Project.
It contains songs by multiple artists including one called Naughty Atom Bomb performed by John Cleese, Bill
Oddie, and Ringo Starr. This song was written by K. Craddock & C. Gibson.
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Tim's Solo Projects
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At Last the 1948 Show
LP: Pye Records NPL 18198. Released
1967.
CD: El Records in Association with Cherry Red Records ACMEM120CD. Released 20
August 2007.
A record of material adapted from the Rediffusion TV series starring
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Marty Feldman with Aimi Macdonald.
Neither the album jacket nor the label provide a track listing.
However, the 2007 CD release has the following track listing:
Bookshop / Sheep Dog Trials / Brief Interrogation / The Wonderful World of the
Ant / Rural Fram (Dialect) / Witch Restaurant / Top of the Form / Someone Has Stolen the News / One Man Battalion / Doctor
Sketch (Croded Waiting Room/Skinny Legs) / Minister Who Falls to Pieces / Do You Match this Description? / Engine Driver Spriggs
/ The Four Sydney Lotterbies / Beekeeping / The Ferret Song (John Cleese with the 1948 Show Choir) / Public Opinion / The
Rhubarb Tart Song (John Cleese with the 1948 Show Choir)
The 2007 CD release includes a booklet which faithfully reproduces the front &
back cover of the original album. The booklet also includes liner notes.
The Ferret Song from The 1948 Show / Rhubarb Tart Song
Artist: John Cleese with the 1948 Show Choir (including Tim Brooke-Taylor)
Pye 7N 17336. Copyright
1967.
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Marty
Pye Records – NPL 18258.
Copyright 1968.
An album from the BBC TV series starring Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Junkin, and Roland Macleod.
Includes the tracks Irritation, Weighing Machine, Father
& Son, Police Notice, God, Woodworm, Headmaster, Lady Chatterly, Weather Forecast, Funny He Never Married, Eye-o-Fry,
Travel Agency, Parliamentary Report, Eat Your Prunes, Bishop, Ballet, and Salome.
Funny He Never Married / Travel Agency
Artist: Marty Feldman with Tim Brooke-Taylor
Pye 7N 17643. Copyright
1968.
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Zoo Keeper / Deck of Cards
Parlophone R 5441. Copyright
1966.
Deck of Cards was written by Tim Brooke-Taylor & Chris Stewart-Clarke. It is performed by David Frost. The sketch later made an appearance in an episode
of the radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (this time being performed by Bill Oddie).
Zoo Keeper was written by John Cleese and performed by David Frost.
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The Least Worst of Hello Cheeky
BBC Records REH 189. Released 1975.
This album contains material from the radio show Hello
Cheeky starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, John Junkin, and the Denis King Trio. According to the back cover,
this album was recorded before a live audience in the Paris Studio, April 6, 1975.
Neither the album jacket nor the label provide a track listing.
This was the first issue of this album.
Because the cover was deemed too risque it was changed to the blue cover shown below in later pressings.
The Least Worst of Hello Cheeky
BBC Records REH 189. Released 1975.
Contains material from the radio show Hello Cheeky starring Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Barry Cryer, John Junkin, and the Denis King Trio. According to the back cover, this album was recorded before a live
audience in the Paris Studio, April 6, 1975.
Neither the album jacket nor the label provide a track listing.
This was the second issue of this album.
As mention above, the original yellow cover was deemed too risque and was changed to this version in later pressings.
The Seedy Sound of “Hello Cheeky”
EMI Records EMC 3112. Released
1976.
Songs from the radio show “Hello Cheeky” starring Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Barry Cryer, John Junkin and Denis King.
Tracks include Miserable Song, Moon Over Romford, Your
Third Leg, Wrong Love Song, Soda Syphon Baby, Road To Plaistow, I’m Growing a Beard, I’m in Love with the Girl,
Carrots for My Lady, Don’t Say Goodbye, Tickling Mrs. Adcock, Pie and Chips, Hymn to Cockroaches, Rock Cake Rock, Transistorised
Sweetheart, Sweet Old Fashioned Thing, Love Song for Agnes, Belle of Chalk Farm, South of the Ankle, Edith Cosgrove, Smashing
Year, Love is Rand, November in Dumfries, Crossbar Katy, Tram Ride to Romance, and Money Song.
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