Live at Drury Lane
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Monty Python Live at Drury Lane | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 28 June 1974 (UK) | |||
Recorded | 23 March 1974 (live recording) at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane & 1974 (studio recording) at Sunrise Music, London | |||
Genre | Comedy | |||
Length | 61:19 | |||
Label | Charisma | |||
Producer | Andre Jacquemin Dave Howman Alan Bailey | |||
Monty Python chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Monty Python Live at Drury Lane is a live album released by
As with its predecessor, the second side of the original UK vinyl release had a cryptic message by George Peckham etched onto the runout groove, which read "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PORKY TRISHY MELLY YEAH". This message was missing from the second pressings, the label of which added the musical titles used on the album (notably for the many songs referenced in "Election Special").
To promote the album's release, a double-sided 33rpm
The album was the group's most successful to date, reaching No. 19 in the UK Albums Chart.[3]
The album was released in Canada in 1975 (distributed by GRT of Canada Ltd. 9211-4) but was not issued in the US until 1994, when it was included in the box set The Instant Monty Python CD Collection. Until then, the only live Python album released in the US had been Monty Python Live at City Center, released in 1976.
The album's cover was designed by Terry Gilliam's assistant Katy Hepburn (misspelled as "Hebbern" on the back cover). Three decades later, it made a surprise appearance in Gilliam's 2005 film Tideland, where it can be seen at the front of a box of LPs.
The performance featured Eric Idle muttering "Breakaway!" during the "
Although originally released in stereo, the 2006 special edition CD has the whole album mixed into mono. This is the only one of the 2006 reissues to contain no new material, with the exception of an interview placed at the end of the disc.
Track listing
Side one
- Introduction
- Llamas
- Gumby- Flower Arranging
- Secret Service
- Wrestling
- Communist Quiz
- Idiot Song
- Albatross
- Colonel
- Nudge, Nudge
- Cocktail Bar
- Travel Agent
Side two
- Spot the Brain Cell
- Bruces
- Argument
- I've Got Two Legs
- Four Yorkshiremen
- Election Special
- Lumberjack Song
- Parrot Sketch
An interview is added to the 2006 special edition
Personnel
Additional performers
Music credits
The following is the list of musical works included on the album. They comprise a mixture of Studio G, Keith Prowse and De Wolfe library music, self-penned Python and Neil Innes songs and short extracts of famous songs referenced in "Election Special".
- Agustin Lara)
- Happy Movement (J. Harpham)
- World In Action (K. Mansfield)
- Idiot Song (Neil Innes)
- Comic Giggles (J. Pearson)
- Bruces Song(Eric Idle)
- I've Got Two Legs (Terry Gilliam)
- Prestige Theme (K. Mansfield)
- We'll Keep a Welcome (Mai Jones, Lyn Joshua & James Harper)
- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)
- Don't Sleep In The Subway (Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent)
- Climb Every Mountain (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Lumberjack Song(Michael Palin, Terry Jones & Fred Tomlinson)
- Liberty Bell (John Philip Sousa, arr. Sheriff)
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[4] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Palin, M., Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years, p.160
- ^ "live at drury lane | full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "British album certifications – Monty Python – Live at Drury Lane". British Phonographic Industry.