We All Had Doctors' Papers

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We All Had Doctors' Papers
Live album by
Max Boyce
Released1975
RecordedPontarddulais RFC
GenreComedy, folk
LanguageEnglish, Welsh
LabelEMI
MB 101
Max Boyce chronology
Live at Treorchy
(1974) 		We All Had Doctors' Papers
(1975) 		The Incredible Plan
(1976)

We All Had Doctors' Papers is a live album by

UK albums chart
.

Album

We All Had Doctors' Papers is a live recording similar to Boyce's recording of the previous year Live at Treorchy. Just as Live at Treorchy was recorded at the town's local rugby club, Boyce continued his connection with the sport of rugby union by recording We All Had Doctors' Papers at Pontarddulais Rugby Club. The album was recorded in one take over one night.[1] The album title comes from the song "9-3" which appeared on Live at Treorchy. Celebrating Llanelli RFC's 1972 win over New Zealand, the lyrics of the fourth verse follow; "But we all had doctors' papers, and they all said just the same, that we all had Scarlet Fever, and we caught it at the game".

Boyce, whose comedic songs are now linked to the sport of

I Gave My Love a Cherry
".

The album cover and reverse is drawn by Welsh cartoonist

gold disc from the record company EMI.[3] The cover shows a crowded and detailed rugby international match at the Cardiff Arms Park, hidden in the crowd are several notable Welsh sportspeople and celebrities, such as comedian Tommy Cooper
.

Chart history

We All Had Doctors' Papers was released in October 1975, and first entered the UK albums chart on 1 November at number nine.[4] It rose the following week to number three before topping the chart on 15 November 1975 replacing Jim Reeves' 40 Golden Greats.[4] It remained at number one for a single week, spending 17 weeks in total in the Top 40, dropping out of the chart on 17 January 1976. It was the first and only comedy album to reach the number one spot in the UK chart.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Sosban Fach"
  2. "I Am an Entertainer"
  3. "Ticketless (I Wandered Lonely)"
  4. "I Gave My Love a Debenture"
  5. "Rhondda Grey"
  6. "Slow, Men at Work"
  7. "Deck of Cards"
  8. "Swansea Town"
  9. "The Devil's Marking Me"
  10. "Ar Lan y Môr"
  11. "Pontypool Front Row"
  12. "Sosban Fach"

Charts

Notes

  1. ^ Robert, Trefor (1 February 2007). "Max Boyce's 35 years as a Welsh icon". Neath Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3
    .
  3. ^ "Welsh cartoonist retires to 'Aberflyarff'". BBC News. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. ^ a b "We All Had Doctors' Papers". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  5. ^ McLaren, James (24 February 2011). "Max Boyce: Live At Treorchy". BBC Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
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