Graham, John, Terry, Eric, Terry and Michael - six lads
that shook the world. Or at least a part of it. Not that anything wobbled
or fell over or needed a UN endorsed aid campaign to relieve it exactly - but
shaken nonetheless. And quite rudely too. Not that anyone minded, not with groundbreaking
animations of giant feet, flying elephants and missiles erupting from church steeples
to amuse oneself of a Thursday evening. Nor any evening for that matter, not now
anyway, as EMI have remastered all EIGHT Monty Python albums including:
'Another Monty Python Album', 'Monty Pythons Previous Record', 'Matching
Tie and Hankerchief', 'The Holy Grail', 'Live at Drury Lane',
'Life Of Brian', 'The Meaning Of Life', and 'Contractual Obligation'.
So you'll be able to listen them whenever you like. Or not at all. Whatever the
case may be. Widely credited as exerting the same level of influence on
comedy that The Beatles did on music, (with George Harrison himself suggesting
that the Pythons 'took up where the Beatles left off') Monty Python's legacy to
comedy both in the UK and the US remains unparalleled. True this feckless collective
of Cambridge and Oxford graduates plundered the archives of fellow surrealists
like Peter Cook shamelessly on occasions, and audaciously stole the format of
Spike Milligan's irreverent sketch-show Q5, but they were original if nothing
else, extending the stream-of-consciousness, deconstructive sketch-format into
an altogether different kind of beast. One named after a Field Marshall and something
slippery. A beast beginning with 'M' and ending in 'N'. Something iconic. Something
unique. Something to quote at length. So there you have it. Each of the
remasterd albums includes previously unheard and unreleased bonus tracks, along
with interviews with Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman. All artwork
has been overseen by Terry Gilliam, who opened his private archive to allow access
to previously unseen images - many of which are included in the accompanying CD
booklets. The covers themselves are faithful to the originals, with sleevenotes
provided by comedy historian Robert Ross. Remastered at Abbey Road and
Redwood Studios, the albums will coincide with the UK theatre debut of Eric Idle's
Spamalot at the Palace Theatre, London, on the 2nd October 2006.
Media:
'Psychopath'
(Matching Tie & Handkerchief)
'Radio
Ad- Philosophers' Corner' (The Meaning Of Life)
'Courtroom
Sketch' (Another Monty Python CD)
'Obligation
Ad' (Contractual Obligation)
Remasters: 1. 'Another Monty
Python Album' including:
Spanish Inquisition, Ethel the Frog , Be a Great
Actor, Spam Sketch, Spam Song, Bishop at Home, Courtroom Sketch and Undertaker
2. 'Monty Pythons Previous Record' including:
England 1747
Denis Moore, Money Program, Denis Moore Part 2, Eric the Half-a Bee Song and Eric
the Half a Bee Sketch .
3. 'Matching Tie and Handkerchief' including
Word Association, Bruce's Sketch, Bruce's Song, Great Actors, Mrs Niggerbaiter
, Oscar Wilde and Pet Shop
4. 'The Holy Grail'
Including behind
the scenes interview with Michael Palin and Terry Jones
5. 'Live at
Drury Lane' including:
Albatross, Nudge Nudge, Four Yorkshire Men, Lumberjack
Song and Parrot Sketch.
6. 'Life of Brian'
7. 'The
Meaning of Life'
8. 'Contractual Obligation' including
Sit On My face, I Like Chinese, Finland, I'm So Worried and Bookshop. Relevant
sites:
www.pythonline.com
Alan Sargeant for Crud Magazine 2006©
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