Wombling Songs
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| Studio album by The Wombles | |||||
| Released | November 1973 | ||||
| Recorded | CBS Studios and Wessex Studios, August 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop | ||||
| Label | CBS | ||||
| Producer | Mike Batt | ||||
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Wombling Songs was the first album released by The Wombles. The songs were recorded by Mike Batt (keyboards) with session musicians Chris Spedding (guitars), Les Hurdle (bass), Clem Cattini (drums), Ray Cooper (percussion), Rex Morris (sax), Eddie Mordue (sax) and Lack Rothstein (violin). The vocals were credited to "the younger Wombles, assisted my Mike Batt".
According to Batt, the album was really just character songs and background music for the television series."[1] However the album spent 17 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 19 on 2 March 1974.[2]
[edit] Track listing
Side 1
The Wombling Song (Television Version)
Wombles Everywhere
Exercise Is Good For You
The Wombles' Warning
Tobermory
Dreaming In The Sun
Side 2
Madame Cholet
Great Uncle Bulgaria's March
Wellington Womble
Bungo's Birthday
Wombling Along
The Wombling Song (Full Version)
[edit] Singles
The Wombling Song was released as a single.
[edit] References
- ^ Kim Cooper, David Smay, Jake Austen (2001). Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Feral House, 159. ISBN 0922915695.
- ^ Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner, Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press, 1203-1204. ISBN 1844490580.
