Wombling Songs

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Wombling Songs
Studio album by The Wombles
Released November 1973
Recorded CBS Studios and Wessex Studios, August 1973
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length 2:27
Label CBS
Producer Mike Batt
The Wombles chronology

- Mike Batt (1972) Wombling Songs (1973) Remember You're A Womble (1974)

Wombling Songs was the first album released by The Wombles. The songs were recorded by Mike Batt (vocals) with session musicians Chris Spedding (guitars), Les Hurdle (bass), Clem Cattini (drums), Ray Cooper (percussion), Rex Morris (piano), Eddie Mordue (sax) and Jack Rothstein (violin). The vocals were credited to "the younger Wombles, assisted by 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]

Track listing

  1. The Wombling Song (Television Version) (in which we first see the Wimbledon Wombles) (1:48)
  2. Wombles Everywhere (in which we see Womble burrows around the world) (3:32)
  3. Exercise Is Good For You (Laziness Is Not) (in which Tomsk is not tired) (2:33)
  4. The Wombles' Warning (in which we are told by The Wombles to watch out for nettle beds) (3:32)
  5. Tobermory (in which we meet Tobermory head of the Workshop) (3:45)
  6. Dreaming In The Sun (Orinoco's Song) (in which Orinoco wants to relax in the sun rather than to pick up litter) (4:14)
  7. Madame Cholet (in which we meet Madame Cholet, the best Womble cook in the world) (3:51)
  8. Great Uncle Bulgaria's March (in which we meet the oldest Wimbledon Womble, Great Uncle Bulgaria) (3:38)
  9. Wellington Womble (in which we meet Wellington Womble) (3:59)
  10. Bungo's Birthday (in which The Wombles celebrate Bungo's birthday, a little older and a bit more wise) (2:39)
  11. Wombling Along (in which we are inscribed by Wellington Womble) (0:57)
  12. The Wombling Song (Full Version) (we make our first single, say The Wombles) (2:28)

Singles

The Wombling Song was released as a single.

The Wombling Song, Exercise Is Good For You and Madam Cholet were used in the 1977 film Wombling Free.

References

  1. ↑ Kim Cooper, David Smay, Jake Austen (2001). Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Feral House. p. 159. ISBN 0-922915-69-5. 
  2. ↑ Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner, Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. pp. 1203–1204. ISBN 1-84449-058-0. 
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