Another Monty Python Record

Another Monty Python Record
Studio album by Monty Python
Released September 1971
Recorded 1971
Genre Comedy
Length 54:39
Label UK: Charisma
US: Charisma/Buddah
Australia: Philips
Producer Terry Jones
Michael Palin
Monty Python chronology

Monty Python's Flying Circus
(1970)		 Another Monty Python Record
(1971)		 Monty Python's Previous Record
(1972)
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Another Monty Python Record is the second album produced by the Monty Python comedy group, released in 1971. It was packaged as "Beethoven Symphony No. 2 In D Major", but defaced by the Pythons to serve as their own record jacket. (The "serious" liner notes on the back also bear a Pythonesque stamp: the biography of Beethoven quickly turns into a commentary on Beethoven's Wimbledon debut.) Most of the material is from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television series, although some of the sketches are new. Included with the original LP were three card inserts printed with detailed instructions, scripts and cut-out props for the 'Be A Great Actor' sketch on side 2.

Terry Jones noted on this album in the book The Pythons:

"We had this horrendous time because we were recording in this rather hippy recording studio which fortunately I can't remember the name of. ... We were very keen to use the stereo and everything, but what we hadn't realised was that the guy who was doing the recording, who I think was out of his head most of the time, had not been making any notes. We'd end up with tapes and tapes of material with no idea of where anything was on the tapes ... That was a bitter experience."

Track listing: US Version, Worldwide CD Version

Side One

  1. Apologies - 2:00
  2. Spanish Inquisition - 2:49
  3. World Forum/Communist Phonecall - 4:00
  4. Gumby Theatre, etc. - 2:58
  5. The Architect - 4:10
  6. The Piranha Brothers - 9:50

Side Two

  1. Death Of Mary, Queen Of Scots - 2:35
  2. Penguin On The TV - 2:58
  3. Comfy Chair/Sound Quiz - 3:29
  4. Be A Great Actor/Theatre Critic - 4:21
  5. Royal Festival Hall Concert - 4:09
  6. Spam - 2:24
  7. The Judges/Stake Your Claim - 3:27
  8. Still No Sign of Land (Lifeboat)/Undertaker - 5:29

2006 CD Bonus tracks

  1. Treadmill Lager
  2. Bishop At Home
  3. Courtroom Sketch
  4. Freelance Undertaker

Side One

  1. Apologies (2:11)
  2. Spanish Inquisition (2:03)
  3. Gumby Theatre (1:50)
  4. Norman St John Polevaulter (Contradicting People) (0:28)
  5. Old Ladies Thrown Into The Fjord (0:08)
  6. The Architect (2:44)
  7. Spanish Inquisition (1:18)
  8. Royal Festival Hall Concert (4:18)
  9. The Piranha Brothers (10:07)

Side Two

  1. Death Of Mary, Queen Of Scots (2:20)
  2. Spam (2:30)
  3. Spanish Inquisition (Comfy Chair) (1:25)
  4. Sound Quiz (1:20)
  5. Be A Great Actor (3:07)
  6. Theatre Critic (1:26)
  7. The Judges (1:27)
  8. Stake Your Claim (2:26)
  9. Still No Sign Of Land (Lifeboat)
  10. The Judges (0:25)
  11. Undertaker (1:38)

Musical works

The following is the list of musical works included on the album, printed on the CD booklet for copyright purposes. They are a mixture of self-penned Python songs, specially composed music by Fred Tomlinson, and pieces of library music.

  1. Trondheim Hammer Dance
  2. Liberty Bell
  3. Fanfare Opening
  4. Formal Presentation
  5. Contesana Padawana
  6. Man of Power
  7. Gold Lame
  8. Southern Breeze
  9. Spam Song
  10. Bahama Parakeet
  11. House of Fashion
  12. Circus Tumble
  13. Fanfare A
  14. Mystery Drums
  15. Mystery Place
  16. Ode to Edward
  17. In Step With Johann
  18. Knees Up Mother Brown

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review