Wombling Songs

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
Wombling Songs
(1973)		 Remember You're a Womble
(1974)

Wombling Songs is 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) (the theme to "The Wombles") (1:48)
  2. Wombles Everywhere (in which the sight of other Wombles is noted) (3:32)
  3. Exercise Is Good For You (Laziness Is Not) (in which we all take an exercise programme) (2:33)
  4. The Wombles' Warning (in which the Wombles warn humans of nettle beds) (3:32)
  5. Tobermory (in which Tobermory is introduced) (3:45)
  6. Dreaming In The Sun (Orinoco's Song) (in which we explore the imagination of sunlight) (4:14)
  7. Madame Cholet (in which Madame Cholet is introduced) (3:51)
  8. Great Uncle Bulgaria's March (in which the Wombles play for Great Uncle Bulgaria) (3:38)
  9. Wellington Womble (in which we meet Wellington Womble) (3:59)
  10. Bungo's Birthday (in which the Wombles sing "Happy Birthday Bungo") (2:39)
  11. Wombling Along (segment from Wellington Womble) (0:57)
  12. The Wombling Song (Full Version) (in which we are introduced to 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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