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Monty Python and the Holy Grail [EMI] by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 05/0
 

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail [EMI] by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 05/0
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail [EMI]" (05/01/2001) Comedy Original Soundtrack, EMI Music DistributionContains songs by Neil Innes. Additional music by DeWolfe. Recording information: Sunrise Music And Recording Ltd. Unknown Contributor Roles: Douglas Adams ; Connie Booth; John Paul Young. An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Inns-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "In!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear re mastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this. The actual title of this release is "The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)." As such, a majority of the disc consists of extracts from the motion picture's dialogue. This is a different approach from what writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam (also visual designer) had taken with their previous studio outings, which were in essence re-recordings of classic sketches from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television program. For the sake of continuity, several new bits have been added; chief among these are Chapman's assorted "Executive Edition" announcements, concluding with the "verrrry nice" "Executive Edition Addendum." For the "Tour of the Classic Silbury Hill Theatre" and "Live Broadcast from London: Premiere of the Film," Palin and Cleese provide setting and exposition for both the album and the film. At times they mock the visual aspects and the very nature of the cinematic experience as it translates (or fails to translate) onto vinyl. Much of what is included here has become legendary among the faithful, as well as definitive within the Python repertoire, most notably "Bring Out Your Dead," "A Witch," "The Knights Who Say 'Ni!'," and "Camelot," the Hollywood-style production number written by former Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band member Neil Innes, who also provided all the songs for the flick. ~ Lindsay Planer An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Innes-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "Ni!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear remastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this. The actual title of this release is The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. As such, a majority of the disc consists of extracts from the motion picture's dialogue. This is a different approach from what writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam (also visual designer) had taken with their previous studio outings, which were in essence re-recordings of classic sketches from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television program. For the sake of continuity, several new bits have been added; chief among these are Chapman's assorted "Executive Edition" announcements, concluding with the "verrrry nice" "Executive Edition Addendum." For the "Tour of the Classic Silbury Hill Theatre" and "Live Broadcast from London: Premiere of the Film," Palin and Cleese provide setting and exposition for both the album and the film. At times they mock the visual aspects and the very nature of the cinematic experience as it translates (or fails to translate) onto vinyl. Much of what is included here has become legendary among the faithful, as well as definitive within the Python repertoire, most notably "Bring Out Your Dead," "A Witch," "The Knights Who Say 'Ni!'," and "Camelot," the Hollywood-style produc

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Monty Python Sings by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 11/15/1991)
 

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Monty Python Sings by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 11/15/1991)
"Monty Python Sings" (11/15/1991) Comedy Monty Python, Virgin Records (USA)Monty Python Sings is exactly what it sounds like: 25 songs (six under a minute) written and performed by members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. The numbers should be instantly familiar to fans of their legendary sketch comedy series and theatrical features. Each member of the troupe is represented to some degree or another, including director/animator Terry Gilliam with the tiny tune "I've Got Two Legs" (:33), and two co-written by the late Graham Chapman (to whom the compilation was dedicated): "Medical Love Song" and "Knights of the Round Table (Camelot Song)." John Cleese, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin contributed to several compositions, but the lion's share were written/co-written by the most musically inclined member, Eric Idle. Neil Innes (the Bonzo Dog Band), with whom Idle collaborated on the Beatles spoof The Rutles, assisted with arranging and composed the music for "Knights of the Round Table." All of the songs are sung by Pythons, with the exception of "Brian Song," which features Sonia Jones channeling Shirley Bassey's Bond anthem "Goldfinger" -- quite successfully, too, although it's hard to imagine Bassey singing, "He had arms and legs and hands and feet/this boy whose name was Brian." It's debatable whether those not already enamored by the Pythons' unique brand of humor would be won over by this recording. For the already converted, however, it represents an opportunity to have all of their best known songs in one place: Life of Brian's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" ("when you're chewing on life's gristle/don't grumble, give a whistle"), "Lumberjack Song" (I'm a lumberjack/and I'm O.K./I sleep all night/and I work all day"), and, of course, "Spam Song" ("lovely Spam/wonderful Spa-a-m"). For better or for worse, many of their most politically incorrect songs are also included: "Sit on My Face," "Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)," "Never Be Rude to an Arab," and "I Like Chinese." Although packed to the brim with (lyrical) comedy, Monty Python Sings is strictly a musical recording and does not include any sketches, spoken word pieces, or narration. ~ Kathleen C. Fennessy One of the few Monty Python reissues that actually makes a certain conceptual sense--almost all the others are just thrown-together hodgepodges of hilarious bits--MONTY PYTHON SINGS! collects all the ditties, musical parodies, and other bits of musical arcana from Monty Python's albums and soundtracks. Easily the most satisfying of the repackages, MONTY PYTHON SINGS! has all the classics, from the definitive version of "Lumberjack Song" to the Liverpool Football Club's unofficial terrace anthem, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." If you're only going to get one Monty Python album, this is the one to get.

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Eric Idle Sings Monty Python [PA] by Eric Idle (CD - 04/18/2000)
 

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Eric Idle Sings Monty Python [PA] by Eric Idle (CD - 04/18/2000)
"Eric Idle Sings Monty Python [PA]" (04/18/2000) Comedy Idle, Eric, Restless Records (USA)Personnel: Eric Idle (vocals, guitar); Danny Ferrington (guitar, violin); Tom Scott (saxophone); John Du Prez (keyboards); Tim Landers (bass); Johnny Friday (drums); Catte Adams, Peter Crabbe, Samantha Harris, Lynne Scott, Terri Wood (background vocals). Recorded in Los Angeles on July 4, 1999. Includes liner notes by E. Hambone. Personnel: Eric Idle (vocals, guitar); Danny Ferrington (guitar, violin); Tom Scott (saxophone); John Du Prez (keyboards); Johnny Friday (drums); Samantha Harris, Lynne Scott, Terry Wood, Catte Adams (background vocals). Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (07/04/1999). This could just as easily be called "More Songs About Lumberjacks and Spam." If you like Monty Python, you'll love it; if you don't, you'll hate it. Original Python member Eric Idle recently performed at the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, and here's the result. It's a best-of packed with songs, poems, and arcana from the 30-plus years of Monty Python, with amusing Idle banter between songs. Idle's droll voice isn't bad for a comedian, and with his chorus of background singers, it fits the silly tone of the songs well. ~ Mark Morgenstein

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The Final Rip Off by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 06/29/1992)
 

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The Final Rip Off by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 06/29/1992)
"The Final Rip Off" (06/29/1992) Comedy Monty Python, Virgin Records (USA)This ironically titled set was not the final Monty Python anthology; contrarily, it is the troupe's first CD compilation. Nor could it be considered a ripoff, as it draws upon practically all of their albums, the exceptions being their debut long-player, Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970), as well as the Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983) soundtracks. This is more likely due to licensing constraints than a dismissal of the contents. The bulk of the Final Rip Off (1988) has been derived from Another Monty Python Record (1971) and Monty Python's Previous Record (1973) -- which consist primarily of sketches from the four series of their groundbreaking BBC-TV program, Monty Python's Flying Circus. Likewise, there are copious inclusions from their post-telly recordings Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973) and Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980). As this (or really any Python platter) demonstrates, the collective and respective talents of writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam are as aurally unequaled as they are visually incomparable. Even as personalities and egos clashed behind the scenes, the results were uniformly inspired; this remains true of Palin's newly recorded "Introduction" and a few other brief links as well. A glance at the running order will inevitably reveal favorites for all dimensions of enthusiast, from the absurdist pet-related humor of "Fish Licence" and "Parrot (Oh, Not Again)" to the rare Cleese singing vocal on "Eric the Half-a-Bee Song" to the witty and worldly pokes at pompous pretenses on "Australian Table Wines," "Four Yorkshiremen," or the "Gumby Theatre" adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard." Plenty of Python's demented ditties are here as well, such as the Viking-led ode to "Spam," "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio," and the Dadaist dig at Cleese on "Do Wot John." The sole cinematic representation comes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). Final Rip Off is arguably the best representation of Monty Python's remarkable comedic range, although fanatics may find it doesn't replace owning each of the individual titles from which it has been compiled. ~ Lindsay Planer This jam-packed two-disc set collects much of the best material from Monty Python's several album releases of the '70s and early '80s. Of course, the audio-only format of records removes the most important element of their comedy, but unsurprisingly, given that Palin, Jones, Idle, Chapman and Cleese grew up under the spell of Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers' Goon Show radio programs, they were always able to adapt their comedy style to a non-visual format. The results, whether catchy dittles like "Eric the Half-A-Bee" or radio-play-style skits like "Argument Clinic," are invariably uproarious.

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Monty Python & The Holy Grail by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 07/13/2004)
 

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Monty Python & The Holy Grail by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 07/13/2004)
"Monty Python & The Holy Grail" (07/13/2004) Comedy Original Soundtrack, BMG Special ProductsContains songs by Neil Innes. Additional music by DeWolfe. An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Inns-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "In!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear re mastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this. The actual title of this release is "The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)." As such, a majority of the disc consists of extracts from the motion picture's dialogue. This is a different approach from what writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam (also visual designer) had taken with their previous studio outings, which were in essence re-recordings of classic sketches from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television program. For the sake of continuity, several new bits have been added; chief among these are Chapman's assorted "Executive Edition" announcements, concluding with the "verrrry nice" "Executive Edition Addendum." For the "Tour of the Classic Silbury Hill Theatre" and "Live Broadcast from London: Premiere of the Film," Palin and Cleese provide setting and exposition for both the album and the film. At times they mock the visual aspects and the very nature of the cinematic experience as it translates (or fails to translate) onto vinyl. Much of what is included here has become legendary among the faithful, as well as definitive within the Python repertoire, most notably "Bring Out Your Dead," "A Witch," "The Knights Who Say 'Ni!'," and "Camelot," the Hollywood-style production number written by former Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band member Neil Innes, who also provided all the songs for the flick. ~ Lindsay Planer An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Innes-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "Ni!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear remastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this.

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Monty Python Instant Record Collection, Vol. 2 by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 06/05/1990)
 

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Monty Python Instant Record Collection, Vol. 2 by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 06/05/1990)
"Monty Python Instant Record Collection, Vol. 2" (06/05/1990) Comedy Monty Python, Arista Records (USA)Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. Digitally remastered by Greg Calbi. Another dip into the Python's recorded output (circa 1977, this was four albums), this compilation provides enough "hits" for the casual listener to serve as a good introduction to the group, though probably surpassed by numerous CD compilations since. Despite the disparate sources, a decidedly adept editing job holds the whole thing together. Includes "Cheese Emporium," "Nudge Nudge," and "Parrot," among others. The later CD issue contains a very different track order and artwork. ~ Ted Mills Not to be confused with THE INSTANT MONTY PYTHON CD COLLECTION, which combines nearly all of the Pythons' soundtracks and vinyl-only albums, THE MONTY PYTHON INSTANT RECORD COLLECTION is a perfectly fine but not entirely inspired best-of compilation. The material is consistently first-rate, however, with so much classic Python material out there, most compilations will feel slightly inadequate. If you're looking for a cheap and quick introduction to Monty Python's singular comedy style, this is probably the place to start.

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Another Monty Python Box
 

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"Another Monty Python Record" (12/28/2004) Comedy Monty Python, EMI Music DistributionMonty Python's Flying Circus: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin. In a motif established on their first long-player, Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970), much of the material incorporated into Another Monty Python Record (1971) was derived from the less visually oriented surrealistic sketches from their BBC television program. More importantly, this disc was the first to be issued throughout North America -- although the show was initially aired only in major markets on PBS stations. The quintet of writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and the distinctly American Terry Gilliam revolutionized comedy from slapstick physical humor into an exceedingly more cerebral space, where the satire could be directed squarely at "serious" works of art, literature, or historical figures as easily as it could be a series of Dadaist non sequiturs. They take siege of the vinyl LP medium, as Palin's sincere opening "Apologies" establishes that listeners should immediately suspend their disbelief and, in the words of the Beatles, "Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream." However, between the Viking-led tributes to "Spam" or Palin's abrupt interjections as Cardinal Ximinez during the "Spanish Inquisition" entries, there is the thoughtful madness of "World Forum," where Idle quizzes the likes of Karl Marx, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, Che Guevara, and Mao Tse-tung on the subject of British football. One of the longer pieces is the somewhat involved story of "The Piranha Brothers," Doug and Dinsdale, and a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman. According to a female-impersonating character played by Cleese, "Norman was wont to be about 12 feet from snout to tail, but when Dinsdale was depressed, Norman could be anything up to eight hundred yards long." 'Nuf said. In addition to the aforementioned "Spam" skit, another of the scenes that Python would keep in their live act features cross-dressing Palin and Idle as a pair of high court and highly camp "Judges." Whereas their debut album may have seemed like a bunt to the comparative home run of Another Monty Python Record, the troupe would score a grand slam their next time up at bat with the follow-up, Monty Python's Previous Record (1972). ~ Lindsay Planer

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 03/11/1997
 

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 03/11/1997
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (03/11/1997) Comedy Original Soundtrack, Arista Records (USA)Contains songs by Neil Innes. Additional music by DeWolfe. An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Inns-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "In!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear re mastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this. The actual title of this release is "The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)." As such, a majority of the disc consists of extracts from the motion picture's dialogue. This is a different approach from what writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam (also visual designer) had taken with their previous studio outings, which were in essence re-recordings of classic sketches from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television program. For the sake of continuity, several new bits have been added; chief among these are Chapman's assorted "Executive Edition" announcements, concluding with the "verrrry nice" "Executive Edition Addendum." For the "Tour of the Classic Silbury Hill Theatre" and "Live Broadcast from London: Premiere of the Film," Palin and Cleese provide setting and exposition for both the album and the film. At times they mock the visual aspects and the very nature of the cinematic experience as it translates (or fails to translate) onto vinyl. Much of what is included here has become legendary among the faithful, as well as definitive within the Python repertoire, most notably "Bring Out Your Dead," "A Witch," "The Knights Who Say 'Ni!'," and "Camelot," the Hollywood-style production number written by former Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band member Neil Innes, who also provided all the songs for the flick. ~ Lindsay Planer An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Innes-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "Ni!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear remastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 04/18/2002
 

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Original Soundtrack/Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 04/18/2002
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (04/18/2002) Comedy Original Soundtrack, Disky (Netherlands)Contains songs by Neil Innes. Additional music by DeWolfe. An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Inns-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "In!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear re mastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this. The actual title of this release is "The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)." As such, a majority of the disc consists of extracts from the motion picture's dialogue. This is a different approach from what writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam (also visual designer) had taken with their previous studio outings, which were in essence re-recordings of classic sketches from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television program. For the sake of continuity, several new bits have been added; chief among these are Chapman's assorted "Executive Edition" announcements, concluding with the "verrrry nice" "Executive Edition Addendum." For the "Tour of the Classic Silbury Hill Theatre" and "Live Broadcast from London: Premiere of the Film," Palin and Cleese provide setting and exposition for both the album and the film. At times they mock the visual aspects and the very nature of the cinematic experience as it translates (or fails to translate) onto vinyl. Much of what is included here has become legendary among the faithful, as well as definitive within the Python repertoire, most notably "Bring Out Your Dead," "A Witch," "The Knights Who Say 'Ni!'," and "Camelot," the Hollywood-style production number written by former Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band member Neil Innes, who also provided all the songs for the flick. ~ Lindsay Planer An expanded reissue of the soundtrack to Monty Python's first and best movie, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL now not only contains all of the film's musical numbers--Neil Innes-penned songs like "Camelot" and "The Tale of Sir Robin" that are among the funniest Python tunes ever--but good-sized chunks of dialogue from the film. There's the knights who say "Ni!" and Graham Chapman's "She turned me into a newt!" speech. The disc also contains a few newly-recorded "Executive Announcements" and bears clear remastered sound. Python addicts have no choice but to buy this.

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Another Monty Python Record by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 04/18/2002)
 

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Another Monty Python Record by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 04/18/2002)
"Another Monty Python Record" (04/18/2002) Comedy Monty Python, Disky (Netherlands)Monty Python's Flying Circus: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin. The triple CD collection ANOTHER MONTY PYTHON BOX brings together 26 silly songs and hilarious skits by the ingenious British comedy troupe. In a motif established on their first long-player, Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970), much of the material incorporated into Another Monty Python Record (1971) was derived from the less visually oriented surrealistic sketches from their BBC television program. More importantly, this disc was the first to be issued throughout North America -- although the show was initially aired only in major markets on PBS stations. The quintet of writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and the distinctly American Terry Gilliam revolutionized comedy from slapstick physical humor into an exceedingly more cerebral space, where the satire could be directed squarely at "serious" works of art, literature, or historical figures as easily as it could be a series of Dadaist non sequiturs. They take siege of the vinyl LP medium, as Palin's sincere opening "Apologies" establishes that listeners should immediately suspend their disbelief and, in the words of the Beatles, "Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream." However, between the Viking-led tributes to "Spam" or Palin's abrupt interjections as Cardinal Ximinez during the "Spanish Inquisition" entries, there is the thoughtful madness of "World Forum," where Idle quizzes the likes of Karl Marx, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, Che Guevara, and Mao Tse-tung on the subject of British football. One of the longer pieces is the somewhat involved story of "The Piranha Brothers," Doug and Dinsdale, and a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman. According to a female-impersonating character played by Cleese, "Norman was wont to be about 12 feet from snout to tail, but when Dinsdale was depressed, Norman could be anything up to eight hundred yards long." 'Nuf said. In addition to the aforementioned "Spam" skit, another of the scenes that Python would keep in their live act features cross-dressing Palin and Idle as a pair of high court and highly camp "Judges." Whereas their debut album may have seemed like a bunt to the comparative home run of Another Monty Python Record, the troupe would score a grand slam their next time up at bat with the follow-up, Monty Python's Previous Record (1972). ~ Lindsay Planer

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Live at Drury Lane by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 04/18/1997)
 

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Live at Drury Lane by Monty Python's Flying Circus (CD - 04/18/1997)
"Live at Drury Lane" (04/18/1997) Comedy Monty Python, Caroline DistributionPersonnel: Neil Innes (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle (vocals). Audio Mixers: Dave Howman; Andre Jacquemin. Recording information: Drury Lane; L.M.S. Mobile. Editors: Dave Howman; Andre Jacquemin. Photographer: Barry Wentzell. Arranger: Sheriff. After concluding work on the fourth and final series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam adapted many of the classic sketches for the stage. This album commences with a faux sincerely toned "Introduction" from Idle in the role of narrator, as he observes: "...Amongst the glittering audience here tonight I can see, uhm...oh...what's his name, uhh, the...the fellow with the glasses on the telly. And next to him is, uhm...oh, uh, the lady with the big knockers in the jam commercial." There are notable variations between the scripts used for the TV show and the dialogue incorporated during live performances. Additionally, this disc includes a few items that were presumably created for the staged show. Among them are former Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band member and part-time Python Neil Innes' "Idiot Song," "Secret Service," and the remarkable physical comedy involved in "Wrestling," which is countered by an equally silly color commentary from Cleese. Many of the better-known titles ("Communist Quiz," "Nudge, Nudge," "Lumberjack Song," "Pet Shop," "Albatross," and "Colonel") date back to some of the earliest episodes and have clearly become favorites of those in attendance. The core of their set remained intact when the Pythons brought the show stateside in 1976. However, as their other concert album, Live! At City Center (1976), demonstrates, there are subtle differences in delivery and pacing, as well as a few new links such as "Short Blues" and Innes' brilliant "Protest Song" from Rutland Times (1976), a conceptual collaboration with Idle that would ultimately yield the sublime Beatles parody and mockumentary All You Need Is Cash (1978). Live at Drury Lane is a great place for Python enthusiasts to start and revisit, as the presence of a live crowd progresses the humor to a new strata that is absent from the comparatively sterile TV versions. ~ Lindsay Planer

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Another Monty Python Box
 

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"Another Monty Python Record" (05/20/2002) Comedy Monty Python, Disky (Netherlands)Monty Python's Flying Circus: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin. This triple-CD collects three Monty Python albums, LIVE AT DRURY LANE, ANOTHER MONTY PYTHON ALBUM, and MATCHING TIE AND HANDERKERCHIEF. In a motif established on their first long-player, Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970), much of the material incorporated into Another Monty Python Record (1971) was derived from the less visually oriented surrealistic sketches from their BBC television program. More importantly, this disc was the first to be issued throughout North America -- although the show was initially aired only in major markets on PBS stations. The quintet of writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and the distinctly American Terry Gilliam revolutionized comedy from slapstick physical humor into an exceedingly more cerebral space, where the satire could be directed squarely at "serious" works of art, literature, or historical figures as easily as it could be a series of Dadaist non sequiturs. They take siege of the vinyl LP medium, as Palin's sincere opening "Apologies" establishes that listeners should immediately suspend their disbelief and, in the words of the Beatles, "Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream." However, between the Viking-led tributes to "Spam" or Palin's abrupt interjections as Cardinal Ximinez during the "Spanish Inquisition" entries, there is the thoughtful madness of "World Forum," where Idle quizzes the likes of Karl Marx, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, Che Guevara, and Mao Tse-tung on the subject of British football. One of the longer pieces is the somewhat involved story of "The Piranha Brothers," Doug and Dinsdale, and a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman. According to a female-impersonating character played by Cleese, "Norman was wont to be about 12 feet from snout to tail, but when Dinsdale was depressed, Norman could be anything up to eight hundred yards long." 'Nuf said. In addition to the aforementioned "Spam" skit, another of the scenes that Python would keep in their live act features cross-dressing Palin and Idle as a pair of high court and highly camp "Judges." Whereas their debut album may have seemed like a bunt to the comparative home run of Another Monty Python Record, the troupe would score a grand slam their next time up at bat with the follow-up, Monty Python's Previous Record (1972). ~ Lindsay Planer
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Monty Python at the Movies * by Monty Python (CD - 07/30/2002)
 

Monty Python at the Movies * by Monty Py...

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Monty Python at the Movies * by Monty Python (CD - 07/30/2002)
"Monty Python at the Movies *" (07/30/2002) Comedy Monty Python, Golden GreatsFeatures dialogue and songs from three Monty Python films: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975)/MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (1979)/MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (1983).
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