Sunday, December 27, 2020

Monty Python - The Self-Abasement Tapes (2019)

As part of a celebration of 50 years of Monty Python's Flying Circus, BBC Radio 4 have compiled a collection of rare and previously unheard sketches and songs, all linked together by Michael Palin, in his search far and wide for these lost recordings. There are five 15-minutes shows, which I've edited together into one hour long file, and it includes adverts for their albums and films, rejected sketches and songs, and a recording of a script read-through from 2014. 
On the 5th October the anniversary will also be marked by a world record attempt, in which organisers are hoping to encourage the largest gathering of people dressed as Gumbys - the spectacle-wearing, knotted handkerchief-sporting imbeciles who became part of Python lore. Although a lot of these pieces would have been rejected for a reason - not enough room, not funny enough - there's enough good stuff here to satisfy even the most ardent Python fan.



Track listing

Fat Ignorant Bastards
Courtroom Sketch
'Lumberjack Song' advert
School sketch
'I'm So Worried' song
'The Holy Grail' trailers
'Sir Robin's Song' with extra verse
Terry Jones and Michael Palin revisit the Scottish shooting locations for 'The Holy Grail'
'King Arthur' song
The Martyrdom of St. Brian
'Life Of Brian' soundtrack album advert
'Life Of Brian' film adverts
'Life Of Brian' voice-over sketch
Otto sketch from 'Life Of Brian'
'The Meaning Of Life' song advertising the film
'The Accountancy Shanty' song
Goats Page
Madame Palm Writes
'Monty Python's Big Red Bok' interviews
'It's Christmas In Heaven' song (alternate version)
Stephen Hawking sings 'The Galaxy Song'
The team reads through the script for the 2014 reunion show at the O2, London
Charisma Records advert
'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' from the O2 reunion show
What Shall We Call The Show?


4 comments:

  1. thank you so much for this, I do love me some Python!

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  2. The title alone is brilliant. Thanks for the post and everything you do here.

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  3. Is there any possibility of you doing a split copy of this Python collection? I'd definitely like to listen to certain bits more than once.

    Thanks in advance for all your excellent work.

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