Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - Pete & Dud On.... (1971)

My first post from the UK comedy legends Peter Cook & Dudley Moore received some positive comments, so I know that there's a fanbase out there that appreciate and miss them. This post came about as I found a 'Pete & Dud' clip on Youtube that I hadn't seen before, and this is bearing in mind that I have every vinyl album that they released, as well as the 'Missing Sketches' DVD, so I thought I'd heard everything that was available to hear. Sometimes previously lost tapes turn up in remote foreign TV studios, where they were sent by the BBC for broadcast in that country, and the studio then forgot to return them, so it's possible that these clips were re-discovered in that way, but however they came to be online, there were nearly an hour's worth of Pete & Dud duologues which had never appeared on any of their records, and so if you're a fan then you're in for a real treat. Because of the age of the recordings there are a couple of glitches here and there, but on the whole the quality is excellent, and if you want to you can search on Youtube to see the actual clips of the shows from which these audio files have been taken.  

Track listing

01 Nighttime Disturbances
02 Women's Liberation
03 U.F.O.s
04 The Worst Bloody Thing That Could Happen To You
05 Reptiles
06 Hollywood Stars

The Dudley Moore Trio - A Tribute To Gershwin (1981)

When I posted the Peter Cook & Dudley Moore album 'By Appointment', I mentioned that I was a massive fan of Moore's work as a jazz pianist, and have all of his jazz trio albums on vinyl, even the impossible to find ones. In 1981 he performed a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, which was a tribute to George Gershwin, and it included his trio's interpretations of some of Gershwin's best-loved songs, as well as others performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and also a couple of collaborations between them both. The concert was filmed, and you can see the whole thing on Youtube, but I wanted to hear just Dudley's contributions on their own, so I've extracted his jazz trio pieces from the concert, and have included one of the orchestral pieces, which is a stunning version of 'Rhapsody In Blue'. Although it's a live recording, I've removed the audience noise wherever possible, but when they applaud a piece that they recognise halfway through a track I've left it in. If you're a fan of jazz and have never heard The Dudley Moore Trio then you don't know what you're missing, and you need to rectify this as quickly as possible.    

Track listing

01 It Ain't Necessarily So
02 I Loves You Porgy / Bess, You Is My Woman Now
03 Swanee / They Can't Take That Away From Me
04 Embraceable You / Lady Be Good
05 But Not For Me / Someone To Watch Over Me / Love Walked In
06 Concerto In F / 'S Wonderful / The Man I Love
07 Summertime
08 Rhapsody In Blue (with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra) 

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - By Appointment (1967)

Even though their heyday was the mid to late 60's, Peter and Dud are two of my favourite comedians, and I still play their albums more than any other comedy records that I own. I also have a few of their singles and EP's, and this post includes all their Decca singles from 1965-1967, plus their 1965 Parlophone EP. It's a great collection of comic songs, jazz instrumentals and comedy sketches, and while a couple of the tracks might not really warrant repeated plays, there's enough good stuff on here to reinforce the duo's reputation as one of the UK's most popular comedy acts. Dudley Moore was also an extremely talented pianist, and made a number of superb jazz albums, and over the years I've managed to find every one that's he's ever made, which was quite a task, but well worth it as they are some of my all-time favourite jazz trio records. But for now, enjoy the comedy talents of this legendary duo.

Track listing 

01 Goodbyeee (single 1965)
02 Not Only But Also (b-side of 'Goodbyeee')
03 Sitting On The Bench (from the Parlophone EP 1965)
04 Strictly For The Birds (from the Parlophone EP 1965)
05 And The Same To You (Colonel Bogey) (from the Parlophone EP 1965)
06 By Appointment (Decca EP 1965)
07 The Ballad Of Spotty Muldoon (single 1965) 
08 Lovely Lady Of The Roses (b-side of 'The Ballad Of Spotty Muldoon')
07 Isn't She A Sweetie (single 1966)
08 Bo Dudley (b-side of 'Isn't She A Sweetie')
11 Bedazzled (single 1967)
12 Love Me (b-side of 'Bedazzled')
13 The L.S. Bumble Bee (single 1967) 
14 The Bee Side (b-side of 'The L. S. Bumble Bee')