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Annotation

MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-02 20:02 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Bluebottle Blues
vocals:
Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter)
recording of:
Bluebottle Blues (in 1956)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Tony Carbone (The Goon Show song writer) (in 1956)
The Goons3:27
2I’m Walking Backwards for Christmas
producer:
Marcel Stellman
vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
I’m Walking Backwards for Christmas (in 1956)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Tony Carbone (The Goon Show song writer) (in 1956)
The Goons3:22
3Teddy Bear’s Picnic (Teddy Bear’s Boogie)
vocals:
Ray Ellington
performer:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
cover recording of:
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter) (in 1932)
composer:
John Walter Bratton (in 1907)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:45
4The Ying Tong Song
spoken vocals:
Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter)
vocals:
Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
Ying Tong Song (in 1956)
writer:
Spike Milligan (in 1956)
named after artist:
Harry Edgington
The Goons3:32
5Bloodnok’s Rock ’n’ Roll Call
recording of:
Bloodnok’s Rock ’n’ Roll Call (in 1956)
writer:
Tony Carbone (The Goon Show song writer) (in 1956)
The Goons3:16
6Slow Coach
vocals:
Ray Ellington
performer:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
cover recording of:
Slow Coach
writer:
Pee Wee King, Chilton Price and Redd Stewart
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:42
7Blues
harmonica:
Max Geldray
Max Geldray3:22
8I Love You
recording of:
I Love You (in 1957)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:27
9Eeh! Ah! Oh! Ooh!
vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
Eeh! Ah! Oh! Ooh! (in 1957)
writer:
Tony Carbone (The Goon Show song writer) (in 1957)
The Goons2:41
10Sally
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
vocals:
Ray Ellington
cover recording of:
Sally (Sally In Our Alley)
writer:
Will E. Haines, Harry Leon and Leo Towers (songwriter)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:20
11My Melancholy Baby
harmonica:
Max Geldray
cover recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
Max Geldray3:19
12A Russian Love Song
recording of:
Russian Love Song
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:52
13Whistle Your Cares Away
recording of:
Whistle Your Cares Away
writer:
Spike Milligan (in 1957) and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show) (in 1957)
The Goons2:53
14Little Red Riding Hood
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
vocals:
Ray Ellington
cover recording of:
Little Red Riding Hood
writer:
Olav Fermelin
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:32
15The Raspberry Song
vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
The Raspberry Song (in 1978)
writer:
Spike Milligan (in 1978)
The Goons3:50
16Rhymes
vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
Rhymes (in 1978)
writer:
Spike Milligan (in 1978)
The Goons4:41

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Germany
printed in:West Germany
liner notes:Spike Milligan
John Tracy (UK album compiler and annotator, esp. for Decca)
remastering:Anthony Hawkins (Re-mastering engineer at The Decca Record Company Limited in London)
compiler:John Tracy (UK album compiler and annotator, esp. for Decca)
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
STEMRA (Netherlands rights society for composers and music publishers)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only)
glass mastered by:Universal M & L, Germany (CD manufacturing plant)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/30066256 [info]