The Goon Show, Volume 22: “The Booted Gorilla” (EDC Blackburn Ltd)

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Annotation

Episodes originally broadcast on:
30 November 1954 - The Booted Gorilla
29 November 1955 - The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony)
14 February 1956 - The Choking Horror
29 December 1957 - The Ink Shortage

EDC Blackburn Ltd pressing, Barcode slightly different sized font

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-24 09:40 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: The Booted Gorilla / The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony)
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1The Booted Gorilla: This Is the BBC Home Service
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons1:40
2The Booted Gorilla: Africa, the Well-Known Piece of Land
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:48
3The Booted Gorilla: Come In!
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:24
4The Booted Gorilla: The High and the Mighty
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1954-11-28)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live recording of:
The High and the Mighty (1954 song from the eponymous film The High and the Mighty) (on 1954-11-28)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
part of:
The 27th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
The High and the Mighty
Max Geldray2:43
5The Booted Gorilla: Seagoon, You Sensuous Creature
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:31
6The Booted Gorilla: Henry, Henry, There’s No Paper in The...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:50
7The Booted Gorilla: Sandman / I Ain’t Got Nobody
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1954-11-28)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1954-11-28)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody (on 1954-11-28)
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
live recording of:
Mr. Sandman (on 1954-11-28)
lyricist and composer:
Pat Ballard
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:56
8The Booted Gorilla: Abdul! When...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:24
9The Booted Gorilla: Plans Were Laid for the Trapping of the Gorilla
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:36
10The Booted Gorilla: And So to the Final Dramatic Scene...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons3:31
11The Booted Gorilla: See Anything Through the Window?
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1954-11-28)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1954-11-30)
live partial recording of:
The Booted Gorilla (found?) (1954-11-30: Series 5, Episode 10) (on 1954-11-28)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons3:58
12The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): This Is the BBC Home Service
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:31
13The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): Pardon Me, Sir, but I Couldn’t Help...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons5:30
14The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): Baia
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1955-11-27)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live recording of:
Baía (The Three Caballeros) (on 1955-11-27)
lyricist:
Ray Gilbert
composer:
Ary Barroso
version of:
Na baixa do sapateiro
Max Geldray2:51
15The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): That Was Mr. Max Geldray...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:28
16The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): Aeioughh Bleiough...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:03
17The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): Oh, It Was a Sad Sight to See...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:42
18The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): I Love to Ride
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1955-11-27)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1955-11-27)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:28
19The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): That Night in My Cell I Sat Depressed...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:31
20The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): Close the Door, They’re Comin’ Through...
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:51
21The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony): Hello, Chief Seagoon!
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer) (on 1955-11-27)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1955-11-29)
live partial recording of:
The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony) (1955-11-29: Series 6, Episode 11) (on 1955-11-27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons5:11
2▼CD: The Choking Horror / The Ink Shortage
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Choking Horror: This Is the BBC Home Service
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:06
2The Choking Horror: London, the Heart of a Mighty Empire
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:32
3The Choking Horror: Well, Here We Are!
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:07
4The Choking Horror: ’s Wonderful
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1956-02-12)
conductor:
Bruce Campbell (composer, conductor) (on 1956-02-12)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live recording of:
’S Wonderful (on 1956-02-12)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music Company Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Funny Face (1927 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Max Geldray2:41
5The Choking Horror: The Choking Horror, Part Two
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:12
6The Choking Horror: Oh Dear, Dear... The Choking Horror, Part Three
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons4:31
7The Choking Horror: Cloudburst
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1956-02-12)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1956-02-12)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:56
8The Choking Horror: Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:27
9The Choking Horror: The War Passed Into Its Second Year
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:23
10The Choking Horror: The Choking Horror, Part the Plinge
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer) (on 1956-02-12)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
broadcast by:
BBC Home Service (on 1956-02-14)
live partial recording of:
The Choking Horror (1956-02-14: Series 6, Episode 22) (on 1956-02-12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons5:06
11The Ink Shortage: The BBC Presents Vintage Goons
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:56
12The Ink Shortage: Ha! Seagoon!
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:10
13The Ink Shortage: The Ink Drought Brought Disaster in Its Wake...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:16
14The Ink Shortage: Duke’s Joke
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1957-12-29)
Max Geldray3:08
15The Ink Shortage: Moriarty, Turn That Radio Off
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons4:22
16The Ink Shortage: Meantime, in a Wedgewood Tent...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:20
17The Ink Shortage: When I Look at You
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1957-12-29)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1957-12-29)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:50
18The Ink Shortage: Bogg! Foreman Bogg!
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:43
19The Ink Shortage: Meantime, the BBC Microphone...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:56
20The Ink Shortage: Neddy! Look What I Bough...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-12-29)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
live partial recording of:
The Ink Shortage (Not Broadcast in UK: 'Vintage Goons', Episode 7) (on 1957-12-29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons4:14

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Release

manufactured in:Great Britain
mastering:Ted Kendall (engineer)
rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:BBC Audiobooks Ltd (in 2004)
glass mastered by:EDC Blackburn Ltd. (UK CD & DVD manufacturing plant)
part of:BBC Radio Collection (order: 113)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/32677254 [info]

Release group

part of:The Goon Show - Volume 1 to 36 (number: 22) (order: 22)