The Goon Show, Volume 15: The Goons at Christmas

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Annotation

Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest - 28 December 1954
The Mighty Wurlitzer - 3 January 1956
Operation Christmas Duff - 24 December 1956
The Christmas Carol - 24 December 1959

Annotation last modified on 2020-01-25 17:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest / The Mighty Wurlitzer
2▼CD: Operation Christmas Duff / A Christmas Carol
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1Operation Christmas Duff: This Is the General Overseas Service of the BBC
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons0:47
2Operation Christmas Duff: Gentlemen
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:43
3Operation Christmas Duff: The Motion Was Adopted and Passed
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:43
4Operation Christmas Duff: And Now, Over to Richard Dimbleby
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:39
5Operation Christmas Duff: Sweet Lorraine
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1956-12-09)
live recording of:
Sweet Lorraine (on 1956-12-09)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
Max Geldray2:13
6Operation Christmas Duff: Operation Christmas Duff, Part Two
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:30
7Operation Christmas Duff: Deart Listeners, the Sound You Are Hearing
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:03
8Operation Christmas Duff: That Night, an Excited House Was Given the News
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:11
9Operation Christmas Duff: Late That Night, Service Chiefs Were Given Their Instructions
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:20
10Operation Christmas Duff: Have You Ever Driven a Christmas Pudding Before, Eccles?
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:27
11Operation Christmas Duff: Ol’ Man River
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1956-12-09)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1956-12-09)
live recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (on 1956-12-09)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:40
12Operation Christmas Duff: Moriaty? Grytpype? Tell Them Who We Are
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:57
13Operation Christmas Duff: Meanwhile, the Portion of the Pudding
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons0:55
14Operation Christmas Duff: Seven Months Later
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:17
15Operation Christmas Duff: December 52nd
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:06
16Operation Christmas Duff: Hello, Fellas! We've Brought You Your Christmas Pudding
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:16
17Operation Christmas Duff: Here Is an Urgent Communique From the War Office
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1956-12-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1956-12-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1956-12-09)
live partial recording of:
Operation Christmas Duff (1956-12-09: Series 7, Special Episode) (on 1956-12-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:37
18A Christmas Carol: This Is the BBC, and It’s Going Bald
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:51
19A Christmas Carol: We Give You the Radio Adaptation
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:02
20A Christmas Carol: Oh, Oh, Oh! What a Cruel Man!
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:00
21A Christmas Carol: Jingle Bells
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1959-12-20)
live recording of:
Jingle Bells (on 1959-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Max Geldray2:33
22A Christmas Carol: Christmas Carol and Custard, Part Two
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:45
23A Christmas Carol: What Is It, Sailor?
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:10
24A Christmas Carol: Do You Hear That Moriaty? We’re Being Pursued by Pianos
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:19
25A Christmas Carol: Blast! Run Out of Music
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:11
26A Christmas Carol: Here! I Was Underneath That Car, Cleaning It
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:22
27A Christmas Carol: Bring Out the Beast in Me
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1959-12-20)
The Ray Ellington Quartet3:03
28A Christmas Carol: It Doesn’t Get Any Clearer
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:59
29A Christmas Carol: Part Three - All’s Well That Ends Well
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:42
30A Christmas Carol: Now Then, Ned of Wales
producer:
John Browell (BBC Producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1959-12-20), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1959-12-20) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1959-12-20)
live partial recording of:
A Christmas Carol (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1) (on 1959-12-20)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:06

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Release

manufactured in:Great Britain
mastering:Ted Kendall (engineer)
design:Town Group (design studio)
rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:BBC Worldwide Ltd. (not for release label use! for copyrights use only) (in 1998)
pressed by:Ablex UK
glass mastered by:EMI Swindon
part of:BBC Radio Collection (order: 49)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5043495 [info]
ASIN:UK: 0563557249 [info]

Release group

included in:The Goon Show, Volumes 11 - 15
part of:The Goon Show - Volume 1 to 36 (number: 15) (order: 15)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1062334 [info]