The Goon Show, Volume 21: “The Missing Battleship”

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Annotation

Episodes originally broadcast on:
The Junk Affair - 7 October 1957
The Burning Embassy - 14 October 1957
The Missing Battleship - 18 November 1957
Ten Snowballs That Shook The World - 10 February 1958

Annotation last modified on 2024-12-17 11:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: The Junk Affair / The Burning Embassy
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1The Junk Affair: This Is the BBC Light Programme
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:41
2The Junk Affair: In a Flash, in a Trice...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-06), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-10-06) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:40
3The Junk Affair: It's Only a Paper Moon
producer:
Charles Chilton
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1957-10-06)
live recording of:
It’s Only a Paper Moon (on 1957-10-06)
lyricist:
E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Gloccamorria Music, Next Decade Entertainment, S.A. Music Co., SA Music, Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Max Geldray2:47
4The Junk Affair: Don't Be Frightened Folks
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-06), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-10-06) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:44
5The Junk Affair: The Silence You Hear...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-06), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-10-06) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:59
6The Junk Affair: Don't Burn Me Up
producer:
Charles Chilton
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1957-10-06)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1957-10-06)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:04
7The Junk Affair: What, No Money?
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-06), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-10-06) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:57
8The Junk Affair: Aaaah - Hello Eccles...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-06), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-10-06) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:21
9The Junk Affair: Ah! A Mounted Gentleman...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-06), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-10-06) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:07
10The Junk Affair: You Swine - You Shot Me Into the Water...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-06), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-10-06) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-06)
live partial recording of:
The Junk Affair (1957-10-07: Series 8, Episode 2) (on 1957-10-06)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons4:12
11The Burning Embassy: This Is the BBC Home Service
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:21
12The Burning Embassy: Gentlemen! What Am I Bid for Lot One?
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:23
13The Burning Embassy: There, There, There, Neddy and Fans...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:13
14The Burning Embassy: This Can't Be Love
producer:
Charles Chilton
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1957-10-13)
live recording of:
This Can’t Be Love (on 1957-10-13)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Max Geldray2:06
15The Burning Embassy: And Now "...!", Part Two
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:18
16The Burning Embassy: All Went Well - The Water Parcels Started to Flow
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:05
17The Burning Embassy: Whoa! Just a Minute!
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:20
18The Burning Embassy: Eccles, Throw Another Twig on the Sun...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:40
19The Burning Embassy: I've Got a Rose Between My Toes
producer:
Charles Chilton
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1957-10-13)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1957-10-13)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:08
20The Burning Embassy: And Now, If Listeners Will Set Fire to Their Radio Times...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:50
21The Burning Embassy: All of Which Means I've Arrived Back in Africa...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:40
22The Burning Embassy: There Was an Accident This Morning
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Dick Emery (English comedian and comic actor) (on 1957-10-13), Spike Milligan (on 1957-10-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-10-13)
live partial recording of:
The Burning Embassy (1957-10-14: Series 8, Episode 3) (on 1957-10-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:19
2▼CD: The Missing Battleship / Ten Snowballs That Shook the World
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2-1The Missing Battleship: This Is the BBC Light Programme...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:11
2-2The Missing Battleship: Men - Sabrina Has Fallen Overboard!
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:30
2-3The Missing Battleship: Meanwhile, the HMS Boxer Headed Southwards...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons4:46
2-4The Missing Battleship: The Intrepid Trio Ran on and On...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:43
2-5The Missing Battleship: Up Above My Head
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1957-11-17)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1957-11-17)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:19
2-6The Missing Battleship: And While Ray Ellington Quickly Changes...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons3:31
2-7The Missing Battleship: And So the Isle of Alassi Sailed Away...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:42
2-8The Missing Battleship: That Night, as the Isle of Alassi...
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons4:04
2-9The Missing Battleship: ...And Here Is a Police Message
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons1:39
2-10The Missing Battleship: And as Far as Anyone Knows, They’re Still Looking
producer:
Roy Speer (BBC producer) (on 1957-11-17)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1957-11-17), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1957-11-17) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1957-11-17)
live partial recording of:
The Missing Battleship (1957-11-18: Series 8, Episode 8) (on 1957-11-17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
The Goons2:31
2-11Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: This Is the BBC Home Service!
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:38
2-12Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: I Sit and Cobble...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons4:03
2-13Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: I Can’t Get Started
producer:
Charles Chilton
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1958-02-09)
live recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1958-02-09)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Max Geldray2:44
2-14Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Ten Snowballs That Shook the World, Bad News
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:12
2-15Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Which Means Cryptic Ned Is Standing in the Sahara...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons3:28
2-16Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: The Fiend! He Threw Me Out...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:10
2-17Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Silence While I Announce Part Three!
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:42
2-18Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Steady Now, Mr. Banerjee...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:54
2-19Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Buona Sera
producer:
Charles Chilton
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1958-02-09)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1958-02-09)
live recording of:
Buona sera (on 1958-02-09)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
translated version of:
Buona sera signorina (italian version for Fred Buscaglione)
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:52
2-20Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Part Four, With the Gulf Stream Behind Them...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:42
2-21Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Ladies and Gentlemen, During This Sordid Scene...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons2:17
2-22Ten Snowballs That Shook the World: Wal? Do Us a Favour...
producer:
Charles Chilton
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1958-02-09), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1958-02-09) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1958-02-09)
live partial recording of:
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World (1958-02-10: Series 8, Episode 20) (on 1958-02-09)
writer:
Spike Milligan
The Goons1:40

Credits

Release

manufactured in:EU (Europe)
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 2003)
glass mastered by:DOCdata UK
part of:BBC Radio Collection (order: 91)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5043645 [info]

Release group

part of:The Goon Show - Volume 1 to 36 (number: 21) (order: 21)