The Goon Show, Volume 9: “What Time Is It Eccles?”

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Annotation

Episodes originally broadcast on:
25 January 1955 - Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion
15 February 1955 - The Sinking of Westminster Pier
8 March 1955 - Yehti
7 February 1957 - The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker

Annotation last modified on 2024-12-17 11:40 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Under Two Floorboards / The Sinking of Westminster Pier
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Under Two Floorboards: This Is the BBC Home Service
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons1:16
2Under Two Floorboards: It Was the Year 1908
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons3:57
3Under Two Floorboards: Ah, Nephew Neddie! Enjoying the Ball?
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons1:47
4Under Two Floorboards: To Think That the Blue Shower Had Cost Me Only 10/6d Net
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons0:39
5Under Two Floorboards: Happy Days and Lonely Nights
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1955-01-23)
live cover recording of:
Happy Days ’n’ Lonely Nights (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Fred Fisher and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
Max Geldray2:36
6Under Two Floorboards: It Had Been a Pleasant Journey
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons3:00
7Under Two Floorboards: Alone in the African Desert
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:44
8Under Two Floorboards: Ten Days Later, the Weary Figure
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:19
9Under Two Floorboards: The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1955-01-23)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1955-01-23)
live cover recording of:
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Roy Bennett (US songwriter) and Sid Tepper
The Ray Ellington Quartet3:09
10Under Two Floorboards: In the Next Few Weeks We Must Have Marched Hundreds of Miles a Day
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:10
11Under Two Floorboards: It Was a Terrible Battle
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons1:35
12Under Two Floorboards: Meantime, in the Ancestral Home
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:15
13Under Two Floorboards: High Towers, the Home of Lady Seagoon
producer:
Peter Eton (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-01-23), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-01-23) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-01-23)
live partial recording of:
Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion (1955-01-25: Series 5, Episode 18) (on 1955-01-23)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:50
14The Sinking of Westminster Pier: This Is the BBC Home Service
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons0:54
15The Sinking of Westminster Pier: ’Twas the Month of February
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons0:45
16The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Attention, Westminster Coucillors
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons3:21
17The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Brazil
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
harmonica:
Max Geldray (on 1955-02-13)
live cover recording of:
Brazil (English translation) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Ary Barroso
translator:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
translated version of:
Aquarela do Brasil
part of:
Brazil
Max Geldray2:37
18The Sinking of Westminster Pier: For a Week We Tried to Raise the Valuable Sunken Westminster Pie
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons3:28
19The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Pardon Me, My Ami! Mon Card
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons1:08
20The Sinking of Westminster Pier: I Entered a Room Four Foot Deep in Water
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:31
21The Sinking of Westminster Pier: My Lean Baby
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
vocals:
Ray Ellington (on 1955-02-13)
orchestra:
The Ray Ellington Quartet (on 1955-02-13)
live cover recording of:
My Lean Baby (on 1955-02-13)
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Billy May
The Ray Ellington Quartet2:03
22The Sinking of Westminster Pier: And Now the Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street, Part Three
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons2:20
23The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Where Are Thay Pumping All the Water To?
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons3:36
24The Sinking of Westminster Pier: I Dragged Myself Ashore on a Pipe
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons1:39
25The Sinking of Westminster Pier: While Our Heroes Are Deciding Who Is Strong
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons1:47
26The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Now to Arrange for a New Westminster Floating Pier
producer:
Pat Dixon (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan (on 1955-02-13), Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) (on 1955-02-13) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian) (on 1955-02-13)
live partial recording of:
The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21) (on 1955-02-13)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
The Goons4:46
2▶CD: The Yehti / The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker

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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:BBC Worldwide Ltd. (not for release label use! for copyrights use only) (in 1997)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:BBC Worldwide Ltd. (not for release label use! for copyrights use only) (in 1992, in 1997)
pressed by:Ablex UK
glass mastered by:EMI Swindon
part of:BBC Radio Collection (order: 45)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5042407 [info]
ASIN:UK: 0563389729 [info]

Release group

part of:The Goon Show - Volume 1 to 36 (number: 9) (order: 9)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1062329 [info]