Keep On Wombling

Keep On Wombling
Studio album by The Wombles
Released December 1974
Recorded Wessex Studios, October 1974
Genre Bubblegum pop
Label CBS
Producer Mike Batt
The Wombles chronology
Remember You're A Womble

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Keep On Wombling was the third album released by The Wombles. The songs were recorded by Mike Batt (vocals/keyboards) with session musicians Chris Spedding (guitars), Les Hurdle (bass), Clem Cattini (drums), Ray Cooper (percussion), Rex Morris (sax), Eddie Mordue (sax) and Jack Rothstein (violin).

This was a marked departure from the first two albums, being concept album with the entire first side following singer Orinoco Womble through a series of dreams.[1] The styles included pop, rock and classical (Hall Of The Mountain Womble is an arrangement of In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg).

The album spent 6 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 17.[2]

Track listing

  1. Womble Of The Universe (Mike Batt, Chris Spedding) (in which Orinoco dreams he is an ASTRONAUT) (3:41)
  2. The Orinoco Kid (Batt, Spedding, Ian Hawkins) (in which Orinoco dreams he is a COWBOY)(3:16)
  3. The Jungle Is Jumping (Batt, Spedding, Paul Peterson) (in which Orinoco dreams he is a JUNGLE EXPLORER) (3:21)
  4. Underground Overture (Batt, Spedding) (in which Orinoco dreams he is the CONDUCTOR) (2:39)
  5. The Hall Of The Mountain Womble (Batt, Spedding) (in which Orinoco's imaginary orchestra does a little turn) (1:44)
  6. Look Out For The Giant (Batt, Spedding, Hawkins) (in which Orinoco imagines a litter-crunching giant, GIANT POLU) (2:25)
  7. The Wombling Twist (Batt, Spedding, Richard Kelly) (at the Womble Club down in West LA) (2:59)
  8. Tobermory's Music Machine (Batt, Spedding, Felicity White) (in which the NEEDLE STICKS) (2:17)
  9. Wipe Those Womble Tears From Your Eyes (Batt, Spedding, Hawkins) (a country-Womble ballad) (Of Look Out For The Giant) (3:40)
  10. Invitation To The Ping-Pong Ball (Batt, Spedding, White) (in which we meet the Chinese Wombles, Shanghai burrow) (3:53)
  11. Wombling Merry Christmas (Batt, Spedding, Kelly) (with virtuoso sleigh bell performance by Great Uncle Bulgaria) (3:20)

Singles

Wombling Merry Christmas was released as single. The Orinoco Kid was later released on the B side of Superwomble and The Wombling Twist was later released on the B side of Wombling White Tie And Tails .

Womble Of The Universe was used in the soundtrack of the 1977 film Wombling Free .

References

  1. ↑ Kim Cooper; David Smay; Jake Austen (2001). Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Feral House. p. 160. ISBN 0-922915-69-5.
  2. ↑ Neil Warwick; Jon Kutner; Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. pp. 1203–1204. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
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