Wombling Songs

Wombling Songs
Studio album by The Wombles
Released November 1973
Recorded CBS Studios and Wessex Studios, August 1973
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length 2:27
Label CBS
Producer Mike Batt
The Wombles chronology
Wombling Songs
(1973)		 Remember You're a Womble
(1974)Remember You're a Womble1974

Wombling Songs is the first album released by The Wombles. The songs were recorded by Mike Batt (vocals) with session musicians Chris Spedding (guitars), Les Hurdle (bass), Clem Cattini (drums), Ray Cooper (percussion), Rex Morris (piano), Eddie Mordue (sax) and Jack Rothstein (violin). The vocals were credited to "the younger Wombles, assisted by Mike Batt".

According to Batt, the album was really just character songs and background music for the television series."[1] However, the album spent 17 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 19 on 2 March 1974.[2]

Track listing

  1. The Wombling Song (Television Version) (1:40)
  2. Wombles Everywhere (3:20)
  3. Exercise Is Good For You (Laziness Is Not) (2:30)
  4. The Wombles' Warning (3:25)
  5. Tobermory (3:35)
  6. Dreaming In The Sun (Orinoco's Song) (4:10)
  7. Madame Cholet (3:48)
  8. Great Uncle Bulgaria's March (3:28)
  9. Wellington Womble (3:50)
  10. Bungo's Birthday (2:30)
  11. Wombling Along (Link Piece) (0:48)
  12. The Wombling Song (Full Version) (2:25)

Singles

The Wombling Song was released as a single.

The Wombling Song, Exercise Is Good For You and Madam Cholet were used in the 1977 film Wombling Free.

References

  1. ↑ Kim Cooper; David Smay; Jake Austen (2001). Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Feral House. p. 159. 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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