Most of the songs on Marty Feldman's album were written by John Junkin and composed by Denis King, both of whom worked on Feldman's TV series. They'd concocted the songs for their own amusement, but Marty heard a couple, liked them, and suggested he record them. (The others on "I Feel a Song Going Off" - including Denis King's favourite, "World's in Rhyme" - are the work of Bill Solly.)
A couple of years later, Junkin and King got together with two of the other writer/performers from Marty Feldman's shows, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor, for what proved to be a very successful radio sketch show, "Hello Cheeky!" Each programme included two songs, so to add to some of those already performed by Marty Feldman, Junkin and King wrote a whole lot more, and Cryer collaborated with King on a few as well.
This LP collects the best of them. Or, as the title of the other "Hello Cheeky!" album puts it, the least worst.
THE SEEDY SOUND OF HELLO CHEEKY
With Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, John Junkin and Denis King
Side One
- MISERABLE SONG - The Entire Company
- MOON OVER ROMFORD - Barry
- YOUR THIRD LEG - Tim
- WRONG LOVE SONG* - John
- SODA SIPHON BABY - Ernie
- ROAD TO PLAISTOW – Ernie’s brother and the girls in the canteen
- I'M GROWING A BEARD – A close friend of Ernie’s wife
- I'M IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL – A man who came in out of the rain
- CARROTS FOR MY LADY - Denis
- DON'T SAY GOODBYE – Adolph somebody or other
- TICKLING MRS. ADCOCK – The lads in Accounts (Lead vocal: Flash Morris)
- PIE AND CHIPS - We never did find out
- HYMN TO COCKROACHES – The Edna Muttley Formation Dance Team
Side Two
- ROCK CAKE ROCK* - Us!
- TRANSISTORISED SWEETHEART – A man who’s got Buddy Greco’s autograph
- SWEET OLD FASHIONED THING* - Nasty Henry
- LOVE SONG FOR AGNES – A friend of the Producer’s (say nothing!)
- BELLE OF CHALK FARM – Les from the Off-Licence
- SOUTH OF THE ANKLE* - Los Anfound
- EDITH COSGROVE – Edith Cosgrove
- SMASHING YEAR – God Knows!
- LOVE IS RAND* - Him Again
- NOVEMBER IN DUMFRIES – The Thousand Banjoes of Hogarth Knaveley
- CROSSBAR KATY – Reg Harris
- TRAM RIDE TO ROMANCE – Howard Hughes (no relation)
- MONEY SONG* - The Entire Company (except Ernie’s wife) says Goodnight
All compositions by John Junkin and Denis King except *by Barry Cryer and Denis King; published by Essex International.
Produced and arranged by Denis King for Hollycroft Productions 1976, for EMI Records LTD.
“Although they don’t need a plug as they are so terribly terribly famous I must put my ten cents in. Within the confines of the sleeve of this thing you are holding, you will find a unique set of gentlemen who paraded under the guise of humans on the BBC Radio show “Hello Cheeky”, now a TV series for Yorkshire Television.
Many’s the time whilst listening to them doing their bit on the car wireless, I have careered across the motorway scattering traffic in all directions and ending up in a ditch in fits of laughter. Their unique random style of wit is now captured forever on this LP. Listen, learn, and eat.
There may be some twisted fools around who won’t like this LP and in the interests of the EMI Record Company, they are now being hunted, rounded up and herded into camps where white hot irons will be shoved where no hand has dared set foot. And so, dear gramaphone freaks, thrill away to such gems as “Edith Cosgrove”, “Moon Over Romford”, and “Carrots For My Lady” as your heart does a tango and your Dansette squirms in agony as you consider that maybe the white hot irons aren’t such a bad idea after all.”
Kenny Everett (sleeve notes)
And here's the link. As well as the 26 separate tracks, you'll find a single continuous recording of the complete album. http://sdrv.ms/10mAyn6
Enjoy!
Roger
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Sounds like fun, Thank You. ---------- Rick
If you like "The Crazy World of Marty Feldman" I can pretty much guarantee you'll like "The Seedy Sound of Hello Cheeky!"
Roger