Saturday, June 7, 2014

And Now For Something Slightly Different...


Elsewhere in this blog, my two readers (one of whom is me) may recall a statement I made along the lines of "there have been many Instant Monty Python record collections, Best Of--Worst Of compilations, Final Rip Offs, Ultimate Rip-Offs, and the Pick of the Best of Some Recently Repeated Python Hits Again volumes... but there has never been a COMPLETE Monty Python record collection. And then I believe I used the word "yet." Well, Yet is nigh.

The foot of Cupid has gone all spotty over the years, I'm afraid.

Virgin Records has released or is about to release (depending on how near June 2014 you two are, or are not, reading this) Monty Python's Total Rubbish, a career spanning 9-CD box set, or if you prefer, a 9-LP vinyl set. Nice! It comes in a nice slip case with nice new Terry Gilliam-designed artwork on it, and a nice new book of liner notes and graphics. You can read all about it and PRE-ORDER or ORDER it HERE BY CLICKING ON THIS BLUE UNDERLINED LINK.


9-CD Box Set
9-LP Vinyl Box Set

Now... I have to disclaim something here... but it's a minor something: This collection is not really, truly complete, per se. Although, for the first time in any Python Virgin Records collection, it contains the first BBC LP, Monty Python's Flying Circus, it does NOT contain the US-only release of Live at City Center. This is a small something because it DOES contain Live at Drury Lane and those two performances are very similar though not identical. But, be fair, the collection does NOT claim to be Complete. It only claims to be Rubbish. Which it's not. It's Snot.

Also missing from The Total Rubbish package is Monty Python Sings! But fear not! Also released in June 2014 is a deluxe version of Monty Python's 1989 musical anthology Monty Python Sings newly entitled Monty Python Sings (again) Available in CD or LP format, the new release contains six never-before released Python songs, three of which are new Eric Idle compositions. For those of you who don't like sport, there is also a deluxe 2-disc set which includes the newly expanded Sings (again) album as well as the remastered first BBC album Monty Python's Flying Circus.


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And if you order from the official website HERE BY CLICKING ON THIS BLUE UNDERLINED LINK you will also receive a new poster of the Total Rubbish cover art printed 30x30 inch (rolled, not folded) (and probably shaken, not stirred) on a nice 250gsm quality silk paper!