Beastly Record Explained

Beastly Record
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Goodies
Cover:	Goodies_Beastly_Record_2.jpg
Released:	1978
Genre:	Comedy
Label:	EMI
Producer:	Miki Antony, Bill Oddie
Prev Title:	Nothing to Do with Us
Prev Year:	1976

Beastly Record is the fourth and final studio album released by comedy trio The Goodies (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie) on the EMI records label in 1978 . It featured the “gentleman musicians of Le Hot Club de Cricklewood, the Cricklewood Rhythm Boys & The Finchley Funketeers with the Hendon Horns, all under the direction of Dave MacRae”.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Oddie. Timings are actual timings taken from an original LP.

Side 1

1. "Melody Farm" - 2:30
2. "Taking My Oyster for Walkies" - 3:23
3. "Spring Spring Spring" - 2:40
4. "Terrapins" - 2:31
5. "A Man’s Best Friend is His Duck" - 2:32
6. "Spank That Hamster" - 2:52

Side 2

1. "Rastashanty" - 2:47
2. "Ironing My Goldfish" - 2:24
3. "Funky Farm" - 2:27
4. "There’s a Walrus in My Soup" 3:39
5. "Why Doesn’t an Elephant go Tweet Tweet" - 2:01
6. "I Am a Carnivore" - 3:16
7. "Elephant Joke Song" - 3:54

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Production

• Producer: Miki Antony and Bill Oddie
• Recorded at: CBS Studios (London)
• Recording Engineer: Steve Levine
• 2nd Engineer: Graham Dickson
• All Arrangements by: Dave MacRae

Notes and References

1. Original album sleeve notes
2. Web site: The Goodies – Beastly Record (1978, Vinyl). www.discogs.com.