Remember You're a Womble explained

Remember You're a Womble
Type:Studio album
Artist:The Wombles
Cover:Remember You're A Womble (album).jpg
Released:July 1974
Recorded:February 1974
Studio:Wessex, London
Genre:Bubblegum pop, pop rock, novelty, surf rock
Length:32:24
Label:CBS
Producer:Mike Batt
Prev Title:Wombling Songs
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Keep On Wombling
Next Year:1974

Remember You're a Womble was the second 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 (saxophone), Eddie Mordue (saxophone) and Jack Rothstein (violin).

After the success of the first album, Wombling Songs, Batt experimented with more character-based songs in a variety of musical styles. He described it as "really the first proper album for The Wombles as a group".[1] The styles included pop, rock, calypso, classical (the music of "Minuetto Allegretto" was based on Mozart's Symphony No.41) and surf rock in the style of the Beach Boys.

The songs also developed the Womble characters further, for example "Wellington Goes To Waterloo" described Wellington Womble taking a rare day off and visiting London Waterloo station for a bit of trainspotting.

This was the first album with a cover showing the full-size Womble costumes, worn by Batt and the session musicians. The album spent 31 weeks in the UK album chart, peaking at number 18 on 13 July 1974.[2] It was released in the US with a different tracklist, which added four songs from the previous album, Wombling Songs.

Original album track listing

All tracks credited to Mike Batt on the LP label. However, other credits do exist as detailed below (source unknown).

Side One

  1. Remember You're a Womble (Mike Batt, Chris Spedding) - 3:07
  2. Minuetto Allegretto (Batt, Spedding) - 3:33
  3. Non-Stop Wombling Summer Party (Batt, Spedding, Felicity White) - 4:00
  4. Wombling in the Rain (Batt, Spedding, Paul Peterson) - 3:54
  5. Womble Burrow Boogie (Batt, Spedding, Ian Hawkins) - 2:58

Side Two

  1. Wellington Goes to Waterloo (Batt, Spedding, Edward Seymour) - 3:30
  2. The Return of Cousin Yellowstone (Batt, Spedding, Richard Kelly) - 3:06
  3. The Womble Square Dance (Batt, Spedding, Hawkins) - 3:12
  4. Wimbledon Sunset (Interlude) (Batt) - 1:48
  5. Banana Rock (Batt, Spedding, Seymour) - 3:16

Cassette track listing

Side One

  1. Remember You're a Womble (3:08)
  2. Minuetto Allegretto (3:38)
  3. Non-Stop Wombling Summer Party (4:02)
  4. Wombling in the Rain (3:58)
  5. Wimbledon Sunset (1:50)

Side Two

  1. Wellington Goes to Waterloo (3:36)
  2. The Return of Cousin Yellowstone (3:12)
  3. The Womble Square Dance (3:14)
  4. Banana Rock (3:05)
  5. Womble Burrow Boogie (2:57)

US track listing

  1. Wombling Summer Party (3:18)
  2. Wimbledon Sunset (1:50)
  3. The Wombling Song (2:26)
  4. Remember You're a Womble (3:07)
  5. Exercise is Good for You (2:32)
  6. Dreaming In the Sun (Orinoco's Song) (4:10)
  7. Banana Rock (3:05)
  8. Wellington Womble (3:54)
  9. Minuetto Allegretto (3:33)
  10. The Womble Square Dance (3:12)
  11. The Return of Cousin Yellowstone (3:08)

Singles

Four tracks were released as singles:

[3]

Spike Milligan recorded a version of the title track as a single in 1976 for Reprise Records as a duet between his Goon Show characters Eccles and Bluebottle.[4]

"Minuetto Allegretto" was used in the 1977 film Wombling Free.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Kim Cooper. David Smay. Jake Austen. 2001. Feral House. 0-922915-69-5. 159.
  2. Book: The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. Neil Warwick . Jon Kutner . Tony Brown . 2004. Omnibus Press. 1-84449-058-0. 1203–1204.
  3. Web site: Wombles | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. OfficialCharts.com.
  4. Web site: Degrees of Separation - Wombles 50th and 45th Anniversary.

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