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Artist: | Vivian Stanshall |
Title: | Vivian Stanshall Rawlinson's End VINYL LP |
Released: | 14/07/2023 |
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Format: | VINYL LP |
Country | EU/US |
Barcode: | 636551893114 |
Catalogue number: | SMALP931 |
Store location: | pre-order |
SKU: | WLF10334 |
Condition: | BRAND NEW & SEALED |
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THE FINAL PART OF VIVIAN STANSHALL'S SURREAL COMIC MASTERPIECE In 1978, Charisma Records released the 'Sir Henry At Rawlinson End' album, a forty-minute introduction to the eccentric custodian of the crumbling British country estate, which incorporated characters & music from the various episodes of the Sir Henry saga, originally broadcast on the BBC's John Peel show from October 1975 up until 1991. The BBC regular re-broadcast Sir Henry even today.
In 1980, Sir Henry was also unleashed on the public as a film, starring the great Trevor Howard & was also issued as book published by Eel Pie Publishing, owned at the time by The Who's Pete Townshend.
The 1990's found Sir Henry used as the concept for a now legendary series of Ruddles Beer adverts that cemented Rawlinson's End in the National consciousness.
Stanshall was a major Influence on the cream of the new wave of British comedy in the 1980's including Stephen Fry, Adrian Edmondson, Phil Jupitus & Paul Merton & he remains much loved nearly thirty years after his death. In the years just before his untimely death in 1995, Vivian intended to generate a new album based around the content of three of the final episodes broadcast by John Peel on the BBC; 'Crackpot At The End Of The Rainbow' recorded in February 1988, 'The Eating At Rawlinson End', from August 1988 & 'The Thing At Rawlinson End', from April 1991. For decades it has been rumoured that a new Sir Henry album would be released & now finally Madfish / Snapper Music in collaboration with the Stanshall Family have made that rumour a reality.
Using all the remaining tapes from Vivian's archive, Stanshall expert & performance artist Michael Livesley has manged to put back together the intended release, a process that he has described as similar to "putting back together a smashed vase". The results are a revelation with the final album now a double LP containing some of Vivian's finest work. Fans of Sir Henry, Old Scrotum, Mrs E & the various bizarre & evocative characters that inhabit the musty Rawlinson's End will be thrilled at the imagined adventures that await them.
Vivian's final vision has been realised - 'Rawlinson's End', available on CD & 2LP in a Gatefold Sleeve.
1 | Lady Rawlinson's Lilt / Under The Sea ( Instrumental ) ( 06:08 ) |
2 | Eggs Is Eggs ( Nice N Tidy ) ( 09:07 ) |
3 | The Pipes ( Sir Henry ) ( 02:53 ) |
4 | The Crackpot ( Instrumental ) ( 01:11 ) |
1 | The Great Eating ( Instrumental ) ( 02:31 ) |
2 | Buzzing ( Hubert ) ( 01:50 ) |
3 | Spreading His Light ( Hubert & The Rev Slodden ) ( 04:39 ) |
4 | Scrotum's Lullaby ( Scrotum ) ( 04:31 ) |
5 | Under The Sea ( Reprise ) ( 01:15 ) |
1 | Cackling Gas / Under The Sea ( 05:05 ) |
2 | Octavia ( 04:04 ) |
3 | Cul-de-Sac ( Mrs E ) ( 04:35 ) |
4 | The Quiet That The Spider Knows ( Aunt Florrie ) ( 02:43 ) |
5 | Tour De Farce ( Instrumental ) ( 00:41 ) |
1 | Entre Act ( Instrumental ) ( 03:36 ) |
2 | Diplodocus v Concreton ( 03:18 ) |
3 | Achmedillo ( Scrotum ) ( 05:38 ) |
4 | Peristaltic Waves ( The Patient ) ( 02:30 ) |
format | vinyl |
artist | Vivian Stanshall |
Forthcoming | yes |
Year of Issue | 2023 |
Recently In Stock | No |
Forthcoming | No |
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