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Keep On Wombling was the third 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 (sax), Eddie Mordue (sax) and Jack Rothstein (violin).

This was a marked departure from the first two albums, being concept album with the entire first side following singer Orinoco Womble through a series of dreams.[1] The styles included pop, rock and classical (Hall Of The Mountain Womble is an arrangement of In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg).

The album spent 6 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 17.[2]

Track listing

Tracks 1-6 Are 6 Songs From The Film "Orinoco's Dream (Fantasies of a sleeping Womble)"

  1. Womble Of The Universe (in which Orinoco dreams he is an ASTRONAUT) 3:41
  2. The Orinoco Kid (in which Orinoco dreams he is a COWBOY) (3:17)
  3. The Jungle Is Jumping (in which Orinoco dreams he is a JUNGLE EXPLORER)(3:21)
  4. Underground Overture (in which Orinoco dreams he is the CONDUCTOR) (2:39)
  5. The Hall Of The Mountain Womble (in which Orinoco's imaginary orchestra does a little turn) (1:44)
  6. Look Out For The Giant (in which Orinoco imagines a litter-crunching giant, GIANT POLU) (2:24)
  7. The Wombling Twist (at the Womble Club down in West LA) (3:00)
  8. Tobermory's Music Machine (in which the NEEDLE STICKS) (2:18)
  9. Wipe Those Womble Tears From Your Eyes (a country-Womble ballad)(Of Look Out For The Giant) (3:42)
  10. Invitation To The Ping-Pong Ball (in which we meet the Chinese Wombles, Shanghai burrow) (3:49)
  11. Wombling Merry Christmas (with virtuoso sleigh bell performance by Great Uncle Bulgaria) (3:22)

Singles

Wombling Merry Christmas was released as single. The Orinoco Kid was later released on the B side of Superwomble and The Wombling Twist was later released on the B side of Wombling White Tie And Tails .

Womble Of The Universe was used in the soundtrack of the 1977 film Wombling Free .

References

  1. ^ Kim Cooper, David Smay, Jake Austen (2001). Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Feral House. p. 160. ISBN 0-922915-69-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner, Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. pp. 1203–1204. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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