Artist: The Wombles
Title: The Best Wombles, Album So Far: Volume One
Year Of Release: 1973-75/1998
Label: Columbia
Genre: Bubblegum, Psychedelic Pop
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 59:23
Total Size: 381 Mb (scans)
Tracklist:
1. The Wombling Song (2:27)
2. Remember You're a Womble (3:11)
3. Wombling White Tie and Tails (3:35)
4. The Orinoco Kid (3:16)
5. To Wimbledon With Love (3:51)
6. Wombles on Parade (3:43)
7. Down at the Barber Shop (Singing in Harmony) (2:10)
8. The Empty Tidy Bag Blues (4:00)
9. Wellington Goes to Waterloo (3:36)
10. Nashville Wombles (4:56)
11. Invitation to the Ping-Pong Ball (3:49)
12. Non Stop Wombling Summer Party (4:03)
13. Underground Overture (2:40)
14. The Myths and Legends of King Merton Womble and His Journey to the ... (5:28)
15. Hall of the Mountain Womble (1:44)
16. Banana Rock (3:05)
17. Womble of the Universe (3:41)
Orinoco - Vocals, Saxes
Wellington - Lead Guitar
Madame Cholet - Bass
Great Uncle Bulgaria - Violin
Bungo - Drums
Also:
Clem Cattini - Drums
Chris Spedding - Guitars
Ray Cooper - Percussion
Les Hurdle - Bass
Rex Morris - Sax
Eddie Mordue - Sax
Jack Rothstein - Violin
Mike Batt - Keyboards, Lead and backing vocals
Hugely popular for awhile in the U.K., the Wombles are creatures whose whole mission is to help clean up the world, carrying their "tidy bags" with them wherever they go, picking up the trash left behind by humans, and reusing it. Created in the late '60s by children's book author Elisabeth Berseford, the Wombles books caught on and were translated into several languages. In the '70s, the furry, pointy snouted characters then became the star of their own live-action (instead of animated) children's television series, and added music-making to their list of talents. The show featured the music of the multi-talented composer and musician Mike Batt, who garnered his first eight hit singles with his Wombles' music. With the amount of Wombles music released in the '70s -- six albums and over a dozen singles in the U.K., and an album and a handful of singles making their way to Canada and the U.S. -- compilations of Wombles material have been periodically surfacing ever since, intriguing collectors with a wide array of musical styles and catchy tunes, including "Remember You're a Womble," and "Non Stop Wombling Summer Party." Some of the more recent compilations include Columbia's The Best Wombles Album So Far, Vol. 1 (1998), and The Wombles Collection, a double-disc set released in 2000 on Dramatico. The Wombles television show was also revived for a brief time in the late '90s, when over a dozen new episodes aired.