Monty Python Live at Drury Lane

Monty Python Live at Drury Lane
Live album by Monty Python
Released	1974
Recorded	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, March 23, 1974[1]
Genre	Comedy
Label	Charisma Records
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The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973) Monty Python Live at Drury Lane (1974) The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Monty Python Live at Drury Lane is an album released by Monty Python in 1974, which was recorded at the Drury Lane Theatre in London earlier that year. All of the sketches, except for 'Secret Service' and the 'Idiot' song of Neil Innes, are from Flying Circus and vary slightly from their television counterparts. A re-released compact disc was released in 1997.

This was not released in the US until 1994, when it was included in the box set The Instant Monty Python CD Collection. Until then, the only live Python album released in the US had been Monty Python Live at City Center, released in 1976.

To promote the album's release, a double-sided Flexi disc was released entitled Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing with 6-7 minutes of material (some exclusive) on either side.

Of all the Python albums to have gained a special edition CD release, this is the only one to contain no new material, with the exception of an interview placed at the end of the disc.

Track listing

Side one

1. Introduction/Llamas
2. Gumby Flower Arranging
3. Secret Service
4. Wrestling
5. Communist Quiz
6. Idiot Song
7. Albatross/The Colonel
8. Nudge, Nudge/Cocktail Bar
9. Travel Agent

Side two

1. Spot the Brain Cell
2. Bruces
3. Argument
4. I've Got Two Legs
5. Four Yorkshiremen
6. Election Special
7. Lumberjack Song
8. Dead Parrot

An advert for the show is added to the 2006 special edition

References

v • d • e Monty Python Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle · Terry Jones · Michael Palin Douglas Adams • Connie Booth • Carol Cleveland • Neil Innes TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus (episodes) · Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus · Monty Python's Personal Best Films Monty Python and the Holy Grail · Monty Python's Life of Brian · Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Notable sketches Dead Parrot  · The Lumberjack Song  · Upper Class Twit of the Year  · The Spanish Inquisition  · Cheese Shop sketch  · Spam  · The Ministry of Silly Walks  · Nudge Nudge  · Mr Creosote  · The Argument Sketch Anthology films And Now for Something Completely Different  · Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl Specials Parrot Sketch Not Included - 20 Years of Monty Python · Monty Python Live at Aspen · Python Night - 30 Years of Monty Python Albums Monty Python's Flying Circus · Another Monty Python Record · Monty Python's Previous Record · The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief · Monty Python Live at Drury Lane · The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail · Monty Python Live at City Center · The Monty Python Instant Record Collection · Monty Python's Life of Brian · Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album · Monty Python's The Meaning of Life · The Final Rip Off · Monty Python Sings · The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off · The Instant Monty Python CD Collection · The Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album · Monty Python's Spamalot - Original Broadway Cast Notable songs Every Sperm Is Sacred  · Always Look on the Bright Side of Life  · Sit on My Face Stage productions Spamalot · Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)