- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 1990
- Release Date: 1 Jan 1990
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Virgin UK
- Copyright: (C) 1987 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1987 Virgin Records Ltd
- Total Length: 1:56:33
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- ASIN: B001J9N0FS
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 13,443 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
...this is the CD for you. Full of all their classics, this will keep you amused on long car journeys, to the point where you will be able to recount entire sketches to your friends and relatives.
Particular favourites are Bookshop, String, Cheese Shop and Novel Writing. And even the Spanish Inquisition pops up unexpectedly .
One for Python fans wanting a definitive audio collection. Would also suit anyone wanting to discover Python. With a little judicious use of the volume control on Cheese Shop in particular (I don't care how ***ing runny it is..."), even the kids can enjoy it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Yes this is a compilation of already well known material, and any Monty Python fan will know this stuff backwards already. But it's good material. It's funny. And it stands up to repeated listening, which is no mean feat when it comes to comedy. Some of the sketches feel a little bit like they're trying to bang a square peg into a round hole (e.g. 'Bells') but they are in the minority. Most of this album sounds effortless. Interspersed with some songs and some clips from the soundtrack of The Holy Grail, the sketches on this CD stand up for what they are: well written, hilarious, absurd and thought-provoking. And one or two of the "classic" sketches have been given new twists here and there, so it's not like you're listening to something that is word for word what you've already seen on telly, or in your DVD collection. If you already love Monty Python, then you'll love this. You probably already have it in your collection anyway, so you're probably not even reading this because you don't have to. If you don't like Monty Python, then you won't like this. Don't buy it. But if you're not sure, or if you're up for exploring new stuff, then you could do much, much worse than give this a go. And if you are reading this, then you must be intrigued enough to find out more. Go on. Buy it. You'll love it. Honestly.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Absolute classic Python - the best compilation ever. Listen to it at home, or better still in the car. Watch out for the rotating knives when you get home though :)
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An excellent collection of songs and sketches. The only disappointment being that it is missing the Philosopher's song, but other than that a good addition to any Mony Python collection.
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One should take MP seriously, and when they name their creation that way, it's for a reason, as they indicate with self humor in the accompanied booklet: "The idea of THE FINAL RIP OFF album came from the group's accountant following suggestions made to him by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise."
This release marks MP's move to Virgin Records, and with no new stuff available at the time, that was probably the best way to celebrate the occasion. This 2-CD compilation contains no new sketches, but there are lots of good ones here, and usually good versions (Including live performances). Some excerpts from Holy Grail are also here, such as the hilarious Constitutional Peasant.
Regarding weaker versions, it's amazing to hear the pale execution (pun intended) of The Argument Clinic sketch, that appears here in a studio recording version. Same text, same actors, and still sounds so lifeless compared to better known versions.
The pre-Python Bookshop sketch is also here in a good studio version, With Cleese as the seller and Graham Chapman as the buyer.
There's a very poor and disappointing "booklet" inside that contains a mere copy of the CD's front and back covers on one side and a humorous "A Sociologist Writes" on the other side. The font is microscopic and the only way to read it is have it enlarged in some way, but you won't miss much if you don't bother. No information regrading the versions of the tracks is available, so either you know it or dig it...
Overall this is an extensive and well representing, if not essential, album.
This release marks MP's move to Virgin Records, and with no new stuff available at the time, that was probably the best way to celebrate the occasion. This 2-CD compilation contains no new sketches, but there are lots of good ones here, and usually good versions (Including live performances). Some excerpts from Holy Grail are also here, such as the hilarious Constitutional Peasant.
Regarding weaker versions, it's amazing to hear the pale execution (pun intended) of The Argument Clinic sketch, that appears here in a studio recording version. Same text, same actors, and still sounds so lifeless compared to better known versions.
The pre-Python Bookshop sketch is also here in a good studio version, With Cleese as the seller and Graham Chapman as the buyer.
There's a very poor and disappointing "booklet" inside that contains a mere copy of the CD's front and back covers on one side and a humorous "A Sociologist Writes" on the other side. The font is microscopic and the only way to read it is have it enlarged in some way, but you won't miss much if you don't bother. No information regrading the versions of the tracks is available, so either you know it or dig it...
Overall this is an extensive and well representing, if not essential, album.
4.0 out of 5 stars
There is no excuse...and none given (except for Norman Tebbit's involvement)..
13 Oct 2011
Format:Vinyl
Well, it's all been seen and heard many many many times before...so why not cap it with The final rip off?
All the classics are here: bits of The Holy Grail, a bit of novel writing live from Wessex, that dead parrot thing, a bit of cheese shopping, a few revelations about the unexpected Spanish inquisition, some excessive luxury for those same four Yorkshireman, some familiar, very non-PC rules for new Bruce, and a few more bits and pieces that weren't on 'The Monty Python Instant Record Collection'...
There is some superb silliness and photos inside and on the outside of the somewhat gruesome, yet thoroughly appropriate double sleeve cover...This is, perhaps, a good reason, (and perhaps the only reason) to go for the vinyl version over the CD, (unless of course you only have a 1930s gramophone to play things on).
The apology on the back cover and the note suggesting that new material has been added by Norman Tebbit (and then a Holy Grail Credits-style waffle denying Tebbit's involvement from everything) is all very re-assuring that maybe this stuff will never quite go away...
Oddly, rip off it may be, but it's a nice one to have in the old LP collection, to be dragged out only when other sad old Pythonists come to visit and say 'Ni' to you.
All the classics are here: bits of The Holy Grail, a bit of novel writing live from Wessex, that dead parrot thing, a bit of cheese shopping, a few revelations about the unexpected Spanish inquisition, some excessive luxury for those same four Yorkshireman, some familiar, very non-PC rules for new Bruce, and a few more bits and pieces that weren't on 'The Monty Python Instant Record Collection'...
There is some superb silliness and photos inside and on the outside of the somewhat gruesome, yet thoroughly appropriate double sleeve cover...This is, perhaps, a good reason, (and perhaps the only reason) to go for the vinyl version over the CD, (unless of course you only have a 1930s gramophone to play things on).
The apology on the back cover and the note suggesting that new material has been added by Norman Tebbit (and then a Holy Grail Credits-style waffle denying Tebbit's involvement from everything) is all very re-assuring that maybe this stuff will never quite go away...
Oddly, rip off it may be, but it's a nice one to have in the old LP collection, to be dragged out only when other sad old Pythonists come to visit and say 'Ni' to you.
Format:MP3 Download
I am someone who grew up with Python and never missed a broadcast.
I had all the vinal versions of their albums.
The Final Rip Off is a collection of some of the most memorable comedy material that Python
ever produced.
Worth every penny in my book!
I had all the vinal versions of their albums.
The Final Rip Off is a collection of some of the most memorable comedy material that Python
ever produced.
Worth every penny in my book!
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