Frequently Bought Together
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s
Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or
view the MP3 Album.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unchained Melodies, The Goons - Warning, there is probably nothing wrong with your gramophone!
10 Nov 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ying tong tiddle I po! Here at last in CD form is the collected singles and ep's released by the ground breaking radio comedians the Goons.
There's not a lot to say here. If you've searched this page out you're probably familiar with the Goons and their style of humour. Zany, whacky, etc. etc.. And here we have all our favourite characters - Moriarty, Bluebottle, Neddie Seagoon, Minnie Bannister, Major Denis Bloodnock, giving their all in a series of catchy, and hilarious songs.
Stand outs are the old favourites `Walking Backwards to Christmas', `The Ying Tong song' and `Bluebottle's Blues'. The later tracks are mainly Spike Milligan without Peter Sellers or Harry Secombe, and don't quite scale the heights of the earlier stuff, but even so this is a cd well worth getting, if only for my personal favourite, `Bloodnok's Rock and Roll Call'.
The tracks have been nicely cleaned up and sound as good as they have ever done. There is a good booklet with an informative essay, lots of photos of the Goons and a lot of drawings by Spike Milligan. Heartily recommended for all fans of The Goons, Monty Python, and other similar comic talents. A perfect accompaniment to the Goon show compendium series currently being released by the BBC.
There's not a lot to say here. If you've searched this page out you're probably familiar with the Goons and their style of humour. Zany, whacky, etc. etc.. And here we have all our favourite characters - Moriarty, Bluebottle, Neddie Seagoon, Minnie Bannister, Major Denis Bloodnock, giving their all in a series of catchy, and hilarious songs.
Stand outs are the old favourites `Walking Backwards to Christmas', `The Ying Tong song' and `Bluebottle's Blues'. The later tracks are mainly Spike Milligan without Peter Sellers or Harry Secombe, and don't quite scale the heights of the earlier stuff, but even so this is a cd well worth getting, if only for my personal favourite, `Bloodnok's Rock and Roll Call'.
The tracks have been nicely cleaned up and sound as good as they have ever done. There is a good booklet with an informative essay, lots of photos of the Goons and a lot of drawings by Spike Milligan. Heartily recommended for all fans of The Goons, Monty Python, and other similar comic talents. A perfect accompaniment to the Goon show compendium series currently being released by the BBC.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By PJ Batten
Format:Audio CD
Don't listen to this in public unless you want some worried looks from bystanders. They're all great tracks but 'Unchained Melody' is priceless. I nearly lost the ability to breathe listening to this for the first time. What a wonderful poke at all those desperately serious singers who've done this one. Buy it!
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By R. A. Caton
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A good question, that.... there is nothing here that hasn't been issued before, either on "The World of the Goons" (which had all the Decca titles together with tracks by Ray Ellington and Max Geldray) and various Peter Sellers and/or Spike Mlligan compilations. Yet this is the FIRST time ALL the Goon singles have been gathered on one disc and as such is a must for the car or for relaxing to (or both, buy two!)
I have the original 10" LP of Unchained Melodies, and "The World Of The Goons", and the Peter Sellers Collection (where the EMI tracks came out in 1990!) and I still bought this with my own money!
If you are new to the Goons, this is a must buy.
If you aren't new to Spike & Co. it's still worth considering as a unique compilation.
I have the original 10" LP of Unchained Melodies, and "The World Of The Goons", and the Peter Sellers Collection (where the EMI tracks came out in 1990!) and I still bought this with my own money!
If you are new to the Goons, this is a must buy.
If you aren't new to Spike & Co. it's still worth considering as a unique compilation.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 5 reviews
4.4 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ha Ha
Has a good laugh listening to this and had a good sing along with the ying tong song, ha ha
Published 1 month ago by Baker Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars
Go-on, you;ll love it!
It has to be said that thsoe who buy this will almost certainly be fans from way back when - and probably able to sing along in
all these tracks from the glory days of the... Read more
all these tracks from the glory days of the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by wordsmith44
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Goons 'Unchained Melodies'
This is all the songs by the Goons from the nineteen-fifties. Had some on records, some on tapes. They're all here on one CD, great!!
Published 2 months ago by Mr. N. Chadderton
5.0 out of 5 stars
unchained melodies
brought as a birthday present. the person who received the gift is a big goons fan, and found the present very enjoyable and funny.
Published 4 months ago by stephen hessey
5.0 out of 5 stars
VERY SATISFIED
VERY FUNNY CD WHAT ELSE WOULD ANYONE EXPECT FROM THE GOONS.WILL CHEER UP THE MOST MISERABLE VICTIMS OF POST CHRISTMAS BLUES
Published 4 months ago by VIC
5.0 out of 5 stars
Goons music from 7" singles and beyond
Contains comedy style music from the Goons (Sellers, Milligan, Seycomb, +1) including the infamous Ying-tang song (mono) recorded on the Parlophone label. Read more
Published 6 months ago by a.m.hardwick
5.0 out of 5 stars
The goons shows on CD
To be honest you have to have grown up listening to the goons on the radio or you maybe have to be slightly mad if you find them and enjoy the crazy humour but they are well worth... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sharpy
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of these already on a TV advert!!!!
Monty Python succoured on this humour and more than 50 years on somebody used one of these songs on a TV ad. Timeless or what!!
Published 9 months ago by Jewells
1.0 out of 5 stars
where IS this item?
Purchased 24th May - why has it not been dispatched yet??
This is the only means that I can find to contact you - why is 8t so difficult?
This is the only means that I can find to contact you - why is 8t so difficult?
Published 11 months ago by David F. Ritte
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Goons unchained melodies
If you love the Goons this is a blast from the past, apart from the best loved songs there is a wealth of long forgotten ones that they recorded back in the 60s. Read more
Published 12 months ago by samgamgee
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Music > Miscellaneous
- Music > Pop
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
