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Track Listings
| 1. Come In |
| 2. You Wonder Now How These Things Began |
| 3. Rape |
| 4. La Ronde De L'amour |
| 5. Jenny Kissed Me |
| 6. The Way I Cry Over You |
| 7. Unknown Citizen |
| 8. It's When I Touch You |
| 9. Hippie And The Skinhead |
| 10. Try To Remember To Forget |
| 11. Jenny Kissed Me And It Was... |
| 12. Widdecombe Fair |
| 13. Neville Thumbcatch |
| 14. Once Again |
| 15. Pay No Attention |
| 16. April |
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By M. Jones
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this while I was in one of my "let's see what weirdo stuff I can find this week on Amazon" humours, and to be honest I didn't even know this existed.
The best way to describe this CD is that it could be the first "seduction concept album" ever recorded.
Imagine the scenario, have the champagne on ice:
It all starts off well enough, preparing the batchelor pad for action with candles and music, you invite your lady in, complement her on her fragrance, pop the bubbly, then relax up close on the bright orange sofa. All very civilised until track 3 starts and she spits her champers out with enough force to knock you clean off your Cuban heels, before high-tailing it home in a taxi before you even have chance to straighten your pink silk kipper tie.
To quote Woody Allen; "How did I mis-read those signs?"
Yep, it's that kind of impact. Having said that, at least you have the rest of the evening free to digest the rest of this extraordinary album.
Peter Wyngarde was a common sight in the 60s on TV (appearing in The Saint, The Avengers, and The Prisoner to name a few); but is much more popular for his superb pre-Austin Powers alter-ego Jason King from the 70s TV show of the same name, but he was much better as this incarnation in Department S. Over-the-top acting (I think it's called "camp" now) and an inability to fight (check out those karate chops, they wouldn't part your hair) coupled with a revolving door on his bedroom made him a hero to all pre-pubescent boys and lusted after by teenage girls. Now he would be parodied, but then he was the ultimate grrrrrr man. Up there with Curtis and Moore.... Read more ›
The best way to describe this CD is that it could be the first "seduction concept album" ever recorded.
Imagine the scenario, have the champagne on ice:
It all starts off well enough, preparing the batchelor pad for action with candles and music, you invite your lady in, complement her on her fragrance, pop the bubbly, then relax up close on the bright orange sofa. All very civilised until track 3 starts and she spits her champers out with enough force to knock you clean off your Cuban heels, before high-tailing it home in a taxi before you even have chance to straighten your pink silk kipper tie.
To quote Woody Allen; "How did I mis-read those signs?"
Yep, it's that kind of impact. Having said that, at least you have the rest of the evening free to digest the rest of this extraordinary album.
Peter Wyngarde was a common sight in the 60s on TV (appearing in The Saint, The Avengers, and The Prisoner to name a few); but is much more popular for his superb pre-Austin Powers alter-ego Jason King from the 70s TV show of the same name, but he was much better as this incarnation in Department S. Over-the-top acting (I think it's called "camp" now) and an inability to fight (check out those karate chops, they wouldn't part your hair) coupled with a revolving door on his bedroom made him a hero to all pre-pubescent boys and lusted after by teenage girls. Now he would be parodied, but then he was the ultimate grrrrrr man. Up there with Curtis and Moore.... Read more ›
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By bobobob5
Format:Audio CD
Take a great actor, a very talented writing and production team, and give them carte blanche to to whatever they want. That's exactly what this album is. A highly imaginative concept album, that really defies classification. It's quite close to the Bonzo Dog Band's work in places, but you're just as likely to find it listed under 'easy listening'. There's a terrific sense of humour permeating the entire record, courtesy of Wyngarde's lyrics and very careful selection of other material. His version of the psychedelic classic 'Neville Thumbcatch' is excellent. 'Rape' is social commentary, and the material about hippies and skinheads is marvellous. The recording quality is superb, as is his voice - it's very carefully intonated throughout, as you'd expect from him. With the right promotion, this could easily become a cult classic.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The album opens with Peter inviting you into his home, complimenting your perfume and pouring you a drink by candlelight...it's clear that one thing's on his mind: Sex. He even asks you to sit nearer to him, for "everything's much closer over here"...
Very bizzare, and it just gets weirder and weirder. Be it an exploration of the violent sex rituals of the world (Rape) or a traditional folk chorus, the album is full of surprises. Quite literally unpredictable, and unlike anything you've ever heard or ever will hear ever again.
Special mention must be made of "The Hippie and the Skinhead". Peter reads his newspaper to you before delivering what must be one of the very first recorded raps. In 1970! To a country music backing!
However, by far the best track on the album (on any album?) is Neville Thumbcatch. The music is wonderful and varied, making use of acoustic guitars, cellos, brass bands and female choruses. It's important to remember that Peter was not a singer, so he delivers his lines like a poetry recital. And it sounds utterly fantastic. The song details with a poor man who spent his whole life farming and gardening only to lose his wife, who wanted nothing more than to make love. "He was a man of nature who'd forgotten his birds and his bees"...I guess the message is that we should do what's natural and leave nature to mother nature, as is the natural order...
Without a doubt a classic. To be filed alongside such gems as Swordfishtrombones and Trout Mask Replica....hell, even The White Album....as a piece of art that was well ahead of its time and quite possibly changed the face of music forever.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Psi Powers
Format:Audio CD
This album is astonishing. Mr Wygarde was given carte blanche to produce this album and the fact that it was almost immediately deleted invites fascination.
Veering wildly between the divine and wholly unacceptable these recordings will take the listener back to the weirder side of the 1970's
Veering wildly between the divine and wholly unacceptable these recordings will take the listener back to the weirder side of the 1970's
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By "dave3rave"
Format:Audio CD
According to the liner notes (with an interview with Peter Wyngarde some years later) RCA had approached the artist several times with ideas for an album, usually of old standards, when peter had the idea of this prose and poetry set to music album.
This seems to be a sort of Jason king "philosophy of life" and to some extent I think he was trying to exorcise the character, a Reductio ad absurdium.
I found that it is best listened to from the start, as all the tracks link up. A must for anyone with a taste for something different.
This seems to be a sort of Jason king "philosophy of life" and to some extent I think he was trying to exorcise the character, a Reductio ad absurdium.
I found that it is best listened to from the start, as all the tracks link up. A must for anyone with a taste for something different.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Quite stunning. I bought it in order to laugh at the preposterousness of it and found myself drawn in. I love it. Better than Shatner, and there is no higher praise than that in the twilight world of musical oratory.
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What fun!
I'd heard about this for a long time and wasn't sure what to expect. Being a fan of Peter Wyngarde's I thought I'd give it a go. Well ......... Read more
Published 2 months ago by JeanB
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Rape Funny? I don't think so...
Dreadful attempt at free love I can be a hippy too proses from 60s TVs Mr.suave /creepy older man. How did the track Rape ever see daylight ?! Read more
Published 2 months ago by lucifer Pip
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When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head, Peter Wyngarde - Cool slice of...
I bought this a little while ago, when a friend recommended it to me after I'd been enthusing about William Shatner's `Transformed Man'. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2010 by Victor
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Hypnotically compelling ...
Quite amazing. Peter does an amazing tongue-in-cheek narrative even self-referencing his alter-ego Jason King. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2010 by Mr. G. T. Fleming
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Chocolate for your ears
Peter Wyngarde has always had one of those voices that make you like him. I was recently given this little gem from a younger man who couldn't "get into it". Read more
Published on 29 May 2010 by Witchfinder General
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Jason King on CD? Fancy!!!
The first thing that hits you about Peter's idiosyncratic and so far only album is that it is radically different from anything released by his peers - well perhaps except William... Read more
Published on 3 May 2010 by G. G. Stafford
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when sex lears it's inquisitive head
IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE BIZARRE THEN THIS ALBUM'S FOR YOU. IT WILL SCARE AND ENLIGHTEN YOU ALL IN ONE LISTEN. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2003 by "lulamcnaught"
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