The Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album
Encyclopedia
The Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album is a bootleg
album (first issued in 1981) by Monty Python
of unused material from the recording sessions of their Charisma
albums, compiled and introduced by their producer Andre Jacquemin. Neither the compilation nor most of its contents have ever been officially released.
A reworked version was created by the compilation's original producer Andre Jacquemin for official release in October 2005, including about two-thirds of the bootleg version and some material never heard before. Cover art was designed. The tracks deemed to be of lesser quality on the bootleg and excised for the new version were transferred to bonus tracks on EMI
's 2006 CD reissues of the Charisma/Virgin
albums, but the main outtakes album was cancelled and languishes in EMI's vault.
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
album (first issued in 1981) by Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
of unused material from the recording sessions of their Charisma
Charisma Records
Charisma was a record label founded by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. Manager for The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der Graaf Generator at the time, Stratton-Smith was unable to find a record company willing to release an album by one of his favourite groups so he founded his own...
albums, compiled and introduced by their producer Andre Jacquemin. Neither the compilation nor most of its contents have ever been officially released.
A reworked version was created by the compilation's original producer Andre Jacquemin for official release in October 2005, including about two-thirds of the bootleg version and some material never heard before. Cover art was designed. The tracks deemed to be of lesser quality on the bootleg and excised for the new version were transferred to bonus tracks on EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
's 2006 CD reissues of the Charisma/Virgin
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
albums, but the main outtakes album was cancelled and languishes in EMI's vault.
Side one
- An Announcer
- Here Comes Another One [A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange is a 1962 dystopian novella by Anthony Burgess. The novel contains an experiment in language: the characters often use an argot called "Nadsat", derived from Russian....
Version] - I'm So Worried! [Country/Western version]
- Mrs. Particle and Mrs. Velocity
- Otto and the Suicide Squad, with Otto Song (deleted scene from Life of Brian)
- Rooting Around in My Attic
- Psychopath
- Olympic Shopping
- Bunn Whackett Buzzard Stubble and Boot
- Talking Science (DNA)
- School Song (play up!)
- Headmaster/Dead School Boy
- Laughing at the Unfortunate
Side two
- Rainy Day In Berlin (not included on most commonly-bootlegged version)
- I've Got Two Legs
- Leg Amputation
- Re-assuring You About the Doctor
- Deep-Sea Insurance Agent/Accountancy Shanty
- Indian Restaurant
- Minister of Defence
- Freelance Undertaker
- Rudyard Kipling
- Apology
- Memory Training
- Acronyms
- Hi-fi Shop