The only beef I have is that Amazon.UK insists that this is an AUDIO BOOK and that you have to pay "book shipping rate" which is about twice as much as the "CD shipping rate". Complain to them about this and they should refund you the difference if you are persistent. Hopefully if enough people complain they will finally realize that this is NOT an "AUDIO BOOK" and that it belongs in the "Music Section" along with all the rest of the Monty Python CD's they sell here.


Monty Python's first album -- Hard to find in the U.S.!   August 12, 2003
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If anyone is wondering, yes, this is Monty Python's first album, originally released on BBC Records in 1970. It consists mostly of some of the best sketches from the first TV series, adapted for audio and re-performed in front of a studio audience. The audio is of studio quality, with only some inobtrusive and appropriate laughter from the audience. There is some evidence of the Pythons starting to play with the medium of records, although not nearly to the gloriously goofy extent that they would on subsequent records, once they signed with Charisma Records and had a freer hand. This also means that the packaging and notes of this album are not as off-the-wall as they would be for subsequent records. However, the recording is wonderfully hilarious, and can serve as an excellent introduction to Monty Python.