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Monty Python Live at Drury Lane 
Live album by Monty Python Released 1974 Recorded Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, March 23, 1974[1] Genre Comedy Label Charisma Monty Python chronology The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief
(1973)Monty Python Live at Drury Lane
(1974)The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(1975)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[2]Monty Python Live at Drury Lane is an album released by Monty Python in 1974, which was recorded at the Drury Lane Theatre in London earlier that year. It was also released in Canada in 1975 (distributed by GRT of Canada Ltd. 9211-4). All of the sketches, except for 'Secret Service' and the 'Idiot' song of Neil Innes, are from Flying Circus and vary slightly from their television counterparts. A reissued compact disc was released in 1997.
This recording was not released in the US until 1994, when it was included in the box set The Instant Monty Python CD Collection. Until then, the only live Python album released in the US had been Monty Python Live at City Center, released in 1976.
To promote the album's release, a double-sided Flexi disc was released entitled Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing with 6-7 minutes of material (some exclusive) on either side.
Of all the Python albums to have gained a special edition CD release, this is the only one to contain no new material, with the exception of an interview placed at the end of the disc.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- Introduction/Llamas
- Gumby Flower Arranging
- Secret Service
- Wrestling
- Communist Quiz
- How Sweet to Be an Idiot (Neil Innes, tracklisted as "Idiot Song")
- "Albatross" /The Colonel
- Nudge, Nudge/Cocktail Bar
- Travel Agent
Side two
- Spot the Brain Cell
- Bruces
- Argument
- I've Got Two Legs
- Four Yorkshiremen
- Election Special
- Lumberjack Song
- Dead Parrot
An advert for the show is added to the 2006 special edition
References
- ^ Palin, M., Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years, p.178
- ^ Allmusic review
Categories:- Monty Python albums
- 1974 live albums
- Charisma Records live albums
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