The Instant Monty Python CD Collection

Infobox Album | Name = The Instant Monty Python CD Collection
Type = Box set
Artist = Monty Python


Released = 1994
Recorded = 1970 - 1983
Genre = Comedy
Length = Disc 1: 79 mins
Disc 2: 61 mins
Disc 3: 62 mins
Disc 4: 66 mins
Disc 5: 77 mins
Disc 6: 53 mins
Label = Virgin Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off"
(1994)
This album = "The Instant Monty Python CD Collection"
(1994)
Next album = "The Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album"
(2006)

"The Instant Monty Python CD Collection" is a box set released in 1994 of six CDs containing eight albums by the Monty Python troupe.

It contained a small booklet of reprinted material from album sleeves and previous Python books, but the track layout assigning each album side to a single track frustrated fans. The set also did not contain a proper track listing of the albums, making it difficult to find certain sketches in the collection.

Track listing

The following is a listing of all the original track titles for each album included in this compilation, with notations in parentheses explaining which disc and track comprise each album side, and the time within each track where the individual titles can be found. This should help to alleviate the difficulty in finding specific sketches.

Another Monty Python Record

Side One: (Disc 1, Track 1)

1. Apologies (0:08)
2. Spanish Inquisition (2:06)
3. World Forum (4:49)
4. Gumby Theatre/Contradiction (8:50/11:22)
5. The Architect/Spanish Inquisition Continues (11:59/14:41)
6. The Piranha Brothers (15:59)

Side Two: (Disc 1, Track 2)

1. Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (0:01)
2. Penguin on the TV (2:39)
3. Comfy Chair/Sound Quiz (5:08/6:42)
4. Be A Great Actor/Theatre Critic (8:00/11:02)
5. Royal Festival Hall Concert (12:27)
6. Spam (16:32)
7. The Judges/Stake Your Claim (18:56/20:23)
8. Still No Sign of Land (Lifeboat)/Undertaker (22:23/25:50)

Monty Python's Previous Record

Side One: (Disc 1, Track 3)

1. Embarrassment/A Book at Bedtime (0:06/2:31)
2. Dennis Moore (2:56)
3. Money Programme/Money Song (3:56/5:00)
4. Dennis Moore Continues (5:52)
5. Australian Table Wines/Dennis Moore Song (7:02/8:28)
6. Argument Clinic (8:47)
7. How-To-Do-It Lessons (12:25)
8. Putting Budgies Down/Dennis Dum (13:35/14:52)
9. Fish License/Eric the Half-a-Bee (15:11/17:58)
10. Radio Quiz Game (20:07)
11. Travel Agency (21:34)

Side Two: (Disc 2, Track 1)

1. A Massage/Silly Noises Quiz (0:00/0:05)
2. Miss Anne Elk (1:27)
3. We Love the Yangtse/Yangtse Song (4:15/5:43)
4. A Minute Passed (7:12)
5. Eclipse of the Sun (8:22)
6. Alistair Cooke (10:23)
7. Wonderful World of Sounds (10:45)
8. The Tale of Happy Valley (13:18)

The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief

Side One: (Disc 2, Track 2)

1. Q&A/Salvation Fuzz (0:00/0:42)
2. Elephantoplasty (3:06)
3. Novel Writing (5:04)
4. Word Association (7:36)
5. Bruces/Philosopher's Song (8:53/11:02)
6. The Adventures of Ralph Mellish (11:55)
7. Cheese Shop (15:56)
8. Wasp Club/Tiger Talk (20:01/20:46)

Side Two: (Disc 2, Track 3)

1. Great Actors (0:11)
2. The Background to History (2:34)
3. First World War Noises (6:27)
4. Boxing Tonight (Fight Of The Century) (10:31)
5. Minister for Overseas Development (11:29)
6. Oscar Wilde and Friends (12:34)
7. Buying A Cat (15:56)
8. Phone-In (17:19)

Monty Python Live at Drury Lane

Side One: (Disc 3, Track 1)

1. Introduction/Llamas (0:00/0:55)
2. Gumby Flower Arranging (2:39)
3. Secret Service (4:11)
4. Wrestling (9:02)
5. Communist Quiz (11:07)
6. Idiot Song (by Neil Innes) (14:40)
7. Albatross/The Colonel (17:42/18:52)
8. Nudge, Nudge/Cocktail Bar (19:23/22:15)
9. Travel Agent (27:03)

Side Two: (Disc 3, Track 2)

1. Spot the Brain Cell (0:00)
2. Bruces/Philosopher's Song (3:30/4:24)
3. Argument (5:32)
4. I've Got Two Legs (8:07)
5. Four Yorkshiremen (8:29)
6. Election Special (11:49)
7. Lumberjack Song/Liberty Bell Intro (18:35/21:13)
8. Dead Parrot/Liberty Bell Finale (22:16/28:01)

The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Side One: (Disc 4, Track 1)

1. Introduction To The Executive Album Edition (0:00)
2. Tour Of The Classic Silbury Hill Theatre (1:07)
3. Live Broadcast From London: Premiere Of The Film (3:14)
4. Narration From The Silbury Hill Gentlemen's Room/You're Using Coconuts (4:34)
5. Bring Out Your Dead (6:49)
6. King Arthur And The Old Woman: A Lesson In Anarcho-Syndicated Commune Living (7:52)
7. A Witch? (10:49)
8. A Lesson In Logic (13:36)
9. Camelot (16:29)
10. The Quest For The Holy Grail (18:05)
11. Live From The Parking Lot At The Silbury Hill Theatre (19:14)
12. The Castle Of Louis De Lombard: A Strange Person (20:20)
13. Bomb Scare (22:24)
14. Executive Album Edition Announcement (23:09)

Side Two: (Disc 4, Track 2)

15. Another Executive Album Edition Announcement (0:00)
16. The Story Of The Film So Far (0:29)
17. The Tale Of Sir Robin (2:41)
18. The Knights Who Say Ni! (4:37)
19. Interview with Filmmaker Carl French (7:11)
20. The Tale Of Sir Lancelot: At Swamp Castle (10:09)
21. Tim, The Enchanter/A Shakespearean Critique (13:59/14:37)
22. A Foul-Tempered Rabbit (17:30)
23. Executive Album Edition Addendum (20:02)
24. The Castle Aaargh/The End (20:57/23:27)

Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album

Side One: (Disc 4, Track 3)

1. Sit on My Face (0:00)
2. Announcement (0:44)
3. Henry Kissinger (1:06)
4. String (1:56)
5. Never Be Rude to an Arab (4:16)
6. I Like Chinese (5:16)
7. Bishop (8:27)
8. Medical Love Song (11:08)
9. Farewell to John Denver (13:13) (left off due to "legal advice")
10. Finland (13:42)
11. I'm So Worried! (16:02)

Side Two: (Disc 5, Track 1)

1. I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio (0:00)
2. Martyrdom of St. Victor (0:55)
3. Here Comes Another One (2:37)
4. Bookshop (4:37)
5. Do What John? (9:01)
6. Rock Notes (9:35)
7. Muddy Knees (11:47)
8. Crocodile (13:59)
9. Decomposing Composers (16:34)
10. Bells (19:19)
11. Traffic Lights (21:42)
12. All Things Dull and Ugly (23:38)
13. A Scottish Farewell (25:08)

=Monty Python's Life of Brian=

Side One: (Disc 5, Track 2)

1. Introduction (0:00)
2. Brian Song (0:44)
3. Three Wise Men (1:03)
4. Brian Song (continued) (2:32)
5. Sermon on the Mount (Big Nose) (5:04)
6. Harry the Haggler (7:00)
7. Stoning (7:16)
8. Ex-Leper (9:19)
9. You Mean You Were Raped? (Naughtius Maximus) (10:34)
10. Link (11:56)
11. In the Amphitheatre (Loretta) (13:55)
12. Short Link (17:11)
13. Romans Go Home (17:39)
14. Missing Link (18:58)
15. Revolutionary Meeting (19:21)
16. Very Good Link/Ben (20:48/21:00)
17. Audience with Pilate (22:43)
18. Meanwhile (24:32)

Side Two: (Disc 5, Track 3)

19. The Prophets (0:00)
20. Beard Salesman (1:12)
21. Lobster Link (2:29)
22. Brian's Prophecy (3:20)
23. Lobster Link II (4:41)
24. The Hermit (Simon the Holy Man) (4:57)
25. He's Not the Messiah (8:17)
26. Sex Link (8:37)
27. He's a Very Naughty Boy (9:22)
28. Lighter Link (12:51)
29. Pilate Sentences Brian (13:28)
30. Nisus Wettus (14:21)
31. Pilate with the Crowd (Welease Woger) (14:51)
32. Nisus Wettus with the Jailers (17:16)
33. Release Brian (18:53)
34. Not So Bad Once You're Up (19:43)
35. Reg Salutes Brian (20:12)
36. Cheeky is Released (21:32)
37. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (22:46)
38. Closing (26:13)

Monty Python's Meaning of Life

Side One: (Disc 6, Track 1)

1. Introduction (0:00)
2. Fish Introduction (0:19)
3. The Meaning of Life Song (0:48)
4. Birth (3:00)
5. Birth Link/Frying Eggs (6:27)
6. Catholics/Every Sperm Is Sacred (7:04/8:30)
7. Protestant Couple (13:27)
8. Adventures of Martin Luther (16:10)
9. Sex Education (16:29)
10. Trench Warfare (21:00)
11. The Great Tea of 1914-18 (24:17)
12. Fish Link (24:59)

Side Two: (Disc 6, Track 2)

1. Terry Gilliam's Intro (0:00)
2. Accountancy Shanty (0:22)
3. Zulu Wars (1:29)
4. Link (4:51)
5. The Dungeon Restaurant (5:42)
6. Link/Live Organ Transplants (8:52)
7. The Galaxy Song (12:01)
8. The Not Noel Coward (Penis) Song (15:03)
9. Mr. Creosote (15:49)
10. The Grim Reaper (19:28)
11. Christmas in Heaven (24:19)
12. Dedication (To Fish) (26:38)

Distribution information

*CD: (1994) Virgin Records, Ltd./Kay Gee Bee Music Ltd. CDV 2748 (UK.)

External links

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