Bill Oddie - Distinctly Oddie (1967)

"Rhubarb Tart" by Bill Oddie


John Cleese met Bill Oddie at Cambridge where they were both members of the amateur theater group, the Cambridge Footlights.  They performed together on the comedy revue Cambridge Circus and the radio comedy program I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again.  They were also writers together on David Frost's That Was the Week That Was.  Bill Oddie was mostly known for his parody songs that got a lot of play on I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again.  They were collected on an album for the show, but some found their way onto his debut album Distinctly Oddie released in 1967 on Polydor Records.

Here is the discography surrounding Bill Oddie's debut album:

Cambridge Circus (1963 album with Cambridge Circus)
Nothing Better to Do (1964 single)
The Knitting Song (1965 single)
I Can't Get Through (1966 single)
Persecuting Pigeons (1967 single)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1967 album with I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again)
Distinctly Oddie
Jimmy Young (1969 single)
On Ilkla Moor Baht'at (1970 single)
Superspike (1978 single with The Superspike Squad)

"Family Favourites" by Bill Oddie


"Harry Krishna" by Bill Oddie


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Monty Python - Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)

"The Lumberjack Song" by Monty Python


Terry Gilliam knew Frank Zappa in California and was recruited with his girlfriend to act as a background voice on Absolutely Free.  Gilliam would move to England to work as an animator and eventually join Monty Python.  Monty Python would release audio recordings of their sketches and released their first album Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1970 on Pye Records.

Here is the discography surrounding Monty Python's debut album:

Cambridge Circus (1963 album with Cambridge Circus)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1967 album with I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again)
At Last the 1948 Show (1967 album with At Last the 1948 Show)
The Ferret Song (1967 single by John Cleese with the 1948 Show Choir)
Monty Python's Flying Circus

"Buying a Bed" by Monty Python


"Self-Defence" by Monty Python


"The Four Sydney Lotterby's" by At Last the 1948 Show


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The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

"Brown Shoes Don't Make It" by The Mothers of Invention


So it turns out that two of the strangest and most experimental musical geniuses of rock and roll went to high school together?  Don Van Vliet and Frank Zappa both attended Antelope Valley High School.  Zappa's Mothers of Invention released their second album Absolutely Free in 1967 on Verve Records.

Here is the discography surrounding The Mothers of Invention's second album:

Why Don't You Do Me Right? (1967 single)
Son of Suzy Creamcheese (1967 single)
Absolutely Free

"Son of Suzy Creamcheese" by The Mothers of Invention


"Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin" by The Mothers of Invention


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