STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - MONTY PYTHON - MONTY PYTHON'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION ALBUM

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember English actor, comedian and writer, Graham Chapman, best known as one of the six performers in the irreverent comedy troupe, Monty Python, on this, the 33rd anniversary of his death. He was born January 8, 1941 and passed away in 1989, age 48, from cancer. He is severely missed. With him in mind, we spotlight the Pythons' 11th and final studio album,  Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album. The LP was released October 6, 1980 on the Arista label and produced by Eric Idle and Andre Jacquemin . It peaked at #13 in the UK and #3 in Australia, where it has been certified Platinum. In 1981 it was nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album but lost out to P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities.

Side one

Sit on My Face   (Eric Idle and Harry Parr-Davies)

Announcement

Henry Kissinger  (Eric Idle)

String

Never Be Rude to an Arab  (Terry Jones)

I Like Chinese  (Eric Idle)

Bishop

Medical Love Song  (Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and John Du Prez)

Farewell to John Denver   (Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and John Denver)

Finland  (Michael Palin)

I'm So Worried  (Terry Jones)

The other side

I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio  (Eric Idle)

Martyrdom of St. Victor

Here Comes Another One  (Terry Jones)

Bookshop

Do What John?  (Eric Idle)

Rock Notes

Muddy Knees   (Terry Jones)

Crocodile

Decomposing Composers  (Michael Palin)

Bells

Traffic Lights   (Terry Jones)

All Things Dull and Ugly  (Eric Idle and William Henry Monk)

A Scottish Farewell   (Terry Jones)

Graham Chapman

John Cleese

Eric Idle

Terry Jones

Michael Palin

Additional performers

Mike Berry (singing voice on "Here Comes Another One")

The Fred Tomlinson Singers

Brian Willoughby Guitar on "Finland"

Ollie Halsall (John Denver impersonation on "Farewell to John Denver")

Production

Eric Idle – producer

André Jacquemin – assistant producer and chief engineer

Rob Briancourt – assistant engineer

John Du Prez [credited under his real name, Trevor Jones] – musical production and arrangements

Basil Pao – sleeve design

Fred Tomlinson – musical director of backing vocals

Kevin Hodge – mastering engineer

Jim Beach is credited as "the lawyer the Pythons wronged"