The Goodies Records

The Goodies' United Kingdom releases are considered to be the "standard" releases on this site.  I have included as many examples of internatinal (non-UK) releases as I have been able to find.  If you're aware of any others please let me know by sending an email to .

All Things Bright And Beautiful / Winter Sportsman (single)

UK:
Decca F13449. Copyright 1973.Released Oct 1973.
Released October 1973.

France:
Decca 85.031. Copyright 1973.

The Goodies' first single was comprised of two songs which would be included on their album The Goodies Sing Songs from The Goodies (seen in the next entry).

Decca Records, The Goodies' first record label, also released this single in France; that copy           came with a picture sleeve

The Goodies Sing Songs From The Goodies (Album)

Decca SKL 5175. Copyright 1973.Released January 1974.
Reissued as: The World Of The Goodies

Tracks on this album are: All Things Bright And Beautiful, Ride My Pony, Stuff That Gibbon, Mummy I Don\'t Like My Meat, Show Me The Way, Goodies Theme, Sparrow Song, Taking You Back, Sunny Morning, Winter Sportsman, and Spacehopper.

This album contains rerecorded versions of songs which appeared in episodes of The Goodies with the exception of the first track, All Things Bright and Beautiful. According to Bill Oddie, they’d planned instead to include a version of Land of Hope and Glory but ran into licensing problems for that song.

Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me / The Inbetweenies (Single)

Also released as Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me / The Inbetweenies

UK:
Bradley’s Records - BRAD 7241. Copyright 1974
Released October 1974.

Starting with this release, The Goodies moved to the Bradley's Records label.

This single was released twice. Initally The Inbetweenies was the A-side and Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me was the B-side. A few months later the two sides were reversed; the Father Christmas A-side is the more commonly found version.

The non-UK releases vary as to which song is on the A-side.  In the ones I have found so far, the Australian single has Father Christmas as the A-side while the German and South African records feature The Inbetweenies as the A-side.  The German single came with a picture sleeve.

Australia:
M7 Records - MSB 085.  Copyright 1974.

Germany:
Hansa - 13 719 AT

South Africa:
RPM Records – RPM 423

The Funky Gibbon / Sick-Man Blues (Single)

UK:
Bradley’s Records – BRAD 7504. Copyright 1975.
Released February 1975.

International (non-UK) releases:
see Funky Gibbon Around the World page

The version of Funky Gibbon on the single is slightly different from the album version.

As The Goodies' biggest hit, and a top-five single, The Funky Gibbon appears to have had the largest worldwide release.  Given the large number of international releases, the single has been given a dedicated page on this site (Funky Gibbon Around the World) to showcase the labels and picture sleeves from Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, the United States, and elsewhere.  

Goodies Theme / Stuff That Gibbon (single)

Decca F13578. Copyright 1973. Released April 1975.

UK:
Decca F13578. Copyright 1973. Released April 1975.

Due to the 1975 reissue of the first Goodies album (now retitled The World of The Goodies), this second single of songs from that album was releaed (the first having been All Things Bright and Beautiful and Winter Sportsman). 

The World of The Goodies (album)

Decca SPA 416. Copyright 1973.  
Released May 1975.

A reissue of: The Goodies Sing Songs from The Goodies

Tracks on this album are:All Things Bright And Beautiful, Ride My Pony, Stuff That Gibbon, Mummy I Don\'t Like My Meat, Show Me The Way, Goodies Theme, Sparrow Song, Taking You Back, Sunny Morning, Winter Sportsman, and Spacehopper.

This album contains rerecorded versions of songs which appeared in episodes of The Goodies with the exception of the first track, All Things Bright and Beautiful. According to Bill Oddie, they’d planned instead to include a version of Land of Hope and Glory but ran into licensing problems for that song.

Black Pudding Bertha / Panic (Single)

UK:
Bradley’s Records – BRAD 7517. Copyright 1975. Released June 1975.

Germany:
Hansa - 16 297 AT

The Goodies next big hit after Funky Gibbon, Black Pudding Bertha was released in the UK on Bradley's Records.  The B-side was the song Panic.  Both songs later appeared on the album The Goodies Greatest.

In Germany, this single was released by Hansa with a picture sleeve.

Nappy Love / Wild Thing (Single)

UK:
Bradley’s Records – BRAD 7524. Copyright 1975.
Released September 1975.

Germany:
Hansa - 16 617 AT

Both songs on this single - Nappy Love and Wild Thing - appeared in Goodies episodes (both songs were used in The Goodies - Almost Live, with Wild Thing also used in The Goodies Rule - OK?).

Like the previous single, this was released in the UK on Bradley's Records and in Germany on Hansa.  Once again, the German release came with a picture sleeve. This sleeve featured an alternate version of the photo that would appear on the cover of the 1976 Australian LP Best of The Goodies album (seen below).

The New Goodies LP (LP, Cassette, & 8-track)

(released on cassette as “The New Goodies Cassette” and on 8-track as “The New Goodies Cartridge”)

UK:
   LP:
   Bradley's BRADL 1010.
   Released October 1975.

   Cassette:
   Bradley's ZCBRA 1010

   8-track:
   Bradley's V8BRA 1010

Australia:
   LP:
   M7 Records - MLF -38

Japan:
   LP:
   Bradley's UXP-685-BR

Contains the songs: Goodies Theme, Please Let Us Play, Custard Pie, Cricklewood, Good Ole Country Music, Baby Samba, Rock With A Policeman, The Cricklewood Shakedown, Nappy Love, I'm A Teapot, Working The Line, The Funky Gibbon, and Wild Thing.

This album was released in Japan with a drastically different cover (that artwork was also used for the single from this album that was released in Japan as can be seen on the Funky Gibbon Around the World page on this site).  While the Japanese version of the album has the same songs, they are rearranged into a different order (The Funky Gibbon, Custard Pie, Wild Thing, Cricklewood, Baby Samba, Rock With A Policeman, The Cricklewood Shakedown, Nappy Love, I\'m A Teapot, Working The Line, Goodies Theme, and Please Let Us Play).

Many of the songs from this album were used in the episode The Goodies – Almost Live. A different version of Working the Line appears in the episode Bunfight at the OK Tearooms.

Make A Daft Noise For Christmas / The Last Chance Dance (Single)

UK:
Bradley’s Records – BRAD 7533. Copyright 1975.
Released November 1975.

The second Goodies Christmas-themed single was Make A Daft Noise For Christmas.  It's B-side,The Last Chance Dance, appeared in the episode The Goodies Almost Live.

While the single itself is easy to find, the picture sleeve shown at the right turns up rarely.  It is believed this was only issued with early/promotional releases of the single.

The Funky Gibbon / Custard Pie (Australian Single)

Australia:
M7 Records MSB-153.  Copyright 1976.

The Funky Gibbon must have been particularly popular in Australia, as it was twice released on a single in that country.  The first appearance, in 1975, had the standard B-side, Sick-Man Blues (that single can be seen on the Funky Gibbon Around the World page).

The next year the song was reissued on Australia's M7 records with a new song on the flip side, making the only single release of the song Custard Pie.   Both Custard Pie and Funky Gibbon appeared on The New Goodies LP.

Bounce! / Good Ole Country Music (Single)

UK:
Bradley’s Records – BRAD 7612.
Copyright 1976.Released May 1976.

Germany:
Hansa - 17 225 AT
Copyright 1976.

Good Ole Country Music first appeared on The New Goodies LP, while Bounce didn't see it's first LP release until The Goodies Greatest.  Both songs appeared in the episode The Goodies - Almost Live, with an alternate version of Bounce turning up in episode The Goodies Rule - OK?.

Once again, this single was released in the UK on Bradley's Records and in Germany on Hansa, with the German release coming with a picture sleeve.  

Good Ole Country Music  / Wild Thing (Australian Single) 

Australia:

M7 Records – MSB-154
Copyright 1976

Australia's M7 Records chose to match up Good Ole Country Music with the song Wild Thing on this single.  In the UK both of these songs had appeared as B-sides on other singles (Wild Thing as the B-side to Nappy Love, and Good Ole Country Music as the B-side to Bounce).

The Goodies Greatest (LP & Cassette)

Bradley's BRADL 1012.
Released November 1976

Contains the songs: Goodies Theme, Funky Gibbon, The Inbetweenies, Nappy Love, Last Chance Dance, Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me, Black Pudding Bertha, Bounce, Panic, Make A Daft Noise For Christmas, Charles Aznovoice, and Wild Thing.

Mostly contains songs from The New Goodies LP along with a few additions (including Bounce, a version of which was used in the episode The Goodies Rule – OK?).

Nothing To Do With Us (LP & Cassette)

UK:
   LP:
   Island ILPS 9452.
   Released November 1976

   Cassette:
   Island ZC1 9452

Contains the songs: The Policemans Opera, Cactus in My Y-Fronts, Elizabeth Rules – UK!, Blowing Off, I Wish I Could Get High, Synthesizer Man, She Wouldn't Understand, and I Wish I Had Something To Say.

The Goodies' move to Island Records also marked a change of style. The Policemans Opera is a mini rock opera (described on the album’s back cover as “A major Work in four movements – with a few bits in between”). Several of the songs also contain more adult themes than in the Goodies’ previous work.

A version of Cactus in my Y- Fronts appears in the episode The Goodies – Almost Live.

Elizabeth Rules UK / Blowing Off 

UK:
Island Records – WIP 6360. Copyright 1976.
Released December 1976.

Australia:
Island Records - K6719.  Copyright 1976

This single features two songs from the Goodies' album Nothing To Do With Us.  The single was released both in the UK and Australia on Island Records.

Best of The Goodies (Australian LP)

Australia:
M7 MLX-150.

Released 1976.

An Australian Goodies greatest hits albums containing the songs The Funky Gibbon, Black Pudding Bertha, Charles Aznavoice, The Inbetweenies, Sick-man Blues, Good Ole Country Music, Panic, Nappy Love, Father Christmas Do Not Touch, and The Goodies Theme.

M*I*C*K*E*Y M*O*U*S*E / Funky Farm (Single)

The Goodies Beastly Record (LP & Cassette)

UK:
   LP:
   Columbia SCX 6596.  Released 1978.

   Cassette:
   Columbia TC-SCX 6596

New Zealand:
   LP:
   World Record Club - WM 3719.  Copyright 1981.

Contains the songs Melody Farm, Taking My Oyster For Walkies, Spring Spring Spring, Terrapins, A Man's Best Friend Is His Duck, Spank That Hamster, Rastashany, Ironing My Goldfish, Funky Farm, There\s A Walrus In My Soup, Why Doesn't An Elephant Go Tweet Tweet?, I Am A Carnivore, and Elephant Joke Song.

The album’s title (and cover artwork) reflect the animal theme in the song selection. Most of these songs were originally used in the radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (which featured all three Goodies).

Shown at left are the standard UK album and cassette, along with a New Zealand World Record Club release with an alternate version of the album cover.

A Man’s Best Friend Is His Duck / Taking My Oyster For Walkies / Rastashanty  (EP)

UK:
Columbia DB 9053. Copyright 1978. Released October 1978.

This EP (7 inch extended play record) has three songs from The Goodies Beastly Record and shares that album's cover artwork.

The Goodies Greatest Hits (LP & Cassette)

UK:
   LP:
   E.M.I./Note NTS 233. Released October 1981.

   Cassette:
   EMI TC-NTS 233

Contains the songs: Funky Gibbon, Black Pudding Bertha, Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me, Nappy Love, Rock With A Policeman, I\m A Teapot, Spring Spring Spring, Good Ole Country Music, Wild Thing, The Inbetweenies, M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E, Cricklewood, A Man\s Best Friend Is His Duck, Melody Farm, Last Chance Dance, Charles Aznovoice, Taking My Oyster For Walkies, Baby Samba, Rastashanty, and Make A Daft Noise For Christmas.

This cover of this greatest hits album features a publicity photo from the Goodies LWT episode Bigfoot.

Yum Yum! The Very Best of The Goodies (CD)

UK:
   CD:
   Music Club MCCD 294.  Released May 1997.

   Cassette:
   Music Club MCCD 294.  Released May 1997

Contains the songs: The Goodies’ Theme, Funky Gibbon, The Inbetweenies, Please Let Us Play, Custard Pie, Black Pudding Bertha, Cricklewood, Good Ole Country Music, Nappy Love, Baby Samba, Wild Thing, Rock With A Policeman, The Cricklewood Shakedown, Panic, I’m A Teapot, Working The Line, Sick Man Blues, The Last Chance Dance, Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me, and Make A Daft Noise For Christmas.

This greatest hits CD includes a booklet with liner notes written by Bill Oddie.

Funky Gibbon - The Best of The Goodies (CD)

UK:
Castle Pie PIESD 243.

Released 23 October 2000.

Contains the songs: The Goodies Theme, Funky Gibbon, The Inbetweenies, Please Let Us Play, Black Pudding Bertha, Cricklewood, Good Ole Country Music, Nappy Love, Wild Thing, Rock With A Policeman, Panic, I’m A Teapot, Sick Man Blues, The Last Chance Dance, Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me, and Make A Daft Noise For Christmas.

This is a budget version of the Yum Yum CD, containing 16 of the 20 songs from the earlier release (the songs not included are Custard Pie, Baby Samba, The Cricklewood Shakedown, and Working the Line). This collection does not have the liner notes written by Bill Oddie.

It’s A Gas / Put In A Potterton (Single)

UK:
Galbraith Music. Released 1974.

It appears that this record was given away by Potterton Boilers at a 1974 sales presentation.

Side A of the single has The Goodies singing a 20 second jingle for Potterton (It's a Gas). This jingle can be downloaded from the Goodies Rule - OK! Fan Club site  (http://www.goodiesruleok.com/download.php). Side B is an instrumental version of the Potterton jingle.

A Poke In The Eye (with a sharp stick) (LP)

Transatlantic TRA 331.
Released 1976.

A live recording of the highlights from the 1976 special Gala Performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, in aid of Amnesty International. This album includes the Goodies performing a live version of Funky Gibbon.

The Complete A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick) (CD) 

2 CD Set:
Castle Communications Australia Ltd - ACSCD 020. Released 1991.

2 Cassette Set:
Castle Communications Australia Ltd - ESDMC 153. Released 1991.

Disk one contains the contents of A Poke In The Eye LP (including the Goodies performing Funky Gibbon), which is shown in the previous entry.

The second CD contains additional material from the 1976 Amnesty International performance including an additional three Goodies songs, Cactus in My ‘Y’ Fronts, Mummy Mummy Mummy, and Sick Man’s Blues.

An interesting piece of trivia is that Graeme sings the lead vocal on this version of Cactus in My "Y" Fronts, making this the only song on which all three Goodies have at some point been the lead singer. Bill sang it in the radio show I'll Sorry I'll Read That Again; Tim took the lead in the version on the Goodies Nothing To Do With Us album and in the episode The Goodies - Almost Live.

BBC Comedy Themes (LP)

BBC Records REH 387.
Released 1980.

As the title suggests, this album includes themes from various BBC television shows. It has the version of The Goodies Theme from The New Goodies LP. A drawing of the Goodies  can be found on the album cover.

Goodies Related

The Adventures of Bananaman (Cassette) 

Tempo – T.A.C. 9202

This cassette contains four stories about cartoon character Bananaman which are read by Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Graeme Garden.

The story titles are Jaws of Steel, The Banana Kid, House on Hangman’s Hill, and Alien Planet.

A Walk In The Black Forest / Nola (Single)

Artist: Horst Jankowski
Mercury 72425. Copyright 1965.

While not a Goodies song, this single certainly deserves inclusion in a list of Goodies-related records thanks to the prominent role it plays in one of the series' most popular episodes, Radio Goodies. In that episode the Goodies start a pirate radio station with only one record, A Walk in the Black Forest (though in the episode the flip side is A Walk in the Black Forest, Part 2). The song also is briefly heard in the Goodies episodes Lighthouse Keeping Loonies and Chubby Chumps.

This particular record is a representative example; the song was released on other singles as well as on at least one Horst Jankowski album and CD.

Sunfly Karaoke (CD+G & Digital Download)

CDGs:

Sunfly Gold 41 in the Style of Monty Python & the Goodies
Sunfly Music Group GD-041

Songs in the Style of Monty Python: Every Sperm is Sacred, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, The Galaxy Song, The Lumberjack\'s Song, Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song), Sit On My Face, Bruce\'s Philosophers Song,and I Like Chinese

Songs in the Style of The Goodies: Make A Daft Noise for Christmans, Wild Thing, Black Pudding Bertha, Please Let Us Play, Blowing Off, The InBetweenies, Sick Man Blues,  and The Last Chance Dance

Sunfly Most Wanted 825
Released 2009
Includes The Funky Gibbon

Sunfly Most Wanted 826
Released 2009
Includes The Goodies Theme (the "G - You Need A Helping Hand" version)

These CD+G karaoke disks will display on-screen lyrics when played on a CD+G compatable device.  On normal CD players they will play the audio backing track.

All tracks are produced in the style of the artists that made the song famous, and do not contain any original artists performances.