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Victoria Wood As Seen on TV Limited Green & Brown Vinyl 2LP Set

by Victoria Wood

Release Date: 28 April 2023

Format: LP Double Vinyl

Label: Demon Records

£19.99

Victoria Wood As Seen on TV Limited Green & Brown Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

Sketches and songs from the much-loved BBC TV series, written by and starring Victoria Wood presented on Green and Brown vinyl for the first time.

“Not bleakly – not meekly – beat me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly…”

It’s got to be one of the most celebrated comedy songs in recent history. The Ballad of Barry and Freda (AKA Let’s Do It) – originated in Victoria Wood’s groundbreaking television series As Seen On TV. It’s just one of the many treasures on this double vinyl LP release, which also boasts a plethora of Victoria’s best-remembered comedy sketches.

Written by and starring Victoria herself, the sketches also feature Julie Walters in an array of comedic guises, perhaps most memorably as Mrs Overall in the soap opera spoof Acorn Antiques. With Celia Imrie as Miss Babs, Duncan Preston as Mr Clifford, Susie Blake as a perpetually snooty continuity announcer, Patricia Routledge as agony aunt Kitty, and a riotous supporting cast, the scene is set for an affectionately biting send-up of 1980s TV.

Two 140g vinyl LPs (one green and one brown) are presented in a wittily illustrated gatefold sleeve, featuring images from the TV series. Cast and credits are accompanied by an exclusive sleeve note by Jasper Rees, author of the bestselling Let’s Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood and Victoria Wood Unseen on TV. Two full colour inner sleeves supply a complete track listing.

Featured Tracks:

Disc: 1

1 Monologue - "look, I'm in a Muddle..."
2 Doorbells
3 Continuity Announcer
4 Spaghetti
5 Medical School
6 Acorn Antiques
7 Kitty
8 Cosmetic Surgery
9 He Didn't
10 Monologue - "I'm Meeting a Man Tonight..."
11 Song: The Ballad of Barry and Freda
12 Monologue - "I've Only Just Got Here..."
13 Turkish Bath
14 Country Life
15 Song: Pissed Off With Love
16 Acorn Antiques
17 Kitty
18 Continuity Announcer
19 Office Gossip
20 The Mayflower Hotel
21 He Didn't
22 Monologue - "There's Something Funny Going On Tonight..."
23 Continuity Announcer

Disc: 2

1 Monologue - "Ooh, I'm Tired..."
2 Continuity Announcer
3 Self-service
4 Real Life
5 Service Wash
6 Song: Crush
7 Kitty
8 Carl and Gail
9 The Reporter
10 Dandruff Commercial
11 Monologue - "listen, a Terrible Thing's Happened to Me..."
12 Continuity Announcer
13 Monologue - "Hey, I Bought an Old Moore's Almanack..."
14 Continuity Announcer
15 Supermarket Checkout
16 Giving Notes
17 Continuity Announcer
18 Acorn Antiques
19 Kitty
20 Carl and Gail
21 No Gossip
22 Monologue - "Ugh! Have I Got a Red Face?"
23 Song: Shopping