Beyond the Fringe: Complete [Original London/Broadway Casts Recording]

RELEASE
May 17, 1989
LABEL
EMI Music Distribution
GENRES
Spoken Word, Comedy, Sketch Comedy

Album Review

British humor at its best, Beyond the Fringe were a hilarious ensemble of four of the finest cutting-edge comedians and satirists in London at the time: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Alan Bennett, and Paxton Whitehead. The routines contained herein are the reasons why this group is so fondly remembered to Brits to this day. Moore and Cook's "One Leg Too Few," the story of a stunt actor -- with one leg -- applying for the role of Tarzan, is easily one of the most famous British comedy pieces ever. Also excellent is Moore's "Song," which is a twisted version of Brecht-Weill's "Whisky Bar." This three-CD set is historically important, too, as Beyond the Fringe served as the springboard from which Moore and Cook formed a lasting partnership that, at least immediately, resulted in 1967's film masterpiece Bedazzled.
Matthew Greenwald, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Steppes in the Right Direction
  2. Royal Box
  3. Man Bites God
  4. Let's Face It
  5. Bollard
  6. The Heat-Death of the Universe
  7. Deutscher Chansons
  8. The Sadder and the Wiser Beaver
  9. Words...and Things
  10. TVPM
  11. And the Same to You
  12. Aftermyth of War
  13. Civil War
  14. Real Class
  15. Little Miss Britten
  16. The Suspense Is Killing Me
  17. Porn Shop
  18. The Death of Lord Nelson
  19. Frank Speaking
  20. Bloddy Rhondda Mine
  21. Black Equals White
  22. Sitting on the Bench
  23. Bread Alone
  24. Take a Pew
  25. So That's the Way You Like It
  26. The End of the World
  27. Bollard
  28. Take a Pew
  29. Aftermyth of War
  30. Sitting on the Beach
  31. Portraits from Memory
  32. The End of the World
  33. Home Thoughts from Abroad
  34. English Way of Death
  35. Weill Song
  36. Royal Box
  37. One Leg Too Few
  38. Two English Songs
  39. Lord Cobbold/Duke
  40. Real Class
  41. Piece of My Mind
  42. The Great Train Robbery