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''Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck'' is the name of a bootleg of an unreleased album by
Monty Python Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show '' Monty Python's Flying Circus'', which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four ...
, mostly made up of outtakes from the 1980 sessions for their '' Contractual Obligation Album''. The album was compiled by producer Andre Jacquemin in 1987 but pulled from release in favour of a compilation of previously released material, '' The Final Rip Off''. As with material that made the final cut of the ''Contractual Obligation Album'', the outtakes include re-recordings of material which predates Monty Python. “Bunn, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot”, the title of which was among the many rejected suggestions for the name of '' Monty Python’s Flying Circus'', dates back to
John Cleese John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and ...
’s college days. “Adventure” originates from ''
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'', while ''
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'' was plundered for “Freelance Undertaker” and “Memory Training”, the latter featuring a newly written coda containing a list of the towns where ''
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'' was banned. Another sketch, “Indian Restaurant”, was revived from the TV special ''
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''. Despite its name, “Accountancy Shanty” is not an early version of the song which would feature in ''
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'' but a re-recording of a song from ''
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'', with
Terry Jones Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh comedian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy team. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and ...
performing the lead vocal originally sung by
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. The album also features material from the early drafts of ''
Life of Brian ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (also known as ''Life of Brian'') is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It wa ...
'', some of which was published in the film’s accompanying
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. These include “Psychopath” (adapted to a modern-day setting) and “Headmaster”. The "Otto" sketch and accompanying song are from the soundtrack of a deleted scene from the film.
Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including ''Time Bandits'' (1981), ''B ...
’s 1974 studio recording of "
I've Got Two Legs "I've Got Two Legs" is a song by the British comedy troupe Monty Python that was composed by Terry Gilliam. It most prominently appears in the concert film '' Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl'', the concert LP ''Monty Python Live at Drury La ...
" was the first track from the album to get an official release when it featured on the 1989 compilation ''
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'' (with an added introduction from
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). In 1997 two further tracks, “Mrs Particle and Mrs Velocity” and “Psychopath”, were featured on the ''
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'' video game, alongside a further previously unreleased sketch. In 2005 it was announced that Jacquemin was preparing an expanded version of ''Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck'' for official release. However, this was once again cancelled. The following year saw the release of special edition CDs of eight Monty Python albums, with added bonus tracks which included “I’m So Worried (Country & Western Version)”, “Otto Sketch", "Otto Song”, “Psychopath”, “Baxter's”, "Freelance Undertaker" and “Radio Shop”, among further previously unreleased tracks. In 2014 the songs "Rainy Day In Berlin" and “Rudyard Kipling” appeared as two of three outtakes added to '' Monty Python Sings (Again)''. The remaining tracks on the album remain unreleased.


Track listing


Side one

#An Announcer #Here Comes Another One (Vocoder Version) #I'm So Worried (Country & Western Version) #Mrs. Particle and Mrs. Velocity #Otto Sketch #Otto Song #Rooting Around in My Attic #Psychopath #Olympic Shopping #Bunn, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot #Talking Science #School Song #Headmaster #Laughing at the Unfortunate


Side two

#Rainy Day In Berlin (not included on most bootlegged version) #
I've Got Two Legs "I've Got Two Legs" is a song by the British comedy troupe Monty Python that was composed by Terry Gilliam. It most prominently appears in the concert film '' Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl'', the concert LP ''Monty Python Live at Drury La ...
#Amputation #Adventure #Accountancy Shanty #Indian Restaurant #Baxter's #Freelance Undertaker #Rudyard Kipling #Apology #Memory Training #Acronyms #Radio Shop


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