'' Private Eye'', the

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fortnightly satirical magazine, has produced various comedic audio recordings since its founding in 1961. The most famous of the recordings from the 1960s and 1970s were pressed on thin floppy 7" vinyl (sometimes known as " flexi-discs" or "flimsies"

and they were distributed as " Covermount, cover-mounts" attached to the front cover of the magazine, which for those issues doubled its price to cover the costs of the recordings. The discs were played at a phonogram speed of either 33 1/3 rpm or 45 rpm and had a duration of approximately 6 minutes. Private Eye also recorded material released on other configurations including 7" vinyl singles, EPs, 12" vinyl albums, audio-cassettes and compact disc. The content for the recordings was written and performed by Private Eye staff members, contributors and friends. Among those prominently featured on the classic 1960s and 1970s recordings were:

Peter Cook Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, comedian, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishme ...

Dudley Moore Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE (19 April 193527 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. Moore first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four writ ...

Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film pr ...

, John Bird, John Wells,

Eleanor Bron Eleanor Bron (born 14 March 1938) is an English stage, film and television actress, and an author. Her film roles include Ahme in the Beatles musical ''Help!'' (1965), the Doctor in '' Alfie'' (1966), Margaret Spencer in '' Bedazzled'' (1967), a ...

, William Rushton, Barry Fantoni and

Richard Ingrams Richard Reid Ingrams (born 19 August 1937 in Chelsea, London) is an English journalist, a co-founder and second editor of the British satirical magazine ''Private Eye'', and founding editor of '' The Oldie'' magazine. He left the latter job at ...

. In addition to their original releases, some of the recordings have been reissued on vinyl and audio-cassette.

Discography

7" flexi-discs released as "cover-mounts"

• His Master's Vass - Issued: 2 October 1964. Themed around the upcoming October 1964 UK general election
''Notes:

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was the name of a leading

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, "Baillie Vass" was the magazine's

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for the then Prime Minister

Sir Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being The 14th Earl of Home from 1951 till 1963, was a British Conservative politician who se ...

'' • I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Issued: 18 December 1964. A Christmas-themed recording
''Notes: The title was a play on the well-known Christmas song ''

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'' '' • The Rites of Spring - Issued: 1 April 1965
• BBC Gnome Service - Issued: 23 December 1966. A Christmas-themed recording. (Label & Catalogue number: Lyntone LYN 1138)
''Notes: The title was a play on the name of the BBC Home Service - the speech-oriented

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Discography

7" flexi-discs released as "cover-mounts"

7" vinyl singles and E.P.s

12" vinyl albums

Compact Discs

Reissues

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