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Captain Beaky and His Band
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<h2 id="track-listings">Track listings</h2> <h3>Volume I</h3> <p>First released on vinyl in 1977. Re-released as a compact disc (EAN 5032796014621) in 2002. </p> <ol><li>"Captain Beaky", <a href="/facts/Keith_Michell/M8kwWNAL">Keith Michell</a></li> <li>"Harold the Frog", <a href="/facts/Harry_Secombe/eR5t7KwF">Harry Secombe</a></li> <li>"Jacques, a Penniless French Mouse", <a href="/facts/Peter_Sellers/dtr6t1CE">Peter Sellers</a></li> <li>"Nathaniel Gnat", <a href="/facts/Twiggy/MmcXKrYc">Twiggy</a></li> <li>"Wilfred the Weasel", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Dilys the Dachshund", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"The Snail", Twiggy</li> <li>"Blanche", Keith Michell</li> <li>"My Best Friend", Jeremy Lloyd</li> <li>"The Ginger Cat", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Desmond the Duck", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"Ronald the Rat", Twiggy</li> <li>"The Haggis Season", Peter Sellers</li> <li>"Dennis the Dormouse", Twiggy</li> <li>"Herbert the Hedgehog", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"Doreen the Duckling", <a href="/facts/The_King%27s_Singers/wlxd3p6t">The King's Singers</a> (CD edition only)</li> <li>Overture "The Orchestra"</li></ol> <h3>Volume II</h3> <p>First released on vinyl in 1980. Re-released as a compact disc (EAN 5032796014720) in 2002. </p> <ol><li>"The Trial of Hissing Sid!!!", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Jock the Flea", Jeremy Lloyd</li> <li>"Candle Tango", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Fred and Marguerite", <a href="/facts/Petula_Clark/6E3D7xEp">Petula Clark</a></li> <li>"Helen the Hippo", <a href="/facts/Penelope_Keith/lBWPQXdI">Penelope Keith</a></li> <li>"Mandy the Mouse", <a href="/facts/Noel_Edmonds/PPqluNuU">Noel Edmonds</a></li> <li>"Fanshaw the Fly", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Stanley the Stork", <a href="/facts/Peter_Skellern/LdMVn6Ka">Peter Skellern</a></li> <li>"Kenny the Koala", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"Daddy Long Legs", Peter Skellern (with footnotes by <a href="/facts/Lionel_Blair/gyMHh493">Lionel Blair</a>)</li> <li>"Browser Long", Penelope Keith</li> <li>"Enrico the Canary", Harry Secombe (accompanied by Midori Nishiura)</li> <li>"Teddy's Tea Time", Jeremy Lloyd</li> <li>"Wendell the Worm", The King's Singers</li> <li>"The Bumble Bee", Petula Clark</li> <li>"Dotty the Cuckoo", Noel Edmonds</li> <li>"Camille", Matthew Vine</li> <li>"Captain Beaky's Christmas Pantomime", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Captain Beaky's Christmas Carol", Matthew Vine</li></ol> <p>The original vinyl and cassette editions differ slightly from this track listing, omitting some tracks but including the additional "Doreen the Duckling", The King's Singers and with "Teddy's Tea Time" titled "Nearly Four". </p> <h3>Captain Beaky and His Band</h3> <p>Most of Volume I and Volume II, slightly re-ordered, issued as a cassette by Polydor. </p> <ol><li>"Captain Beaky", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Harold the Frog", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"Jacques, a Penniless French Mouse", Peter Sellers</li> <li>"Desmond the Duck", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"Wilfred the Weasel", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Dilys the Dachshund", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"The Snail", Twiggy</li> <li>"Blanche", Keith Michell</li> <li>"My Best Friend", Jeremy Lloyd</li> <li>"The Ginger Cat", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Nathaniel Gnat", Twiggy</li> <li>"Ronald the Rat", Twiggy</li> <li>"The Haggis Season", Peter Sellers</li> <li>"Dennis the Dormouse", Twiggy</li> <li>"Herbert the Hedgehog", Harry Secombe</li> <li>Overture "The Orchestra"</li> <li>"Jock the Flea", Jeremy Lloyd</li> <li>"Candle Tango", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Fred and Marguerite", Petula Clark</li> <li>"Doreen the Duckling", The King's Singers</li> <li>"Helen the Hippo", Penelope Keith</li> <li>"The Trial of Hissing Sid!!!", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Mandy the Mouse", Noel Edmonds</li> <li>"Fanshaw the Fly", Keith Michell</li> <li>"Kenny the Koala", Harry Secombe</li> <li>"Daddy Long Legs", Peter Skellern (with footnotes by Lionel Blair)</li> <li>"Browser Long", Penelope Keith</li> <li>"Enrico the Canary", Harry Secombe (accompanied by Midori Nishiura)</li> <li>"Teddy's Tea Time", Jeremy Lloyd</li> <li>"Wendell the Worm", The King's Singers</li> <li>"The Bumble Bee", Petula Clark</li> <li>"Dotty the Cuckoo", Noel Edmonds</li> <li>"Camille", Matthew Vine</li> <li>"Captain Beaky's Christmas Pantomime", Keith Michell</li></ol> <h2 id="books">Books</h2> <ul><li>Jeremy Lloyd (October 1980). <i>Captain Beaky and the Haunted Wood</i>. Chappell. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-903443-43-0.</li> <li>Jeremy Lloyd (October 1980). <i>Captain Beaky and the Search for Hissing Sid</i>. Chappell. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-903443-44-9.</li> <li>Jeremy Lloyd (1980). <i>Captain Beaky Hissing Sid and the Swimming Lesson</i>. Chappell. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-903443-42-2.</li> <li>Jeremy Lloyd (1980). <i>Captain Beaky The Trial of Hissing Sid</i>. Chappell. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-903443-41-4.</li> <li>Jeremy Lloyd (April 1982). <i>Captain Beaky</i>. Sparrow Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-09-928110-4. a collection of 28 poems illustrated by Keith Michell</li> <li>The Archbishop of Canterbury (Foreword), Jeremy Lloyd, Graham Percy (Illustrator) (1984). <i>The Woodland Gospels According to Captain Beaky and His Band</i>. Faber and Faber Ltd. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-571-13270-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) a retelling of parts of the story of Jesus set in a woodland</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050408041039/http://www.captainbeaky.com/">archived Captain Beaky official web site</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Wonderful World of Captain Beaky". CaptainBeaky.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013. <a href="https://archive.today/20130118201204/http://captainbeaky.com/captain_beaky_shop/news.php?osCsid=c3ba6da2c0b5e2cb2a0752b927a462b6" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130118201204/http://captainbeaky.com/captain_beaky_shop/news.php?osCsid=c3ba6da2c0b5e2cb2a0752b927a462b6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 54. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. <a href="0-646-11917-6" target="_blank">0-646-11917-6</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Jonathan Rowlands (Producer). "Captain Beaky & His Band". CaptainBeaky.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060623010926/http://www.captainbeaky.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=21&Itemid=48" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060623010926/http://www.captainbeaky.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=21&Itemid=48</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Bredin, Henrietta (2007-02-10). "Poetry and music". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151122162805/http://new.spectator.co.uk/2007/02/poetry-and-music/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151122162805/http://new.spectator.co.uk/2007/02/poetry-and-music/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>