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Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding
Pieces Of 8 [An Original Cast Recording]
Album UK 1959 on Decca label
Soundtrack (Dialogue, Comedy, Musical)
The twenty-one year old Peter Cook made his mark in the theatre with his brilliant sketches for this famous revue, produced in London in 1959. This original cast recording from Decca starred two of the greatest revue artists of the twentieth century: the gnomic Kenneth Williams and the vampish Fenella Fielding. With other material from such as Harold Pinter, Laurie Johnson and Sandy Wilson, Pieces of Eight represents a high-point in revue, when literacy and wit ruled, and the art of the surreal thrived. Two of Williams’ pieces, ‘Not an asp’ and ‘The last to go’ reveal him as a unique revue performer, and he is joined by Fielding in the eternally funny ‘If only’. Music, a strong feature in revues of this period, is well to the fore with songs from Myra de Groot, contributing to an atmosphere that seems to have vanished with the revues it inhabited
Musicians
 | Kenneth Williams voc, 1926-1988 GB album by, voice actor |
 | Fenella Fielding , 1927-2018 GB album by, voice actor |
 | Josephine Blake , voice actor |
 | Myra De Groot , voice actor |
 | Peter Brett , voice actor |
 | Peter Reeves voc, *1932 GB voice actor |
 | Terence Theobald , voice actor |
 | Valerie Walsh , voice actor |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revive Your Spirits | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | John Law, Laurie Johnson | |
| 2 | True Blue Love Song | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Sandy Wilson | |
| 3 | Not An Asp | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Peter Cook | |
| 4 | The Beast In Me | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Dolores Claman, Robert Gould | |
| 5 | If Only | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Peter Cook | |
| 6 | The Power Of Love | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Edward Scott, John Law, Lenny Addelson | |
| 7 | Onu Beeby Frisky | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Laurie Johnson, Peter Cook | |
| 8 | We’re Going To The Moon | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Edward Scott, John Law, Lance Mulcahy, Lenny Addleson | |
| 9 | The Last To Go | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Harold Pinter | |
| 10 | Outdoor Girl | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Sandy Wilson | |
| 11 | Buy British | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Peter Cook | |
| 12 | A Man Is | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | John Law, Lance Mulcahy | |
| 13 | The Laughing Grains | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | Peter Cook | |
| 14 | Goodnight | Kenneth Williams & Fenella Fielding | John Law, Laurie Johnson |
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