Peter Cook - England's Greatest Comedian?

Beyond the Fringe

1960

This was the show that started it all; Cambridge University's "Footlights" had regularly produced great ensemble comedy (and many followed), but this one really put them on the map, and launched Peter Cook onto an impatient world.

You can hear the beginnings of his double act with Dudley Moore - as well as the prototype for that great man of letters, E.L. Wisty.

I challenge any human being to avoid severely damaging stomach muscles; this is one superb CD.

Please note; the recording exists in severral formats; some incomplete, some including extra material recorded for the American tour. Choose carefully!

Disc: 1
1. Steppes in the Right Direction
2. Royal Box - Peter Cook
3. Man Bites God
4. Let's Face It
5. Bollard
6. Heat-Death of the Universe - Jonathan Miller
7. Deutscher Chansons - Dudley Moore
8. Sadder and Wiser Beaver
9. Words... And Thing
10. TVPM - Peter Cook
11. And the Same to You - Dudley Moore
12. Aftermyth of War

Disc: 2
1. Civil War
2. Real Class
3. Little Miss Britten - Dudley Moore
4. Suspense Is Killing Me
5. Porn Shop - Jonathan Miller
6. Death of Lord Nelson - Jonathan Miller
7. Frank Speaking
8. Bloody Rhondda Mine - Dudley Moore
9. Black Equals White - Peter Cook
10. Sitting on the Bench - Peter Cook
11. Bread Alone
12. Take a Pew
13. So That's the Way You Like It
14. End of the World

Disc: 3
1. Bollard
2. Take a Pew
3. Aftermyth of War
4. Sitting on the Bench - Peter Cook
5. Portraits from Memory [Bertrand Russel] - Jonathan Miller
6. End of the World
7. Home Thoughts from Abroad
8. English Way of Death
9. Weill Song - Peter Cook
10. Royal Box
11. One Leg Too Few - Peter Cook
12. Two English Songs: Little Miss Britten/Old Meg She Was a Gypsy - Dudley Moore
13. Lord Cobbold/The Duke [Studio Five Interviews] - Peter Cook
14. Real Class
15. Piece of My Mind (the Heat-Death of the Universe) - Jonathan Miller
16. Great Train Robbery