[78-L] A silent Goons record?

[David Lennick]

Neddy Seagoon recorded quite a few sides for Philips on 78 (I have 7 discs) and 
starred in a few London stage musicals, most notably "Pickwick" (hit song: If I 
Ruled The World).

dl

joe at salerno.com wrote:
> I don't know about that but looking around I found some recordings of 
> Hary Secombe on nme.com
> 
> He actually could belt out a few notes. Amazing...I had no idea there 
> was anything around of the serious side of the Goon show personnel.
> 
> joe salerno
> 
> 
> David Lennick wrote:
>> In the current issue of Wholenote, a Canadian music magazine, jazzman Jim 
>> Galloway writes of having "a 78 record [The Goons] produced. One one side was a 
>> song called *I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas, Across The Irish Sea*. The 
>> flip side was *Silent Night* and it consisted of three minutes of silence."
>>
>> Did this actually exist or is Jim delusional? Both my copies of "I'm Walking 
>> Backwards" (on London and Decca) are backed with "Bluebottle Blues".
>>
>> dl