An Adult Entertainment: Spike Milligan With Jeremy Taylor Live At Cambridge University (LP, 1974)

Recorded at Cambridge University in December 1973 and issued as a double LP in Spring 1974, An Adult Entertainment brought together the inspired lunacy of Spike Milligan and the musical whimsy of Jeremy Taylor.

Spike read extracts from some of his books, recited poetry, shared anecdotes and generally treated the audience to a cornucopia of classic Milligana. Jeremy Taylor played some of his songs, some satirical, others sweetly melancholy, all of them shrewd observations of the human condition. 

Not all of it worked but what resulted was an interesting confection which could have benefited from more structure and consideration of content - however, all in all it is a record to make you smile and occasionally laugh out loud. 

Joining Tyler this week is musician and podcaster Paul Abbott whose parents had the record in their collection when he was growing up and he explains its appeal. 

Paul's band Good Grief have recently released a new album, Shake Your Faith: https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/album/shake-your-faith