Peter Sellers: Recordings

See also:

• Scaffold Singles
• The Goons
• Darla's Peter Sellers Tribute Page for a full discography

PS's own studio recordings

Partial list, with thanks to the booklet with A Celebration of Sellers (Mark Cousins/Brian Hogg).

• 1953 Jakka and the Flying Saucers
  78: Parlophone R3785
• 1955 Dipso Calypso/Never Never Land
  78: HMV B10724
• 1957 Boiled Bananas and Carrots/Any Old Iron
  78 & 45: Parlophone R4337
• 1958 I'm So Ashamed/A Drop of the Hard Stuff
  78 & 45: Parlophone R4491
• 1958 The Best of Sellers
  LP (10"): Parlophone PMD 1069
• 1959 Puttin on he Smile/My Old Dutch
  45: Parlophone R4605
• 1959 Songs for Swingin' Sellers
  LP: Parlophone PMC 111/PCS 3003
• 1960 Goodness Gracious Me/Grandpa's Grave
  45: Parlophone R4702
• 1960 Bangers and Mash/Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo
  45: Parlophone R4724
• 1960 Peter & Sophia
  LP: Parlophone PMC 1131/PCS 3012
• 1965 A Hard Day's Night/Help
  45: Parlophone R5396
• 1979 Sellers Market
  LP: UA UAG 30266
• 1993 A Celebration Of Sellers
  4 CD Boxed Set
  1993 EMI UK SELLERS 1 7243 8 27781 2 7
  A Celebration Of Sellers: Vol. 1

  The Best Of Sellers
  1. The Trumpet Volunteer 7:28
  2. Auntie Rotter 3:08
  3. All The Things You Are 2:12
  4. We Need The Money 5:49
  5. I'm So Ashamed 3:03
  6. Party Political Speech 3:03
  7. Balham - Gateway To The South 6:04
  8. Suddenly It's Folk Song 5:20

  9. Any Old Iron 2:56
  10. Boiled Bananas And Carrots (Boiled Beef & Carrots) 2:21
  11. Unchained Melody 2:55
  12. Dance With Me, Henry 3:17
  13. Dipso Calypso 2:58
      Produced by Walter Ridley
  14. Never Never Land 2:30
  15. A Drop Of The Hard Stuff 3:17
  16. Jakka And The Flying Saucers (An Interplanetary Fairy Tale) 6:46

  Total length 63:15
  A Celebration Of Sellers: Vol. 2

  Songs for Swingin' Sellers
  1. You Keep Me Swingin' 2:56
  2. So Little Time 6:38
  3. Lord Badminton's Memoirs 4:16
  4. The Critics 6:35
  5. My Old Dutch 2:52
  6. Face To Face 2:14
  7. In A Free State 2:02
  8. Puttin' On The Smile 5:29
  9. Common Entrance 5:06
  10. I Haven't Told Her, She Hasn't Told Me 1:16
  11. Shadows On The Grass 6:38
  12. Wouldn't It Be Lovely 6:02
  13. We'll Let You Know 3:37
  14. Peter Sellers Sings George Gershwin 0:20

  15. Fullers Earth 4:31
  16. After The Fox 2:20
      Produced by AIR (London) Ltd.
  17. A Right Bird 1:51
  18. The House On The Rue Sichel 4:49
      Produced by Derek Lawrence

  Total length 69:39
  A Celebration Of Sellers: Vol. 3

  Peter and Sophia
  1. Goodness Gracious Me! 3:02
  2. `Smith' - An Interview With Sir Eric Goodness 5:38
  3. Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo 2:22
  4. Ukelele Lady 2:49
     The Temperance Seven with vocal refrain by PS
  5. Setting Fire To The Policeman 5:54
  6. Bangers And Mash 2:35
  7. Oh! Lady Be Good 3:46
  8. To Keep My Love Alive 2:54
  9. Why Worry? 2:28
  10. Grandpa's Cave 3:20
  11. I Fell In Love With An Englishman 4:30
  12. Africa Today 3:53
  13. Fare Thee Well 3:50

  14. A Hard Day's Night 1:50
  15. She Loves You (Chinless Wonder) 1:32
  16. Can't Buy Me Love 1:30
  17. She Loves You (Cockney version) 1:40
  18. Yes It Is 1:23
  19. She Loves You (Irish Version) 1:38
  20. Help! 2:25
  21. Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent 1:58

  Total length 61:04
  A Celebration Of Sellers: Vol. 4

  Sellers Market - The Musical Scene
  1. Night And Day 4:54
  2. The All-England George Formby Finals 14:06
     • The Chinese Laundry Blues
     • My Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt
     • Guarding the Home of the Home Guard
     • Hold Tight, Keep Your Seats Please
     • They're PArking Camels Where Taxis Used To Be
  3. Gefrunk 3:33
  4. Singin' In The Rain 2:14
  5. The Eaton Square Blues 5:30
  6. Peter Sellers Sings Rudolph Friml 0:58
     Featuring: Only A Rose

     Sellers Market - The Cultural Scene

  7. Compleat Guide To Accents Of The British Isles 16:00
     Featuring: Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  8. The Whispering Giant 12:47

  9. New York Girls 3:16
     Steeleye Span with PS on acoustic ukulele
     Produced by SS & Robin Black
  10. Come To Me 4:40
      Produced by Joe Resman
  11. Thank Heaven For Little Girls 2:33
  12. We'll Meet Again 1:33

  Total length 72:11

PS's recordings for/with others

• 1961 Bridge on the River Wye
  LP: Parlophone PMC 1190/PCS 3036
  PS, Spike Milligan, Jonathan Miller & Peter Cook
  Intended to be a send-up of Bridge on the River Kwai and written by SM based on the Goon Show The African Incident. A threat from the film company forced George Martin to edit out all the Ks from Kwai.

• 1963 Fool Brittania
  LP: Ember
  PS, Anthony Newley and Joan Collins
  • a track sending up the royal family at breakfast
  • a track involving all three of them in one phone box
  (Thanks to Richard Cowan for this one)

• Bridge on the River Wye/It's A Square World
  1992 double cassette: EMI 0777 7 99836 4 3