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Release Date Friday 21st June 2024
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. The Wombling Song / 2. Remember You're A Womble / 3. Banana Rock / 4. Minuetto Allegretto / 5. Wombling Merry
Christmas / 6. Wombling White Tie & Tails
Side B
1. Superwomble / 2. The Womble Shuffle / 3. Lets Womble To The Party Tonight / 4. Wombling USA / 5. Rainmaker / 6.
The Wombling Song (Film Version)
Celebrating 50 years since The Wombles’ UK chart domination, Dramatico Entertainment announces the release of
GOLDEN, on June 27th. A limited edition LP, GOLDEN contains all the Wombles’ singles, remastered and in
chronological order with bonus rare tracks, limited to only 500 copies.
From the release of their very first single, ‘The Wombling Song’ written by Mike Batt as the theme tune for The Wombles
TV series, the original furry eco-warriors from Wimbledon Common became a UK phenomenon, elevated to household-
name status and a part of the fabric of British life.
Over their four gold-achieving albums, the pop group had eight top 40 hits in the British charts, and became the top selling
singles act of 1974 beating Slade, Abba, The Bay City Rollers and many other favourites in the charts at the time. In June
of that year, The Wombles had 3 songs simultaneously in the charts (‘Wombling Song’, ‘Remember You’re A Womble’,
and ‘Banana Rock’), the first act to achieve that since The Beatles.
Band leader, Orinoco vocalist, songwriter and producer Mike Batt comments on the monumental anniversary and album
release, stating, “The Golden anniversary certainly makes me think about the ridiculous fun we had, and that what we
thought of as a fun moment in pop has endured beyond our expectations. I'm not sure which is the bigger thrill, having the
three singles in the chart simultaneously at the time, or looking back on it fifty years later!”
Immaculate pop is The Wombles’ trademark sound - an eclectic range of music including blues, country, folk, barbershop
harmonies, glam rock, military brass and classical. The Wombles were originally created by Elisabeth Beresford in six
novels, and adapted to be a band by Mike Batt in 1973 after he was commissioned to write the theme tune for the spin-off
TV series and negotiated for the rights to record and perform music under The Wombles name.
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