Editing Another Monty Python Record (section)

== Background ==
The production, with its innovative use of stereo and sound effects, was handled by [[Terry Jones]] and [[Michael Palin]] and proved a technical challenge. According to Jones: "We had this horrendous time because we were recording in this rather [[hippie|hippy]] recording studio. We were very keen to use the stereo and everything, but what we hadn't realised was that the guy who was doing the recording, who I think was out of his head most of the time, had not been making any notes. We'd end up with tapes and tapes of material with no idea of where anything was on the tapes. That was a bitter experience."<ref>''[[The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons]]'', p. 179, 2003, Orion</ref>

The sleeve was designed by [[Terry Gilliam]], from an idea by Terry Jones.<ref>''[[Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)]]'', episode 3, 2009</ref> Packaged as a classical music recording (Beethoven's "[[Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 2]] in D Major"), the cover was defaced by the Pythons to serve as their own record jacket. (The "serious" liner notes on the back also bear a Pythonesque stamp: the biography of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] quickly turns into a commentary on Beethoven's [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] tennis debut.) Included with the original vinyl LP were three card inserts printed with detailed instructions, scripts and cut-out props for the "Be a Great Actor" sketch on side 2.

Due to the limitations of the vinyl format, the original 1971 UK release had many sketches edited down while others, such as "[[World Forum/Communist Quiz|Communist Quiz]]" and "Penguin on the TV", were omitted altogether causing a re-sequencing of the "Royal Festival Hall Concert" and "Spam" sketches. This truncated version was used for all UK cassette releases until 1994. When the album was released in the US in 1972 to coincide with the US release of ''[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]'', the full unedited version was used. This longer edit was used for all CD releases in both the UK and US.

As well as featuring a pared down track list, the original UK vinyl enjoyed two subtly different releases. Initial pressings were issued on the pink "famous Charisma label" (erroneously listing the release year as 1970) with subsequent pressings replacing this with the "Mad Hatter" label design (correcting the year to 1971). Both editions featured a trick continuous runout groove at the end of Side 1, where the sound of a record scratch is followed by Michael Palin's exclamation of "Sorry, squire! I scratched the record" [[Unusual types of gramophone records|repeated ad infinitum in the locked groove.]] This groove is farther away from the label than where a locked groove would normally be, so that turntables with automatic return don't ruin this gimmick.

The album marked the group's first chart success, reaching No. 26 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/another+monty+python+record/|title=another monty python record &#124; full Official Chart History|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref>

A 7" single, the Pythons' first, combining [[Spam Song]]/The Concert (CB.192) was issued in the UK on 8 September 1972, almost a year after the album's release. Later pressings were issued in a picture sleeve featuring a still from the "[[The Dirty Fork|Dirty Fork]]" sketch from ''[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]''.

The 2006 CD reissue features four bonus tracks, although these date from the 1980 ''[[Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album|Contractual Obligation Album]]'' sessions.

The 2014 LP reissue by Virgin Records (both as a single disc and as part of the ''Monty Python's Total Rubbish'' boxset) contains the longer US version.