We All Had Doctors' Papers
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| Live album by Max Boyce | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | Pontarddulais RFC | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Language | English, Welsh | |||
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EMI MB 101 |
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We All Had Doctors' Papers is a live album by Welsh comedian and singer Max Boyce, first issued in 1975 and recorded at Pontarddulais Rugby Club. It was his fourth album release and followed his break through recording Live at Treorchy. The album contains a mixture of comedic and traditional songs, along with Boyce's interactions with the crowd. Two songs on the album, Sospan Fach and Ar Lan y Môr, are in the Welsh language. It is the only comedy album to have topped the UK Albums Chart.
We All Had Doctors' Papers is a live recording similar to Boyce's recording of the previous year Live at Treorchy. Just as Live at Treorchy was recorded at the town's local rugby club, Boyce continued his connection with the sport of rugby union by recording We All Had Doctors' Papers at Pontarddulais Rugby Club. The album was recorded in one take over one night. The album title comes from the song 9-3 which appeared on Live at Treorchy. Celebrating Llanelli RFC's 1972 win over New Zealand, the lyrics of the fourth verse follow; But we all had doctors' papers, and they all said just the same, that we all had Scarlet Fever, and we caught it at the game.
Boyce, whose comedic songs are now linked to the sport of rugby union, included four rugby songs, I Gave My Love A Debenture, Deck of Cards, The Devil's Marking Me and Pontypool Front Row, the later of which celebrates the Wales and British Lions trio of Graham Price, Bobby Windsor and Charlie Faulkner. Of the songs on the album Sospan Fach and Ar Lan y Môr are both traditional Welsh folk songs, while Swansea Town is written by Swansea songwriter and composer, John M. Davies; the rest are original works by Boyce.
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