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Scouse the Mouse

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Released
  
9 December 1977

Length
  
50:51

Artist
  
Ringo Starr

Label
  
Polydor Records

Recorded
  
July 1977

Producer
  
Hugh Murphy

Release date
  
9 December 1977

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Ringo Starr albums, Other albums

Scouse the Mouse is a children's album, released in the UK in 1977, that featured the vocals of Ringo Starr and others.

Contents

Story and recording

Starr appears as the album's main character, Scouse the Mouse, who emigrates from Liverpool to the United States. Scouse is a word for things from Liverpool. Other characters are played by Adam Faith (“Bonce the Mouse”) and Barbara Dickson (“Molly Jolly”). The album was written and directed by Donald Pleasence. Most of the songs performed on the album were composed by Roger Brown.

Starr's tracks ("I Know a Place", "S.O.S.", "A Mouse Like Me", "Living in a Pet Shop", "Scouse's Dream", "Running Free", "Boat Ride" and "Scouse the Mouse") were recorded in July 1977, produced by Hugh Murphy, at Berwick Street Studios.

Release

An animated television version of the story was planned for airing on ITV, but it was delayed due to a strike and ultimately shelved.

Scouse the Mouse was released on 9 December 1977 in the UK by Polydor. The album, which was the third and final release in Starr’s three-album deal with Polydor Records, was not issued in the United States.

Track listing

  1. "Living in a Pet Shop" (Roger Brown) – 4:03
  2. Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
  3. "Sing a Song for the Tragopan" (Brown/Donald Pleasence) – 3:16
  4. Lead vocals: Barbara Dickson
  5. "Scouse's Dream" (Brown) – 3:38
  6. Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
  7. "Snow Up Your Nose for Christmas" (Meira Pleasence/Donald Pleasence) – 3:47
  8. Lead vocals: Ben Chatterly
  9. "Running Free" (Brown) – 3:21
  10. Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
  11. "America (A Mouse's Dream)" (Brown) – 3:40
  12. Lead vocals: Adam Faith
  13. "Scousey" (Brown) – 3:25
  14. Lead vocals: Lucy Pleasence
  15. "Boat Ride" (Brown) – 3:56
  16. Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
  17. "Scouse the Mouse" (Brown) – 2:50
  18. Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
  19. "Passenger Pigeon" (Brown/Donald Pleasence) – 1:25
  20. Lead vocals: Barbara Dickson
  21. "I Know a Place" (Brown/Ruan O'Lachlainn/Donald Pleasence) – 4:25
  22. Lead vocals: Polly Pleasence With Ringo Starr
  23. "Caterwaul" (Jim Parker) – 2:04
  24. Instrumental
  25. "S.O.S." (Brown) – 2:42
  26. Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
  27. "Ask Louey" (Brown/Donald Pleasence) – 3:57
  28. Lead vocals: Rick Jones
  29. "A Mouse Like Me" (O'Lochlainn) – 4:22
  30. Lead vocals: Ringo Starr

Songs

1Living in a Pet Shop4:03
2Sing a Song for the Tragopan3:16
3Scouse's Dream3:38

References

Scouse the Mouse Wikipedia
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