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In 1979 Peter Sellers released Sellers Market, an LP of all new
material which was recorded mostly in Paris and included contributions from the likes of Alan Clare, June Whitfield and Irene Handl.
While it failed to reach the heights of his previous hit
records The Best of Sellers and Songs For Swinging Sellers, Sellers Market does contain some good stuff – notably The Whispering Giant (featuring Irene Handl on
top form) and The Eaton Square Blues.
Perhaps most intriguingly is what wasn’t included on
the album – a couple of tracks Sellers recorded as Fred Kite up against June Whitfield’s Margaret Thatcher. Fearing her displeasure, Sellers nixed these tracks as he hoped the real Mrs T might confer upon him a knighthood. As it was, he was dead less than a year later.
Joining Tyler to talk about the making of the LP and what
works and doesn’t work is returning guest and Sellers expert Mark Cousins, who thinks it could have been a much better album had more time and effort been devoted by all involved; as it was it was a bit of a rush job and comes across a bit baggy and unfocused.
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