Scouse the Mouse

Scouse the Mouse
Studio album by Various artists
Released	9 December 1977
Recorded	July 1977
Genre	Children's music
Length	50:51
Label	Polydor
Producer	Hugh Murphy

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

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, directed and narrated 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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Scouse the Mouse was released on 9 December 1977 in the UK by Polydor. ^{[nb 1] [3]} 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

All tracks are written by Roger Brown, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Living in a Pet Shop"		Ringo Starr	4:03
2.	"Sing a Song for the Tragopan"	Brown, D. Pleasence	Barbara Dickson	3:16
3.	"Scouse's Dream"		Ringo Starr	3:38
4.	"Snow Up Your Nose for Christmas"	M. Pleasence, D. Pleasence	Ben Chatterly	3:47
5.	"Running Free"		Ringo Starr	3:21
6.	"America (A Mouse's Dream)"		Adam Faith	3:40
7.	"Scousey"		Lucy Pleasence	3:25
8.	"Boat Ride"		Ringo Starr	3:56
9.	"Scouse the Mouse"		Ringo Starr	2:50
10.	"Passenger Pigeon"	Brown, D. Pleasence	Barbara Dickson	1:25
11.	"I Know a Place"	Brown, O'Lachlainn, D. Pleasence	Polly Pleasence, Ringo Starr	4:25
12.	"Caterwaul"	Jim Parker		2:04
13.	"S.O.S."		Ringo Starr	2:42
14.	"Ask Louey"	Brown, D. Pleasence	Rick Jones	3:57
15.	"A Mouse Like Me"	O'Lachlainn	Ringo Starr	4:22

References

Footnotes

1. UK Polydor Super 2480 429 ^[3]

Citations

1. Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, eds. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970-2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN   9780711983076.
2. Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium (Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions, 2000), 514.
3. Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 184. ISBN   9780753508435.