Ralph McTell - Alphabet Zoo

We're all off to the The Great Alphonso's Circus. The new and beautifully re-packaged edition of Ralph McTell's timeless children's classic, Alphabet Zoo.The songs on Alphabet Zoo are now approaching their third generation of young fans. Commissioned by Granada Television in the mid-1980's, the show starred Nerys Hughes, who read a story, Ralph McTell, who wrote and performed a song, and a Bernese Mountain dog called Duster who dribbled and ate cheese.Stories included: an albertross intimidated by aeroplanes; a lonely hedghog whose friends wouldn't come for a sleepover due to her prickles; a racing newt and a woodpecker with a superhero alter-ego. A huge favourite was a song about a kangaroo who got stuck in the mud at the watering hole on a hot Australian day.The songs on this album were selected from both series with a duplicate of the letter N as - Nellie The Newt and Nigel The Nightingale were too close to call. The album features a number of woodland creatures voiced by Ralph, various sound engineers, musicians and Ralph's children.The letter S is particular favourite of Ralph's as he duets with his son Billy at age three, celebrating the circus feats of the stupendous Sally the Seal. Ralph declined a third series, after deciding his creative well had run dry on songs about X-ray fish!