The Orb's Slug Dub - Sample origin - Billy Bobtail
From the following article imprint from the March 1961 edition of Gramophone Magazine;
Finally, there are two records for children recorded in collaboration with the B.B.C. The first is a reissue of the dramatised version of the delightful Little Red Engine and The Little Red Engine gets a Name, two of Diana Ross's wellknown stories on 7EG8661, and the second has a dramatisation of Billy Bobtail, a traditional story adapted by Jean Sutcliffe, on one side, and Alison Uttley's The Rabbits go Hunting, in which the high spot is the entertaining characterisation of the lettuce-eating slugs, on the other (7EG8660). Both of these are calculated to appeal greatly to young children. W. A. CHISLETT.
As an enthusiast of 20th century children's entertainment on vinyl, I would desperately love to hear the full recording as sampled by The Orb in 'Slvg Dvb' (Slug Dub). I'm intrigued by the use of the word 'bastards' used rather emphatically in the line
'...I'll shoot those BASTARDS', 'Thomas!', 'I WILL, I'll shoot them'.
Fascinating that this was considered acceptable in a recorded BBC children's story of this time period.
