Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! This podcast is the place to come to hear guests discuss with me, Paul Abbott, their favourite novelty songs - the funny, the weird, the daft and the outright baffling tunes that have been skipping and dancing around in their heads for years. Everybody loves something that could be considered novel, so why not celebrate it? Importantly, it also seeks to try and stretch the definition of novelty to encompass all manner of recordings. This could include TV Themes, songs about unusual subject matter, deliberately comic or comedy recordings, ‘outsider’ music and much more. Ther...
Latest episodes
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44 min
The Mechanical Man
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast. Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. In this special one-off episode (whilst I get some new guests and material…
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60 min
Laura Grimshaw on Neil Innes and The Bonzo Dog Band
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast. Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. This episode marks one year of The Head Ballet's existence and what better…
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53 min
Chris Shaw on Cook & Moore
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast. Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. It's back to 1967 for this episode as my guest, Chris Shaw, of the amazing…
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59 min
Ian Scanlon on Martians
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast. Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Along for a nightmare-inducing ride into the world of Science Fiction prog…
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45 min
Catrin Lowe on Sue Wilkinson
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast. Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. It's season two! How nice to be back. Episodes will be coming out as-and-wh…
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35 min
Darrell Maclaine on The Wombles
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. To round out the Christmas Novelty Offerings for this year, voice-actor, mu…
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51 min
The Beatles and Dora Bryan
CHRISTMAS CROSSOVER! Your usual novelty-song podcast host, Paul Abbott, joins his brother - Garry - for a crossover episode with his podcast, The Big Beatles Sort-Out. They've mash…
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40 min
Tim Worthington on Daleks
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Returning to the show, laden down with a bag full of Skaro™ Brand Plum Pudd…
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52 min
Paul Putner on Johnny Japes and his Jesticles
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. For this, the season one finale, actor Paul Putner has come along and broug…
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54 min
Shanine Salmon on Soap Star Singles
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. We just can't escape 1986! This time theatre reviewer, Shanine Salmon, has…
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36 min
Ben Baker on Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Our first ever guest, Ben Baker, is back to tell us all about this intrigui…
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36 min
Jake Ward on The Mummy
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. First up in our brace of Hallowe'en episodes is Jake Ward with Bob McFadden…
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13 min
Mini-Pod: Submarines, Leopards and Votes
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Except they don't on this mini-episode... it's just me bringing you a mini…
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46 min
Dame Agnes Guano on Charlie Drake
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. In this episode Paul welcomes internet purveyor of comedy and novelty recor…
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49 min
Phil Catterall on Robots
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Joining Paul after 4 million years of slumber is podcaster Phil Catterall w…
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44 min
Denise Courcoux on The Matchroom Mob
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Today, we're off back to 1986 and a smokey club in Romford, as Denise Courc…
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44 min
James Errington on Charles Penrose
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. In this episode James Errington from the Centuries of Sound podcast brings…
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52 min
Garreth Hirrons on Bart Simpson
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. This episode sees podcaster and musician, Garreth Hirrons, launch a full-sc…
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37 min
Emma Burnell on Stan Ridgway
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. It's back to the 1980s with journalist and host of the Zeitgeist Tapes Podc…
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52 min
Jake Ward on Roger Miller
Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Comedian, Writer and one half of the awesome band Eureka California, Jake W…