The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach

The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach
Compilation album by
Released1971
LabelVanguard Records
P. D. Q. Bach chronology
The Stoned Guest
(1970)
The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach
(1971)
The Intimate
P. D. Q. Bach

(1974)

The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach is a collection of works by Peter Schickele under his comic pseudonym of P. D. Q. Bach originally recorded on the Vanguard Records label by the composer. It includes "lowlights" from four different Vanguard albums: Peter Schickele Presents an Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1807–1742)?, An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall, Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air, and P. D. Q. Bach's half-act opera The Stoned Guest. Wurst is the German word for sausage, with the album cover photograph set in a sausage shop.