The History of the Bonzos
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The History of the Bonzos is a 2-disk vinyl album with 35 tracks recorded between 1967 and 1972 by The Bonzo Dog Band and the solo projects of its members, compiled by Andrew Lauder
(who was head of Liberty/UA's A&Rhttp://www.evangeline.co.uk/about.asp). It was released in 1974.
Andrew Lauder (music executive)
Andrew Lauder is a record company executive and former A&R manager. Initially noted for his adventurous signings of bands as diverse as Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Can, Hawkwind and Brinsley Schwarz to Liberty Records and United Artists Records in the 1960s and 70s, he went on to form numerous...
(who was head of Liberty/UA's A&Rhttp://www.evangeline.co.uk/about.asp). It was released in 1974.
Side 1
- "The Intro And The Outro" (Viv Stanshall) 3.06
- "Rockaliser Baby" (Viv Stanshall/Neil Innes) 3.27
- "Sport" (The Odd Boy)" (Viv Stanshall) 3.32
- "Noises For The Leg" (Viv Stanshall) 2.15
- "King of Scurf" (Neil Innes) 4.56
- "Labio Dental Fricative" (Viv Stanshall) 3.07
- Performed by Vivian Stanshall & The Sean Head Showband
- "Hello Mabel" (Neil Innes) 2.45
- "Look At Me, I'm Wonderful" (Viv Stanshall) 1.45
- TOTAL TIME: 24.53
Side 2
- "Canyons of Your Mind" (Viv Stanshall) 2.45
- "Jollity Farm" (Sarony) 2.23
- "You Done My Brain In" (Neil Innes) 1.40
- "My Pink Half of The Drainpipe" (Viv Stanshall/Neil Innes) 3.30
- "Mr. Apollo" (Viv Stanshall/Neil Innes) 4.18
- "Hunting Tigers Out In Indiah" (Hargreaves/Damerell/Evans) 3.05
- "Suspicion" (Pomus/Shuman) 3.30
- Performed by Vivian Stanshall & His Gargantuan Chums
- "Mr. Slater's Parrot" (Viv Stanshall) 2.18
- "Laughing Blues" (Bradley) 3.35
- "Narcissus" (Nevin) 0.20
- TOTAL TIME: 27.34
Side 3
- "I'm the Urban SpacemanI'm the Urban Spaceman"I'm the Urban Spaceman" was the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's most successful single, released in 1968. It reached #5 in the UK charts. The song was written by Neil Innes and produced by Paul McCartney and Gus Dudgeon under the pseudonym "Apollo C. Vermouth". The B-side was written by Viv Stanshall...
" (Neil Innes) 2.23 - "Bad Blood" (Viv Stanshall) 5.10
- "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (Cory/Criss) 1.02
- "Tent" (Viv Stanshall) 3.20
- "Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?" (Viv Stanshall) 2.48
- "9 - 5 Pollution Blues" (Neil Innes) 4.20
- Performed by The World
- "Big Shot" (Viv Stanshall) 3.22
- "Release Me" (Miller/Williams/Yount/Harris) 2.50
- Performed by Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Kinetic Wardrobe
- TOTAL TIME: 25.15
- Performed by Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Kinetic Wardrobe
Side 4
- "We Are Normal" (Viv Stanshall/Neil Innes) 4.50
- "The Sound of Music" (Rodgers/Hammerstein) 1.02
- "Kama-Sutra" (Viv Stanshall/Neil Innes) 0.39
- "Rhinocratic Oaths" (Viv Stanshall/Neil Innes) 3.23
- "Shirt" (Roger Spear) 4.29
- "Mickey's Son And Daughter" (Lisbona/Conner) 2.39
- "Blind Date" (Viv Stanshall) 3.05
- Vivian Stanshall & biG Grunt
- "Trouser Press" (Roger Spear) 2.17
- "Slush" (Neil Innes) 2.20
- TOTAL TIME: 24.44