The Man In The Bowler Hat is the third album by the British rock group Stackridge

Stackridge

Stackridge are a British folk, pop and progressive rock group who were at the height of their success during the early 1970s. The band's output is characterized by quirky humour and rhythmic catchy sing-along tunes....

. The album was produced by George Martin

George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...

 at AIR Studios, London

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 and released in the UK by MCA Records

MCA Records

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. This was their highest charting album, peaking at number 23 in the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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.

A different version of the album was released by Sire Records

Sire Records

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 in the U.S. and Canada under the title Pinafore Days. The U.S album removed 2 songs and replaced them with 2 others (produced by Tony Ashton) from the UK version of the next Stackridge album Extravaganza

Extravaganza (album)

Extravaganza is the fourth album by the British rock group Stackridge. The album was produced by Tony Ashton at AIR Studios, London.The album was originally released in the UK on Elton John's Rocket Records label. Stackridge was the first group signed to the new label.A different version of the...

. "Pinafore Days" was the only U.S. chart entry for Stackridge, reaching number 191 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 albums chart.

Side one

1. Fundamentally Yours
2. Pinafore Days
3. The Last Plimsoul
4. To The Sun And The Moon (Slater - Denman)
5. The Road To Venezuela

Side two

1. The Galloping Gaucho
2. Humiliation (Warren)
3. Dangerous Bacon (Warren - Smegmakovitch)
4. The Indifferent Hedgehog (Davis)
5. God Speed The Plough (Wabadaw Sleeve)

Track Listing: U.S. version "Pinafore Days", Sire Records SASD-7053

1. Fundamentally Yours
2. Pinafore Days
3. The Last Plimsoul
4. Spin 'Round The Room
5. The Road To Venezuela
6. The Galloping Gaucho
7. Humiliation
8. Dangerous Bacon
9. One Rainy July Morning (original title: "Highbury Incident (Rainy July Morning)")
10. God Speed The Plough

Bonus tracks on the 1996 CD re-issue on Demon Records

1. Do The Stanley (single)
2. C'est La Vie (b-side)
3. Let There Be Lids (first released in the UK compilation album Do The Stanley
   Do the Stanley
   Do The Stanley is a compilation album of songs by the British group Stackridge. It was released in the U.K. by MCA Records after their break-up in 1976. The album contains some of the most popular tracks from their first three albums as well as songs from singles. The last song on the album "Let...
   
   )

Personnel

• Andy Cresswell-Davis - guitars, keyboards, percussion, singing
• Mike "Mutter" Slater - flute
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  , keyboards, percussion, singing
• Mike Evans - violin, singing
• Billy Bent (aka Billy Sparkle) - drums
• James Warren - guitars, singing
• Jim "Crun" Walter - bass guitar
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• Keith Gemmell
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   - saxophone
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• George Martin
  George Martin
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   - Production, orchestration and piano on "Humiliation" & "The Indifferent Hedgehog"
• Reg Leopold - violin
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• William Reid - violin
• Graeme Scott - viola
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• Vivian Joseph - cello
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• Jack Emblow - Accordion
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• Ray Davies - Trumpet
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  /Cornet
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• Derek Taylor - French Horn and solo on "To the Sun and the Moon"
• B. Lamb - Trombone
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• M. Fry - Tuba
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• R. Chamberlain - Clarinet
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  /saxes
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Other credits

• Bill Price - Engineering
• John Kosh - Cover Design
• John Swannell - Cover photography
• AIR London - Studios
• Big Ben Music/Christchurch Music - Publishing