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[ Gorilla | The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse | Tadpoles | Keynsham | The Best of the Bonzos | Beast of the Bonzos | Let's Make Up And Be Friendly | The History Of The Bonzos | Some of The Best of The Bonzo Dog Band | The Very Best Of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | The Peel Sessions | The Bestiality Of The Bonzos | The Best of The Bonzo Dog Band | The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Cornology | Unpeeled | Four Bonzo Dog Originals | Anthropology | New Tricks | The Complete BBC Recordings ]

Gorilla
Oct-67 Liberty LBL/LBS 83056 (also Sunset SLS 50160)
1980 United Artists LBR 1019
One Way Records S21 17370 (USA)
Dedicated to Kong who must have been a great bloke
  1. Cool Britannia (Trad., arr. V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  2. The Equestrian Statue (N. Innes)
  3. Jollity Farm (L. Sarony)
  4. I Left My Heart In San Fransicso (D. Cross)
  5. Look Out, There's A Monster Coming (V. Stanshall)
  6. Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold (Stanshall/Innes/Ash/Spear/Slater/Nowell/Smith)
  7. Death Cab For Cutie (V. Stanshall)
  8. Narcissus (Nevin)
  9. The Intro And The Outro (V. Stanshall)
  10. Mickey's Son And Daughter (Lisbona/Connor)
  11. Big Shot (V. Stanshall)
  12. Music For The Head Ballet (N. Innes)
  13. Piggy Bank Love (N. Innes)
  14. I'm Bored (V. Stanshall)
  15. The Sound Of Music (Rogers & Hammerstein)

The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
Nov-68 Liberty LBL/LBS 83158 (also Sunset SLS 50210)
1987 Edsel XED 235
Also released in the US as Urban Spaceman with that track added as the first.
1993 One Way Records S21 17430 (USA)
UK charts: entered 18-Jan-69 for 1 week reaching number 40
The noises of your body are part of this record.
  1. We Are Normal (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  2. Postcard (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  3. Beautiful Zelda (N. Innes)
  4. Can Blue Men Sing The Whites (V. Stanshall)
  5. Hello Mabel (N. Innes)
  6. Kama Sutra (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  7. Humanoid Boogie (N. Innes)
  8. Trouser Press (R.R. Spear)
  9. My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  10. Rockaliser Baby (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  11. Rhinocratic Oaths (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  12. 11 Mustachioed Daughters (V. Stanshall)

Tadpoles
Aug-69 Liberty LBS 83257 (also as I'm The Urban Spaceman on Sunset SLS 50350)
1986 Edsel XED 186
Also released in the US with I'm The Urban Spaceman replaced by Ready Mades as it was on the US release of Doughnut.
1993 One Way Records S21 17431 (USA)
UK charts: entered 30-Aug-69 for 1 week reaching number 36
  1. Hunting Tigers Out In "Indiah" (Hargreaves/Damerell/Evans)
  2. Shirt (R.R. Spear)
  3. Tubas In The Moonlight (R.R. Spear)
  4. Dr. Jazz (Oliver/Melrose)
  5. Monster Mash (Pickett/Capizzi)
  6. I'm The Urban Spaceman (N. Innes)
  7. Ali Baba's Camel (Gay)
  8. Laughing Blues (Bradley)
  9. By A Waterfall (Kahal/Fain)
  10. Mr. Apollo (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  11. Canyons Of Your Mind (V. Stanshall)

Keynsham
Nov-69 Liberty LBS 83290 (also Sunset SLS 50375)
Dec-80 United Artists LBR 1041
1987 Edsel XED 235
1993 One Way Records S21 17432 (USA)
Mothers with children please note. This record is inedible!
  1. You Done My Brain In (N. Innes)
  2. Keynsham (N. Innes)
  3. Quiet Talks And Summer Walks (N. Innes)
  4. Tent (V. Stanshall)
  5. We Were Wrong (V. Stanshall)
  6. Joke Shop Man (N. Innes)
  7. The Bride Stripped Bare By "Bachelors" (V. Stanshall/N. Innes) [see Marcel Duchamps]
  8. Look At Me I'm Wonderful (V. Stanshall)
  9. What Do You Do? (N. Innes)
  10. Mr. Slater's Parrot (V. Stanshall)
  11. Sport (The Odd Boy) (V. Stanshall)
  12. I Want To Be With You (N. Innes)
  13. Noises For The Leg (V. Stanshall)
  14. Busted (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)

Vivian Stanshall's cover for the Edsel release -->

The Best of the Bonzos
Aug-70 Liberty Records LBS 83332
  1. Rockaliser Baby
  2. Jollity Farm
  3. Tent
  4. I'm the Urban Spaceman
  5. Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
  6. Kama Sutra
  7. I'm Bored
  8. Look At Me, I'm Wonderful
  9. The Intro and the Outro
  10. Mr. Slater's Parrot
  11. Shirt
  12. Trouser Press
  13. Mickey's Son and Daughter
  14. You Done My Brain In
  15. The Sound of Music
  16. Canyons Of Your Mind

Beast of the Bonzos
1971 United Artists Records UAS-5517
  1. The Intro and the Outro
  2. We Are Normal
  3. I Left My Heart in San Francisco
  4. Tubas In the Moonlight
  5. Rockaliser Baby
  6. Piggy Bank Love
  7. Hello Mabel
  8. I'm the Urban Spaceman
  9. Mr. Apollo
  10. Sport (the Odd Boy)
  11. Trouser Press
  12. Rhinocratic Oaths
  13. Look At Me, I'm Wonderful
  14. Quiet Talks and Summer Walks
  15. Canyons Of Your Mind

Let's Make Up And Be Friendly
Mar-72 United Artists UAS 29288 (also Sunset SLS 50418)
1994 One Way Records S21 17795 (USA)
...dada for now
  1. The Strain (V. Stanshall)
  2. Turkeys (N. Innes)
  3. King Of Scurf (N. Innes)
  4. Waiting For The Wardrobe (R.R. Spear)
  5. Straight From The Heart (N. Innes/V. Stanshall)
  6. Rusty (Champion Thrust) (T. Kaye/L.L. Smith)
  7. Rawlinson End (N. Innes/V. Stanshall)
  8. Don't Get Me Wrong (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  9. Fresh Wound (N. Innes)
  10. Bad Blood (V. Stanshall)
  11. Slush (N. Innes)

The History Of The Bonzos
Apr-74 United Artists UAD 60071/2
Dec-97 BGO Records BGOCD376
UK charts: entered 22-Jun-74 for 2 weeks reaching number 41
The BGO rerelease has an additional historical article by Patrick Humhpries and an final note from Neil Innes.
  1. The Intro And The Outro (V. Stanshall)
  2. Rockaliser Baby (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  3. Sport (The Odd Boy) (V. Stanshall)
  4. Noises For The Leg (V. Stanshall)
  5. King Of Scurf (N. Innes)
  6. Labio Dental Fricative (V. Stanshall) Vivian Stanshall & The Sean Head Showband
  7. Hello Mabel (N. Innes)
  8. Look At Me I'm Wonderful (V. Stanshall)
  9. Canyons Of Your Mind (V. Stanshall)
  10. Jollity Farm (L. Sarony)
  11. You Done My Brain In (N. Innes)
  12. My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  13. Mr. Apollo (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  14. Hunting Tigers Out In "Indiah" (Hargreaves/Damerell/Evans)
  15. Suspicion (Pomus/Shuman) Vivian Stanshall & His Gargantuan Chums
  16. Mr. Slater's Parrot (V. Stanshall)
  17. Laughing Blues (Bradley)
  18. Narcissus (Nevin)
  19. I'm The Urban Spaceman (N. Innes)
  20. Bad Blood (V. Stanshall)
  21. I Left My Heart In San Fransicso (D. Cross)
  22. Tent (V. Stanshall)
  23. Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? (V. Stanshall)
  24. 9-5 Pollution Blues (N. Innes) The World
  25. Big Shot (V. Stanshall)
  26. Release Me (Miller/Williams/Yount/Harris) Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Kinetic Wardrobe
  27. We Are Normal (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  28. The Sound Of Music (Rogers & Hammerstein)
  29. Kama Sutra (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  30. Rhinocratic Oaths (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  31. Shirt (R.R. Spear)
  32. Mickey's Son And Daughter (Lisbona/Connor)
  33. Blind Date (V. Stanshall) Vivian Stanshall & biG GRunt
  34. Trouser Press (R.R. Spear)
  35. Slush (N. Innes)

Some of The Best of The Bonzo Dog Band
1983 Liberty LN-10206
  1. The Intro and the Outro
  2. Sport (The Odd Boy)
  3. Hello Mabel
  4. Trouser Press
  5. My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
  6. Jollity Farm
  7. Shirt
  8. The Sound of Music
  9. Suspicion
  10. Release Me

The Very Best Of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Oct-84 Music for Pleasure MfP 4156801
  1. I'm The Urban Spaceman
  2. Jollity Farm
  3. Mr. Apollo
  4. Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
  5. Death Cab For Cutie
  6. Trouser Press
  7. We Are Normal
  8. Look Out, There's A Monster Coming
  9. The Intro and the Outro
  10. Hunting Tigers Out in "Indiah"
  11. Canyons Of Your Mind
  12. The Equestrian Statue
  13. Mickey's Son & Daughter
  14. Humanoid Boogie
  15. Monster Mash
  16. My Pink Half of the Drainpipe

The Peel Sessions - The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
1987 Strange Fruit SFPSO51 (EP)
Dutch East India 8326 (USA)
BBC Radio 1 John Peel Top Gear session 29th July 1969
  1. We're Going To Bring It On Home
  2. Monster Mash
  3. Sofa Head
  4. Tent
CD cover -->

The Bestiality Of The Bonzos
Apr-90 EMI EMS 1335 (CDP 7 92675 2)
(compilation by Vivian)
  1. The Intro and The Outro (V. Stanshall)
  2. Canyons of Your Mind (V. Stanshall)
  3. Trouser Press (R.R. Spear)
  4. My Pink Half of The Drainpipe (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  5. Postcard (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  6. Mickey's Son and Daughter (Lisbona/Connor)
  7. Tent (V. Stanshall)
  8. I'm The Urban Spaceman (/N. Innes)
  9. Mr. Apollo (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  10. Sport (The Odd Boy) (V. Stanshall)
  11. Bad Blood (V. Stanshall)
  12. Shirt (R.R. Spear)
  13. Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold (V. Stanshall)
  14. Big Shot (V. Stanshall)
  15. Jollity Farm (L. Sarony)
  16. Ready Mades (V. Stanshall/N. Innes) [see Marcel Duchamps]
  17. Rhinocratic Oaths (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
  18. Humanoid Boogie (N. Innes)
  19. Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? (V. Stanshall)
  20. Mr. Slater's Parrot (V. Stanshall)
  21. The Strain (V. Stanshall)
  22. We Are Normal (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)

The Best of The Bonzo Dog Band
1990 Rhino Records R2 71006
  1. The Intro and the Outro
  2. Ali-Baba's Camel
  3. Hello Mabel
  4. Kama Sutra
  5. Hunting Tigers Out In "Indiah"
  6. Shirt
  7. I'm Bored
  8. Rockaliser Baby
  9. Rhinocratic Oaths
  10. Tent
  11. Beautiful Zelda
  12. Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
  13. The Bride Stripped Bare By "Bachelors"
  14. Look At Me, I'm Wonderful
  15. Canyons Of Your Mind
  16. Mr. Apollo
  17. Trouser Press
  18. Ready Mades
  19. We Are Normal
  20. I'm The Urban Spaceman
  21. Trouser Freak
  22. The Sound Of Music
  23. Suspicion
  24. Big Shot

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Cornology
1992 EMI CZ 499/500/501 (3 CD set)

  1. The Intro:
    DADA is normal - normal is nice
  2. The Outro:
    The noises of your body are part of this CD
  3. Dog Ends
    Mothers with children please note. This CD is inedible!
    1. My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies (Amberg/Raymond/Bernauer)
    2. I'm Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight (Conrad)
    3. Alley Oop (Frazier)
    4. Button Up Your Overcoat (De-Sylva/Brown/Henderson)
    5. Mr. Apollo (V. Stanshall/N. Innes) (German version)
    6. Ready Mades (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)

      Let's Make Up And Be Friendly:

    7. The Strain (V. Stanshall)
    8. Turkeys (N. Innes)
    9. King Of Scurf (N. Innes)
    10. Waiting For The Wardrobe (R.R. Spear)
    11. Straight From The Heart (N. Innes/V. Stanshall)
    12. Rusty (Champion Thrust) (T. Kaye/L.L. Smith)
    13. Rawlinson End (N. Innes/V. Stanshall)
    14. Don't Get Me Wrong (V. Stanshall/N. Innes)
    15. Fresh Wound (N. Innes)
    16. Bad Blood (V. Stanshall)
    17. Slush (N. Innes)

    18. Labio-Dental Fricative (V. Stanshall)
    19. Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues (various)
    20. Trouser Freak (R.R. Spear)

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Unpeeled
1995 Strange Fruit SFRCD 134
From sessions recorded for BBC Radio 1 (all but Hello Mabel for John Peel's Top Gear).
  1. Do The Trouser Press (R.R. Spear) (29/4/68)
  2. Canyons Of Your Mind (V. Stanshall) (29/4/68)
  3. I'm The Urban Spaceman (N. Innes) (29/4/68)
  4. Hello Mabel (N. Innes) (29/10/68)
  5. Mr. Apollo (V. Stanshall/N. Innes) (31/3/69)
  6. Tent (V. Stanshall) (29/7/69)
  7. Monster Mash (Pickett/Capizzi) (29/7/69)
  8. Give Booze A Chance (2/10/68)
  9. We Were Wrong (V. Stanshall) (2/10/68)
  10. Keynsham (N. Innes) (2/10/68)
  11. I Want To Be With You (N. Innes) (2/10/68)
  12. Mickey's Son And Daughter (Lisbona/Connor) (8/11/67)
  13. The Craig Torso Show (8/11/67)
  14. Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? (V. Stanshall) (8/7/68)
  15. Look At Me I'm Wonderful (V. Stanshall) (31/3/69)
  16. Quiet Talks And Summer Walks (N. Innes) (31/3/69)

Four Bonzo Dog Originals
1996 EMI CDBONZO I
Boxed set designed by Phil Smee of Gorilla, Doughnut..., Tadpoles and Keynsham, reproducing the original Liberty sleeves and a booklet of artwork by the Band.

Anthropology
The Beast Inside
1999 DJC Records DJC008
Previously unreleased Bonzo Dog Band material, compiled from rehearsals, demos, alternative versions and outtakes.
  1. Tent
  2. Busted
  3. I'm the Urban Spaceman 1
  4. Mr Slater's Parrot
  5. Canyons Of Your Mind (intro)
  6. Canyons Of Your Mind (false start)
  7. Canyons Of Your Mind 1
  8. The Equestrian Statue
  9. Tragic Magic
      aka Keynsham
  10. Quiet Talks and Summer Walks
  11. What Do You Do
  12. Give Booze A Chance
  13. And 3 / 4 (Innes)
  14. National Beer (Innes)
  15. Canyons of Your Mind 2
  16. Jokeshop Man
  17. A Wonderful Day Like Today
  18. Mr Hyde In Me (Stanshall)
  19. Look At Me I'm Wonderful
      The Peel Sessions version, featuring Legs Larry Smith
  20. We Were Wrong
  21. Sofa Head (Stanshall)
  22. By A Waterfall
  23. Boiled Ham Rhumba (Innes)
  24. Intro
  25. The Monster Mash
  26. The Humanoid Boogie
  27. I'm The Urban Spaceman 2
  28. The Sound Of Music
  29. Little Sir Echo
  30. You Done My Brain In
      the guitar work is in the style of Chuck Berry!

New Tricks
2000 Right Records RIGHT010
Digitally Remastered Original Tracks
Vivian Stanshall thought up the title
Neil Innes put together the running order
Mark Lucian Fairfax-Harwood made it sound good
  1. Cool Britannia
  2. I'm the Urban Spaceman
  3. The Intro and the Outro
  4. Look At Me I'm Wonderful
  5. Canyons of Your Mind
  6. Shirt
  7. Big Shot
  8. Hunting Tigers
  9. The Sound of Music
  10. Ready-Mades
  11. Hello Mabel
  12. Tubas in the Moonlight
  13. Mr Slaters Parrot
  14. We Were Wrong
  15. Labio-Dental Fricative
  16. Straight from the Heart
  17. Busted
  18. Rusty (Champion Thrust)
  19. Don't Get Me Wrong
  20. Slush
  21. Rhinocratic Oaths

The Complete BBC Recordings
2002 Strange Fruit SFRSCD108
  1. Do The Trouser Press (Top Gear 29/4/68)
  2. Canyons Of Your Mind (Top Gear 29/4/68)
  3. I'm The Urban Spaceman (Top Gear 29/4/68)
  4. Hello Mabel (Saturday Club 29/10/68)
  5. Mr Apollo (Top Gear 31/3/69)
  6. Tent (Top Gear 29/7/69)
  7. Monster Mash (Top Gear 29/7/69)
  8. Give Booze A Chance (Top Gear 2/10/68)
  9. We Were Wrong (Top Gear 2/10/68)
  10. Keynsham (Top Gear 2/10/68)
  11. I Want To Be With You (Top Gear 2/10/68)
  12. Mickey's Son And Daughter (Top Gear 8/11/67)
  13. Craig Torso Show (Top Gear 8/11/67)
  14. Can Blue Men Sing The Whites (Top Gear 8/7/68)
  15. Look At Me I'm Wonderful (Top Gear 31/3/69)
  16. Quiet Talks And Summer Walks (Top Gear 31/3/69)
  17. We're Going To Bring It On Home (Top Gear 29/7/69)
  18. Sofa Head (Top Gear 29/7/69)
  19. Canyons Of Your Mind (Colour Me Pop 21/12/68)
  20. I'm The Urban Spaceman (Late Night Line Up 1986)
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