1968 UK ORIG BONZO DOG BAND URBAN SPACEMAN FLIPPED PSYCH MADCAP ACID-HEADS
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RARE IN MINT!
1968 AQUA BLUE LIBERTY BRITISH FIRST PRESSING
+ LARGE BOOKLET = COMPLETE FIRST ISSUE!
BONZO DOG BAND
The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
UK - AQUA BLUE - LIBERTY RECORDS - LBS 83158
! BEAUTIFUL TOP 44 YEAR OLD BRITISH FIRST PRESSING
It is really hard to find this 1968 first pressing in such clean minty condition and containing the thick booklet on the original UK aqua Liberty Records, quite rare in mint condition like this....
The noises of your body are part of this record...
...The Bonzo Dog Band follow the madness that was Gorilla with the sheer lunacy that is The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse – except this time there's more emphasis on the music and the band appear to have lost a Doo Dah along the way. There's no doubt The Bonzos have been influenced by developments in the normal music world, with elements of psychedelia now being thrown into the mix. But all musical styles remain grist to The Bonzos' satirical mill.
The album opens with the questionably titled "We Are Normal". The track eventually bursts into full blown psych but before that there's an interlude where new bassist Joel Druckman went out into the streets with a roving microphone to ask passersby whether they considered themselves normal. He was accompanied in the task by Viv Stanshall wearing underpants and a rabbit's head. It's testament to the British public's stoicism that this seems to cause little undue concern.
And, oh by the way, let's get one thing straight; The Bonzos may have been a novelty band but they certainly knew how to write a good tune. "Postcard" recalls childhood reminiscences of trips to the seaside and is performed in a old timey style: "Bored with Bingo, we went for a swim. Fat sea cows with gorgonzola skin. Semi-nude!". And "Beautiful Zelda" – which is probably the best song on the album – is an alien love story. Equally good are the hilarious "Can Blue Men Sing The Whites", "Humanoid Boogie" and "Rockalizer Baby" while "My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe" is quite brilliant in its imagery of neighbourly gossip and differences: "My pink half of the drainpipe, I may paint it blue. My pink half of the drainpipe keeps me safe from you."
Side 1
Side 2
1 WE ARE NORMAL (Stanshall/Innes) But we're not BAD people. A breezy opener. 2 POSTCARD (Stanshall/Innes) 88 two fat ladies, 22 two little ducks, 26 bed & breakfast, 69 . . . . 3 BEAUTIFUL ZELDA (Innes) Smudgy goes through a phase. Introducing: The "Rasstones". 4 CAN BLUE MEN SING THE WHITES? (Stanshall) The sea-wind ruffled the sheer silken fabric of my turban. I cupped your face in my lovely hand . . . . our lips stretched closer and closer. . . . I swept your face with my eyes. . . . I remembered a rice-pudding I'd left in the oven. Just packed with protest & truth. 5 HELLO MABEL (Innes) A stuffed pig makes an attractive lampshade. 6 KAMA SUTRA (Stanshall/Innes) Suit Single Businessman. Sorry no Irish. Oh Really? No. . O'Reilly 7 HUMANOID BOOGIE (Innes) Will Flash reach the zone of blood in time to save Hulk as he battles the Mekon in the Twilight Galaxy? Will Brainiac really stop the Belcher of Britain metamorphosing the Brain-Wife? Who is Muscular Orange? Learn all. . . See all. . . Rockall. . . next week in "he forgot to say Pardon". . . 8 TROUSER PRESS (Spear) Rogers' vocal debut. Starring Riff Cliche & the Rebel Trouser. 9 MY PINK HALF OF THE DRAINPIPE (Stanshall) I am disabled. I play Mozart & Paganini. Please help me. 10 ROCKALISER BABY (Stanshall/Innes) A trenchant butchers at teenage trouble spots. You know what I mean? 11 RHINOCRATIC OATHS (Stanshall/Innes) Poeme bruitiste. Concerto & Warsaw Gateau 12 11 MOUSTACHIOED DAUGHTERS (Stanshall) "You've sent my wife 'home wiv an 'headache ; & Auntie Doris has spilt blackcurrant all over her trouser-suit"
We Are Normal
4:50
Postcard
4:19
Beautiful Zelda
2:25
Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
2:48
Hello Mabel
2:48
Kama Sutra
0:39
B:
Humanoid Boogie
3:00
Trouser Press
2:17
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
3:29
Rockaliser Baby
3:27
Rhinocratic Oaths
3:23
CONDITION: The cover: fragile UK gatefold is TOP clean all over M- hard to find clean, here a survivor, with strong seams, no bends and no writing...harder than you may realize to find even this clean...
The vinyl: both sides are all glossy clean and clear M- looks and plays TOP level with clean agua blue Liberty labels
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
NOTE: All Items backed by money back guarantee! IF you have a problem PLEASE let us solve for you BEFORE leaving ANY negative feedback. Thanks! GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG+ a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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