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Roger Ruskin Spear
Unusual
Album UK 1973 on United Artists Records label
Rock (Art Rock, Parody, Classic Rock)
Recorded at Goring and Olympic August-December 1973. The title of the LP is shown with the letters 'UAL' of 'UNUSUAL' printed upside-down.
Musicians
 | Roger Ruskin Spear xyl, *1943 GB producer, written by, album by, clarinet, piano, organ, bass guitar, vocals, theremin, leg, bells, tuned, saxophone, tenor, bass, organ, trumpet, clarinet, maracas, vocals, saxophone, tenor, bass, organ, bass guitar, saxophone, guitar, tambourine, electric piano, piano, other, anti-submarine device, piano, clarinet, bass guitar, organ, vocals, percussion, ash tray, filing cabinet, saxophone, piano, celesta, clarinet, organ, vocals, telephonic, bells, tuned, clarinet, piano, maracas, claves, organ, melodica, vocals, saxophone, tenor, bass, contrabass, bass guitar, piano, organ, vocals, trumpet, slowed down to sound like a trombone, theremin, leg, bells, tuned, bass guitar, organ, electric piano, piano, percussion, pop-gun, bells, tuned, clarinet, speeded-up, saxophone, trio, bass, vocals, piano, bass clarinet, other, fox hounds, effects, sound, guitar, three-necked blues, saxophone, tenor, clarinet, b flat, organ, vocals, bass guitar, ordinary, bass guitar, echo, percussion, reversed, phased, electric piano, phased, piano, phased, saxophone, echo, piano, organ, clarinet, vibraphone, electric piano, vocals, farmyard impressions, bells, tuned, tambourine, reversed, saxophone, bass, tenor |
 | Arran Roe , drums, vocals, shouting, drums, percussion, miscellaneous, piano, drums |
 | Joe Ryan , guitar |
 | Andy Newman p, GB piano, whistle, siren, wood block, saxophone, contrabass low b flat note, lead vocals, vocals, slowed down male voice choir |
 | Ken Whaley b, 1946-2013 GB bass, blown, bass guitar |
 | Dave Charles dr, perc, GB drums |
 | Richard Treece g, voc, h, rhythm guitar |
| Bim , acoustic guitar |
| Richard Persell , guitar, lead, bass, rhythm guitar |
 | The Maggie Stredder Singers , GB backing vocals, ooo-aah |
| John Sawyer , bass |
Producers
| Bob Hall engineer |
| Chris Glass engineer |
| The Maggie Stredder Singers backing vocals |
| Arran Roe other, rhythm assistance |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Pinball Wizard | Roger Ruskin Spear | Pete Townshend | 3:08 |
| 2 | | On Her Doorstep Last Night | Roger Ruskin Spear | Reg Tilsley, Robert Hargreaves, Stanley Damerell | 2:16 |
| 3 | | Trouble With My Trousers | Roger Ruskin Spear | 4:05 | |
| 4 | | Shove-Off Shostakovich | Roger Ruskin Spear | 3:00 | |
| 5 | | I Love To Bumpity-Bump (On A Bumpy Road With You) | Roger Ruskin Spear | Al Lewis, Al Sherman, Carmen Lombardo | 2:35 |
| 6 | | When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba Down In Cuba | Roger Ruskin Spear | Herman Hupfeld | 2:30 |
| 7 | | Frank The Ripper | Roger Ruskin Spear | 2:50 | |
| 8 | | Morecambe And Wise | Roger Ruskin Spear | 3:30 | |
| 9 | | Heartbreak Hotel | Roger Ruskin Spear | Elvis Presley, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden | 4:10 |
| 10 | | My Goodness How (Or The Revolutionary New Concrete Mixer Show] | Roger Ruskin Spear | 2:45 | |
| 11 | Unusual | Roger Ruskin Spear | 2:40 |
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