Album UK 1981 on Charisma label
Rock (Rock’n’Roll, Art Rock, Parody)
Recorded at Morgan Studios, Willesden Green, London in April 1981. Issued with a printed inner sleeve (lyrics, photos, artworks).
Vivian Stanshall voc, 1943-1995 GB lead vocals, written by, arranged by, artwork by, album by, vocals, horn, baconium, banjo, drums, slit-drums, mandolin, mandolele, recorder, banjo, banjolele, euphonium, jew's harp, tuba, vocals, mandolin, mandolele, horn, baconium, kazoo, banjo, banjolele, talking drum, rhythm guitar, performer, great bean, tuba, pipe, chelonian, mandolin, mandolele, tuba, piano, banjo, banjolele, jew's harp, harmonica, bass, banjo, banjolele, gong, tamtam | |
Andrew Sheehan co-producer, co-ordination, procrastination and post-varication, percussion, clogs | |
Pete Moss score, music scored, scarred, over-sawed and shouted at, electric piano, fiddle, accordion, electric piano, marimba, double bass, flageolet, tambourine, glockenspiel, guitar, melodica, steel guitar, fiddle, triangle | |
Rosko Gee b, JM bass | |
John Halsey dr, perc, voc, *1945 GB drums, drums, finger cymbals, percussion, brushes | |
Ollie Halsall g, voc, 1949-1992 GB guitar, guitar, vibraphone | |
Neil Innes g, voc, *1944 GB piano | |
Jim Cuomo , soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, recorder, clarinet, piano, piano, soprano saxophone, piano, tenor saxophone, clarinet, recorder | |
Malcolm Brown eb, effects, collage, percussion, teeth | |
John Kirkpatrick acc, voc, *1947 GB concertina, melodeon | |
Richard Thompson voc, g, *1949 GB guitar, spanish, acoustic guitar | |
Lennox Laington cng, perc, steel drums | |
Charmaine Sheehan , vocals, chanteuse | |
Roger Ruskin Spear xyl, *1943 GB xylophone, cornet, tenor saxophone | |
Rupert Stanshall , narrator | |
Chris Lycett , performer, bicycle | |
Rick Wakeman key, *1949 GB piano |
Martyn Webster engineer |
Garry Coward-Williams photography |
Tony Packwood photography |
Malcolm Brown producer |
Jim Cuomo recorder |
Vivian Stanshall |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Attitude 1 | Vivian Stanshall | ||
2 | King Kripple | Vivian Stanshall | 2:52 | |
3 | Slave Valse | Vivian Stanshall | 4:38 | |
4 | Gums | Vivian Stanshall | 2:06 | |
5 | Bewilderbeeste | Vivian Stanshall | 2:57 | |
6 | Calypso To Colapso | Vivian Stanshall | 3:00 | |
7 | The Tube | Vivian Stanshall | 3:26 | |
8 | Ginger Geezer | Vivian Stanshall | 3:04 | |
9 | The Cracks Are Showing | Vivian Stanshall | 0:46 | |
10 | Flung A Dummy | Vivian Stanshall | 3:10 | |
11 | Bttitude 2 | Vivian Stanshall | ||
12 | Possibly An Armchair & Embodying Fresh Faced Boys | Vivian Stanshall | 5:16 | |
13 | Terry Keeps His Clips On | Vivian Stanshall | 3:34 | |
14 | Bass Macaw & Broken Bottles | Vivian Stanshall | 2:55 | |
15 | Nose Hymn | Vivian Stanshall | 2:21 | |
16 | Everyday, I Have The Blows | Vivian Stanshall | 5:01 | |
17 | Smoke Signals At Night | Vivian Stanshall | 3:12 | |
18 | Nouveau Riffe | Vivian Stanshall | 3:33 |