Browse by Artist: BONZO DOG BAND, THE

Artist:	BONZO DOG BAND, THE
Title:	The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
Label:	EMI (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	EMI 87890CD

2007 reissue of the band's second album, released in 1968 on Liberty with the "Doo-Dah" of the band's original name mysteriously missing. Includes a 16-page booklet with detailed notes on each track. "The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse ('the noises of your bodies are a part of this record') smooths out the rough edges with a shortened band name, superior studio mastery, more rock, no covers and a smaller lineup (Stanshall, Innes, Spear, Slater, Smith). Writing together, Viv and Neil come up with the album's best tracks: the man-on-the-street interview insanity of 'We Are Normal' (which finally composes itself into a raucous antecedent of the Who's 'Amazing Journey'), the boulevarding Briton house pride of 'My Pink Half of the Drainpipe' (cultural absurdity at its finest), the sexy Sha Na Na fragment 'Kama Sutra' and the jazzy spoken-word short story 'Rhinocratic Oaths.' The 2007 Doughnut reissue adds five items, working up from a (nearly) straightforward reading of 'Blue Suede Shoes' to a churlish swipe at Cher's already awful 'Bang Bang,' an aptly droll swing through 'Alley Oop' and finally a Teutonic release of 'Mr Apollo' that ends with Viv freestyling in German." -- Trouser Press

Artist:	BONZO DOG BAND, THE
Title:	Keynsham
Label:	EMI (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	EMI 87892CD

2007 reissue, originally released on Liberty in 1969. Includes a 16-page booklet with detailed notes on each track. Five bonus tracks, including "How Sweet To Be An Idiot." "Keynsham is undoubtedly the most introspective album the Bonzos ever made. We were lounging in a dressing room when the thought suddenly occured to me that none of 'this' was really happening. The band, the gig, the dressing room -- everything, was all in our imaginations. I looked at the others. Each and every one of us was either subdued or pensive. I broke the silence and shared my weird thought with them. Amazingly, everyone knew exactly what I meant. Yes! Suppose we were in a 'funny farm' and none of this was actually happening! Soon we were all laughing and the ideas began to spark and fly. We cheered up and got on with the show -- we were abnormal and we had found our Freedom..."

Artist:	BONZO DOG BAND, THE
Title:	Let's Make Up And Be Friendly
Label:	EMI (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	EMI 87893CD

2007 reissue, originally released in 1972. "Highlighting the LP is 'Rawlinson End,' and perhaps Viv Stanshall's finest narrative. A spoken word tour de force, this intricately surreal English soap opera is a worthy successor to the earlier'"Rhinocratic Oaths,' and offers a preview of Stanshall's full-length solo effort, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End... The band lets loose with 'The Strain,' Stanshall's scatological tribute to constipation (it's funnier than it sounds). 'Turkeys,' a Neil Innes instrumental, achieves a strange cinematic beauty. Legs Larry Smith's contribution, 'Rusty,' is a lugubrious lament about the end of a rather kinky relationship. Another clever Stanshall parody, 'Bad Blood' presents a Western revenge saga with a surprise ending. Winding up the album and the group's career, the Bonzos literally get the last laugh with the horror comedy of 'Slush.' [The 2007 expanded reissue of Let's Make Up and Be Friendly contains six bonus tracks: a BBC recording of 'Sofa Head,' Topo D Bil's 'Jam,' Roger Ruskin Spear's 'I Love to Bumpity Bump,' Neil Innes' 'Lie Down and Be Counted,' an early version of 'The Bride Stripped Bare (By the Bachelors),' and a previously unreleased demo of 'No Matter Who You Vote for the Government Always Gets In.' As with all the 2007 Bonzo reissues, there are very good liner notes by Neil Innes.." -- All Music

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