The History of the Bonzos

The History of the Bonzos

Greatest hits album by The Bonzo Dog Band
Released	1974
Recorded	1967-1972
Genre	Comedy rock
Length	102m 26s
Label	United Artists Records
Producer	Various

The History of the Bonzos is a 2-disk vinyl album with 35 tracks recorded between 1967 and 1972 by The Bonzo Dog Band and the solo projects of its members, compiled by Andrew Lauder (who was head of Liberty/UA's A&R ). It was released in 1974.

Track listing

Track listing as given on the original vinyl album cover, UK issue:^[1]

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Intro and The Outro"	Viv Stanshall	3:06
2.	"Rockaliser Baby"	Stanshall, Neil Innes	3:27
3.	"Sport (The Odd Boy)"	Stanshall	3:32
4.	"Noises for the Leg"	Stanshall	2:15
5.	"King of Scurf"	Innes	4:56
6.	"Labio Dental Fricative" (Performed by Vivian Stanshall & The Sean Head Showband)	Stanshall	3:07
7.	"Hello Mabel"	Innes	2:45
8.	"Look at Me, I'm Wonderful"	Stanshall	1:45
Total length:			24:53

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Canyons of Your Mind"	Stanshall	2:45
2.	"Jollity Farm"	Leslie Sarony	2:23
3.	"You Done My Brain In"	Innes	1:40
4.	"My Pink Half of the Drainpipe"	Stanshall, Innes	3:30
5.	"Mr Apollo"	Stanshall, Innes	4:18
6.	"Hunting Tigers Out in Indiah"	Robert Hargreaves, Stanley Damerell, Tolchard Evans	3:05
7.	"Suspicion" (Performed by Vivian Stanshall & His Gargantuan Chums)	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	3:30
8.	"Mr Slater's Parrot"	Stanshall	2:18
9.	"Laughing Blues"	Mike Bradley	3:35
10.	"Narcissus"	Ethelbert Nevin	0:20
Total length:			27:34

Side 3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm the Urban Spaceman"	Innes	2:23
2.	"Bad Blood"	Stanshall	5:10
3.	"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"	George Cory, Douglass Cross	1:02
4.	"Tent"	Stanshall	3:20
5.	"Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?"	Stanshall	2:48
6.	"9 - 5 Pollution Blues" (Performed by The World)	Innes	4:20
7.	"Big Shot"	Stanshall	3:22
8.	"Release Me" (Performed by Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Kinetic Wardrobe)	Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, James Pebworth (as Dub Williams)	2:50
Total length:			25:15

Side 4
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Are Normal"	Stanshall, Innes	4:50
2.	"The Sound of Music"	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	1:02
3.	"Kama-Sutra"	Stanshall, Innes	0:39
4.	"Rhinocratic Oaths"	Stanshall, Innes	3:23
5.	"Shirt"	Roger Ruskin Spear	4:29
6.	"Mickey's Son and Daughter"	Edward Lisbona, Tommy Connor	2:39
7.	"Blind Date" (Performed by Vivian Stanshall & biG Grunt)	Stanshall	3:05
8.	"Trouser Press"	Spear	2:17
9.	"Slush"	Innes	2:20
Total length:			24:44

References

↑ Original vinyl album cover

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Neil Innes Roger Ruskin Spear "Legs" Larry Smith Rodney Slater Vivian Stanshall Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell Sam Spoons Dennis Cowan Joel Druckman Bob Kerr

Studio albums	Gorilla The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse Tadpoles Keynsham Let's Make Up and Be Friendly Pour l'Amour des Chiens

Songs	"The Intro and the Outro" "I'm the Urban Spaceman" "Death Cab for Cutie"

Other albums	The Alberts, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Temperance Seven The Best of the Bonzos Beast of the Bonzos The History of the Bonzos The Best of The Bonzo Dog Band Cornology The Peel Sessions Wrestle Poodles... And Win!

Related articles	Do Not Adjust Your Set Magical Mystery Tour Grimms

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