new EMI remaster w/ lots of bonus tracks

Track Listing

1. You Done My Brain In
2. Keynsham
3. Quiet Talks and Summer Walks
4. Tent
5. We Were Wrong
6. Joke Shop Man
7. Bride Stripped Bare (By the Bachelors)
8. Look at Me I'm Wonderful
9. What Do You Do?
10. Mr. Slaters' Parrot
11. Sport (The Odd Boy)
12. I Want to Be with You
13. Noises for the Leg
14. Busted
15. Are You Having Any Fun? [*] - Vivian Stanshall & Kilgaron
16. How Sweet to Be an Idiot [*] - Neil Innes
17. When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba [From the Third Little Show][*] - Roger Ruskin Spear
18. Young Ones [*]
19. Witchi Tai To [*] - Topo D Bil

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95572 in Music
• Brand: BONZO DOG DOO DAH BA
• Released on: 2007-07-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Details
Neil Innes and Vivien Stanshall, were the Back Bone of this Band Formed in the 60's by Art School Students. They Started Life as the Bonzo Dog Dada Band, Then Becoming the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band, and Then Finally Just the Bonzo Dog Band.

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Customer Reviews

Bonzos at their best?
The Bonzos were always leaders. Of all the albums, is this the best? Probably. The band was at the height of its powers - and Viv and Neil were writing some beautiful songs.

One day, I heard this record and thought it was the funniest album I had ever heard. A few months later, I heard it and thought it was one of the saddest.

Make no mistake - Viv and the boys were excellent - enjoy them.

Mothers with children please note: This CD is inedible!
Recorded by the band in 1969, this was a frantic year for the Bonzos, and the album shows the lads going in several directions, but still with many strong numbers and the Bonzos trademark brand of whimsy (such as "Mr. Slater's Parrot", "Sport", and the Rhinocentric "We Were Wrong.")

I was delighted to learn from the liner notes that the "hexachloraphine" referred to in "Keynsham" is the red stripe in a well-known brand of toothpaste. There are no coincidences, but sometimes the pattern *is* more obvious.

The extra tracks on this CD, while not outtakes or radio performances of tunes originally on the record are of interest to Bonzophiles, various Viv from 1976, Neil Innes original "How Sweet To Be An Idiot" (which I believe he played as part of the Pythons on "Live At The Hollywood Bowl" if memory serves, but maybe it was one of the "Secret Policeman's Ball" thingys) and a couple of Roger Ruskin Spear's solo efforts. Most of these tracks are completely unavailable elsewhere, so you'll have to get them here.

This CD is digitally remastered and a different mix from "Cornology". Some backing vocals seem much more "up front" than they were before.
That's not a problem for me, but it might disturb some purists, so do not operate heavy machinery during your initial listening of this recording.

Underappreciated Effort
While even some members of the Bonzos give this album low marks, I personally think Keynsham holds up very well. Without it we wouldn't have "You Done My Brain In," "Mr. Slater's Parrot," the definitive "Look At Me I'm Wonderful," "Quiet Talks and Summer Walks" or "Sport (the Odd Boy)," which would be a damn shame no matter how you slice it. While this did prove to be the end of the line (Let's Make Up and Be Friendly notwithstanding), there still seemed to be a lot of gas left in the tank.