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The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: L’Amour Des Chiens

On December 12, 2007, “Storming” label released “L’Amour Des Chiens”, the sixth Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (The) album, and the first one in 35 years. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Mickey Simmonds and Neil Innes.

Personnel:

  • Neil Innes – vocals, piano, guitar, banjo’
  • Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell – vocals, bass, banjo
  • Legs’ Larry Smith – drums
  • Martin ‘Sam Spoons’ Ash – percussion
  • Roger Ruskin Spear – brass
  • Rodney Slater – saxophone, clarinet
  • Bob Kerr – trumpet, cornet

New Millennium Bonzos 

  • Adrian Edmondson
  • Stephen Fry
  • Phill Jupitus
  • David Catlin-Birch – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Barnacle – bass, jazz guitar
  • Johnny Marter – drums, percussion
  • Mickey Simmonds – musical director 

Track listing:

  1. Pour l’Amour Des Chiens – Neil Innes
  2. Let’s All Go to Mary’s House – arranged by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
  3. Hawkeye the Gnu – arranged by Rodney Slater, Neil Innes
  4. Making Faces at the Man in the Moon – Rich, Smith, Hoffman
  5. Fiasco – Neil Innes
  6. Purple Sprouting Broccoli – Martin Ash
  7. Old Tige – Burke, Burke, Reeves
  8. Wire People – Martin Ash, Neil Innes
  9. Salmon Proust – Neil Innes
  10. Democracy – Neil Innes
  11. I Predict a Riot – Hodgson, Wilson, Rix, Baines, White
  12. Paws – Phill Jupitus
  13. And We’re Back – Neil Innes
  14. We Are Normal
  15. L’Essence d’Hooligan – Neil Innes
  16. Early Morning Train – Neil Innes
  17. My Friends Outside – Roger Ruskin Spear
  18. For the Benefit Of Mankind – Neil Innes
  19. Beautiful People – Adrian Edmondson
  20. Ego Warriors – Neil Innes
  21. Cockadoodle Tato – Neil Innes
  22. Tiptoe Through the Tulips – Burke, Dubin
  23. Sudoku Forecast – Phill Jupitus
  24. Now You’re Asleep – Stanshall, Catlin-Birch
  25. Jean Baudrillard – Neil Innes

Bonzo Dog Band: The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse

In November 1968, “Liberty” label released “The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse”, the second Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band album. By this time the band had changed their name to “The Bonzo Dog Band”. It was recorded in 1968, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Gus Dudgeon and Terry Bron.

Personnel:

  • Vivian Stanshall– lead vocals, trumpet, tuba, wind instruments, design
  • Neil Innes– lead vocals, piano, guitar, sleeve notes
  • “Legs” Larry Smith– drums
  • Rodney “Rhino” Desborough Slater– saxophones
  • Roger Ruskin Spear- tenor sax, various contraptions
  • Terry Brown – engineer
  • Andy Johns – engineer
  • Phil Smee – design

Track listing:

  1. We Are Normal – Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
  2. Postcard – Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
  3. Beautiful Zelda – Neil Innes
  4. Can Blue Men Sing the Whites – Vivian Stanshall
  5. Hello Mabel – Neil Innes
  6. Kama Sutra – Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
  7. Humanoid Boogie – Neil Innes
  8. Trouser Press – Roger Ruskin Spear
  9. My Pink Half of the Drainpipe – Vivian Stanshall
  10. Rockaliser Baby – Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
  11. Rhinocratic Oaths – Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
  12. 11 Moustachioed Daughters – Vivian Stanshall

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Gorilla

In October 1967, “Liberty” label released “Gorilla”, the debut Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Gerry Bron and Lyn Birkbeck.

Personnel:

  • Vivian Stanshall– vocals, trumpet, euphonium, tuba, ukulele, cover design, liner notes
  • Neil Innes– piano, harpsichord, guitar, musical director
  • Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell – bass guitar, banjo, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, whistle
  • Rodney Slater– alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, clarinet, trombone, bass clarinet
  • Sam Spoons – double bass, percussion, spoons
  • “Legs” Larry Smith– drums, tuba, tap dance
  • Roger Ruskin Spear– saxophone
  • Eric Clapton– ukulele
  • Roger Ruskin Spear – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Cool Britannia – Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes
  2. The Equestrian Statue – Neil Innes
  3. Jollity Farm – Leslie Sarony
  4. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory. Douglass Cross
  5. Look Out, There’s a Monster Coming – Vivian Stanshall
  6. Jazz (Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold) – Bonzo Dog Band
  7. Death Cab for Cutie – Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes
  8. Narcissus – Ethelbert Nevin
  9. The Intro and the Outro – Vivian Stanshall
  10. Mickey’s Son and Daughter – Eddie Lisbonna, Tommy Connor
  11. Big Shot – Vivian Stanshall
  12. Music for the Head Ballet – Neil Innes
  13. Piggy Bank Love – Neil Innes
  14. I’m Bored – Vivian Stanshall
  15. The Sound of Music – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

Viv Stanshall

On March 5, 1995, Victor Anthony Stanshall aka Viv Stanshall died aged 52. He was musician (various instruments), singe, songwriter,  painter, author  and poet, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at “Rawlinson End” and for narrating Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells”.