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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

Pete Townshend: White City: A Novel

On November 11, 1985, “Atco” label released “White City: A Novel”, the fourth Pete Townshend studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Chris Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Pete Townshend – vocals; guitar
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick – keyboards
  • Tony Butler – bass guitar
  • Phil Chen – bass guitar
  • Chucho Merchan – bass guitar
  • Pino Palladino – bass guitar
  • Steve Barnacle – bass guitar
  • Mark Brzezicki – drums
  • Simon Phillips – drums
  • Clem Burke – drums
  • David Gilmour – guitar
  • Peter Hope-Evans – harmonica
  • Kick Horns: Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer, Tim Sanders, Peter Thoms
  • Ewan Stewart – voice (spoken word)
  • Emma Townshend – backing vocals
  • Jackie Challenor – backing vocals
  • Mae McKenna – backing vocals
  • Lorenza Johnson – backing vocals
  • Justine Frischmann – backing vocals
  • Bill Price – recording
  • Chris Ludwinski – engineer assistant
  • Dave Edwards – engineer assistant
  • Jules Bowen – engineer assistant
  • Richard Evans – art direction, design, inner sleeve photography
  • Alex Henderson – front cover photography
  • Malcolm Heywood – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

  1. Give Blood
  2. Brilliant Blues
  3. Face the Face
  4. Hiding Out
  5. Secondhand Lover
  6. Crashing by Design
  7. I Am Secure
  8. White City Fighting
  9. Come to Mama

Visage: Hearts and Knives

On May 20, 2013, “Blitz Club” label released “Hearts and Knives”, the fourth Visage studio album. It was recorded 2012-2013, and was produced by John Bryan and Sare Havlicek. “Hearts and Knives” was the band’s first album of new material in 29 years.

Personnel:

  • Steve Strange– vocals
  • Robin Simon– guitar
  • Dave Formula– keyboards
  • Mick MacNeil– keyboards
  • Logan Sky – keyboards
  • Rich Mowatt – keyboards
  • Lauren Duvall – vocals
  • John Bryan – additional backing vocals
  • Steve Barnacle – bass
  • Sare Havlicek – keyboards, drums
  • “Wildcat” Will Blanchard – drums
  • Nigel Summers – additional guitar

Track listing:

  1. Never Enough
  2. Shameless Fashion
  3. She’s Electric (Coming Around)
  4. Hidden Sign
  5. On We Go
  6. Dreamer I Know
  7. Lost in Static
  8. I Am Watching
  9. Diaries of a Madman
  10. Breathe Life