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Gumby | |
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Studio album by various artists | |
Released | 1989 |
Genre | Novelty, various |
Length | 38:01 |
Label | Buena Vista |
Producer | Shepard Stern |
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Gumby is an album produced by Shepard Stern and released in 1989 as a tribute to Art Clokey's stop-motion animated series Gumby . The cover is reminiscent of The Beatles' White Album.
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "(In Love) With You Gumby" | Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa | Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa | 3:41 |
2. | "Concrete and Clay" | Thomas Moeller and Brian Parker | Eddie Wade | 3:39 |
3. | "Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya" | Jeffrey Barnes | Brave Combo | 2:23 |
4. | "Bend Me, Shape Me" | Laurence Weiss and Scott English | Donna McElroy | 4:36 |
5. | "Gumby, We Love You" | Sly Dunbar | Sly and Robbie | 4:30 |
6. | "I Like Gumby" | Jonathan Richman | Jonathan Richman | 2:57 |
7. | "Pokey's Polka" | Carl Finch, Mitch Marine, Jeffrey Barnes, and Cenobio Hernandez | Brave Combo | 3:02 |
8. | "The Ballad of Gumby" | Shepard Stern | Rick Schulman | 4:07 |
9. | "We All Are Gumby" | Michael Silversher and Jeff Borgeson | Flo and Eddie | 6:00 |
10. | "The Gumby Heart Song" | Pete Kleinow | Frank Sinatra, Jr. | 3:06 |
Executive producer: Shepard Stern
Associate producers: Ron Kidd and Pat Patrick
Art direction: Dick Duerrstein
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