The Man in the Bowler Hat

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The Man In The Bowler Hat
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1974 (UK)
RecordedJuly – September 1973
Genre
Length35:20
Label MCA Records
Demon Records (CD re-issue)
Angel Air (CD re-issue)
Producer George Martin
Stackridge chronology
Friendliness
(1972)
The Man In The Bowler Hat
(1974)
Extravaganza
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]

The Man In The Bowler Hat is the third album by the British rock group Stackridge. The album was produced by George Martin at AIR Studios, London and released in the UK by MCA Records. This was their highest charting album, peaking at number 23 in the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

A different version of the album was released by Sire Records in the US and Canada under the title Pinafore Days. The US album removed two songs and replaced them with two others (produced by Tony Ashton) from the UK version of the next Stackridge album Extravaganza . Although the front cover was the same, the jacket photos were changed to show the Extravaganza lineup. Pinafore Days was the only US chart entry for Stackridge, reaching number 191 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Dangerous Bacon b/w The Last Plimsoll was released as a single in the UK.

Track listing

All songs credited to Andy Davis, Smegmakovitch [3] except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Fundamentally Yours"
  2. "Pinafore Days"
  3. "The Last Plimsoll"
  4. "To the Sun and the Moon" (Mutter Slater, Peter Denman)
  5. "The Road to Venezuela"

Side two

  1. "The Galloping Gaucho"
  2. "Humiliation" (James Warren)
  3. "Dangerous Bacon" (Warren, Smegmakovitch)
  4. "The Indifferent Hedgehog" (Davis, Graham Smith)
  5. "God Speed the Plough" (Wabadaw Sleeve) [4]

Track listing: U.S. version "Pinafore Days", Sire Records SASD-7503

All songs credited to Andy Davis, Smegmakovitch except where noted.

  1. "Fundamentally Yours"
  2. "Pinafore Days"
  3. "The Last Plimsoll"
  4. "Spin 'Round The Room" (Rod Bowkett, Lucy Vernon)
  5. "The Road To Venezuela"
  6. "The Galloping Gaucho"
  7. "Humiliation" (Warren)
  8. "Dangerous Bacon" (Warren, Smegmakovitch)
  9. "One Rainy July Morning" (original title: "Highbury Incident (Rainy July Morning)") (Davis, Slater, Bowkett)
  10. "God Speed The Plough" (Sleeve)

Bonus tracks on the 1996 CD re-issue on Demon Records

  1. "Do the Stanley" (single) (Davis, Warren, Slater, Crun Walter)
  2. "C'est la Vie" (b-side) (Davis, Warren)
  3. "Let There Be Lids" (first released in the UK compilation album Do The Stanley ) (traditional)

Deluxe version

The Man in the Bowler Hat was reissued in 2023 by Esoteric Recordings (through Cherry Red Records). The first CD includes the complete original album, the songs credited to Andy Davis, Smegmakovitch unless otherwise specified. The 2nd CD contains two BBC Radio One recordings made in 1973. [5] Tracks are:

CD 1

  1. "Fundamentally Yours"
  2. "Pinafore Days"
  3. "The Last Plimsoll"
  4. "To the Sun and the Moon" (Mutter Slater, Peter Denman)
  5. "The Road to Venezuela"
  6. "The Galloping Gaucho"
  7. "Humiliation" (James Warren)
  8. "Dangerous Bacon" (Warren, Smegmakovitch)
  9. "The Indifferent Hedgehog" (Davis, Graham Smith)
  10. "God Speed the Plough" (Wabadaw Sleeve)

CD 2

  1. "Anyone for Tennis" (“In Concert” 18th January 1973)
  2. "Do the Stanley" (“In Concert” 18th January 1973)
  3. "Syracuse the Elephant" (“In Concert” 18th January 1973)
  4. "Purple Spaceships Over Yatton" (“In Concert” 18th January 1973)
  5. "Twist and Shout" (“In Concert” 18th January 1973)
  6. "Dora the Female Explorer" (“In Concert” 18th January 1973)
  7. "The Lyder Loo" (Bob Harris session 7th February 1973)
  8. "God Speed the Plough" (Bob Harris session 7th February 1973)
  9. "The Road to Venezuela" (Bob Harris session 7th February 1973)
  10. "The Galloping Gaucho" (Bob Harris session 7th February 1973)

Personnel

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References

  1. "The Man in the Bowler Hat - Stackridge | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 13 March 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. a collective name for Crun Walter, James Warren and Mutter Slater
  4. a pseudonym for the whole group , being an anagram of the first two letters of the members' surnames
  5. "Stackridge: The Man in the Bowler Hat, 2CD Edition".
  6. 1 2 3 4 string quartet on "Humiliation"
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 on "Galloping Gaucho"