VIVIAN STANSHALL Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead LP WB 1974 UK orig+inner BONZO DOG
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VIVIAN STANSHALL
with STEVE WINWOOD, NEIL INNES, DERYK QUINN, MADELINE BELL,
JIM CAPALDI, "BUBS" WHITE, GASPAR LAWAL, DORIS TROY, RIC GRECH, etc.
Dubbed "the court jester of the underground rock scene in the 1960s" by influential
DJ John Peel, Vivian Stanshall earned notice as the original tenor in the absurdist
Bonzo Dog Band, although he was also a reknowned artist and comedian.
In 1974, Stanshall emerged with his debut solo LP, Men Opening Umbrellas,
recorded with Steve Winwood
"MEN OPENING UMBRELLAS AHEAD"
Recorded at: The Manor, The Workshop, Trident & Apple Studios
1974 LP WARNER BROS RECORDS STEREO K56052
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
EMBOSSED SINGLE SLEEVE
WITH LYRICS INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: WARNER BROS. - BURBANK LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear & spine): K56052
Catalog on labels: K 56052 (K 56052 A / K 56052 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): K?56052?A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): K?56052?B1
On labels: top rim text reads "Burbank, Home Of Warner Bros. Records"
bottom rim text reads "All rights.......prohibited"
Made in UK
?1974 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 3 o'clock)
All songs written by Vivian Stanshall
Arranged by Vivian Stanshall
1-5. Warner Bros. Music
On Back Sleeve: SHOREPAK by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. England
A Warner Bros recording distributed by WEA Records Ltd ? & © 1974
tracklisting
Side A: LAFOJU TI OLE RIRAN - TRUCK-TRACK
YELP, BELLOW, RASP ET CETERA - PRONG - REDEYE
Side B: HOW THE ZEBRA GOT HIS SPOTS - DWARF SUCCULENTS
BOUT OF SOBRIETY - PRONG & TOOTS GO STEADY - STRANGE TONGUES
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RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Four years out of the Bonzo Dog Band, Viv Stanshall's debut album arrived more than two years after
he first started work on it, a long gestation that even he acknowledged was punctuated by some
dark droughts of inspiration. "It's all about frustration," he continued, "It's one long squawk."
The scars did not, however, show. Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead is an easy album to love,
all the more so since Stanshall made so few attempts to follow it up.
Of the three solo albums that he subsequently cut, only Teddy Boys Don't Knit ventured into
the same musical waters as Umbrellas. Pair them together,
and you would truly have an album for the ages...(AllMusic)
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