Extravaganza (album)

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Extravaganza
Studio album by Stackridge
Released January 1975 (UK)
Recorded 1974
Genre Rock
Length 42:34
Label Rocket Records,
Sire Records,
Stallion Records,
(CD re-issue)
Angel Air,
(CD re-issue)
Producer Tony Ashton
Stackridge chronology
The Man In The Bowler Hat
(1974)		 Extravaganza
(1975)		 Mr. Mick
(1976)
UK. Single label
label (Rocket Records)

Extravaganza is the fourth album by the British rock group Stackridge. The album was produced by Tony Ashton at AIR Studios, London.

The album was originally released in the UK on Elton John's Rocket Records label. Stackridge was the first group signed to the new label.

A different version of the album was released by Sire Records in the U.S and Canada. This version removed 2 songs already released on Pinafore Days and added "Do The Stanley" from a UK single and "The Indifferent Hedgehog" from the UK album The Man In The Bowler Hat.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Spin 'Round The Room" (Rod Bowkett/Lucy Vernon) 2:45
  2. "Grease Paint Smiles" (Rod Bowkett/Bathos) 4:04
  3. "The Volunteer" (Andy Davis/Smegmakovitch) 5:05
  4. "Highbury Incident (Rainy July Morning)" (Andy Davis/Rod Bowkett/"Mutter" Slater) 4:02
  5. "Benjamin's Giant Onion" (Rod Bowkett/Bathos) 4:04
  6. Happy In The Lord (Phil Welton) 3:51
  7. Rufus T. Firefly (Rod Bowkett) 4:51
  8. No One's More Important Than The Earthworm (Gordon Haskell) 5:12
  9. Pocket Billiards (Rod Bowkett) 4:04
  10. Who's That Up There With Bill Stokes (Rod Bowkett/Andy Davis) 4:36

[edit] Track Listing: U.S. version, Sire Records SASD-7509

  1. Do The Stanley (Wabadaw/Sleeve) 2:53
  2. "Grease Paint Smiles" (Rod Bowkett/Bathos) 4:04
  3. "The Volunteer" (Andy Davis/Smegmakovitch) 5:05
  4. The Indifferent Hedgehog (Andy Davis/Smith) 3:15
  5. "Benjamin's Giant Onion" (Rod Bowkett/Bathos) 4:04
  6. Happy In The Lord (Phil Welton) 3:51
  7. Rufus T. Firefly (Rod Bowkett) 4:51
  8. No One's More Important Than The Earthworm (Gordon Haskell) 5:12
  9. Pocket Billiards (Rod Bowkett) 4:04
  10. Who's That Up There With Bill Stokes (Rod Bowkett/Andy Davis) 4:36

[edit] Personnel

  • Andy Davis - (Andy Cresswell-Davis) guitar/mellotron/vocals
  • Michael Evans - violin
  • Michael "Mutter" Slater - flute/vocals
  • James "Crun" Walter - bass
  • Keith Gemmell - saxophones/clarinet/flute
  • Paul Karas - bass/vocals
  • Rod Bowkett - keyboards
  • Roy Morgan - drums