| Tadpoles | ||||
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| Studio album by Bonzo Dog Band | ||||
| Released | August, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Comedy rock Psychedelic pop Avant-garde |
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| Label | Liberty Records (UK) Imperial Records (US) |
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| Producer | Gus Dudgeon | |||
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| I'm The Urban Spaceman | ||||
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Sunset SLS 50350 - British reissue
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Tadpoles is the third album by the Bonzo Dog Band. It is largely a compilation of their work from the television show Do Not Adjust Your Set, on which they were the house band. The U.S. version of the album had a slightly different track list than the U.K. version. The U.S. version removed "I'm the Urban Spaceman" and added the b-side Readymades.
The UK version was re-issued on vinyl by Sunset Records in the early 1970s, re-titled "I'm the Urban Spaceman".
In 2007 the album was re-issued on CD with its original title and artwork, by EMI with 5 bonus tracks.
The original LP sleeve had seven holes cut out of the front cover, and multiple images printed on an insert card (or inner sleeve of the US version) helped listeners to visualize what band members were thinking by moving the card back & forth.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hunting Tigers Out in Indiah" | Hargreaves/Damerell/Evans | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Shirt" | Roger Ruskin Spear | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Tubas in the Moonlight" | Spear | 2:23 |
| 4. | "Dr. Jazz" | Oliver/Melrose | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Monster Mash" | Pickett/Capizzi | 2:59 |
| 6. | "I'm the Urban Spaceman" | Neil Innes | 2:24 |
| 7. | "Ali-Baba's Camel" | Bradley | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Laughing Blues" | 3:44 | |
| 9. | "By a Waterfall" | Kahal/Fain | 3:09 |
| 10. | "Mr. Apollo" | Vivian Stanshall/Innes | 4:20 |
| 11. | "Canyons of Your Mind" | Stanshall | 3:04 |
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