The Man in the Bowler Hat

The Man In The Bowler Hat
Studio album by Stackridge
Released	February 1974 (UK)
Recorded	July - September 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	35:20
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)

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.

A different version of the album was released by Sire Records in the U.S. and Canada under the title Pinafore Days. The U.S album removed 2 songs and replaced them with 2 others (produced by Tony Ashton) from the UK version of the next Stackridge album Extravaganza. "Pinafore Days" was the only U.S. chart entry for Stackridge, reaching number 191 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Track Listing: U.S. version "Pinafore Days", Sire Records SASD-7053 2.1 Bonus tracks on the 1996 CD re-issue on Demon Records 3 Personnel 4 Other credits 5 References

Track listing

All songs credited to Davis-Smegmakovitch^[1] except where noted.

Side one

1. Fundamentally Yours
2. Pinafore Days
3. The Last Plimsoul
4. To The Sun And The Moon (Slater - Denman)
5. The Road To Venezuela

Side two

1. The Galloping Gaucho
2. Humiliation (Warren)
3. Dangerous Bacon (Warren - Smegmakovitch)
4. The Indifferent Hedgehog (Davis)
5. God Speed The Plough (Wabadaw Sleeve)^[2]

Track Listing: U.S. version "Pinafore Days", Sire Records SASD-7053

1. Fundamentally Yours
2. Pinafore Days
3. The Last Plimsoul
4. Spin 'Round The Room
5. The Road To Venezuela
6. The Galloping Gaucho
7. Humiliation
8. Dangerous Bacon
9. One Rainy July Morning (original title: "Highbury Incident (Rainy July Morning)")
10. God Speed The Plough

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

1. Do The Stanley (single)
2. C'est La Vie (b-side)
3. Let There Be Lids (first released in the UK compilation album Do The Stanley)

Personnel

• Andy Cresswell-Davis - guitars, keyboards, percussion, singing
• Mike "Mutter" Slater - flute, keyboards, percussion, singing
• Mike Evans - violin, singing
• Billy Bent (aka Billy Sparkle) - drums
• James Warren - guitars, singing
• Jim "Crun" Walter - bass guitar
• Keith Gemmell - saxophones
• George Martin - Production, orchestration and piano on "Humiliation" & "The Indifferent Hedgehog"
• Reg Leopold - violin^[3]
• William Reid - violin^[3]
• Graeme Scott - viola^[3]
• Vivian Joseph - cello^[3]
• Jack Emblow - Accordion^[4]
• Ray Davies - Trumpet/Cornet^[4]
• Derek Taylor - French Horn^[4] and solo on "To the Sun and the Moon"
• B. Lamb - Trombone^[4]
• M. Fry - Tuba^[4]
• R. Chamberlain - Clarinet/saxes^[4]

Other credits

• Bill Price - Engineering
• John Kosh - Cover Design
• John Swannell - Cover photography
• AIR London - Studios
• Big Ben Music/Christchurch Music - Publishing

References