Keynsham (album)

Keynsham
Studio album by Bonzo Dog Band
Released	November, 1969
Recorded	Soho, London
Genre	Comedy rock, Psychedelic pop, Music-hall
Label	Liberty LBS 83290 (also Sunset SLS 50375)
Producer	Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
Bonzo Dog Band chronology
Tadpoles (1969) Keynsham (1969) Let's Make Up And Be Friendly (1972)

Keynsham is the fourth album by the Bonzo Dog Band, originally released in 1969.

In 2007 the album was re-issued on CD by EMI with 5 bonus tracks. The bonus tracks were not actually performed by the The Bonzo Dog Band, but were from later solo projects performed by individual members of the group.

The album title, like the British town from which it derives its name, is pronounced CANE-shum. The album title is a reference to Horace Batchelor, a football pools predictor who regularly advertised his service on Radio Luxembourg in the early 1960s. He would spell out the town's name carefully and deliberately when giving his contact details, and this became an amusing feature to the many young listeners. ("Keynsham - spelt Kay Eee Wye En Ess Aitch Ay Em, Keynsham, near Bristol". The album starts with a quote from Horace Batchelor's radio advertisement "I have personally won ...")

Sleeve Notes

Mothers with children please note. This record is inedible!

Track listing

Bonus tracks in 2007 CD re-issue

1. "Are You Having Any Fun?" {by Vivian Stanshall & Kilgaron}
2. "How Sweet To Be An Idiot" {by Neil Innes}
3. "When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba" {by Roger Ruskin Spear}
4. "The Young Ones" {by Vivian Stanshall & Kilgaron}
5. "Witchi Tai To" {by Topo D. Bill}