The Man in the Bowler Hat (album)

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The Man In The Bowler Hat
Studio album by Stackridge
Released February 1974 (U.K.)
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)
U.S. LP cover
Cover (Sire Records)

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 U.K. 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 U.K. version of the next Stackridge album Extravaganza. "Pinafore Days" was the only U.S. chart entry for Stackridge, reaching number 191 on the Billboard albums chart.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Fundamentally Yours
  2. Pinafore Days
  3. The Last Plimsoul
  4. To The Sun And The Moon
  5. The Road To Venezuela
  6. The Galloping Gaucho
  7. Humiliation
  8. Dangerous Bacon
  9. The Indifferent Hedgehog
  10. God Speed The Plough

The 1996 CD re-issue on Demon Records included these bonus tracks:

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Personnel

  • Andy Cresswell-Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • James Warren - guitar/vocals
  • Michael Evans - violin/vocals
  • Michael "Mutter" Slater - flute/vocals
  • James "Crun" Walter - bass
  • Billy Bent aka Billy Sparkle - drums