Tadpoles (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Tadpoles
Type = Studio album
Artist = Bonzo Dog Band


Released = August, 1969
Genre = Rock
Avant-garde
Label = Liberty Records (UK)
Imperial Records (US)
Producer = Gus Dudgeon
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ct6m96ho3ep6 link]
Last album = "The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse
(1968)"
This album = "Tadpoles
(1969)"
Next album = "Keynsham (1969)"
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = insert card askew
Background = orange


Lower caption =
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = I'm The Urban Spaceman
Background = orange


Lower caption = Sunset SLS 50350 - British reissue

"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 original U.S. 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". In 2007 the album was re-issued by EMI with 5 bonus tracks.

leeve Notes

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.

Track listing

ide one

#"Hunting Tigers Out in Indiah" - 3:06
#"Shirt" - 4:28
#"Tubas in the Moonlight" - 2:23
#"Dr. Jazz" - 2:40
#"Monster Mash" - 2:59
#"I'm the Urban Spaceman" - 2:23

ide two

#"Ali-Baba's Camel" - 2:31
#"Laughing Blues" - 3:44
#"By a Waterfall" - 3:08
#"Mr. Apollo" - 4:20
#"Canyons of Your Mind" - 3:03

Bonus tracks on 2007 CD re-issue

#"Boo!"
#"Readymades"
#"Look At Me I'm Wonderful"
#"We Were Wrong"
#"The Craig Torso Christmas Show" (The Lady Is a Tramp / The Last Waltz / Calling All Workers)