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Cornology is a 1992 compilation box set of the complete recorded output of The Bonzo Dog Band issued on the Parlophone
Parlophone
Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...

, Liberty
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...

 and United Artists
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

 labels.

The three CDs each have subtitles. Volume one is titled The Intro and contains the albums Gorilla
Gorilla (Bonzo Dog album)
Gorilla is the debut album by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, originally released by Liberty Records in 1967. In 2007 EMI re-issued the album on CD with 7 bonus tracks....

and The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse is the second album by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. By this time the band had changed their name to "The Bonzo Dog Band", dropping out the "Doo-Dah". The American version of this album was retitled Urban Spaceman and added their U.K. hit single "I'm the Urban...

. Volume two is subtitled The Outro and contains the albums Tadpoles and Keynsham. Volume three is titled Dog Ends and contains their final original album Let's Make Up And Be Friendly
Let's Make Up And Be Friendly
Let's Make Up And Be Friendly was the fifth and, until 2007, final original album by the Bonzo Dog Band. The group had already disbanded when United Artists Records informed band members that the group owed the label one more album. This farewell album was the result...

along with early Bonzo Dog singles, odds and ends and solo material.

Track listing

All tracks by Neil Innes
Neil Innes
Neil James Innes is an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles.-Personal life:...

 and/or Vivian Stanshall
Vivian Stanshall
Vivian Stanshall was an English singer-songwriter, painter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.-The great...

 except were noted

Disc one--The Intro (DADA is normal--normal is nice)

Tracks 1-15 from the album Gorilla. Tracks 16-27 from the album The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
  1. "Cool Britannia" (Traditional) – 1:00
  2. "The Equestrian Statue" – 2:44
  3. "Jollity Farm" (Les Sarony) – 2:28
  4. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) – 1:04
  5. "Look Out, There's A Monster Coming" – 2:54
  6. "Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold" (Ash, Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, Innes, Rodney Slater, Legs Larry Smith, Roger Ruskin Spear
    Roger Ruskin Spear
    Roger Ruskin Spear is a multi-instrumentalist who was a founding member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, staying with it until its end.-Career:...

    , Stanshall) – 3:10
  7. "Death Cab for Cutie
    Death Cab for Cutie (song)
    "Death Cab for Cutie" is a song composed by Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes and performed by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. It was included on their 1967 album Gorilla.-Content:...

    " – 2:56
  8. "Narcissus" (Ethelbert Nevin) – 0:23
  9. "The Intro And The Outro" – 3:03
  10. "Mickey's Son And Daughter" (Connor, Edward Lisbona) – 2:43
  11. "Big Shot" – 3:29
  12. "Music For The Head Ballet" – 1:45
  13. "Piggy Bank Love" – 3:03
  14. "I'm Bored" – 3:07
  15. "The Sound Of Music" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 1:23
  16. "We Are Normal" – 4:50
  17. "Postcard" – 4:22
  18. "Beautiful Zelda" – 2:27
  19. "Can Blue Men Sing The Whites" – 2:47
  20. "Hello Mabel" – 2:46
  21. "Kama Sutra" – 0:39
  22. "Humanoid Boogie" – 3:04
  23. "Trouser Press" – 2:20
  24. "My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe" – 3:33
  25. "Rockaliser Baby" – 3:29
  26. "Rhinocratic Oaths" – 3:21
  27. "11 Mustachioed Daughters" – 3:49

Disc two--The Outro (The noises of your bodies are a part of this CD)

Tracks 1-11 from the album Tadpoles. Tracks 12-25 from the album Keynsham.
  1. "Hunting Tigers Out In INDIAH" (Stanley Damerell, Evans, Hargreaves) – 3:06
  2. "Shirt" (Spear) – 4:27
  3. "Tubas In The Moonlight" (Spear) – 2:22
  4. "Dr. Jazz" (Walter Melrose, Oliver) – 2:40
  5. "Monster Mash
    Monster Mash
    "Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes...

    " (Leonard Capizzi, Bobby Pickett) – 2:59
  6. "I'm the Urban Spaceman
    I'm the Urban Spaceman
    "I'm the Urban Spaceman" was the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's most successful single, released in 1968. It reached #5 in the UK charts. The song was written by Neil Innes and produced by Paul McCartney and Gus Dudgeon under the pseudonym "Apollo C. Vermouth". The B-side was written by Viv Stanshall...

    " (Innes) – 2:23
  7. "Ali-Baba's Camel" (Noel Gay
    Noel Gay
    Noel Gay was born Reginald Moxon Armitage. He also used the name Stanley Hill professionally. He was a successful British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows...

    ) – 3:31
  8. "Laughing Blues" (Bradley) – 3:44
  9. "By A Waterfall" (Fain Kahal) – 3:08
  10. "Mr. Apollo" – 4:20
  11. "Canyons Of Your Mind" – 3:03
  12. "You Done My Brain In" – 1:41
  13. "Keynsham" – 2:22
  14. "Quiet Talks and Summer Walks – 3:37
  15. "Tent" – 3:06
  16. "We Were Wrong" – 2:32
  17. "Joke Shop Man" – 1:23
  18. "The Bride Stripped Bare By 'Bachelors'" – 2:39
  19. "Look At Me, I'm Wonderful" – 1:46
  20. "What Do You Do?" – 3:12
  21. "Mr. Slater's Parrot" – 2:27
  22. "Sport (The Odd Boy)" – 3:30
  23. "I Want To Be With You" – 2:16
  24. "Noises For The Leg" – 1:54
  25. "'Busted'" – 5:47

Disc three--Dog Ends (Mothers with children please note: this CD is inedible!)

Tracks 7-17 from the album Let's Make Up And Be Friendly
  1. "My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies" (Amberg, Bernauer, Raymond) – 3:02
  2. "I'm Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight" (Conrad) – 2:03
  3. "Alley Oop" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:32
  4. "Button Up Your Overcoat" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 2:53
  5. "Mr. Apollo" – 4:13 (Single Version) (German Version)
  6. "Ready Mades" – 3:08
  7. "The Strain" – 3:23
  8. "Turkeys" – 2:10
  9. "King Of Scurf" – 5:00
  10. "Waiting For The Wardrobe" (Spear) – 2:47
  11. "Straight From My Heart" – 3:06
  12. "Rusty (Champion Thrust)" (Tony Kaye, Legs Larry Smith) – 7:05
  13. "Rawlinson End" – 9:07
  14. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 4:53
  15. "Fresh Wound" – 4:26
  16. "Bad Blood" – 5:32
  17. "Slush" – 2:20
  18. "Labio-Dental Fricative" – 3:08 (Performed by Vivian Stanshall Sean Head Showband)
  19. "Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues" – 3:32 (Performed by Neil Innes)
  20. "Trouser Freak" (Spear) – 2:18 (Performed by Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Orchestral Wardrobe)

Personnel

  • Gerry Bron – Producer
  • Gus Dudgeon – Producer
  • Brian Hogg – Liner Notes
  • Neil Innes – Arranger, Producer
  • Tony Kaye – Producer
  • Barry Sheffield – Assistant, Advisor
  • Vivian Stanshall – Arranger, Producer
  • Apollo C. Vermouth
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

    – Producer
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