Do the Stanley
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Do The Stanley is a compilation album of songs by the British group Stackridge
. It was released in the U.K. by MCA Records
after their break-up in 1976. The album contains some of the most popular tracks from their first three albums as well as songs from singles. The last song on the album "Let There Be Lids" was previously unreleased. The album is no longer available. All of the songs have since been re-issued on other Stackridge CDs. Most of these songs are included on the 2006 collection Purple Spaceships Over Yatton: The Best of Stackridge.
Stackridge
Stackridge are a British folk, pop and progressive rock group who were at the height of their success during the early 1970s. The band's output is characterized by quirky humour and rhythmic catchy sing-along tunes....
. It was released in the U.K. by MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
after their break-up in 1976. The album contains some of the most popular tracks from their first three albums as well as songs from singles. The last song on the album "Let There Be Lids" was previously unreleased. The album is no longer available. All of the songs have since been re-issued on other Stackridge CDs. Most of these songs are included on the 2006 collection Purple Spaceships Over Yatton: The Best of Stackridge.
Track listing
- Dora the Female ExplorerDora the Female Explorer"Dora the Female Explorer" is the first single by the English group Stackridge, released in 1971. The song also appeared some versions of the group's debut album Stackridge the same year. It was released in the UK on MCA Records and in the US on Decca Records...
(1st single) - Everyman (B side of 1st single)
- Percy The Penguin (from 1st LP)
- Slark (2nd single, different version from 1st LP)
- Anyone For Tennis (from 2nd LP)
- Amazingly Agnes (from 2nd LP)
- Purple Spaceships Over Yatton (B side of 2nd single)
- Do The Stanley (3rd single)
- The Road To Venezuela (from 3rd LP)
- Dangerous Bacon (from 3rd LP and later issued as a single)
- Lummy Days (from 2nd LP)
- The Galloping Gaucho (from 3rd LP and issued as a single)
- C'est La Vie (B side of 3rd single)
- Let There Be Lids (previously unreleased)
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