The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
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The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse is the second album by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band are a band created by a group of British art-school denizens of the 1960s...

. 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 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...

". The phrase "the doughnut in granny's greenhouse" is British slang for lavatory.

In 2007 the U.K. version was re-issued by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 on CD with 5 bonus tracks.

Sleeve Notes & Record Cover

"The noises of your body are a part of this record." Can be found on the booklet that came with the gatefold edition.

Interestingly, for a band well known for their pastiches - The Rutles
The Rutles
The Rutles are a band that are known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of The Beatles. Originally created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes as a fictional band to be featured as part of various 1970s television programming, the group recorded, toured, and released two UK chart hits in...

 for instance was a project by Neil Innes - the cover for this album is remarkably similar to that of The Incredible String Band's "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
-Personnel:*Robin Williamson - vocals, guitar, gimbri, penny whistle, percussion, pan pipe, piano, oud, mandolin, jaw harp, chahanai, water harp, harmonica*Mike Heron - vocals, sitar, Hammond organ, guitar, hammered dulcimer, harpsichord...

" released in March the same year.

Side one

  1. "We Are Normal"
  2. "Postcard"
  3. "Beautiful Zelda"
  4. "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?"
  5. "Hello Mabel"
  6. "Kama Sutra"

Side two

  1. "Humanoid Boogie"
  2. "Trouser Press"
  3. "My Pink Half of the Drainpipe"
  4. "Rockaliser Baby"
  5. "Rhinocratic Oaths"
  6. "11 Moustachioed Daughters"

Bonus tracks on 2007 re-issue CD

  1. "Blue Suede Shoes (previously unreleased)
  2. "Bang Bang" (previously unreleased)
  3. "Alley Oop" (Girls version)
  4. "Canyons of Your Mind (Single version)
  5. "Mr. Apollo" (German version)
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