Gorilla
by Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band
- Type: Album
- Released: October 1967
- Label: Liberty
- Country: United Kingdom
- Community rating: 3.7/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Emerging from the British art school scene, this ensemble bridges traditional jazz and 1920s music hall with absurd, Dadaist comedy. The tracks bounce erratically between straightforward musical parodies, bizarre sound effects, and sharply observed social satire.
Genres
Descriptors: satirical, witty, dark-humor, parody, british
Tracklist
- Cool Britannia
- The Equestrian Statue
- Jollity Farm
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- Look Out, There's A Monster Coming
- Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Narcissus
- The Intro And The Outro
- Mickey's Son And Daughter
- Big Shot
- Music For The Head Ballet
- Piggy Bank Love
- I'm Bored
- The Sound Of Music
Credits
- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - primary artist
- Rodney Slater - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, clarinet, trombone, bass clarinet, written-by
- Dave Clague - bass
- Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell - bass guitar, banjo, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, whistle [nightingale], written-by
- Lyn Birkbeck - co-producer [associate producer]
- Vivian Stanshall - design [cover design], liner notes [sleeve note], vocals, trumpet, euphonium, tuba, ukulele [ukelele], written-by
- Neil Innes - directed by [musical direction], piano, harpsichord, guitar, written-by
- Sam Spoons - double bass [string bass], percussion [rhythm pole], percussion, spoons
- "Legs" Larry Smith - drums, tuba, tap dance [tap-dancing], written-by
- Gerry Bron - producer
- Martin Fry - sousaphone
- Roger Ruskin Spear - technician [creator of electrical props], written-by
- Traditional - written-by
- Leslie Sarony - written-by
- Douglass Cross - written-by
- Martin Ash - written-by
- Ethelbert Nevin - written-by
- Eddie Lisbona - written-by
- Tommie Connor - written-by
- Rodgers & Hammerstein - written-by